Day Guide for Sunday October 9th 2022 What are the holidays on October 9th 2022?

This is our day guide for Sunday October 9th 2022 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 9th 2022

International: Prophet's Birthday (in lieu)

Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar

American Samoa: White Sunday

A religious day dedicated to the children of American Samoa

Ecuador: Independence of Guayaquil

Guayaquil declared independence from Spain in 1820, a key victory for the Ecuadorian War of Independence

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India (regional): Kumar Purnima

An important festival in Odisha where young women perform religious rites to seek ideal life partners and a bright future.

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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

Myanmar: Full Moon Day of Thadingyut

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

Saint Barthélemy: Abolition Day

Slavery was finally abolished in all French possessions on May 28th 1848

South Korea: Hangeul Day

Marks the proclamation of the Korean alphabet in 1446. Reinstated as a holiday in 2013

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Spain (regional): Valencian Community Day

Valencia. Anniversary of King James I of Aragons capture of the city from the Moors in 1238

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

Uganda: Independence Day

Marks Independence from the United Kingdom in 1962

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General Information for October 9th 2022
There are 12 public holidays today.
Day 282 of 2022
83 days left in 2022
Week 40 of the year
On this Day in History
1980 - Pope John Paul II shakes hands with the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
1970 - The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
1941 - A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
1604 - Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.