Day Guide for Wednesday November 5th 2025

This is our day guide for Wednesday November 5th 2025 which shows you at a glance what's happening around the world on day 309 of 2025.

Holidays on November 5th 2025

International: Guru Nanak's Birthday. Falls on the full moon day of the Kartik month of the Hindu calendar. It is celebrated all over India to commemorate the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.
Cambodia: Water Festival Ceremony Holiday. Bonn Om Touk. Full moon of the Buddhist month of Kadeuk

Regional

India (regional): Rasa Purnima. First full moon day of the month of Kartik. The day when Lord Krishna performed the Rasa Lila dance
Lao: That Luang Festival. Pilgrimage to That Luang Stupa in Vientiane on the full moon in the twelfth lunar month
Panama: Colon Day. In 1903, the citizens of Colon averted a march on Panama City by the Colombian army.
Sri Lanka: Ill Full Moon Poya. Commemorates Buddha's ordination of sixty disciples as the first missionaries

Not a Public Holiday

United Kingdom (regional): Guy Fawke's Night. Celebrates the failure of the Gunpowder plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament

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Observances on November 5th 2025

  • United Kingdom: International Stout Day
  • United Nations: World Tsunami Awareness Day 
  • United Kingdom: Guy Fawke's Night
  • USA: National Doughnut Appreciation Day
  • USA: National Stress Awareness Day
  • United Kingdom: National Stress Awareness Day

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