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 few Hindu dates on these calendars yet, due to the complexity & multiplicity of all the various calendars in use. Likewise, there are few south-east Asian calendar dates.

Date	Event	Notes
Oct 1st Wednesday (fixed)	Christian Harvest Festival	Christianity. Harvests are laid out in church.
Oct 2nd Thursday (this year)	Yom Kippur	Judaism. Follows from 10 days of repentance; the most important Jewish date in a year.
Oct 2nd Thursday (fixed)	Gandhi Jayanti	Hinduism. For the birthday of Mahatma Gandi who bears much responsibility for creating India.
Oct 3rd Friday
Oct 4th Saturday
Oct 5th Sunday
Oct 6th Monday
Oct 7th Tuesday (7 days) (this year)	Sokkot	Judaism. Similar in style to the sabbath, but lasting a week instead of just Saturday.
Oct 8th Wednesday
Oct 9th Thursday (this year)	Guru Ram Das's Gurpurab/Prakesh (birthday)	Sikhism. The fourth guru.
Oct 10th Friday
Oct 11st Saturday
Oct 12nd Sunday
Oct 13rd Monday
Oct 14th Tuesday (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 14th Tuesday (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 15th Wednesday (this year)	Feast of 'Ilm (Knowledge)	Bahá'í Faith.
Oct 16th Thursday
Oct 17th Friday
Oct 18th Saturday
Oct 19th Sunday
Oct 20th Monday (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 Monday (this year)	Gurgadi Divas of Siri Guru Granth Sahib	Sikhism.
Oct 20th Monday (this year)	Harkrishan becomes the 8th guru	Sikhism.
Oct 20th Monday (this year)	Guru Har Rai's Jyoti Jot (death)	Sikhism. The seventh guru.
Oct 20th Monday (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 Tuesday (5 days) (this year)	Divali / Diwali	Hinduism. A seasonal harvest festival and the festival of light. The most widely celebrated Hindu festival₁. In some Indian states, it starts a day later.
Oct 21st Tuesday (this year)	Guru Gobind Singh's Jyoti Jot (death)	Sikhism. The tenth Guru.
Oct 22nd Wednesday	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 23rd Thursday	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 24th Friday (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 Saturday (this year)	Ava Mah Parab / Aban Jashan	Zoroastrianism. Celebration of Ava, guardian of fertility and water.
Oct 26th Sunday
Oct 27th Monday
Oct 28th Tuesday
Oct 29th Wednesday
Oct 30th Thursday
Oct 31st Friday (fixed)	Samhain	Paganism. For the coming of winter. The turning of the natural cycles continues; this commemorates death and remembers those who are dead.
Oct 31st Friday (fixed)	Halloween	The secular celebration of the ancient pagan festival of Samhain.