Today
Sunday October 25 2026
- Day of the year
- 298/ 365
- Week
- 432,026
- Days left
- 6782%
- Moon
- 100%Full moon
Today is Sunday, October 25, 2026. It is day 298 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 67 remain, and 82% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 43.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- October 31World Cities Day
- November 5World Tsunami Awareness Day
- November 10World Science Day for Peace and Development
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Dorcasbiblical character (raising of Tabitha)
- Catherine of BosniaBosnian queen
- Crispin and CrispinianChristian patron saints of cobblers, tanners, and leather workers
- Gaudentius of BresciaBishop of Brescia
- Robert SouthwellEnglish Jesuit and poet (1561–1595)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:19
- Sunset
- 18:02
- Length of day
- 10h 43m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:40
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 57 days, December 21, 2026 (December solstice)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Veterans Day — November 11, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Full moon
Illumination : 100%
Moon age : 15.0 days
- Next full moon
- October 26, 2026
- Next new moon
- November 9, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Scorpio
until November 22, 2026 — Sagittarius
Zodiac dates are an astrological convention, not the Sun's actual position among the constellations. The astronomy above is measured; this is not.
On this day in history
1147
Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum. Wikipedia
1147
Reconquista: After a siege of four months, crusader knights conquer Lisbon. Wikipedia
1415
Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England, with his lightly armoured infantry and archers, defeats the heavily armoured French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt. Wikipedia
1616
Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast. Wikipedia
1760
King George III succeeds to the British throne on the death of his grandfather George II. Wikipedia
1854
The Battle of Balaclava takes place during the Crimean War. It is soon memorialized in verse as The Charge of the Light Brigade. Wikipedia
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1962
Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba. Wikipedia
1971
The People's Republic of China replaces the Republic of China at the United Nations. Wikipedia
1983
The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état. Wikipedia
2001
Microsoft releases Windows XP, which becomes one of Microsoft's most successful operating systems. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day October 25
- 1767Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and politician (died 1830)
- 1806Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (died 1856)
- 1811Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (died 1832)
- 1825Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (died 1899)
- 1838Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (died 1875)
- 1881Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (died 1973)
- 1895Levi Eshkol, Ukrainian-Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (died 1969)
- 1913Klaus Barbie, German SS captain (died 1991)
Died on this day October 25
- 912Rudolph I, king of Burgundy (born 859)aged 53 years
- 1154Stephen, King of Englandaged 59 years
- 1359Beatrice of Castile, queen consort of Portugal (born 1293)aged 66 years
- 1400Geoffrey Chaucer, English philosopher, poet, and author (born c. 1343)aged 57 years
- 1647Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (born 1608)aged 39 years
- 1973Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian runner (born 1932)aged 41 years
- 1992Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1936)aged 56 years
- 1993Vincent Price, American actor (born 1911)aged 82 years
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
The day in words
In New York the sun rises at 07:19 and sets at 18:02, giving 10h 43m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 57 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is full, 100% illuminated. The next full moon falls on October 26, 2026 and the next new moon on November 9, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches October 25 to Dorcas, Catherine of Bosnia and Crispin and Crispinian.
No United Nations international day falls on October 25. The next one on the calendar is World Cities Day, on October 31.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum (1147); Reconquista: After a siege of four months, crusader knights conquer Lisbon (1147). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Benjamin Constant was born on October 25, 1767; Rudolph I died on October 25, 912.
61 days remain until Christmas and 68 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — October 25 falls under the sign of Scorpio.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 82%
- of the year elapsed
- 61
- until Christmas
- 68
- until New Year
- 492
- until the next 29 February
2026 — Common year (365 days)
Work with dates
Sources
Every block on this page names where its data comes from. Nothing here is generated when the source is silent.
- United Nations — International Days— What's celebrated today
- Wikidata (P841)— Saints and name days · CC0 1.0
- Wikipedia (en)— On this day in history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26