Day Guide for Wednesday November 5th 2025 What are the holidays on November 5th 2025?

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Holidays on November 5th 2025

International: Guru Nanak's Birthday

Falls on the full moon day of the Kartik month of the Hindu calendar. It is celebrated all over India to commemorate the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.

Cambodia: Water Festival Ceremony Holiday

Bonn Om Touk. Full moon of the Buddhist month of Kadeuk

Regional

India (regional): Rasa Purnima

First full moon day of the month of Kartik. The day when Lord Krishna performed the Rasa Lila dance

Lao: That Luang Festival

Pilgrimage to That Luang Stupa in Vientiane on the full moon in the twelfth lunar month

Panama: Colon Day

In 1903, the citizens of Colon averted a march on Panama City by the Colombian army.

Sri Lanka: Ill Full Moon Poya

Commemorates Buddha's ordination of sixty disciples as the first missionaries

Not a Public Holiday

United Kingdom (regional): Guy Fawke's Night

Celebrates the failure of the Gunpowder plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament

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General Information for November 5th 2025
There are 7 public holidays today.
Day 309 of 2025
56 days left in 2025
Week 45 of the year
On this Day in History
1916 - The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of November 5th of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
1914 - World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
1912 - Woodrow Wilson is elected to the presidency of the United States.
1911 - After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.