Day Guide for Thursday October 5th 2017 What are the holidays on October 5th 2017?

This is our day guide for Thursday October 5th 2017 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Holidays on October 5th 2017

International: Day after mid Autumn Festival

The Mid Autumn festival starts on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month

Brunei: Public Holiday

Golden Jubilee of His Majesty's ascension to the throne in 1967

China: National Day

The Peoples Republic of China observes its anniversary on Oct 1st

Public sector only

Egypt: Armed Forces Day Holiday

Public sector holiday as Armed Forces' Day fall on a Friday

Honduras: Discovery of America Day

Honours the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas

Regional

India (regional): Lakshmi Puja

The most important day to worship Goddess Lakshmi falls on the full moon day in lunar month Ashwin

Regional

India (regional): Maharishi Valmiki Birthday

Valmiki is celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature. He lived in the first millennium BCE

Israel: Sukkot

Sukkot is also known as Succoth, Sukkos, Feast of Booths or Feast of Tabernacles

Myanmar: Full Moon Day of Thadingyut

The Festival of Lights marks the end of the perod of Buddhist lent

Portugal: Republic Day

Commemorates the establishment of a republican form of government in 1910

South Korea: Harvest Festival Holiday

Chuseok, the Harvest Moon Festival is one of Korea's most cherished holidays

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

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General Information for October 5th 2017
There are 12 public holidays today.
Day 278 of 2017
87 days left in 2017
Week 40 of the year
On this Day in History
1991 - The first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released.
1914 - World War I witnesses the first aerial combat to result in a kill.
1813 - Battle of Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British and kill Shawnee leader Tecumseh.
456 - The Visigoths under king Theodoric II, acting on orders of the Roman emperor Avitus, invade Iberia with an army of Burgundians, Franks and Goths, led by the kings Chilperic I and Gondioc. They defeat the Suebi under king Rechiar on the river Urbicus near Astorga (Gallaecia).