April 2025
Australian Sports Commission is determined to have more Australians participating and excelling in sport, from grass-roots right up to the pinnacle of elite competition.
April 2024
Day | Category | Observance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | CALD | Kha b-Nisan / Assyrian and Chaldean New Year | A spring festival celebrated by the Assyrian and Chaldean communities to mark the beginning of a new year by holding parties, picnics, and parades. |
2 | Disability | World Autism Day | https://www.un.org/en/observances/autism-day, opens in a new tab |
5 | CALD | Rama Navami | It is a holy festival observed by the Hindu community that celebrates the birthday of Lord Rama the seventh avatar of the deity Vishnu |
6 | ALL | International Day of Sport for Development and Peace | International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, opens in a new tab |
7 | ALL | World Health Day | |
12-20 | CALD | Passover / Pesach | A gentile's guide to Passover | SBS Food, opens in a new tab |
12 | CALD | Hanuman Jayanti | It is a Hindu religious festival that commemorates the birth of Lord Hanuman. It is celebrated by visiting temples, reciting prayers, and taking a holy bath. |
13-16 | CALD | Songkran (Thai New Year), Thingyan (Burmese New Year), Choul Chnam Thmey (Cambodian New Year), and Pii Mai (Lao New Year) | A water festival marking the beginning of the new year on the Buddhist calendar. It is celebrated by the Thai, Burmese, Cambodian, and Lao communities by pouring water on Buddha statues and splashing water on each other to wash away bad luck and have a fresh start. |
13 | CALD | Theravada - Buddhist New Year | |
14 | CALD | Sinhala Aluth Avurudda (Sinhalese New Year) | It is a major traditional and cultural festival celebrating the beginning of the new year by the Sinhalese people and most Sri Lankans around the world. In the period between the ending of the old year and the beginning of the new year (called nonagathe – neutral period), people keep off from all types of work and engage in religious activities. |
14 | CALD | Puthandu (Tamil New Year) | The first day of the new year on the Tamil calendar and celebrated by the Tamil community all over the world. |
14 | CALD | Baisakhi or Vaisakhi | It is the most important Sikh festival that commemorates the formation of the Khalsa (the pure), by the tenth Sikh master, Guru Gobind Singh. It also a spring harvest festival and marks the Sikh and Punjabi new year. |
14 | CALD | Nava Varsha (Nepalese New Year) | A religious holiday observed by the Nepalese community and celebrated with parades, feasts, and family reunions. |
15 | CALD | Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year) | The first day of the Bengali calendar celebrated by all Bengalis regardless of religious faith. It is also the official calendar of Bangladesh. |
18-21 | Good Friday Easter Sunday -Monday | ||
20 Apr-1 May | CALD | Ridvan | Ridvan – The Greatest Baha’i Festival - BahaiTeachings.org, opens in a new tab |
24 | Disability | International Guide Dog Day | |
28 Apr-4 May | LGBTQ+ | Lesbian Day of Visibility | |
25 | ALL | ANZAC Day | |
28 | ALL | World Day for Safety and Health at Work |