Day Guide for Wednesday October 24th 2018

This is our day guide for Wednesday October 24th 2018 which shows you at a glance what's happening around the world on day 297 of 2018.

Holidays on October 24th 2018

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India (regional): Lakshmi Puja. The most important day to worship Goddess Lakshmi falls on the full moon day in lunar month Ashwin

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India (regional): Maharishi Valmiki Birthday. Valmiki is celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature. He lived in the first millennium BCE

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Malaysia (regional): Birthday of the Sultan of Pahang. July 30th is a state public holiday in Pahang for the birthday of the Sultan, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah.
Myanmar: Full Moon Day of Thadingyut. The Festival of Lights marks the end of the perod of Buddhist lent

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Pakistan (regional): Urs of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai. Urs of a noted scholar, saint and poet, considered to be greatest Muslim poet of Sindhi language
Sri Lanka: Vap Full Moon Poya. Marks Buddha's preaching of Abhidamma to the gods in Tavatimsa and the end of the Buddhist period of fasting
Zambia: Independence Day. Marks the declaration of independence from the United Kingdom in 1964

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