November Holidays and Observances
Month-long observances (US)
- Native American Heritage Month
- National Adoption Month
- Military Family Month
- National Entrepreneurship Month
- National Diabetes Awareness Month
- National College Application Month
- National Alzheimer's Disease Month
- National Family Caregivers Month
- National Novel Writing Month
- All Saints Day (Christian)
- Birth of the Bab (Baha'i) [Begins at sunset on Oct 31]
- Birth of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i) [Begins at sunset on Nov 1]
- Bai Phonta (Bengali Hindu)
- Bhau-beej (Hindu)
- Samhain (Neo-Pagan) [Begins at sunset on Oct 31]
- Day of the Innocents (Mexico, Haiti)
- All Souls Day (Catholic Christian)
- International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (UN)
- Day of the Dead (Mexico)
- The coronation of Haile Selassie (Rastafari)
- Sooranporu (Hindu)
- World Tsunami Awareness Day (UN)
- Guy Fawkes Night (UK)
- Chhath (Hindu)
- International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflicts (UN)
- Daylight Savings Time ends (US)
- International Week of Science and Peace begins (UN)
- Election Day (US)
- Intersex Solidarity Day
- Schicksalstag (Germany)
- International Day Against Fascism and Antisemitism (EU)
- World Freedom Day (US)
- World Science Day for Peace and Development (UN)
- Veterans Day (US) / Armistice Day (EU)
- Tulsi Vivah (Hindu)
- Yitzhak Rabin Memorial (Israel) [Begins at sunset Nov 12]
- Remembrance Sunday (UK)
- Anti-Bullying Week begins (UK)
- Karthik Purnima (Hindu)
- Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib (Sikh)
- World Diabetes Day (UN)
- Get Smart About Antibiotics Week begins (US)
- American Education Week begins (US)
- National Apprenticeship Week begins (US)
- Shichigosan (Shinto)
- Nativity Fast/Winter Lent begins - ends Dec. 24 (Orthodox Christian)
- America Recycles Day (US)
- International Day for Tolerance (UN)
- World Philosophy Day (UN)
- Great American Smokeout (US)
- National Adoption Day (US)
- National Child's Day (US)
- World Toilet Day (UN)
- Christ the King (Christian)
- Africa Industrialization Day (UN)
- Universal Children's Day (UN)
- Transgender Day of Remembrance
- Bhairava Ashtami (Hindu)
- World Television Day (UN)
- Niiname-sai (Shinto)
- Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikh)
- Day of the Covenant (Baha'i) [Begins at sunset Nov 24]
- Thanksgiving (US)
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (UN)
- Native American Heritage Day (US)
- Advent Sunday (Christian)
- Mitzvah Day International (UK)
- Sigd (Ethiopian Jewish) [Begins at sunset Nov 29]
- International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (UN)
- St. Andrew's Day (Christian/Scotland)
Sources
Notes
1) This calendar focuses on Religious Holidays, International Observances as declared by the United Nations, and United States Observances as declared by the White House. I add a few extra observances of my own choosing.
2) As a family historian - what holidays might my ancestors have observed? What holidays do my current kin observe? I am unable to find an individual website with all of the days above listed. Which is one reason I find the process useful, for me, and perhaps useful for others. Wikipedia, as one might guess, comes closest, though in addition to not being complete (which I could fix) they have a lot of what I consider flotsam and jetsam. The calendar above consolidates and filters the information from a variety of sources.
3) I do not include weekly or monthly religious observances. By that I mean, many religions observe a weekly day as a holy day. Many religions also observe the first and/or last day of every month as a holy day. These days I have not included in the calendar. I also have not included the numerous Saints Days on the Catholic calendar, unless they are highlighted on one of the interfaith calendars I reference.
4) Please let me know if you spot any errors, or if you have suggestions for additions.
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