Day Guide for Wednesday April 5th 2023 What are the holidays on April 5th 2023?

This is our day guide for Wednesday April 5th 2023 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 April 5th 2023

International: Tomb-Sweeping Day

Ching Ming is the Remembrance of Ancestors Day or Grave-Sweeping Day and takes place on the 15th day after the Spring Equinox.

Public sector only

Costa Rica: Holy Week Holiday

Public sector workers have been given all of Holy week as a holiday to encourage domestic tourism

Public sector only

Honduras: Holy Week Holiday

Public sector workers have been given all of Holy week as a holiday to encourage domestic tourism

Regional

India (regional): Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday

Andhra Pradesh, Telangana. Birthday of an Indian independence activist and politician from Bihar

North Korea: Chungmyung Day

Chungmyung Day marks the passing of the worst of winter and is a day for tidying up graves and doing home repairs that winter prohibited

Sri Lanka: Bak Full Moon Poya

Celebrates Buddha's second visit to Sri Lanka to make peace between two warring local chiefs, who were also uncle and nephew

Public sector only

Uruguay: Bank Holiday

Tourism week is the name for the five days of Easter week holidays in Uruguay

Public sector only

Venezuela: Holy Week Holiday

Public sector holiday in the run up to Easter

Observances on April 5th 2023

USA: National Caramel Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Caramel Day

USA: National Deep Dish Pizza Day

Though associated with Chicago, the deep-dish pizza originated during the 17th century in Sicily.

USA: National Go For Broke Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Go For Broke Day

USA: National Raisin and Spice Bar Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Raisin and Spice Bar Day.

USA: National Read a Road Map Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Read a Road Map Day

United Nations: International Day of Conscience

A United Nations day that promotes a Culture of Peace with Love and Conscience.

USA: National Walking Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Walking Day

International: Passover

Passover (Pesach), is an eight day Jewish holiday that remembers the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt

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General Information for April 5th 2023
There are 8 public holidays today.
Day 95 of 2023
270 days left in 2023
Week 14 of the year
On this Day in History
2008 - US actor Charlton Heston, star of the film Ben-Hur and president of the National Rifle Association, dies (born 1923).
1951 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are sentenced to jail for conspiring to steal secrets about the atomic bomb - a historical moment documented in the song 'We Didn't Start the Fire'.
1904 - The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
1841 - William Henry Harrison, 9th US President, dies of a pneumonia he contracted during his inaugural speech 32 days earlier.