This is our day guide for Tuesday October 21st 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 October 21st 2025
International: Deepavali
Celebrations revolve around the triumph of good over evil, purity over impurity, light over darkness
Burundi: President Ndadaye's Day
Marks the assassination of a Burundian intellectual and politician in 1993Regional
India (regional): Laxmi Puja (Deepawali)
The third day of Tihar is when Lakshmi the goddess of wealth is worshippedRegional
India (regional): Govardhan Puja
A day after Diwali in the month of Kartik. Celebrated by Hindus as the day Lord Krishna defeated the God IndraNot a Public Holiday
Serbia: Remembrance Day
National World War II Victims Remembrance DayOctober 20th 2025 | Go to Today | October 22nd 2025
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| General Information for October 21st 2025 | |
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| There are 5 public holidays today. | |
| Day 294 of 2025 | |
| 71 days left in 2025 | |
| Week 43 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1983 – The metre is defined at the seventeenth General Conference on Weights and Measures as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. | |
| 1966 - Aberfan disaster: A slag heap collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren. | |
| 1940 – The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published. | |
| 1520 - Ferdinand Magellan discovers a strait now known as Strait of Magellan. |
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