International Holidays and Events will be celebrate in 2023

2023 International Observances and Holidays

This page includes a table listing the calendar year 2023's public holidays and non-holiday observances around the world (you may also be interested in bank holidays and public holidays, listed by country or listed by date).

International Holidays and Events will be celebrate in 2023

The following are a list of international holidays for the year 2023:

Date Weekday Holiday or Observance Calendar

Jan 1 Sunday Western New Year

Jan 6 Friday Epiphany

Jan 7 Saturday Orthodox Christmas orthodox

Jan 14 Saturday Orthodox New Year orthodox

Jan 15 Sunday Tamil Thai Pongal Day solar

Jan 20 Friday Aquarius (UTC) solar

Jan 22 Sunday Chinese New Year / Spring Festival chinese lunar

Jan 22 Sunday Seol-nal / Korean New Year korean lunar

Jan 22 Sunday Tet Nguyen Dan / Vietnamese New Year vietnamese lunar

Feb 4 Saturday Thaipusam hindu solar

Feb 18 Saturday Lailat al Miraj / The Prophet's Ascension (Umm al-Qura) muslim

Feb 18 Saturday Maha Shivaratree hindu lunar

Feb 18 Saturday Pisces (UTC) solar

Feb 21 Tuesday Dangpa Losar / Bhutanese New Year (Year of the Female Water Rabbit) bhutanese lunar

Feb 21 Tuesday Losar / Tibetan New Year tibetan lunar

Feb 21 Tuesday Shrove Tuesday / Carnival easter

Feb 21 Tuesday Tsagaan Sar / Mongolian New Year (Year of the Black Female         Rabbit)               mongolian lunar

Feb 22 Wednesday Ash Wednesday easter

Feb 27 Monday Orthodox Clean Monday orth. easter

Feb 28 Tuesday Orthodox Shrove Tuesday orth. easter

Mar 1 Wednesday Orthodox Ash Wednesday orth. easter

Mar 7 Tuesday Holi Phagwa hindu lunar

Mar 7 Tuesday Lailat al Bara'a / Night of Emancipation (Umm al-Qura) muslim

Mar 7 Tuesday Purim jewish

Mar 8 Wednesday International Women's Day

Mar 15 Wednesday Mi-Carême / Mid-Lent easter

Mar 20 Monday Aries (UTC) solar

Mar 20 Monday Vernal Equinox / Spring (UTC) solar

Mar 22 Wednesday Ougadi / Ugaadi hindu lunar

Mar 23 Thursday Start of Ramadan (Umm al-Qura) muslim

Mar 30 Thursday Ram Navami hindu lunar

Apr 2 Sunday Palm Sunday easter

Apr 4 Tuesday Mahavir Jayanti / Janma Kalyanak hindu lunar

Apr 5 Wednesday Qing Ming Jie / Tomb Sweeping Day chinese solar

Apr 6 Thursday Maundy Thursday easter

Apr 6 Thursday Pesach / Jewish Passover jewish

Apr 7 Friday Good Friday easter

Apr 8 Saturday Nuzul Quran / Revelation of the Qur'an (Umm al-Qura) muslim

Apr 9 Sunday Easter easter

Apr 10 Monday Easter Monday easter

Apr 13 Thursday Laotian New Year

Apr 14 Friday Cambodian New Year solar

Apr 14 Friday Jumatul Bidah / Friday of Farewell (Umm al-Qura) muslim

Apr 14 Friday Orthodox Good Friday orth. easter

Apr 15 Saturday Orthodox Holy Saturday orth. easter

Apr 16 Sunday Orthodox Easter orth. easter

Apr 17 Monday Burmese New Year

Apr 17 Monday Orthodox Easter Monday orth. easter

Apr 18 Tuesday Lailat al Qadr / Night of Destiny (Umm al-Qura) muslim

Apr 20 Thursday Taurus (UTC) solar

Apr 21 Friday Eid al Fitr / End of Ramadan (Umm al-Qura) muslim

May 1 Monday International Labour Day

May 5 Friday Great Prayer Day easter

May 18 Thursday Ascension Day easter

May 21 Sunday Gemini (UTC) solar

May 26 Friday Shavuot jewish

May 28 Sunday Whit Sunday / Pentecost easter

May 29 Monday Whit Monday easter

June 5 Monday Orthodox Pentecost Monday orth. easter

June 8 Thursday Corpus Christi easter

June 21 Wednesday Cancer (UTC) solar

June 21 Wednesday Summer Solstice / Summer (UTC) solar

June 22 Thursday Duan Wu Jie / Dragon Boat Festival chinese lunar

June 27 Tuesday Arafat Day (Umm al-Qura) muslim

June 28 Wednesday Eid al Adha / Feast of Sacrifice (Umm al-Qura) muslim

July 19 Wednesday Islamic New Year / Hijra New Year (1445) (Umm al-Qura) muslim

July 23 Sunday Leo (UTC) solar

July 28 Friday Ashura (Umm al-Qura) muslim

Aug 15 Tuesday Assumption

Aug 16 Wednesday Parsi New Year zoroastrian

Aug 23 Wednesday Virgo (UTC) solar

Aug 29 Tuesday Onam / Thiruonam hindu solar

Sep 3 Sunday Magal de Touba (Umm al-Qura) muslim

Sep 16 Saturday Rosh Hashanah / Jewish New Year (5784) jewish

Sep 19 Tuesday Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi / Chaturthi Paksha hindu lunar

Sep 23 Saturday Autumnal Equinox / Fall (UTC) solar

Sep 23 Saturday Libra (UTC) solar

Sep 25 Monday Yom Kippur jewish

Sep 27 Wednesday Mawlid an Nabi / The Prophet's Birthday (Umm al-Qura) muslim

Sep 29 Friday Zhong Qu Jie / Mid Autumn Festival chinese lunar

Sep 30 Saturday Sukkot jewish

Oct 4 Wednesday Baptism of the Prophet (Umm al-Qura) muslim

Oct 9 Monday Canadian Thanksgiving

Oct 23 Monday Scorpio (UTC) solar

Oct 24 Tuesday Dassain hindu lunar

Oct 31 Tuesday Reformation Day

Nov 1 Wednesday All Saints' Day

Nov 2 Thursday All Souls' Day

Nov 12 Sunday Northern Deepavali / Diwali Amavasya hindu lunar

Nov 12 Sunday Southern Deepavali / Diwali Krisna Chaturdasi hindu lunar

Nov 22 Wednesday Sagittarius (UTC) solar

Nov 23 Thursday US Thanksgiving

Nov 27 Monday Guru Nanak Jayanti hindu lunar

Dec 3 Sunday First Sunday in Advent

Dec 8 Friday Immaculate Conception

Dec 10 Sunday Second Sunday in Advent

Dec 17 Sunday Third Sunday in Advent

Dec 22 Friday Capricorn (UTC) solar

Dec 22 Friday Winter Solstice / Winter (UTC) solar

Dec 24 Sunday Fourth Sunday in Advent

Dec 25 Monday Western Christmas

Dec 26 Tuesday Boxing Day / Saint Stephen's Day

Dec 31 Sunday Western New Year's Eve

* The majority of public holidays around the world have different dates that vary by nation, region, or state. Please see our lists of national bank holidays and public holidays by country or by date to find out the precise date on which one of the holidays listed above is observed as an official public holiday in a particular nation, territory, or state.