2026 Holiday Calendar

October 2026 Holidays - UK:ℹ

Sep 2026		October 2026				Nov 2026
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu		Fri	Sat	Sun
			1		2	3	4
			Sukkot (Continues) Int'l. Coffee Day Int'l. Day of Older Persons Nat'l. Poetry Day Nigerian Indep. Day World Vegetarian Day		Shemini Atzeret (Begins) Sukkot (End) Int'l. Day of Non-Violence World Smile Day	Shemini Atzeret (Continues) Mean Girls Day Nat'l. Boyfriend Day	St Francis Shemini Atzeret (End) Simchat Torah Space Week Starts World Animal Day
41 5	6	7	8		9	10	11
World Habitat Day World Teachers' Day	World Cerebral Palsy Day		World Sight Day		Leif Erikson Day Uganda Indep. World Egg Day World Post Day	World Homeless Day World Mental Health Day World Porridge Day	Day Of The Girl Nat'l. Coming Out Day
42 12	13	14	15		16	17	18
World Arthritis Day	Ada Lovelace Day Int'l. Day for Disaster Reduction No Bra Day		Global Handwashing Day Int'l. Day of Rural Women Spirit Day		Restart A Heart Day World Food Day	Edge Day Int'l. Day for the Eradication of Poverty	Anti Slavery Day World Menopause Day
43 19	20	21	22	Today	23	24	25
	Int'l. Sloth Day	Apple Day Trafalgar Night			Mole Day	United Nations Day World Development Information Day
44 26	27	28	29		30	31
Nat'l. Pumpkin Day	Black Cat Day World Day for Audiovisual Heritage		Nat'l. Cat Day		Mischief Night (Oct)	Halloween World Cities Day

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October Observances & Fun Facts
October 2026 is Observed as	Breast Cancer Awareness Month ADHD Awareness Month
Oct. Birthstone	Opal and Tourmaline
UK Peak Season Fruit & Veges for October	Apples Carrot Mushrooms Pears Pumpkin Quince
Oct. Astrological Sign	Libra (till 22nd) & Scorpio (23rd →)

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October

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International Coffee Day		Thu 1
International Day of Older Persons		Thu 1
National Poetry Day		Thu 1
World Vegetarian Day		Thu 1
Shemini Atzeret (Begins)		Fri 2
International Day of Non-Violence		Fri 2
World Smile Day		Fri 2
Mean Girls Day		Sat 3
National Boyfriend Day		Sat 3
Saint Francis of Assisi		Sun 4
Simchat Torah		Sun 4
Space Week Starts		Sun 4
World Animal Day		Sun 4
World Habitat Day		Mon 5
World Teachers' Day		Mon 5
World Cerebral Palsy Day		Tue 6
World Sight Day		Thu 8
Leif Erikson Day		Fri 9
World Egg Day		Fri 9
World Post Day		Fri 9
World Homeless Day		Sat 10
World Mental Health Day		Sat 10
World Porridge Day		Sat 10
Day Of The Girl		Sun 11
National Coming Out Day		Sun 11
World Arthritis Day		Mon 12
Ada Lovelace Day		Tue 13
International Day for Disaster Reduction		Tue 13
No Bra Day		Tue 13
Global Handwashing Day		Thu 15
International Day of Rural Women		Thu 15
Spirit Day		Thu 15
Restart A Heart Day		Fri 16
World Food Day		Fri 16
Edge Day		Sat 17
Int'l. Day for the Eradication of Poverty		Sat 17
Anti Slavery Day		Sun 18
World Menopause Day		Sun 18
International Sloth Day		Tue 20
Apple Day		Wed 21
Trafalgar Night		Wed 21
Today
Mole Day		Fri 23
United Nations Day		Sat 24
World Development Information Day		Sat 24
National Pumpkin Day		Mon 26
Black Cat Day		Tue 27
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage		Tue 27
National Cat Day		Thu 29
Mischief Night (Oct)		Fri 30
Halloween		Sat 31
World Cities Day		Sat 31

Beginning of Autumn (Meteorological)		Tue 1
Selichot		Sat 5
International Day of Charity		Sat 5
World Beard Day		Sat 5
Read A Book Day		Sun 6
International Literacy Day		Tue 8
Star Trek Day		Tue 8
999 Day UK		Wed 9
National Quiet Day		Wed 9
World Suicide Prevention Day		Thu 10
Rosh Hashana (Begins)		Fri 11
Ethiopian New Year		Fri 11
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation		Sat 12
Roald Dahl Day		Sun 13
World Sepsis Day		Sun 13
Battle of Britain Day		Tue 15
International Day of Democracy		Tue 15
Int'l. Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer		Wed 16
Batman Day		Sat 19
International Talk Like A Pirate Day		Sat 19
Youth Mental Health Day		Sat 19
Yom Kippur		Mon 21
International Day of Peace		Mon 21
World Alzheimer's Day		Mon 21
World Rhino Day		Tue 22
Autumn Equinox		Wed 23
Bi Visibility Day		Wed 23
International Day of Sign Languages		Wed 23
National Fitness Day		Wed 23
World Maritime Day		Thu 24
Sukkot (Begins)		Fri 25
National Daughter's Day		Fri 25
Int'l. Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons		Sat 26
World Tourism Day		Sun 27
Int'l. Day for Universal Access to Information		Mon 28
World Rabies Day		Mon 28
Michaelmas Day		Tue 29
World Heart Day		Tue 29
International Translation Day		Wed 30

All Saints Day		Sun 1
Vegan Day		Sun 1
All Souls' Day		Mon 2
Int'l. Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists		Mon 2
World Ballet Day		Mon 2
National Sandwich Day		Tue 3
International Stress Awareness Day		Wed 4
Mischief Night (Nov)		Wed 4
Bonfire Night		Thu 5
World Tsunami Awareness Day		Thu 5
Int'l. Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War & Armed Conflict		Fri 6
Remembrance Sunday		Sun 8
Diwali (Main festive day)		Sun 8
World Radiography Day		Sun 8
World Science Day for Peace & Development		Tue 10
Armistice Day		Wed 11
Remembrance Day		Wed 11
Kindness Day		Fri 13
World Diabetes Day		Sat 14
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims		Sun 15
International Day for Tolerance		Mon 16
Odd Socks Day		Mon 16
World Prematurity Day		Tue 17
World COPD Day		Wed 18
Carers Rights Day		Thu 19
International Mens Day		Thu 19
World Philosophy Day		Thu 19
World Toilet Day		Thu 19
Africa Industrialization Day		Fri 20
Trans Day of Remembrance		Fri 20
Universal Children's Day		Fri 20
World Hello Day		Sat 21
World Television Day		Sat 21
Stir Up Sunday		Sun 22
Int'l. Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women		Wed 25
White Ribbon Day		Wed 25
Buy Nothing Day		Fri 27
Lancashire Day		Fri 27
First Sunday of Advent		Sun 29
Int'l. Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People		Sun 29
Saint Andrew		Mon 30
Saint Andrew (Scotland)		Mon 30
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare		Mon 30