October 2008 National & Religious Holidays

1-Oct Djouldé Soumaé (End of Ramadan) Cameroon Eid al Fitr (End of Ramadan) Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, East Timor, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, Uganda, West Bank, Western Sahara, Yemen Hari Raya Aidilfitri (End of Ramadan) Brunei Hari Raya Puasa (End of Ramadan) Malaysia, Singapore Korité (End of Ramadan) Bénin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sierra Leone, Sénégal, Togo, Tunisia Ramazan Bayram (End of Ramadan) Azerbaijan, Macedonia, Turkey Bonn Phchum Ben Holiday Cambodia Botswana Day Holiday Botswana Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) Israel National Day Holiday China, Hong Kong, Nigeria Cyprus, Palau, Tuvalu PRC National Day Macau Chuuk Constitution Day Micronesia Patriotism Day Rwanda Regent Investiture Day San Marino Teachers’ Day Uzbekistan 2-Oct Eid al Fitr (End of Ramadan) Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Maldives, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, West Bank, Western Sahara, Yemen Hari Raya Aidilfitri Holiday Brunei Hari Raya Puasa (End of Ramadan) Malaysia Korité (End of Ramadan) Tunisia Orozo Ait (End of Ramadan) Kyrgyzstan Eid-e Ramazon (End of Ramadan) Tajikistan Seker Bayramy / Oraza Ait (End of Ramadan) Turkmenistan Ramadan Hayit / Iyd ul Fitr (End of Ramadan) Uzbekistan Ramazan Bayram (End of Ramadan) , Turkey National Day Holiday China Independence Day Guinea, Tuvalu Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday India PRC National Day Macau 3-Oct Eid al Fitr (End of Ramadan) Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Comoros, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Maldives, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen National Day Holiday China German Unity Day Germany Morozán Day Honduras Foundation Day South Korea 4-Oct National Day 2008 Golden Week Holiday China Eid al Fitr (End of Ramadan) Egypt, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia Eid al Fitr Bank Holiday Jordan Independence Day Lesotho October 2008 National & Religious Holidays Peace Day Mozambique 5-Oct National Day 2008 Golden Week Holiday China Portugal Eid al Fitr (End of Ramadan) Saudi Arabia Constitution Day Vanuatu 6-Oct Armed Forces Day Egypt Peat Cutting Day (Spring Holiday) Falkland Islands Dussehra (Maha Saptami) India Teachers’ Day Kiribati Dashain Festval Nepal Thanksgiving Day Saint Lucia Liberation War Day Syria Earthquake Remembrance Day Turkmenistan Constitution Day Vanuatu Labour Day Australia 7-Oct Chung Yeung Festival Hong Kong Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) India Italian Evacuation Day Libya Chung Yeung (Ancestors’ Day) Macau Dashain Festval Nepal 8-Oct Independence Day Croatia Dussehra (Maha Navami) India Dashain Festval Nepal Battle of Angamos Day Peru 9-Oct Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) Israel, Macedonia (Dussehra) Bangladesh Dashaim Bhutan Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami) India Bouk Khao Pansa (Buddhist Fast Ends) Laos Dashain Festval Nepal Independence Day Uganda Community Day Spain 10-Oct War of Independence Day Cuba Guayaquil Independence Day Ecuador Fiji Day Fiji Moi Day Kenya Dashain Festval Nepal KWP Foundation Day North Korea National Day (Double Tenth) Taiwan Referendum Day (Tag der Volksabstimmung) Austria 11-Oct Anti-Facism Day Macedonia Dashain Festval Nepal 12-Oct White Sunday American Samoa, Samoa Día de la Raza (Columbus Day) Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Uruguay Día de la Resistancia Indigena Venezuela Discovery Day (Columbus Day) Bahamas Lady of Aparecida Day Brazil Independence Day “Guinea, Equatorial” Liberation Day Laos Dashain Festval Nepal Colombus Day Puerto Rico Día de la Hispanidad (National Day) Spain Pan America Day (Columbus Day) Belize (celebration) 13-Oct Columbus Day American Samoa, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, “Virgin Islands, U.S.” Día de la Raza (Columbus Day) Colombia Discovery Day (Columbus Day) Bahamas Pan America Day (Columbus Day) (day in lieu) Belize Prince Rwagasore Day Burundi October 2008 National & Religious Holidays Thanksgiving Day Canada Independence Day “Guinea, Equatorial” Fitness Day Japan Mothers’ Day Malawi Dashain Festval Nepal Show Day Norfolk Island Commonwealth Cultural Day Northern Mariana Islands Lotu-A-Tamaiti Samoa Día de la Hispanidad (day in lieu) Spain 14-Oct Svetitshovloba Georgia First Day of Sukkot (Harvest) Israel Dashain Festval Nepal Vap Full Moon Poya Day Sri Lanka Nyerere Day Tanzania Liberation Day Yemen 15-Oct Cayenne Festival French Guiana Thadingyut Full Moon (Bhuddist Lent Ends) Myanmar (formerly Burma) 16-Oct Constitution Day Niue 17-Oct Dessalines Day Haiti Constitution Day Holiday Niue 19-Oct Mother Theresa Day Albania 20-Oct Mother Theresa Day Albania Revolution Day Guatemala Seventh Day of Sukkot (Harvest) Israel Heroes’ Day Jamaica Kenyatta Day Kenya Hurricane Thanksgiving Day “Virgin Islands, U.S.” 21-Oct Saint Ursula’s Day British Virgin Islands President Ndadaye Day Burundi Army Day Honduras Simini Atzeret & SimHat Torah Israel Antilles’ Day Netherlands Antilles 22-Oct Republic Day Hungary Revolution Day Macedonia Chulalongkorn Day Thailand 23-Oct Republic Day Hungary Revolution Day Macedonia Chulalongkorn Day Thailand 24-Oct United Nations’ Day Haiti, Micronesia, Palau Republic Day Bridge Holiday Hungary Human Rights’ Day Turks and Caicos Islands Independence Day Zambia 25-Oct Thanksgiving Day Grenada Martyrdom of Imam Sadeq Iran Republic Day Kazakhstan Tihar Festival (day 1: Kaag Pooja) Nepal 26-Oct National Day Austria National Gospel Day Cook Islands 1911 Deportation Memorial Day Libya Angam Day (Day of Fulfillment) Nauru Tihar Festival (day 2: Kukur Pooja) Nepal 27-Oct Aitutaki Gospel Day Cook Islands October Bank Holiday Ireland Tihar Festival Nepal Labour Day New Zealand, Tokelau Peniamina Day Niue Independence Day Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Turkmenistan Deepavali Festival Day India, Sri Lanka Dia do Servidor Público (day in lieu) Brazil October 2008 National & Religious Holidays National Gospel Day (day in lieu) Cook Islands Republic Day (day in lieu) Kazakhstan 28-Oct Ochi Day Cyprus, Greece Independence Day Czech Republic, Turkmenistan Deepavali or (Festival of Lights) Fiji, Guyana, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago Tihar Festival Nepal Republic Day Eve Turkey 29-Oct Coronation Day Cambodia Republic Day Turkey 30-Oct King Father’s Birthday Cambodia 31-Oct Reformation Day Germany, Slovenia All Hallows’ Eve Sweden Día de las Iglesias Evangélicas (Reformation Chile Day)