November observances

Dhanteras (), also known as Dhanatrayodashi (), is the first day that marks the festival of Diwali or Tihar in most of India and Nepal.

public holiday in Azerbaijan in commemoration of Azerbaijan being the victor in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war

annual campaign against gender based violence

national holiday in Japan

festival of lights in Nepal

day for the general elections of public officials in the US

day to recognize martyrs for the nation

ceremonial marriage of the Tulsi plant (holy basil) to the Hindu god Vishnu or his Avatar Krishna

International observance, 8 November

public holiday in various countries to commemorate a liberation

festival in Japan

Sikh festival

november observance day

Australian horse race held at Flemington, Melbourne each year

thumb|right|280px|Procession of men (Apaturia?), Attic Red-figure pottery|red-figure kylix, 480 BC, [[Louvre (G 138)]]

secular holiday on November 21

international observance

Day of celebration for Vishwakarma

worldwide festivity that supports the abolition of the death penalty

medieval icon of the Virgin Mary

day celebrated in India on 26 November every year to commemorate the adoption of Constitution of India

Sikh celebration

festive day dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Lakshmi

commemorative celebration

The Brumalia ( ) was a winter solstice festival celebrated in the eastern part of the Roman Empire. In Rome there had been the minor holiday of Bruma on November 24, which turned into large scale end of the year festivities in Constantinople and Christianity. The festival included night-time feasting, drinking, and merriment. During this time, prophetic indications were taken as predictions for the remainder of the winter. Despite the 6th century emperor Justinian's official repression of paganism, the holiday was celebrated at least until the 11th century, as recorded by Christopher of Mytile

among the Western Christian Churches, the first Sundday of the liturgical year and the start of the season of Advent

annual event

Sankranti () refers to the transmigration of the sun from one zodiac to another in Indian astronomy. In Saurmana varsha (Hindu Solar year), there are twelve Sankrantis corresponding with twelve months of a year. The Sankrantis can be broadly classified into four main categories: Ayan (Solstice), Vishuva (Equinox), Vishupadi and Shadshitimukhi sankrantis. Each Sankranti is marked as the beginning of a month in the sidereal solar calendars followed in South Indian states: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka; Himalayan states: Jammu region, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Nort

Totensonntag (, Sunday of the Dead), also called Ewigkeitssonntag (Eternity Sunday) or Totenfest, is a Protestant religious holiday in Germany and Switzerland, commemorating the faithful departed. It falls on the last Sunday of the liturgical year in the Protestant Church in Germany and the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.

Hindu festival

annual observance for advocacy of free expression

Cambodian Water Festival

memorial day in Latvia

Ancient Roman religious festival

Annual Hindu festival originating from Nepal

United Nations awareness day

Holiday in Sweden and other countries

festival of lights

Chaturmasya (; Pali: Catumāsa), also rendered Chāturmāsa, is a holy period of four months, beginning on Shayani Ekadashi (June-July) and ending on Prabodhini Ekadashi (October-November) in Hinduism. This period also coincides with the monsoon season in India.

Hindu festival occurring on the first lunar day of the Shukla Paksha (bright fortnight) in the month of Kartik, the day after Diwali

Public holiday in Mithilanchal

'''''''''' (, ) is a commemoration day in Germany two Sundays before the first day of Advent. It commemorates members of the armed forces of all nations and civilians who died in armed conflicts, to include victims of violent oppression. It was first observed in its modern form in 1952.

Annual celebration on 20 November honouring the black community in Brazil

Annual holiday in Republic of Korea

Ritual feast offered to Jupiter

Asia's largest open trade fair festival and held in Odisha (a state in eastern India).

public holiday in Lebanon

Pyanopsia (Πυανόψια) or Pyanepsia (Πυανέψια) was an ancient Athenian festival held in honor of Apollo in Athens on the 7th day of the month Pyanepsion (October/November). Its name literally means "bean-stewing", in reference to one of the sacred offerings given during this time, and is taken from the Greek words πύανος - pyanos "bean" and ἕψειν - hepsein "to boil".

Day of celebration for children and children related causes in India

holiday in Ukraine (27 October)

thumb|Red-figure pottery|Red-figure [[kylix of a possible scene from the Oschophoria, ca. 510 BCE, currently held in the Archaeological Museum of Vulci, Vulci.]] The Oschophoria () were a set of ancient Greek festival rites held in Athens during the month Pyanepsion (autumn) in honor of Dionysus, the god of the vine. The festival may have had both agricultural and initiatory functions. Amidst much singing of special songs, two young men dressed in women's clothes would bear branches with grape-clusters attached (ὠσχοί) from Dionysus to the sanctuary of Athena Skiras, and a footrace followed in

commemorates the evacuation of British forces from New York City in 1783 and Washington's triumphal return

holiday

flag day in Finland

annual geographic information systems public outreach day

hindu observance

The Noumenia (, lit: new moon) is the first day of the lunar month and also a religious observance in ancient Athens and much of Greece (cf. Attic calendar).

Hindu festival

day to commemorate war dead

Buddhist festival, public holiday in Bhutan and the Indian state of Sikkim