August 2024 Festivals, Events and Holidays Calendar: Independence Day, Raksha Bandhan, Friendship Day – Complete List of Important National and International Days and Dates in August

Date

Day

Festival/Event

August 1

Thursday

World Breastfeeding Week

August 1

Thursday

National Girlfriend Day

August 1

Thursday

Cycle to Work Day or Bike to Work Day

August 1

Thursday

Muslim Women Rights Day

August 1

Thursday

Homemade Pie Day

August 1

Thursday

International Childfree Day

August 1

Thursday

National Mountain Climbing Day

August 1

Thursday

Lammas Day

August 1

Thursday

National Raspberry Cream Pie Day

August 1

Thursday

National Spider-Man Day

August 1

Thursday

Swiss National Day

August 1

Thursday

Woman Astronomers Day

August 1

Thursday

World Lung Cancer Day

August 1

Thursday

World Wide Web Day

August 1

Thursday

Yorkshire Day

August 1

Thursday

Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak Death Anniversary

August 2

Friday

Sawan Shivratri

August 2

Friday

Aadi Perukku

August 2

Friday

Virgen de Los Angeles Day

August 2

Friday

International Beer Day

August 2

Friday

Braham Pie Day

August 2

Friday

National Ice Cream Sandwich Day

August 3

Saturday

National Watermelon Day

August 3

Saturday

National Mustard Day

August 3

Saturday

National Jamaican Patty Day

August 3

Saturday

International Mead Day

August 3

Saturday

Sandcastle Day

August 4

Sunday

Hariyali Amavasya

August 4

Sunday

Aadi Amavasai

August 4

Sunday

Dashama Vrata

August 4

Sunday

Gatari Amavasya

August 4

Sunday

Friendship Day

August 4

Sunday

National Sisters Day

August 4

Sunday

American Family Day

August 4

Sunday

International Clouded Leopard Day

August 4

Sunday

National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day

August 4

Sunday

National White Wine Day

August 4

Sunday

U.S. Coast Guard Birthday

August 4

Sunday

Single Working Women’s Day

August 4

Sunday

Psychic Day

August 5

Monday

Shravana Begins in Maharashtra

August 5

Monday

5th anniversary of India scrapping Article 370

August 5

Monday

Blogger Day

August 5

Monday

British Columbia Day

August 5

Monday

Civic Holiday in Canada

August 5

Monday

Commerce Day

August 5

Monday

Natal Day in Canada

August 5

Monday

National Couscous Day

August 5

Monday

National Dash Cam Day

August 5

Monday

National Underwear Day

August 5

Monday

National Oyster Day

August 6

Tuesday

First Mangala Gauri Vrat in Maharashtra

August 6

Tuesday

Balloons to Heaven Day

August 6

Tuesday

Farmworker Appreciation Day

August 6

Tuesday

Hiroshima Day

August 6

Tuesday

National Fresh Breath Day

August 6

Tuesday

National Root Beer Float Day

August 6

Tuesday

Apple Feast of the Saviour · August 6 (Ukraine) · August 19 (Belarus, Russia)

August 7

Wednesday

Hariyali Teej

August 7

Wednesday

Aadi Pooram or Andal / Bhudevi Jayanthi

August 7

Wednesday

Aged Care Employee Day

August 7

Wednesday

National Lighthouse Day

August 7

Wednesday

National Raspberries n’ Cream Day

August 7

Wednesday

Professional Speakers Day

August 7

Wednesday

Purple Heart Day

August 7

Wednesday

National Sea Serpent Day

August 7

Wednesday

Brecon Jazz Festival

August 7

Wednesday

Professional Engineers Day

August 7

Wednesday

National Handloom Day

August 7

Wednesday

International Kite Flying Day

August 7

Wednesday

Rabindranath Tagore Death Anniversary

August 8

Thursday

Quit India Movement

August 8

Thursday

Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat

August 8

Thursday

International Cat Day

August 8

Thursday

National Happiness Day

August 8

Thursday

National Braiders Day

August 8

Thursday

National CBD Day

August 8

Thursday

National Dollar Day

August 8

Thursday

National Frozen Custard Day

August 8

Thursday

National Mochi Day

August 8

Thursday

National Tarantula Appreciation Day

August 8

Thursday

Peace Festival Augsburg

August 8

Thursday

Scottish Wildcat Day

August 9

Friday

Nag Panchami

August 9

Friday

Adivasi Divas

August 9

Friday

August Kranti Diwas

August 9

Friday

Sant Gyaneshwar Jayanti

August 9

Friday

International Coworking Day

August 9

Friday

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

August 9

Friday

Veep Day

August 9

Friday

Nagasaki Memorial Day

August 9

Friday

National Book Lovers Day

August 9

Friday

National Rice Pudding Day

August 9

Friday

National Hand Holding Day

August 9

Friday

National Women’s Day in South Africa

August 9

Friday

National Day of Singapore

August 10

Saturday

Kalki Jayanti

August 10

Saturday

Skanda Sashti Vrat

August 10

Saturday

Ascent of Saint Dominic

August 10

Saturday

National Science Week in Australia

August 10

Saturday

World Lion Day

August 10

Saturday

Qixi Festival

August 10

Saturday

National S’mores Day

August 10

Saturday

National Lazy Day

August 10

Saturday

National Bowling Day

August 10

Saturday

International Biodiesel Day

August 10

Saturday

World Biofuel Day

August 11

Sunday

Bhanu Saptami

August 11

Sunday

Tulsidas Jayanti

August 11

Sunday

Mountain Day in Japan

August 11

Sunday

Melon Day

August 11

Sunday

Hip Hop Day in the US

August 11

Sunday

Gay Uncles Day

August 11

Sunday

Kandy Esala Perahera Festival

August 11

Sunday

Son and Daughter Day

August 11

Sunday

Presidential Joke Day

August 11

Sunday

National Raspberry Bombe Day

August 11

Sunday

National Fufu Day

August 11

Sunday

National Face Mask Day

August 11

Sunday

National Bakewell Tart Day

August 11

Sunday

World Steelpan Day

August 12

Monday

Perseid Meteor Shower 2024 Peak Night

August 12

Monday

Second Shravan Somwar Vrat

August 12

Monday

International Youth Day

August 12

Monday

World Elephant Day

August 12

Monday

Middle Child Day

August 12

Monday

Victory Over Japan Day

August 12

Monday

Tisha B’Av

August 12

Monday

National Vinyl Record Day

August 12

Monday

National Julienne Fries Day

August 12

Monday

National Gooey Butter Cake Day

August 12

Monday

Mother’s Day in Thailand

August 12

Monday

Milkman Day

August 12

Monday

Afternoon Tea Week

August 12

Monday

IBM PC Day

August 12

Monday

Glorious Twelfth

August 13

Tuesday

International Lefthanders Day

August 13

Tuesday

Second Mangala Gauri Vrat  in Maharashtra

August 13

Tuesday

Ahilyabai Holkar Punyatithi

August 13

Tuesday

Women’s and Family Day or National Women’s Day (Tunisia)

August 13

Tuesday

World Organ Donation Day 2024

August 13

Tuesday

National Prosecco Day

August 13

Tuesday

Obon Festival (Japan)

August 13

Tuesday

National Filet Mignon Day

August 13

Tuesday

Fast of Ninth of Av

August 14

Wednesday

Partition Horrors Remembrance Day

August 14

Wednesday

World Lizard Day

August 14

Wednesday

World Calligraphy Day

August 14

Wednesday

Pramuka Day

August 14

Wednesday

Pakistan Independence Day

August 14

Wednesday

National Tattoo Removal Day

August 14

Wednesday

National Spirit of ’45 Day

August 14

Wednesday

National Financial Awareness Day

August 14

Wednesday

National Creamsicle Day

August 14

Wednesday

Falklands Day

August 14

Wednesday

Oued Ed-Dahab Day

August 15

Thursday

India Independence Day

August 15

Thursday

National Day of Mourning (Bangladesh)

August 15

Thursday

Assumption of Mary (Spain)

August 15

Thursday

Feast of Assumption (Chile)

August 15

Thursday

Flooding of the Nile

August 15

Thursday

National Liberation Day of Korea

August 15

Thursday

National No SpongeBob Day

August 15

Thursday

National Relaxation Day

August 15

Thursday

St Mary’s Day

August 15

Thursday

World Greatness Day

August 16

Friday

Shravana Putrada Ekadashi Vrat

August 16

Friday

Damodara Dwadashi

August 16

Friday

Varalakshmi Vratam

August 16

Friday

Simha Sankranti

August 16

Friday

St. Roch’s Day

August 16

Friday

Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)

August 16

Friday

Parsi New Year (Navroz)**

August 16

Friday

National Work From Home for Wellness Day

August 16

Friday

National Tell A Joke Day

August 16

Friday

National Rum Day

August 16

Friday

National Roller Coaster Day

August 16

Friday

National Men’s Grooming Day

August 16

Friday

National Independent Worker Day

August 16

Friday

National Authenticity Day

August 16

Friday

National Airborne Day

August 16

Friday

Hawaiian Shirt Day

August 16

Friday

Bennington Battle Day

August 16

Friday

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Death Anniversary

August 17

Saturday

Malayalam New Year

August 17

Saturday

National Heritage Week

August 17

Saturday

World Honey Bee Day

August 17

Saturday

National Nonprofit Day

August 17

Saturday

International Homeless Animals’ Day

August 17

Saturday

Independence Day (Indonesia)

August 17

Saturday

International Geocaching Day

August 17

Saturday

Black Cat Appreciation Day

August 18

Sunday

World Breast Cancer Research Day

August 18

Sunday

National Couple’s Day

August 18

Sunday

Serendipity Day

August 18

Sunday

Pinot Noir Day

August 18

Sunday

Never Give Up Day

August 18

Sunday

National Ice Cream Pie Day

August 18

Sunday

National Fajita Day

August 18

Sunday

Long Tan Day

August 18

Sunday

Indonesia Constitution Day

August 18

Sunday

Green Man Festival

August 18

Sunday

Bad Poetry Day

August 18

Sunday

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Death Anniversary

August 19

Monday

Raksha Bandhan

August 19

Monday

Third Shravan Somwar Vrat

August 19

Monday

Gayatri Jayanti

August 19

Monday

Rigveda Upakarma

August 19

Monday

Narali Purnima

August 19

Monday

Hayagriva Jayanti

August 19

Monday

Sanskrit Diwas / World Sanskrit Day

August 19

Monday

Luv Kush Jayanti

August 19

Monday

Shravana Purnima Vrat

August 19

Monday

World Humanitarian Day

August 19

Monday

Afghanistan Independence Day

August 19

Monday

National Potato Day

August 19

Monday

World Photography Day

August 19

Monday

National Photography Day

August 19

Monday

National Aviation Day

August 19

Monday

International Orangutan Day

August 19

Monday

August Moon Festival

August 19

Monday

International Bow Day

August 19

Monday

National Patient Advocacy Day

August 19

Monday

National Soft Ice Cream Day

August 19

Monday

August Revolution Commemoration Day

August 19

Monday

Contact Lens Health Week

August 20

Tuesday

Gayatri Japam

August 20

Tuesday

Third Mangala Gauri Vrat  in Maharashtra

August 20

Tuesday

Akshay Urja Day 2024

August 20

Tuesday

Sadbhavana Diwas

August 20

Tuesday

World Mosquito Day

August 20

Tuesday

National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day

August 20

Tuesday

National Radio Day

August 20

Tuesday

St. Stephen’s Day Hungary

August 20

Tuesday

National Bacon Lovers Day

August 20

Tuesday

Rajiv Gandhi Birth Anniversary

August 21

Wednesday

Ninoy Aquino Day

August 21

Wednesday

National Spumoni Day

August 21

Wednesday

National Senior Citizens Day

August 21

Wednesday

National Brazilian Blowout Day

August 21

Wednesday

Internet Self-Care Day

August 21

Wednesday

International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism

August 21

Wednesday

World Entrepreneurs Day

August 21

Wednesday

World Fashion Day

August 22

Thursday

Kajari Teej

August 22

Thursday

Bol Choth or Bahula Chaturthi

August 22

Thursday

Heramba Sankashti Chaturthi

August 22

Thursday

Madras Day

August 22

Thursday

International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief

August 22

Thursday

Folklore Day (Brazil)

August 22

Thursday

National Bao Day (US)

August 22

Thursday

National Burger Day (UK)

August 22

Thursday

National Pecan Torte Day (US)

August 22

Thursday

World Plant Milk Day

August 22

Thursday

National Flag Day in Russia

August 22

Thursday

Rainbow Baby Day

August 22

Thursday

National Tooth Fairy Day

August 22

Thursday

National Surgical Oncologist Day

August 22

Thursday

National Be an Angel Day

August 23

Friday

Nag Panchami

August 23

Friday

National Space Day

August 23

Friday

World Water Week

August 23

Friday

National Coconut Week

August 23

Friday

Slavery Remembrance Day or

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition 

August 23

Friday

National Sponge Cake Day

August 23

Friday

National Cuban Sandwich Day

August 23

Friday

Health Unit Coordinators Day

August 23

Friday

Find Your Inner Nerd Day

August 23

Friday

Black Ribbon Day or European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism

August 23

Friday

Day of the National Flag

August 23

Friday

Cheap Flight Day

August 24

Saturday

Balarama Jayanti

August 24

Saturday

Randhan Chhath

August 24

Saturday

World Gujarati Language Day

August 24

Saturday

Shivaram Rajguru Birth Anniversary

August 24

Saturday

International Bat Night

August 24

Saturday

William Wilberforce Day

August 24

Saturday

Vesuvius Day

August 24

Saturday

Independence Day of Ukraine

August 24

Saturday

Pride Cymru

August 24

Saturday

Pluto Demoted Day

August 24

Saturday

National Waffle Day

August 24

Saturday

National Peach Pie Day

August 24

Saturday

National Knife Day

August 24

Saturday

Kobe Bryant Day

August 24

Saturday

International Strange Music Day

August 25

Sunday

Shitala Satam

August 25

Sunday

August 2003 Mumbai bombings

August 25

Sunday

Day of Songun

August 25

Sunday

Kiss and Make Up Day

August 25

Sunday

National Banana Split Day

August 25

Sunday

National Whiskey Sour Day

August 25

Sunday

Social Justice Sunday

August 25

Sunday

Uruguay Independence Day

August 25

Sunday

Burning Man Festival

August 25

Sunday

National Kiss and Make Up Day

August 26

Monday

Krishna Janmashtami

August 26

Monday

Sri Krishna Jayanti  or Ashtami Rohini

August 26

Monday

Fourth Shravan Somwar Vrat

August 26

Monday

Women’s Equality Day

August 26

Monday

International Dog Day

August 26

Monday

National Toilet Paper Day

August 26

Monday

National WebMistress Day

August 26

Monday

Summer Bank Holiday (England and Wales)

August 26

Monday

National Heroes Day of Philippines

August 26

Monday

National Cherry Popsicle Day

August 27

Tuesday

Gopalakala or Dahi Handi

August 27

Tuesday

Fourth Mangala Gauri Vrat  in Maharashtra

August 27

Tuesday

National Pots De Creme Day

August 27

Tuesday

National Petroleum Day

August 27

Tuesday

Lyndon Baines Johnson Day

August 27

Tuesday

International Lottery Day

August 27

Tuesday

Crab Soup Day

August 27

Tuesday

National Banana Lovers Day

August 28

Wednesday

La Tomatina 2024

August 28

Wednesday

Emirati Women’s Day

August 28

Wednesday

Power Rangers Day

August 28

Wednesday

Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day

August 28

Wednesday

National Cherry Turnover Day

August 29

Thursday

Aja Ekadashi Vrat

August 29

Thursday

Telugu Language Day

August 29

Thursday

Literacy & Numeracy Week

August 29

Thursday

National Sports Day of India

August 29

Thursday

Major Dhyan Chand Birth Anniversary

August 29

Thursday

National Lemon Juice Day

August 29

Thursday

National Chop Suey Day

August 29

Thursday

More Herbs, Less Salt Day

August 29

Thursday

International Day against Nuclear Tests

August 29

Thursday

International Cabernet Day

August 29

Thursday

Individual Rights Day

August 30

Friday

International Cabernet Sauvignon Day

August 30

Friday

National Toasted Marshmallow Day

August 30

Friday

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

August 30

Friday

Frankenstein Day

August 30

Friday

International Whale Shark Day

August 30

Friday

Santa Rosa De Lima (Peru)

August 30

Friday

Victory Day (Turkey)

August 30

Friday

National Grief Awareness Day

August 30

Friday

National Beach Day

August 30

Friday

National Small Industry Day in India

August 31

Saturday

Birth Anniversary of President Ramon Magsaysay

August 31

Saturday

Eat Outside Day

August 31

Saturday

World Distance Learning Day

August 31

Saturday

National Zoo Awareness Day

August 31

Saturday

National Trail Mix Day

August 31

Saturday

National Matchmaker Day

August 31

Saturday

National Diatomaceous Earth Day

August 31

Saturday

International Overdose Awareness Day

August 31

Saturday

International Day for People of African Descent

August 31

Saturday

National Franchise Appreciation Day