When is Halloween 2026? Date, meaning, history and why is it celebrated

Halloween 2026 will be celebrated on Saturday, October 31. Know its date, meaning, 2,000-year-old history and traditions like trick-or-treating and pumpkin carving.

New Delhi: October brings a spooky twist to the calendar as Halloween approaches, with jack-o’-lanterns, mysterious decorations, creative costumes and horror-themed celebrations taking centre stage. Halloween will fall on Saturday, 31 October 2026, with celebrations set to take place during the weekend.

Although the festival is widely associated with trick-or-treating, scary films and costume parties today, its origins go back more than 2,000 years. Over the centuries, the holiday evolved around the world, mixing in old Celtic traditions with Christian ones to form the Halloween we know today.

When is Halloween 2026?

Halloween will be celebrated on Saturday, 31 October 2026. Observed annually on the same date, it falls on the eve of All Saints’ Day, which is marked on 1st November, 2026, in the Western Christian Calendar.

The festival is widely celebrated in countries such as the United States, Ireland, Canada and the United Kingdom. Popular traditions include costume parties, haunted attractions, and pumpkin carving, in which people and children dress up and go door to door to collect........

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