List of Festivals and Special Days - 2023

India is the land of cultural and religious festivals. Nowadays, Indian culture and traditions are being followed world wide. We believe that the festive season is a great time for a company to leave their mark on the minds of the customers. Keeping in mind the plethora of festivals coming our way, which can be your chance to drive brand recall amongst the audience with the use of creative branding, ad campaigns and digital marketing.

With the specialised marketing strategy to target potential customers during festivals, enhances the image of the company and helps in building emotional connections with their target customers. A complete digital marketing plan for the brand with the use of images, videos and social media posts including trending and unique hashtags which represents the enthusiasm and spirit of celebration.

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January 2023

01-Jan-23	Sunday	New Year's Day
06-Jan-23	Friday	National Technology Day
09-Jan-23	Monday	NRI Day
11-Jan-23	Wednesday	Lal Bahadur Shastri Death Anniversary
12-Jan-23	Thursday	Swami Vivekanand Jayanti
14-Jan-23	Saturday	Makar Sankranti, Lohri
15-Jan-23	Sunday	Pongal
23-Jan-23	Monday	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti
26-Jan-23	Thursday	Republic Day
26-Jan-23	Thursday	Vasant Panchami
28-Jan-23	Saturday	Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
30-Jan-23	Monday	Mahatma Gandhi's Martyrdom Day

February 2023

04-Feb-22	Saturday	World Cancer Day
05-Feb-22	Sunday	Guru Ravidas Jayanti
11-Feb-22	Saturday	World Day of the sick
12-Feb-22	Sunday	International Day of women's health
13-Feb-22	Monday	Sarojini Naidu's Birth Anniversary
14-Feb-22	Tuesday	Valentine's Day
18-Feb-22	Saturday	Maha Shivratri
19-Feb-22	Sunday	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti
27-Feb-22	Monday	World Sustainable Energy Day
28 Feb to 1 March		International Sustainable Energy Days

March 2023

01-Mar-23	Wednesday	National Defence Day
03-Mar-23	Friday	World Wildlife Day
03-Mar-23	Friday	World Hearing Day
04-Mar-23	Saturday	National Safety Day
04-Mar-23	Saturday	Employee Appreciation Day (First Friday of March)
07-Mar-23	Tuesday	Holika Dahan
08-Mar-23	Wednesday	Holi
08-Mar-23	Wednesday	International Women's Day
10-Mar-23	Friday	Shivaji Jayanti
10-Mar-23	Friday	The Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) – Raising Day
15-Mar-23	Wednesday	World Consumer Rights Day
16-Mar-23	Thursday	National Vaccination Day
20-Mar-23	Monday	International Day of Happiness
20-Mar-23	Monday	World Oral Health Day
21-Mar-23	Tuesday	Parsi New Year
21-Mar-23	Tuesday	World Forestry Day
22-Mar-23	Wednesday	World Water Day
23-Mar-23	Thursday	Shaheed Diwas - Shri Bhagat Singh, Shri Sukhdev, Shri Rajguru
24-Mar-23	Friday	World TB Day
27-Mar-23	Monday	World Theatre Day
30-Mar-23	Thursday	Ram Navmi

April 2023

01-Apr-23	Saturday	April Fools’ Day
01-Apr-23	Saturday	International Pillow Fight Day
02-Apr-23	Sunday	International Children's Book Day
04-Apr-23	Tuesday	Mahavir Swami Jayanti
04-Apr-23	Tuesday	International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
06-Apr-23	Thursday	Hanuman Jayanti
06-Apr-23	Thursday	International Day of Sport for Development
07-Apr-23	Friday	Good Friday
07-Apr-23	Friday	World Health Day
09-Apr-23	Sunday	Easter
10-Apr-23	Monday	World Homoeopathy Day
13-Apr-23	Thursday	Jallianwala bagh massacre
14-Apr-23	Friday	Ambedkar Jayanti
14-Apr-23	Friday	Baisakhi
14-Apr-23	Friday	Tamil New Year
15-Apr-23	Saturday	Husband Appreciation Day
17-Apr-23	Monday	World Haemophilia Day
18-Apr-23	Tuesday	World Heritage Day
21-Apr-23	Friday	International Creativity and Innovation Day
21-Apr-23	Friday	National Civil Services Day
22-Apr-23	Saturday	Eid al-Fitr
22-Apr-23	Saturday	Akshaya Tritiya
22-Apr-23	Saturday	World Earth Day
23-Apr-23	Sunday	World Books Day
25-Apr-23	Tuesday	World Malaria Day
26-Apr-23	Wednesday	World Intellectual Property Day
28-Apr-23	Friday	Workers Memorial Day
29-Apr-23	Saturday	International Dance Day

May 2023

01-May-23	Monday	Maha Gujarat Day
01-May-23	Monday	International Labour's Day
02-May-23	Tuesday	World Asthma Day
03-May-22	Tuesday	Ramzan Eid
05-May-23	Friday	Buddha Purnima
07-May-23	Sunday	Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
07-May-23	Sunday	World Laughter Day
08-May-23	Monday	World Thalassaemia Day
11-May-23	Thursday	National Technology Day
12-May-23	Friday	International Nurses Day
12-May-23	Friday	Military Spouse Appreciation Day
14-May-23	Sunday	Mother's Day
15-May-23	Monday	International Day of Familie
17-May-23	Wednesday	World Telecom Day
18-May-23	Thursday	International Museums Day
18-May-23	Thursday	World AIDS Vaccine Day
19-May-23	Friday	Vat Savitri Vrat
21-May-23	Sunday	National Anti-Terrorism Day
22-May-23	Monda	Maharana Pratap Jayanti
22-May-23	Monda	International Biodiversity Day
23-May-23	Tuesday	Maharana Pratap Jayanti
25-May-23	Thursday	Worlds Thyroid Day
28-May-23	Sunday	International Day for Women's health
29-May-23	Monday	International Day of UN PeaceKeepers
31-May-23	Wednesday	World No Tobacco Day

July 2023

01-Jul-23	Saturday	Doctors Day
02-Jul-23	Sunday	World UFO Day
03-Jul-23	Monday	Guru Purnima
04-Jul-23	Tuesday	USA Independence Day
11-Jul-23	Tuesday	World Population Day
18-Jul-23	Tuesday	Nelson Mandela Day
26-Jul-23	Wednesday	Kargil Victory Day
28-Jul-23	Friday	World Nature Conservation Day
29-Jul-23	Saturday	Muharram
28-Jul-23	Friday	World Hepatitis Day
29-Jul-23	Saturday	International Tiger Day

June 2023

01-Jun-23	Thursday	World Milk Day (FAO)
01-Jun-23	Thursday	Global Day of Parents
02-Jun-23	Friday	Telangana Formation Day
03-Jun-23	Saturday	world bicycle day
04-Jun-23	Sunday	Kabir Jayanti
05-Jun-23	Monday	World Environment Day
06-Jun-23	Tuesday	World Pest Awareness Day
07-Jun-23	Wednesday	World Food Safety Day
08-Jun-23	Thursday	World Brain Tumour Day
08-Jun-23	Thursday	World Oceans Day
09-Jun-22	Thursday	Ganga Dussehra
12-Jun-23	Monday	World Day Against Child Labour/Child Labour Prohibition Day
14-Jun-23	Wednesday	World Blood Donor Day
15-Jun-23	Thursday	World Wind Day
15-Jun-23	Thursday	World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
18-Jun-23	Sunday	Fathers Day
20-Jun-23	Tuesday	Jagannath Rath Yatra
20-Jun-23	Tuesday	World Refugee Day
21-Jun-22	Tuesday	Selfie Day
21-Jun-23	Wednesday	International Yoga Day
21-Jun-23	Wednesday	World Music Day
23-Jun-23	Friday	National Pink Day
23-Jun-23	Friday	International Olympics Day
26-Jun-23	Monday	International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
29-Jun-23	Thursday	Eid al-Adha
29-Jun-23	Thursday	Ashadhi Ekadashi
29-Jun-23	Thursday	Bakri Eid
29-Jun-23	Thursday	National Statistics Day
30-Jun-23	Friday	World Social Media Day

August 2023

07-Aug-23	Monday	National Handloom Day
06-Aug-23	Sunday	International Friendship Day
09-Aug-23	Wednesday	Quit India Movement Day
12-Aug-23	Saturday	Independence Day
15-Aug-23	Tuesday	Independence Day
19-Aug-23	Saturday	&Hariyali Teej
19-Aug-23	Saturday	World Photography Day
20-Augt-23	Sunday	Sadbhavana Diwas
21-Aug-23	Monday	Nag Panchami
26-Aug-23	Saturday	Women's Equality Day
29-Aug-23	Tuesda	National Sports Day- India
30-Aug-23	Wednesday	Onam
30-Aug-23	Wednesday	Rakhsha Bandhan
30-Aug-23	Wednesday	Small Industry Day

September 2023

02-Sep-23	Saturday	World Coconut Day
05-Sep-23	Tuesday	Teacher's Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan's BirthDay)
08-Sep-23	Friday	Janmashtami
08-Sep-23	Friday	International Literacy Day
14-Sep-23	Thursday	World First Aid Day
14-Sep-23	Thursday	Hindi day
15-Sep-23	Friday	Engineers Day
16-Sep-23	Saturday	World Ozone Day
16-Sep-23	Saturday	International Day of preservation
17-Sep-23	Sunday	Vishwakarma Jayanti
19-Sep-23	Tuesday	Samvatsari Parva
19-Sep-23	Tuesday	Ganesh Chaturthi
21-Sep-23	Thursday	Rishi Panchami
21-Sep-23	Thursday	World Alzheimer's day
21-Sep-23	Thursday	International Day of Peace
24-Sep-23	Sunday	World Rivers Day
25-Sep-23	Monday	Daughter's Day
27-Sep-23	Wednesday	World Tourism Day
28-Sep-23	Thursday	Anant Chaturdashi
28-Sep-23	Thursday	Anant Chaturdashi
28-Sep-23	Thursday	World Rabies Day
29-Sep-23	Friday	World Heart Day

October 2023

01-Oct-23	Sunday	International Day for the Elderly(UN)
02-Oct-23	Monday	Gandhi Jayanti - International Day of Non-Violence
04-Oct-23	Wednesday	World Animal Welfare Day
05-Oct-23	Thursday	World Teacher's Day
08-Oct-23	Sunday	Indian Air-force day
09-Oct-23	Monday	World Postal Day
10-Oct-23	Tuesday	World Mental Health Day
11-Oct-23	Wednesday	International Girl Child Day
12-Oct-23	Thursday	World Sight Day
13-Oct-23	Friday	World Calamity Control Day(UN)
14-Oct-23	Saturday	World Standard Day
15-Oct-23	Sunday	Navratri begins
15-Oct-23	Sunday	World White cane day(guiding the blind)
15-Oct-23	Sunday	APJ Abdul Kalam Birth Anniversary
16-Oct-23	Monday	World Food Day
17-Oct-23	Tuesday	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
20-Oct-23	Friday	Jalaram Bapa Jayanti
20-Oct-23	Friday	National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on that day)
22-Oct-23	Sunday	Durga Ashtami
23-Oct-23	Monday	Mahanavami
24-Oct-23	Tuesday	Dussehra
24-Oct-23	Tuesday	Vijayadashmi
24-Oct-23	Tuesday	United Nations Day
28-Oct-23	Saturday	Sharad Purnima
30-Oct-23	Monday	World Thrift Day
31-Oct-23	Tuesday	Rastriya Ekta Diwas (Sardar Patel)
31-Oct-23	Tuesday	National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi)"
31-Oct-23	Tuesday	Karva Chauth
31-Oct-23	Tuesday	Halloween

November 2023

01-Nov-23	Wednesday	World Vegan Day
05-Nov-23	Sunday	World Tsunami Day
07-Nov-23	Tuesday	National Cancer Awareness Day
09-Nov-23	Thursday	Legal Services Day
10-Nov-23	Friday	Dhan Teras
11-Nov-23	Saturday	Kali Chaudas
12-Nov-23	Sunday	Lakshmi Puja
12-Nov-23	Sunday	Diwali
14-Nov-23	Tuesday	Bhai Dooj
14-Nov-23	Tuesday	Children Day
14-Nov-23	Tuesday	Diabetes Day
17-Nov-23	Friday	National Epilepsy Day
21-Nov-23	Tuesday	Akshaya Navami
21-Nov-23	Tuesday	Akshaya Navami
27-Nov-23	Monday	Guru Nanak Jayanti

December 2023

01-Dec-23	Friday	World AIDS Day
02-Dec-23	Saturday	National Pollution Day
03-Dec-23	Sunday	World Day of the Handicapped
04-Dec-23	Monday	Indian Navy Day
05-Dec-23	Tuesday	World Soil Day
07-Dec-23	Thursday	Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
10-Dec-23	Sunday	Human Rights Day
11-Dec-23	Monday	International Mountain Day
14-Dec-23	Thursday	World Energy Conservation Day
18-Dec-23	Monday	Minorities Right Day
22-Dec-23	Friday	Shrimad Bhagavad Gita Jayanti
22-Dec-23	Friday	National Mathematics Day
23-Dec-23	Saturday	Kisan Day
24-Dec-23	Sunday	National Consumers Day
25-Dec-23	Monday	Christmas
31-Dec-23	Sunday	New Year's Eve