November Holidays and Observances

(See bottom of post for sources and notes)

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

1

• 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)

2

• 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)

5

• Sooranporu (Hindu)
• World Tsunami Awareness Day (UN)
• Guy Fawkes Night (UK)

6

• Chhath (Hindu)
• International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflicts (UN)
• Daylight Savings Time ends (US)

7

• International Week of Science and Peace begins (UN)

8

• Election Day (US)
• Intersex Solidarity Day

9

• Schicksalstag (Germany)
• International Day Against Fascism and Antisemitism (EU)
• World Freedom Day (US)

10

• World Science Day for Peace and Development (UN)

11

• Veterans Day (US) / Armistice Day (EU)

12

• Tulsi Vivah (Hindu)
• Yitzhak Rabin Memorial (Israel) [Begins at sunset Nov 12]

13

• Remembrance Sunday (UK)
• Anti-Bullying Week begins (UK)

14

• 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)

15

• Shichigosan (Shinto)
• Nativity Fast/Winter Lent begins - ends Dec. 24 (Orthodox Christian)
• America Recycles Day (US)

16

• International Day for Tolerance (UN)

17

• World Philosophy Day (UN)
• Great American Smokeout (US)

19

• National Adoption Day (US)
• National Child's Day (US)
• World Toilet Day (UN)

20

• Christ the King (Christian)
• Africa Industrialization Day (UN)
• Universal Children's Day (UN)
• Transgender Day of Remembrance

21

• Bhairava Ashtami (Hindu)
• World Television Day (UN)

23

• Niiname-sai (Shinto)

24

• Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikh)
• Day of the Covenant (Baha'i) [Begins at sunset Nov 24]
• Thanksgiving (US)

25

• International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (UN)
• Native American Heritage Day (US)

27

• Advent Sunday (Christian)
• Mitzvah Day International (UK)

29

• Sigd (Ethiopian Jewish) [Begins at sunset Nov 29]
• International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (UN)

30

• St. Andrew's Day (Christian/Scotland)

Sources

1. Huffington Post Interfaith Calendar

2. Interfaithcalendar.org

3. Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education

4. Feast Days and Holy Days of the New Baha'i Calendar

5. United Nations Observances

6. US Presidential Proclamations

7. Wikipedia - November

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.