Day Guide for Thursday August 28th 2025 What are the holidays on August 28th 2025?

This is our day guide for Thursday August 28th 2025 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 August 28th 2025

International: Ganesh Chaturthi

Ganesh Chaturthi is the day when all Hindus celebrate one of the most popular deities, Lord Ganesh

Georgia: Saint Mary's Day

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

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India (regional): Ayyankali Jayanthi

Ayyankali Jayanthi commemorates the birthday of Ayyankali, an important social reformer in Travancore, British India

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India (regional): Nuakhai

Nuakhai is an agricultural festival observed by people of western Odisha to welcome the new rice of the season

Samoa: Public Holiday

Two days of public holidays to allow voters to participate in the 2021 elections in Samoa.

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General Information for August 28th 2025
There are 5 public holidays today.
Day 240 of 2025
125 days left in 2025
Week 35 of the year
On this Day in History
1991 - Collapse of the Soviet Union - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.
1849 - After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria.
1565 - Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.
1524 - The Kaqchikel Maya rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.