September 22 - Holidays

Holidays and observances

• American Business Women's Day (United States)
• Car-Free Day (Europe and Montreal, Canada)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Candidus
  • Digna and Emerita
  • Emmeram of Regensburg
  • Maurice (Western Church)
  • Phocas
  • Salaberga
  • Theban Legion
  • Thomas of Villanova
  • September 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Earliest date for the autumnal equinox:
  • French Republican New Year, the first day ("Grape") in the Month of Vendémiaire. (French Revolution)
  • Harvest Festival, celebrated on Harvest Moon, the full moon nearest to the autumnal equinox. (Britain)
  • Mabon in the northern hemisphere, Ostara in the southern hemisphere. (NeopaganWheel of the Year)
  • The first day of Miķeļi (ancient Latvia)
  • Chuseok, the Korean harvest festival, celebrated on the Harvest Moon. One of the major Korean holidays. (South Korea)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire in 1908.
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Mali from France in 1960.
• OneWebDay
• Some Latter Day Saints recognise it as "Trumpet Day," or the day that Joseph Smithreceived the golden plates, which later became The Book of Mormon, from the angel Moroni.