October Religious Festivals and Dates

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By Vexen Crabtree 2023

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Note that some traditions have festivals and dates that start at sundown or in the evening of the night before, such as (Jewish, Muslim and some Pagan events). There are no Hindu dates on these calendars yet, due to the complexity & multiplicity of all the various calendars in use. Likewise, there are no south-east Asian calendar dates.

Date	Event	Notes
Oct 1st Sunday (fixed)	Christian Harvest Festival	Christianity. Harvests are laid out in church.
Oct 2nd Monday (fixed)	Gandhi Jayanti	Hinduism. For the birthday of Mahatma Gandi who bears much responsibility for creating India.
Oct 3rd Tuesday
Oct 4th Wednesday
Oct 5th Thursday
Oct 6th Friday
Oct 7th Saturday (this year)	Shemini Atzeret	Judaism. Seasonal date that marks the beginning of the rainy season in Israel marked by candles, festive meals and celebration. The annual reading of the Torah restarts.
Oct 7th Saturday (this year)	Simchat Torah	Judaism. Outside of Israel, occurs a day later. The Torah reading moves from the end of Deuteronomy to the beginning of Genesis.
Oct 8th Sunday
Oct 9th Monday (this year)	Guru Ram Das's Gurpurab/Prakesh (birthday)	Sikhism. The fourth guru.
Oct 10th Tuesday
Oct 11st Wednesday
Oct 12nd Thursday
Oct 13rd Friday
Oct 14th Saturday
Oct 15th Sunday
Oct 16th Monday	Birth of the Bab (since 2015)	Bahá'í Faith. This was observed on the 20th of Oct each year until 2014, after which it was changed to the 8th new moon after each Bahai new year. The prophet who foretold the arrival of Baha'u'llah (another prophet).
Oct 16th Monday (this year)	Feast of 'Ilm (Knowledge)	Bahá'í Faith.
Oct 17th Tuesday	Birth of the Baha'u'llah (since 2015)	Bahá'í Faith. Before 2015, the date was observed in accordance with the Islamic calendar date. The founder of Baha'i.
Oct 18th Wednesday
Oct 19th Thursday
Oct 20th Friday (this year)	The Granth Sahib Holy Book Becomes the 11th and Final Guru	Sikhism. The holy scriptures themselves became the final Guru in 1708 and the line of human Gurus ended.
Oct 20th Friday (this year)	Gurgadi Divas of Siri Guru Granth Sahib	Sikhism.
Oct 20th Friday (this year)	Harkrishan becomes the 8th guru	Sikhism.
Oct 20th Friday (this year)	Guru Har Rai's Jyoti Jot (death)	Sikhism. The seventh guru.
Oct 20th Friday (fixed)	Birth of the Bab (until 2014)	Bahá'í Faith. This was observed on the 20th of Oct each year until 2014, after which it was changed to the 8th new moon after each Bahai new year. The prophet who foretold the arrival of Baha'u'llah (another prophet).
Oct 21st Saturday (this year)	Guru Gobind Singh's Jyoti Jot (death)	Sikhism. The tenth Guru.
Oct 22nd Sunday
Oct 23rd Monday
Oct 24th Tuesday
Oct 25th Wednesday (5 days) (this year)	Maidyoshahem (of Hordad)	Zoroastrianism. The third day (Jishan-e-Tiragan) is the most important. The seasonal festival of Hordad, the Holy Immortal, who created water and represents health and completeness. Possibly originally a midsummer festival, but inaccurate calendars has meant the date has strayed.
Oct 25th Wednesday (this year)	Ava Mah Parab / Aban Jashan	Zoroastrianism. Celebration of Ava, guardian of fertility and water.
Oct 26th Thursday
Oct 27th Friday
Oct 28th Saturday
Oct 29th Sunday
Oct 30th Monday
Oct 31st Tuesday (fixed)	Halloween	The secular celebration of the ancient pagan festival of Samhain.
Oct 31st Tuesday (fixed)	Samhain	Paganism. For the coming of winter. The turning of the natural cycles continues; this commemorates death and remembers those who are dead.