Day Guide for Friday August 15th 2025 What are the holidays on August 15th 2025?

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Holidays on August 15th 2025

International: Assumption Day

The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ

Afghanistan: Victory of the Islamic Emirate

The Taliban have declared a holiday to mark the anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan.

Argentina: San Martin's Day

San Martin is regarded as the most important Argentinian founding father, who liberated not only a part of Argentina but also helped liberate Chile and Peru along with O'Higgins and Bolívar.

Bangladesh: National Mourning Day

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family were killed by the Army in 1975

Congo: Independence Day

The Republic of the Congo received full independence from France on August 15th 1960

Costa Rica: Mother's Day

Mother's Day in Costa Rica is a public holiday on the Feast of the Assumption.

Equatorial Guinea: Constitution Day

Equatorial Guinea Constitution Day commemorates the adoption of the constitution on August 15th 1982.

Regional

India (regional): Parsi New Year

Parsis descend from a group of Zoroastrians from Iran who immigrated to India during 10th century AD

India: Independence Day

On the 15th of August 1947, India became completely independent from British rule

Regional

India (regional): Arbaeen

Commemorates the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

Regional

India (regional): Janmashtami

The birthday of Lord Krishna, the reincarnation of Lord Vishnu who gave the message of the Bhagwat Gita

Italy: Ferragosto

Ferragosto is a popular summer holiday in Italy that marks the Feast of the Assumption but has its roots in Ancient Rome

Not a Public Holiday

Japan: Obon

Obon is a popular three-day Buddhist festival in Japan focused on the spirits of ancestors.

Liechtenstein: National Day

Commemorates the birthday of Prince Franz Josef II as well as the Feast of the Assumption

North Korea: National Liberation Day

Marks the liberation of Korea after 35 years of Japanese imperial rule in 1945

Regional

Pakistan (regional): Urs Mubarak of Hazrat Data Gunj Bakhsh

A public holiday in Lahore for an 11th cebtury Sufi saint from present-day Afghanistan, who is lived and died in Lahore.

Paraguay: Founding of Asunción

Asunción is one of the oldest Spanish cities in South America, founded on August 15th 1537

South Korea: Liberation Day

Marks the liberation of Korea from 35 years of Japanese imperial rule in 1945 after the end of the second World War.

Public sector only

USA (regional): Bennington Battle Day

Marks a 1777 battle in the War of Independence

Public sector only

USA (regional): Statehood Day

Commemorates the anniversary of the admission of Hawaii into the Union in 1959

Observances on August 15th 2025

USA: National Lemon Meringue Pie Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Lemon Meringue Pie Day

USA: National Relaxation Day

Let's celebrate this day, but don't do anything too strenuous.

USA: National V-J Day

Commemorates the end of second world war when Japan's surrender was announced on August 14th 1945.

Poland: Polish Armed Forces Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Polish Armed Forces Day

Canada: National Acadian Day

Though the French colony of Acadia may have disappeared the spirit of those early settlers lives on through its descendants.

Japan: Obon

Obon is a popular three-day Buddhist festival in Japan focused on the spirits of ancestors.

Egypt: Flooding of the Nile

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Flooding of the Nile.

USA: Hawaiian Shirt Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Hawaiian Shirt Day

USA: National Men's Grooming Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Men's Grooming Day.

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General Information for August 15th 2025
There are 20 public holidays today.
Day 227 of 2025
138 days left in 2025
Week 33 of the year
On this Day in History
1975 - Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
1914 - The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon.
1281 - Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Koan.
1018 - Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.