List of Indian Festivals, National Holidays & International Days in August 2025
Indian Festivals, National Holidays & International Days – August 2025
August 1 (Friday) – World Lung Cancer Day, World Wide Web Day
August 2 (Saturday) – Masik Durgashtami
August 3 (Sunday) – Aadi Perukku, Friendship Day
August 5 (Tuesday) – Mangala Gauri Vrat
August 6 (Wednesday) – Budha Pradosh Vrat, Hiroshima Day
August 7 (Thursday) – National Handloom Day
August 8 (Friday) – Varalakshmi Vrat, Jhulan Purnima, Quit India Movement Day
August 9 (Saturday) – Raksha Bandhan, Hayagriva Jayanti, Gayatri Jayanti, Sanskrit Diwas, International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Nagasaki Day
August 10 (Sunday) – World Lion Day, World Biofuel Day
August 12 (Tuesday) – Kajari Teej, Bahula Chaturthi, Sankashti Chaturthi, International Youth Day, World Elephant Day
August 13 (Wednesday) – Nag Panchami, Balarama Jayanti, International Lefthanders Day
August 14 (Thursday) – Partition Horrors Remembrance Day
August 15 (Friday) – Independence Day, Janmashtami (Smarta tradition)
August 16 (Saturday) – Janmashtami (ISKCON), Dahi Handi, Rohini Vrat, Malayalam New Year (Chingam 1)
August 19 (Tuesday) – Aja Ekadashi, World Photography Day, World Humanitarian Day
August 20 (Wednesday) – Budha Pradosh Vrat, Paryushana begins
August 21 (Thursday) – Masik Shivratri, Paryushana Parva, Senior Citizens Day
August 22 (Friday) – Pithori Amavasya, Bhadrapada Amavasya
August 23 (Saturday) – Chandra Darshan, International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade
August 26 (Tuesday) – Hartalika Teej, Gauri Habba, Samaveda Upakarma
August 27 (Wednesday) – Ganesh Chaturthi (Vinayaka Chaturthi), Rishi Panchami, Samvatsari Parva (Jain), Skanda Sashti begins
August 28 (Thursday) – Skanda Sashti continues
August 29 (Friday) – Skanda Sashti ends, National Sports Day
August 30 (Saturday) – Lalita Saptami, National Beach Day
August 31 (Sunday) – Radha Ashtami, Mahalakshmi Vrat begins, Durva Ashtami, Masik Durgashtami
