Important Dates
JANUARY
| Date | Event |
| 4th JANUARY | World Braille Day |
| 5th JANUARY | National Birds Day |
| 6th JANUARY | World War Orphans Day |
| 9th JANUARY | Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (NRI Day) |
| 10th JANUARY | World Hindi Day |
| 12th JANUARY | National Youth Day |
| 13th JANUARY | Lohri |
| 15th JANUARY | Army Day, Makar Sankranti, Pongal |
| 23rd JANUARY | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Birthday |
| 24th JANUARY | National Girl Child Day, India Tourism Day, National Voters Day |
| 26th JANUARY | Republic Day of India, International Customs Day |
| 30th JANUARY | Martyr’s Day , World Leprosy Eradication Day |
| 31st JANUARY | International Zebra Day |
FEBUARY
| Date | Event |
| 1st FEBUARY | Indian Coast Guard Day |
| 2nd FEBUARY | World Wetlands Day |
| 4th FEBUARY | World Cancer Day |
| 5th to 13th FEBUARY | Kala Ghoda Festival |
| 10th FEBUARY | World Pulses Day |
| 11th FEBUARY | International Day of Women and Girls in Science |
| 12th FEBUARY | National Productivity Day |
| 13th FEBUARY | World Radio Day |
| 18th to 27th FEBUARY | Taj Mahotsav |
| 20th FEBUARY | Arunachal Pradesh Foundation Day, World Day of Social Justice |
| 21st FEBUARY | International Mother Language Day |
| 24th FEBUARY | Central Excise Day |
| 27th FEBUARY | World NGO Day |
| 28th FEBUARY | National Science Day, Rare Disease Day |
MARCH
| Date | Event |
| 1st MARCH | Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defence Day, Self-Injury Awareness Day |
| 3rd MARCH | World Wildlife Day |
| 8th MARCH | International Women’s Day |
| 9th MARCH | No Smoking Day |
| 12th MARCH | Mauritius Day |
| 14th MARCH | Pi Day, International Day of Action for Rivers |
| 15th MARCH | World Consumer Rights Day |
| 16th MARCH | National Vaccination Day |
| 18th MARCH | Ordnance Factories Day (India) |
| 20th MARCH | International Day of Happiness, World Sparrow Day, Hindi New Year |
| 21st MARCH | World Forestry Day, World Down Syndrome Day, World Poetry Day |
| 22nd MARCH | World Water Day |
| 23rd MARCH | World Meteorological Day |
| 24th MARCH | World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, Holika Dahan |
| 25th MARCH | International Day of the Unborn Child, Holi |
| 26th MARCH | Purple Day of Epilepsy |
| 27th MARCH | World Theatre Day |
| 29th MARCH | Good Friday |
APRIL
| Date | Event |
| 1st APRIL | Odisha Foundation Day |
| 2nd APRIL | World Autism Awareness Day |
| 4th APRIL | International Day of Mine Awareness |
| 5th APRIL | National Maritime Day |
| 7th APRIL | World Health Day |
| 10th APRIL | World Homoeopathy Day (WHD), National Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day |
| 11th APRIL | Vaisakhi / Baisakhi / Vishu, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre |
| 14th APRIL | B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day, Tamil New Year |
| 15th APRIL | Bengali New Year / Bihu |
| 17th APRIL | Rama Navami, World Haemophilia Day |
| 18th APRIL | World Heritage Day |
| 21st APRIL | National Civil Service Day, World Earth Day |
| 22nd APRIL | World Book and Copyright Day, World Earth Day |
| 24th APRIL | National Panchayati Raj Day, World Malaria Day |
| 26th APRIL | World Intellectual Property Day, World Veterinary Day |
| 28th APRIL | World Day for Safety and Health at Work |
| 30th APRIL | World Veterinary Day |
MAY
| Date | Event |
| 1st MAY | International Labour Day or May Day, Maharashtra Day, Gujarat Day, World Laughter Day (first Sunday of May) |
| 3rd MAY | Press Freedom Day, World Asthma Day (First Tuesday of May) |
| 4th MAY | Coal Miners Day, International Firefighter’s Day |
| 7th MAY | World Athletics Day |
| 8th MAY | World Red Cross Day, World Thalassaemia Day, Mother’s Day (Second Sunday of May) |
| 9th MAY | Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti |
| 11th MAY | National Technology Day |
| 12th MAY | International Nurses Day |
| 15th MAY | International Day of Families |
| 17th MAY | World Telecommunication Day, World Hypertension Day |
| 18th MAY | World AIDS Vaccine Day, International Museum Day |
| 20th MAY | National Endangered Species Day (Third Friday in May) |
| 21st MAY | National Anti-Terrorism Day, Armed Forces Day (Third Saturday of May) |
| 22nd MAY | International Day for Biological Diversity |
| 31st MAY | National Memorial Day (last Monday of May), Anti-Tobacco Day |
JUNE
| Date | Event |
| 1st JUNE | World Milk Day, Global Day of Parents |
| 2nd JUNE | International Sex Workers’ Day, Telangana Formation Day |
| 3rd JUNE | World Bicycle Day |
| 4th JUNE | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
| 5th JUNE | World Environment Day |
| 7th JUNE | World Food Safety Day |
| 8th JUNE | World Brain Tumour Day |
| 12th JUNE | World Day Against Child Labour |
| 14th JUNE | World Blood Donor Day |
| 15th JUNE | World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, World Youth Skills Day |
| 16th JUNE | Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev |
| 17th JUNE | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (International) |
| 18th JUNE | Autistic Pride Day, International Picnic Day |
| 19th JUNE | World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, World Sauntering Day |
| 20th JUNE | World Refugee Day(International), World Music Day, World Hydrography Day |
| 21st JUNE | World Humanist Day, International Yoga Day, World Music Day |
| 23rd JUNE | International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day |
| 26th JUNE | International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking |
| 29th JUNE | National Statistics Day |
JULY
| Date | Event |
| 1st JULY | National Doctor’s Day, CA Day (in India) |
| 2nd JULY | World UFO Day |
| 3rd JULY | National Fried Clam Day |
| 4th JULY | Independence Day USA |
| 6th JULY | World Zoonoses Day |
| 7th JULY | World Chocolate Day |
| 9th JULY | National Sugar Cookie Day |
| 11th JULY | World Population Day |
| 12th JULY | National Simplicity Day, Paper Bag Day, Malala Day |
| 14th JULY | Bastille Day or French National Day |
| 15th JULY | World Youth Skills Day |
| 17th JULY | World Day for International Justice, World Emoji Day |
| 18th JULY | International Nelson Mandela Day |
| 20th JULY | International Chess Day |
| 21st JULY | Guru Purnima |
| 22nd JULY | National Mango Day |
| 24th JULY | National Thermal Engineer Day |
| 26th JULY | Kargil Vijay Diwas |
| 28th JULY | World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day |
| 29th JULY | International Tiger Day |
AUGUST
| Date | Event |
| 9th AUGUST | Nagasaki Day |
| 12th AUGUST | International Youth Day, World Elephant Day |
| 15th AUGUST | Independence Day in India |
| 19th AUGUST | World Photography Day, World Humanitarian Day |
| 20th AUGUST | World Mosquito Day, Sadbhavna Diwas |
| 26th AUGUST | Women’s Equality Day |
| 29th AUGUST | National Sports Day |
SEPTEMBER
| Date | Event |
| 1st SEPTEMBER | National Nutrition Week |
| 2nd SEPTEMBER | World Coconut Day |
| 3rd SEPTEMBER | Skyscraper Day |
| 5th SEPTEMBER | Teachers’ Day (India) |
| 8th SEPTEMBER | International Literacy Day |
| 14th SEPTEMBER | World First Aid Day |
| 14th SEPTEMBER | Hindi Diwas |
| 15th SEPTEMBER | Engineer’s Day (India), International Day of Democracy |
| 16th SEPTEMBER | World Ozone Day |
| 18th SEPTEMBER | World Bamboo Day |
| 19th SEPTEMBER | International Talk Like a Pirate Day |
| 21st SEPTEMBER | International Day of Peace (UN), World Alzheimer’s Day |
| 22nd SEPTEMBER | Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer patients) |
| 22nd SEPTEMBER | World Rhino Day |
| 23rd SEPTEMBER | International Day of Sign Languages |
| 24th SEPTEMBER | World Rivers Day, World Maritime Day |
| 25th SEPTEMBER | World Pharmacists Day |
| 25th SEPTEMBER | Antyodaya Diwas |
| 26th SEPTEMBER | World Contraception Day |
| 26th SEPTEMBER | European Day of Languages, World Environmental Health Day |
| 27th SEPTEMBER | World Tourism Day |
| 28th SEPTEMBER | World Rabies Day |
| 29th SEPTEMBER | World Heart Day |
OCTOBER
| Date | Event |
| 1st OCTOBER | International Coffee Day |
| 2nd OCTOBER | Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence |
| 3rd OCTOBER | German Unity Day |
| 4th OCTOBER | World Animal Welfare Day |
| 5th OCTOBER | World Teachers’ Day |
| 8th OCTOBER | Indian Air Force Day |
| 9th OCTOBER | World Postal Day |
| 10th OCTOBER | World Mental Health Day |
| 11th OCTOBER | International Day of the Girl Child |
| 13th OCTOBER | International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction |
| 14th OCTOBER | World Standards Day |
| 16th OCTOBER | World Food Day, World Spine Day |
| 17th OCTOBER | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
| 20th OCTOBER | World Statistics Day |
| 24th OCTOBER | United Nations Day, World Development Information Day |
| 29th OCTOBER | Dhanteras |
| 30th OCTOBER | World Thrift Day, National Unity Day, Halloween Day |
NOVEMBER
| Date | Event |
| 7th NOVEMBER | Infant Protection Day, National Cancer Awareness Day |
| 10th NOVEMBER | World Science Day for Peace and Development |
| 11th NOVEMBER | Armistice Day (Remembrance Day), National Education Day |
| 12th NOVEMBER | World Pneumonia Day |
| 13th NOVEMBER | World Kindness Day |
| 14th NOVEMBER | World Diabetes Day |
| 14th NOVEMBER | Children’s Day |
| 16th NOVEMBER | International Day for Tolerance |
| 17th NOVEMBER | National Epilepsy Day |
| 19th NOVEMBER | International Men’s Day, World Toilet Day |
| 20th NOVEMBER | Universal Children’s Day |
| 21st NOVEMBER | World Television Day, World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims |
| 25th NOVEMBER | International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women |
| 26th NOVEMBER | Constitution Day of India |
DECEMBER
| Date | Event |
| 1st DECEMBER | World AIDS Day |
| 2nd DECEMBER | National Pollution Control Day |
| 3rd DECEMBER | World Day of the Handicapped |
| 4th DECEMBER | Indian Navy Day |
| 5th DECEMBER | International Volunteer Day, World Soil Day |
| 7th DECEMBER | Armed Forces Flag Day, International Civil Aviation Day |
| 9th DECEMBER | International Anti-Corruption Day |
| 10th DECEMBER | Human Rights Day |
| 11th DECEMBER | International Mountain Day |
| 14th DECEMBER | National Energy Conservation Day |
| 16th DECEMBER | Vijay Diwas |
| 18th DECEMBER | Minorities Rights Day in India, International Migrants Day |
| 19th DECEMBER | Goa’s Liberation Day |
| 20th DECEMBER | International Human Solidarity Day |
| 22nd DECEMBER | National Mathematics Day |
| 23rd DECEMBER | Kisan Diwas |
| 24th DECEMBER | National Consumer Rights Day |
| 25th DECEMBER | Christmas Day |
| 25th DECEMBER | National Good Governance Day |
Important Dates