Event Calendar AUGUST 2025: Special days and festivals

August is the eighth month of the year, and it brings with it several occasions to celebrate. The month brings together so many days and festivals that it becomes difficult to keep track of all of them. August includes several important festivals and days, such as Onam, Raksha Bandhan, Independence Day, World Photography Day, World Humanitarian Day, World Mosquito Day, Sadbhavana Diwas, and more. The important days of the month are a significant topic for all competitive exams, especially in the general knowledge section; this part is static and easy to prepare.

Festivals and Special Days of August 2025

1 August - National Mountain Climbing Day, World Wide Web Day (WWW Day), World Lung Cancer Day  

2 August - Airmobile Forces Day (Ukraine), Liberation of Nagar Haveli  

3 August - National Watermelon Day, Friendship Day (First Sunday of August)  

4 August - U.S. Coast Guard Day, Assistance Dog Day  

5 August - International Traffic Light Day, Independence Day (Burkina Faso), National Underwear Day (United States)  

6 August - Hiroshima Day, Independence Day (Bolivia), Independence Day (Jamaica)  

7 August - National Handloom Day, National Javelin Throw Day (in honor of Neeraj Chopra's historic gold medal win in the javelin throw at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics), Independence Day & Republic Day (Ivory Coast)  

8 August - Quit India Movement Day, Father's Day (Taiwan), Happiness Happens Day (International observance), International Cat Day  

9 August - Raksha Bandhan (Purnima Tithi, Full Moon Day), Narali Purnima (also known as Nariyal Purnima or Coconut Day, celebrated in Maharashtra and parts adjoining the Konkan region), Nagasaki Day, World Sanskrit Day, National Book Lovers' Day, International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, National Day (Singapore), National Women's Day (South Africa)  

10 August - World Lion Day, World Biofuel Day, International Biodiesel Day, National S'mores Day (United States)  

11 August - Mountain Day (Japan), Flag Day (Pakistan), Independence Day (Chad)  

12 August - International Youth Day (United Nations), World Elephant Day, Sea Org Day (Scientology)  

13 August - World Organ Donation Day, International Left-Handers Day, Independence Day (Central African Republic)  

14 August - Hal Shashthi or Harachhath Vrat 2025, Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, Pakistan Independence Day (Youm-e-Azadi), Engineer's Day (Dominican Republic), National Navajo Code Talkers Day (United States), Pramuka Day (Indonesia)  

15 August - Independence Day, India, Independence Day (Republic of the Congo), National Mourning Day (Bangladesh), Day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary  

16 August - Children's Day (Paraguay), National Airborne Day (United States), National Rum Day (United States), Bennington Battle Day  

17 August - Indonesian Independence Day, Gabon Independence Day, Afghanistan Independence Day  

18 August - Bajirao Peshwa born on 18 August 1700 in Dubere (Maharashtra), Long Tan Day (Australia), National Science Day (Thailand)  

19 August - World Photography Day, World Humanitarian Day, World Sanskrit Day (also known as Vishva-Samskrita-Dinam)  

20 August - World Mosquito Day, Sadbhavana Diwas, Indian Akshay Urja Day  

21 August - Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines), Youth Day/King Mohammed VI's Birthday (Morocco)  

22 August - Flag Day (Russia), Madras Day (Chennai and Tamil Nadu, India), National Eat a Peach Day (United States)  

23 August - ISRO Day, International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition  

24 August - National Waffle Day (United States), Flag Day (Liberia), Independence Day of Ukraine, International Strange Music Day  

25 August - Liberation Day (France), National Banana Split Day (United States), National Whiskey Sour Day (United States), Soldiers' Day (Brazil)  

26 August - Hartalika Teej Vrat 2025 (Hindu Panchang), Women's Equality Day, International Dog Day, Mother Teresa Anniversary  

26 & 27 August - Shri Ganesh Chaturthi 2025  

27 August - National Banana Lovers Day (United States), National Pots de Creme Day (United States), Film and Movies Day (Russia)  

28 August - Rishi Panchami 2025 (Hindu Panchang), National Cherry Turnover Day (United States), Crackers of the Keyboard Day  

29 August - National Sports Day India (celebrated on the birthday of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand), Telugu Language Day (India), More Herbs, Less Salt Day  

30 August - Santan Saptami Vrat 2025, Small Industry Day, Victory Day (Turkey), Popular Consultation Day (East Timor)  

Note: If anything else significant happens in the important days of August, it will be updated.