Civic Calendar of Honduras 2023

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Honduras has different events, festivities and ephemeris throughout the year 2023. Days that remember events, historical dates and important achievements for the country.

In Honduras, during primary education, the civic dates of Honduras are celebrated in schools to form the spirit of civility and the values of love of the homeland in children.

See 2023 World Calendar dates

The present Civic School Calendar of Honduras 2023 is a compilation of the main ones of these dates.

Important events in Honduras this 2023

Holy Week in Honduras 2023

Holy Week or Semana Mayor begins on Sunday the 2nd until Saturday the 8th of April 2023.

JANUARY

1 of January New Year
January 6 – Three Kings Day
January 25 – Honduran Women’s Day
January 23 – Community Manager Day (4th. Monday)
January 26 – World Environmental Education Day
January 30 – World Day of Nonviolence and Peace

FEBRUARY

February 2 – World Wetlands Day
February 3 – Day of the Virgin of Suyapa
February 4 – World Cancer Day
February 14 – Day of Love and Friendship
February 23 – Friendship Day in Honduras

MARCH

March 14 – Honduran Sportsman’s Day
March 17 – National Historian’s Day
March 19 – Father’s Day
March 21 – World Down Syndrome Day
March 21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 21 – World Forest Day
March 21 – World Poetry Day
March 21 – International Color Day
March 22 – World Water Day
March 24 – Day of the Unborn Child
March 24 – World Tuberculosis Day
March 27 – World Theater Day

Holy Week in Honduras from Sunday March 28 to Saturday April 3, 2021

APRIL

Day of Solidarity with Persons with Disabilities (last Friday in April)
April 2 – World Autism Day
April 7 – World Health Day
April 12 – Honduran Black Ethnicity Day
April 14 – Day of the Americas
April 17 – World Hemophilia and Other Bleeding Disorders Day
April 22 – World Earth Day
April 23 – Spanish Language Day
April 23 – World Book and Copyright Day
April 27 – International Tapir Day
April 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
April 30 – Honduran Lawyer’s Day

MAY

May 14 – Honduran Mother’s Day (Every second Sunday in May)
May 1 – International Labor Day
May 3 – Day of the Cross
May 3 – World Press Freedom Day
May 5 – International Midwife Day
May 9 – World Migratory Bird Day
May 12 – Nurse’s Day
May 15 – Agronomist’s Day
May 15 – International Family Day
May 17 – World Telecommunications and Information Society Day
May 17 – International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
May 21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 22 – International Day for Biological Diversity
May 25 – Honduran Journalist Day
May 25 – Africa Day
From May 25 to May 31 – Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
May 29 – International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
May 30 – Pine Day – National Tree of Honduras
May 31 – World No Tobacco Day

JUNE

The Honduras Baleada Fair 2023 will be celebrated on June 17
The Guacamaya Fest Honduras – 2023 will be celebrated from June 23 to 25, 2023
June 1 – World Milk Day
June 5 – World Environment Day
June 8 – World Oceans Day
June 9 – Birth of José Trinidad Cabañas
June 9 – Honduran Police Day
June 9 – National Day for Integrity and the Fight Against Corruption
June 11 – Student Day
June 11 – Birth of Father José Trinidad Reyes
June 12 – World Day Against Child Labor
June 17 – World Day of Desertification and Drought
June 26 – National Day for the Preservation of Tropical Forests
June 26 – International Day to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 27 – International Day of MSMEs
June 28 – Day of the National Bird of Honduras – Red Macaw
June 28 – Honduras National Mammal Day – White-tailed Deer

JULY

National School Snack Day
July 4 – International Wildlife Day
July 4 – Independence Day of the United States of America
July 14 – Honduran Day
July 14 – Honduran Pedagogue Day
July 14 – Bastille Day
July 18 – Nelson Mandela International Day
July 20 – Day of the chief and procér Lempira
July 25 – International Day of Afro-descendant Women
July 25 – Cameraman and Photographer Day
July 26 – International Mangrove Day

AUGUST

National Family Week
August 3 – Columbus Flag Day
August 9 – International Day of Indigenous Peoples and Garífunas
August 11 – Nutritionist’s Day
August 12 – International Youth Day
August 13 – Honduran Volunteer Lifeguard Day
August 23 – International Folklore Day
August 30 – International Whale Shark Day
August 31 – International Day of Solidarity
Honduras Grandparents Day

SEPTEMBER

Bible Day in Honduras (last Sunday in September)
September 1 – Day of the National Flag of Honduras
September 5 – International Day of Indigenous Women
September 4 – National Day of the Honduran Red Cross
September 7 – Honduran Taxi Driver Day
September 8 – International Literacy Day
September 10 – Children’s Day in Honduras
September 13 – International Chocolate Day
September 15 – Honduras Independence Day
September 16 – World Ozone Layer Day
September 17 – Teacher’s Day in Honduras
September 22 – National No Smoking Day
September 27 – International Tourism Day
September 28 – Arrival of the Declaration of Independence
September 29 – Tegucigalpa Anniversary Day to Saint Michael the Archangel
September 29 – World Day for the Prevention of Unplanned Pregnancy in Adolescents

OCTOBER

Cancer Fight Month
Morazánico Holiday: Wednesday 04, Thursday 05 and Friday 06 October.
National Water Day (First Saturday in October)
October 1 – International Day of the Elderly
October 1 – International Coffee Day
October 3 – Day of the Soldier (Birth of Francisco Morazán)
October 4 – World Animal Day
October 9 – Birth of Dionisio de Herrera
October 9 – World Post Day
October 10 – World Mental Health Day
October 12 or bre – Race Day
October 12 – Columbus Day
October 13 – American Culture Day
October 14 – World Day for the Prevention of Natural Disasters
October 16 – World Food Day
October 17 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October 21 – Day of the Armed Forces of Honduras
October 24 – Human Rights Day
October 24 – United Nations Day
October 26 – World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
October 27 – Honduran Doctor’s Day
October 27 – World Audiovisual Heritage Day
October 28 – National Youth Day
October 28 – World Animation Day

NOVEMBER

November 1 – National Day of the Honduran Firefighter
November 3 – Day of Man and Biosphere Reserves
November 6 – National Day of the Honduran Biologist
November 8 – World Urban Planning Day
November 11 – Honduran Dentist Day
November 13 – Day of the National Anthem of Honduras
November 14 – World Diabetes Day
November 19 – International Men’s Day
November 20 – Universal Children’s Day
November 22 – Birth of José Cecilio del Valle
November 22 – Honduran Economist Day
November 22 – International Music Day
November 25 – National Flower Day of Honduras – Rhyncholaelia Digbyana Orchid
November 25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
November 30 – Honduran Composer Day

DECEMBER

December 1 – Honduran Broadcaster Day
December 1 – World AIDS Day
December 2 – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December 3 – International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 3 – International Doctor’s Day
December 10 – Human Rights Day
December 10 – International Human Rights Day
December 18 – International Migrants Day
December 25 – Christmas Day
December 28 – Holy Innocents Day
December 31 – New Year’s Eve Celebration

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