April 14 - Holidays

Holidays and observances

• Ambedkar Jayanti (India)
• Black Day (South Korea)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Bénézet
  • Domnina of Terni
  • Lidwina
  • Peter González
  • April 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of Mologa (Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia)
• N'Ko Alphabet Day (Mande speakers)
• New Year festivals in South and Southeast Asian cultures, celebrated on the sidereal vernal equinox:
  • Assamese New Year, or Rongali Bihu (India's Assam Valley)
  • Bengali New Year, or Pohela Boishakh (Bangladesh and India's West Bengal state)
  • Burmese New Year, or Thingyan (Burma)
  • Hindu and Sikh New Year, or Vaisakhi (Punjab region)
  • Khmer New Year, or Chol Chnam Thmey, most commonly celebrated on April 13 (Cambodia)
  • Lao New Year, or Songkan / Pi Mai Lao, generally celebrated from 13 to 15 April (Laos)
  • Malayali New Year, or Vishu (India's Kerala state)
  • Nepali New Year, or Bikram Samwat / Vaishak Ek (Nepal)
  • Oriya New Year, or Maha Visuba Sankranthi (India's Orissa state)
  • Sinhalese New Year, or Aluth Avurudhu (Sri Lanka)
  • Tamil New Year, or Puthandu (India's Tamil Nadu state)
  • Thai New Year, or Songkran, celebrated from 13 to 15 April (Thailand)
  • Tuluva New Year, or Bisu (India's Karnataka state)
• The first day of Takayama Spring Festival (Takayama)
• Youth Day (Angola)