Day Guide for Wednesday November 5th 2025 What are the holidays on November 5th 2025?

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Holidays on November 5th 2025

International: Guru Nanak's Birthday

Falls on the full moon day of the Kartik month of the Hindu calendar. It is celebrated all over India to commemorate the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.

Cambodia: Water Festival Ceremony Holiday

Bonn Om Touk. Full moon of the Buddhist month of Kadeuk

Regional

India (regional): Rasa Purnima

First full moon day of the month of Kartik. The day when Lord Krishna performed the Rasa Lila dance

Lao: That Luang Festival

Pilgrimage to That Luang Stupa in Vientiane on the full moon in the twelfth lunar month

Panama: Colon Day

In 1903, the citizens of Colon averted a march on Panama City by the Colombian army.

Sri Lanka: Ill Full Moon Poya

Commemorates Buddha's ordination of sixty disciples as the first missionaries

Not a Public Holiday

United Kingdom (regional): Guy Fawke's Night

Celebrates the failure of the Gunpowder plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament

Observances on November 5th 2025

United Kingdom: International Stout Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of International Stout Day

United Nations: World Tsunami Awareness Day 

Find out the dates, history and traditions of World Tsunami Awareness Day 

United Kingdom: Guy Fawke's Night

Celebrates the failure of the Gunpowder plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

USA: National Doughnut Appreciation Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Doughnut Appreciation Day.

USA: National Stress Awareness Day

Discover the importance of National Stress Awareness Day. Learn to spot symptoms, practice self-care, and seek balance in your life for better mental health.

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General Information for November 5th 2025
There are 7 public holidays today.
Day 309 of 2025
56 days left in 2025
Week 45 of the year
On this Day in History
2006 - Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for the role in the massacre of the 148 Shi'a Muslims in 1982.
1912 - Woodrow Wilson is elected to the presidency of the United States.
1838 - The Federal Republic of Central America begins to disintegrate when Nicaragua separates from the Federation.
1605 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested.