Day Guide for Wednesday March 25th 2020 What are the holidays on March 25th 2020?

This is our day guide for Wednesday March 25th 2020 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Holidays on March 25th 2020

International: Ougadi

Ugadi marks the beginning of a new Hindu lunar calendar with a change in the moon's orbit.

International: Greek Independence Day

Greece's Independence Day is actually a holiday that has blended over time with an older festival - the feast of the Annunciation

International: Public Holiday

Information about the attempts to tackle the Coronavirus Outbreak by declaring public holidays.

Azerbaijan: Novruz Holiday

Novruz Bayrami is the most important holiday in Azerbaijan. It celebrates the Persian New Year, and the beginning of Spring

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India (regional): Gudi Padwa

Gudi Padwa marks the beginning of a new Hindu lunar calendar with a change in the moon's orbit.

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India (regional): Sajibu Nongma Panba

The Sajibu Nongmapanba Festival is the Lunar new year festival of the sanamahism religion

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India (regional): 1st Navratra

Jammu and Kashmir. First day of a nine day festival that ends on Ram Navami

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India (regional): Cheti Chand

Sindhi New Year is celebrated on the second day in the month of Chaitra

Indonesia: Hari Raya Nyepi

Hari Raya Nyepi is the Balinese Hindu New Year. It is celebrated on the first new moon in March

Kazakhstan: Nauryz Holiday

Nauryz means 'new day', it is celebrated over several days from March 21st and marks Persian New Year which begins on the Vernal Equinox.

Lebanon: Feast of the Annunciation

This day celebrates the visit of the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary to announce to her that she would become the mother of Jesus

San Marino: Anniversary of the 'Arengo'

Commemorates the events of March 25th 1906 which led to a Parliament elected directly by the people.

Observances on March 25th 2020

United Nations: Slavery Remembrance Day

For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the tragic transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history.

United Nations: Detained Staff Day

A day to mobilize action, demand justice and strengthen our resolve to protect UN staff and peacekeepers, as well as staff in the non-governmental community and the press.

USA: National Lobster Newburg Day

Lobster Newburg is very similar to Lobster Thermidor. The difference is in the sauce. And, there is no Lobster Thermidor Day.

USA: National Medal of Honor Day

This date was chosen because the first Medal of Honor was presented on March 25, 1863, during the Civil War.

USA: National Tolkien Reading Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Toliken Reading Day

Sweden: National Waffle Day

This food holiday is based on the pronunciation of much older Christian festival.

USA: Equal Pay Day

The date of this holiday changes each year as it is observed on the day that women's earnings catch up to men's from the year before.

USA: Manatee Appreciation Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Manatee Appreciation Day

Belarus: Belarus Freedom Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Freedom Day in Belarus.

International: National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day.

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General Information for March 25th 2020
There are 12 public holidays today.
Day 85 of 2020
281 days left in 2020
Week 13 of the year
On this Day in History
2006 - In the US, a gunman kills six people then takes his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
1957 - The 'Treaty of Rome', establishing the European Economic Community, is signed in Rome by Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
1947 - Reginald Kenneth Dwight, better known as Elton John, is born in Pinner, Middlesex.
1199 - King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting the French, leading to his death on April 6.