Important Days and Dates in January 2024
Date Observance
01-Jan New Year’s Day, Global Family Day
04-Jan World Braille Day
05-Jan National Birds Day
06-Jan World War Orphans Day
08-Jan African National Congress Day
09-Jan NRI Day (Pravasi Bharatiya Divas)
10-Jan World Hindi Day
11-Jan Death Anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
12-Jan National Youth Day (Swami Vivekananda’s Birthday)
13-Jan Lohri
15-Jan Army Day, Makar Sankranti, Pongal
20-Jan Penguin Awareness Day
23-Jan Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Birthday
24-Jan National Girl Child Day
25-Jan National Voters Day, India Tourism Day
26-Jan Republic Day of India, International Customs Day
27-Jan International Holocaust Remembrance Day
28-Jan Lala Lajpat Rai’s Birth Anniversary, Data Protection Day, KM Carriappa Day
30-Jan Martyr’s Day (Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day), World Leprosy Eradication Day
31-Jan International Zebra Day
Important Days and Dates in February 2024
01-Feb Indian Coast Guard Day
02-Feb World Wetlands Day
04-Feb World Cancer Day
5-13 February Kala Ghoda Festival
06-Feb International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
6-12 February International Development Week
08-Feb Safer Internet Day
10-Feb National Deworming Day, World Pulses Day
11-Feb World Day of the Sick, International Day of Women and Girls in Science
12-Feb Darwin Day, Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday, National Productivity Day
13-Feb World Radio Day, Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary
14-Feb Valentine’s Day, Vasant Panchami
18-27 February Taj Mahotsav
20-Feb Arunachal Pradesh Foundation Day, World Day of Social Justice
21-Feb International Mother Language Day
22-Feb World Thinking Day
24-Feb Central Excise Day
27-Feb World NGO Day
28-Feb National Science Day, Rare Disease Day
Important Days and Dates in March 2024
01-Mar Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defence Day, Self Injury Awareness Day
03-Mar World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day
04-Mar National Safety Day, Employee Appreciation Day, Ramakrishna Jayanti
08-Mar International Women’s Day
09-Mar No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March)
10-Mar CISF Raising Day
12-Mar Mauritius Day
14-Mar Pi Day, International Day of Action for Rivers
15-Mar World Consumer Rights Day
16-Mar National Vaccination Day
18-Mar Ordnance Factories Day (India)
20-Mar International Day of Happiness, World Sparrow Day, Hindi New Year
21-Mar World Forestry Day, World Down Syndrome Day, World Poetry Day
22-Mar World Water Day
23-Mar World Meteorological Day
24-Mar World TB Day
25-Mar International Day of the Unborn Child, Holi, International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
26-Mar Purple Day for Epilepsy
27-Mar World Theatre Day
Important Days and Dates in April 2024
01-Apr Odisha Foundation Day, April Fools’ Day, Prevention of Blindness Week
02-Apr World Autism Awareness Day
04-Apr International Day for Mine Awareness
05-Apr National Maritime Day
07-Apr World Health Day
09-Apr Ugadi / Gudi Padwa / Telugu New Year
10-Apr World Homoeopathy Day (WHD)
11-Apr National Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day
13-Apr Vaisakhi / Baisakhi / Vishu, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day
14-Apr B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day, Tamil New Year
15-Apr Bengali New Year / Bihu
17-Apr World Haemophilia Day
18-Apr World Heritage Day
21-Apr National Civil Service Day
22-Apr World Earth Day
23-Apr World Book and Copyright Day
24-Apr National Panchayati Raj Day
25-Apr World Malaria Day
26-Apr World Intellectual Property Day
28-Apr World Day for Safety and Health at Work
30-Apr World Veterinary Day
Important Days and Dates in May 2024
01-May International Labour Day, Maharashtra Day, Gujarat Day, World Laughter Day (First Sunday of May)
03-May World Press Freedom Day, World Asthma Day (First Tuesday of May)
04-May Coal Miners Day, International Firefighter’s Day
07-May World Athletics Day
08-May World Red Cross Day, World Thalassaemia Day, Mother’s Day (Second Sunday of May)
09-May Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
11-May National Technology Day
12-May International Nurses Day
15-May International Day of Families
17-May World Telecommunication Day, World Hypertension Day
18-May World AIDS Vaccine Day, International Museum Day
20-May National Endangered Species Day (Third Friday in May)
21-May National Anti-Terrorism Day, Armed Forces Day (Third Saturday of May)
22-May International Day for Biological Diversity
31-May National Memorial Day (last Monday of May), Anti-Tobacco Day
Important Days and Dates in June 2024
01-Jun World Milk Day, Global Day of Parents
02-Jun International Sex Workers’ Day, Telangana Formation Day
03-Jun World Bicycle Day
04-Jun International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
05-Jun World Environment Day
07-Jun World Food Safety Day
08-Jun World Brain Tumour Day, World Oceans Day
12-Jun World Day Against Child Labour
14-Jun World Blood Donor Day
15-Jun World Wind Day, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16-Jun Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev
17-Jun World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
18-Jun Autistic Pride Day, International Picnic Day
19-Jun World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, World Sauntering Day
20-Jun World Refugee Day
21-Jun World Music Day, World Hydrography Day, International Yoga Day
23-Jun International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widow’s Day
26-Jun International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
29-Jun National Statistics Day, International Day of the Tropics
30-Jun World Asteroid Day
Important Days and Dates in July 2024
01-Jul National Doctor’s Day, Chartered Accountant Day, GST Day
02-Jul World UFO Day
03-Jul International Plastic Bag Free Day
04-Jul Independence Day USA, World Zoonoses Day
06-Jul World Zoonoses Day
07-Jul World Chocolate Day
10-Jul National Fish Farmers’ Day
11-Jul World Population Day
12-Jul Malala Day
17-Jul World Day for International Justice
18-Jul Nelson Mandela International Day
24-Jul National Thermal Engineers Day
26-Jul Kargil Vijay Diwas
28-Jul World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day
29-Jul International Tiger Day
30-Jul International Friendship Day
Important Days and Dates in August 2024
01-Aug Yorkshire Day
03-Aug Independence Day of Niger, Niger’s Independence Day, International Beer Day
06-Aug Hiroshima Day
07-Aug National Handloom Day
08-Aug Quit India Movement Anniversary, World Senior Citizen’s Day
09-Aug Nagasaki Day, International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples
10-Aug World Biofuel Day
12-Aug International Youth Day
15-Aug India’s Independence Day
19-Aug World Photography Day, World Humanitarian Day
20-Aug Sadbhavna Diwas, Akshay Urja Diwas
21-Aug International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
23-Aug International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
26-Aug Women’s Equality Day
29-Aug National Sports Day, International Day against Nuclear Tests
Important Days and Dates in September 2024
02-Sep World Coconut Day
05-Sep International Day of Charity, Teachers’ Day
08-Sep International Literacy Day
10-Sep World Suicide Prevention Day
14-Sep Hindi Diwas
15-Sep International Day of Democracy, National Engineer’s Day
16-Sep World Ozone Day
18-Sep International Equal Pay Day
21-Sep International Day of Peace, World Alzheimer’s Day
22-Sep World Rhino Day
23-Sep International Day of Sign Languages
25-Sep World Pharmacist Day, Antyodaya Diwas
26-Sep European Day of Languages, World Contraception Day
27-Sep World Tourism Day, World Maritime Day
28-Sep World Rabies Day, World Heart Day
29-Sep International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30-Sep International Translation Day

Important Days and Dates in October 2024
01-Oct International Day of the Older Person, World Vegetarian Day, International Coffee Day, World Smile Day
02-Oct Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence
03-Oct German Unity Day
04-Oct World Animal Welfare Day, World Habitat Day
05-Oct World Teachers’ Day
08-Oct Indian Air Force Day
09-Oct World Post Day
10-Oct World Mental Health Day, National Postal Day
11-Oct International Day of the Girl Child
13-Oct UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
14-Oct World Standards Day
15-Oct Global Handwashing Day, World Students Day, International Day of Rural Women
16-Oct World Food Day
17-Oct International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
20-Oct National Solidarity Day
21-Oct Police Martyrs’ Day
22-Oct International Stuttering Awareness Day
24-Oct United Nations Day, World Development Information Day
27-Oct World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
28-Oct International Animation Day
29-Oct World Stroke Day
30-Oct World Thrift Day
31-Oct National Unity Day, World Cities Day
Important Days and Dates in November 2024
01-Nov Karnataka Rajyotsava
02-Nov International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
05-Nov World Tsunami Awareness Day
07-Nov National Cancer Awareness Day
09-Nov Legal Services Day
10-Nov World Science Day for Peace and Development
11-Nov National Education Day
12-Nov World Pneumonia Day, Public Service Broadcasting Day
13-Nov World Kindness Day
14-Nov Children’s Day
16-Nov International Day for Tolerance
17-Nov National Epilepsy Day
19-Nov International Men’s Day
20-Nov Universal Children’s Day
21-Nov World Television Day
25-Nov International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
26-Nov Constitution Day
29-Nov International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
30-Nov Saint Andrew’s Day
Important Days and Dates in December 2024
01-Dec World AIDS Day
02-Dec National Pollution Prevention Day, World Computer Literacy Day, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
03-Dec International Day of Persons with Disabilities
04-Dec Indian Navy Day
05-Dec World Soil Day, International Volunteer Day
07-Dec Armed Forces Flag Day, International Civil Aviation Day
09-Dec International Anti-Corruption Day
10-Dec Human Rights Day
11-Dec International Mountain Day, UNICEF Day
12-Dec International Universal Health Coverage Day
14-Dec National Energy Conservation Day
16-Dec Vijay Diwas
18-Dec International Migrants Day
19-Dec Goa’s Liberation Day
20-Dec International Human Solidarity Day
23-Dec Kisan Diwas (Farmer’s Day)
24-Dec National Consumer Rights Day
25-Dec Christmas