|
JANUARY |
|
January 1 |
Mary, Mother of God (Catholic Christian) |
|
|
Feast of St Basil (Orthodox Christian) |
|
|
Gantan-sai (New Years- Shinto) |
|
January 5 |
Twelfth Night (Christian) |
|
|
Guru Gobindh Singh birthday (Sikh) |
|
January 6 |
Epiphany (Christian) |
|
|
Feast of the Theophany (Orthodox Christian)
|
|
|
Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) (Christian)
|
|
|
Saturday of Souls (Orthodox Christian) |
|
January 7 |
Nativity of Christ (Orthodox Christian) |
|
January 10 |
Baptism of the Lord Jesus (Christian) |
|
January 14 |
Maghi (Sikh) |
|
|
Makar Sankranti (Hindu) |
|
January 17 |
World Religion Day (Baha'i) |
|
January 18-25 |
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Christian) |
|
January 19 |
Timkat (Ethiopian Orthodox Christian) |
|
January 20 |
Vasant Panchami (Hindu) |
|
January 24 |
Triodion begins (Orthodox Christian) |
|
January 25 |
Conversion of St. Paul (Christian) |
|
January 30 |
Tu B’shvat (Judaism) |
January 30 -
February 1 |
Mahayana New Year (Buddhist) |
|
FEBRUARY |
|
February 2 |
Candlemas (Christian) |
|
|
Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Anglican
Christian) |
|
|
Imbolc (Wicca) |
|
February 3 |
Setsubun Sai (Shinto) |
|
February 6 |
1st Saturday of Souls (Orthodox Christian) |
|
February 7 |
Meatfare Sunday (Orthodox Christian) |
|
|
Four Chaplains Sunday (Interfaith) |
|
February 12 |
Maha Shivaratri (Hindu) |
|
February 14 |
Chinese New Year (Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist)
|
|
|
Saint Valentine's Day (Christian) |
|
|
Transfiguration Sunday (Christian) |
|
February 15 |
Clean Monday (Orthodox Christian) |
|
|
Nirvana Day (Buddhist) |
|
February 16 |
Shrove Tuesday (Christian) |
|
February 17 |
Ash Wednesday - Lent begins (Christian) |
|
February 21 |
Great Lent Begins (Coptic and Eastern Orthodox
Christian) |
|
|
Orthodox Sunday (Orthodox Christian) |
|
February 26 |
Mawlid an Nabi (Islam) |
|
|
Intercalary Days through March 1 (Baha'i)
|
|
February 28 |
Purim (Judaism) |
|
MARCH |
|
March 1 |
Holi (Hindu) |
|
|
Hola Mohalla (Sikh) |
|
March 2 |
Four Chaptains Sunday (Christian/Judaism Interfaith) |
|
March 16 |
New Year (Hindu) |
|
March 17 |
St Patrick's Day (Christian) |
|
March 20 |
Ostara (Wicca) |
|
March 21 |
Norouz -New Year (Persian/Zoroastrian) |
|
|
Naw Ruz - New Year (Baha'i) |
|
|
Passion Sunday (Christian) |
|
March 24 |
Ramanavami (Hindu) |
|
March 25 |
Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (Catholic Christian) |
|
March 27 |
Lazarus Saturday (Orthodox Christian) |
|
March 28 |
Palm Sunday (Christian/Orthodox Christian)
|
|
|
Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra)
(Zoroastrian) |
|
March 29 |
Mahavir Jayanti (Jain) |
|
March 30 |
Lord's Evening Meal (Jehovah's Witness Christian)
|
|
|
Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu) |
|
|
Magha Puja Day (Buddhist) |
|
March 30-31 |
Pesach (Passover) First two days (Judaism) |
|
APRIL |
|
April 1 |
Maundy Thursday (Christian) |
|
April 2 |
Good (Holy) Friday (All Christians) |
|
April 4 |
Easter (All Christians) |
|
|
Ch’ing Ming Festival (China/Taiwan) |
|
|
Pascha/Easter (Orthodox Christian |
|
April 5-6 |
Easter Monday (Christian) |
|
|
Pesach (Passover) final two days (Judaism) |
|
April 9-12 |
Saka New Year (Buddhism) |
|
April 11 |
Yom HaSho'ah (Judaism) |
|
April 14 |
Baisakhi (Sikh) |
|
April 19 |
Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Judaism) |
|
April 21 |
Feast of Ridvan (Baha'i) |
|
April 23 |
Saint George's Day (Christian) |
|
April 29 |
Ninth Day of Ridvan (Baha'i) |
|
April 30 |
St. James the Great Day (Orthodox Christian) |
|
MAY |
|
May 1 |
Beltane (Wicca) |
|
May 2 |
Twelfth Day of Ridvan (Baha'i) |
|
|
Lag B’Omer (Judaism) |
|
May 6 |
National Day of Prayer (Interfaith) |
|
May 13 |
Ascension of Christ (Christian) |
|
May 19-20 |
Shavuot (Judaism) |
|
May 23 |
Pentecost (All Christians) |
|
|
Declaration of the Bab (Baha'i) |
|
May 27 |
Buddha Day - Visakha Puja (Buddhist) |
|
May 29 |
Ascension of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i) |
|
May 30 |
Trinity Sunday (Christian) |
|
|
All Saints (Orthodox Christian) |
|
JUNE |
|
June 3 |
Corpus Christi (Catholic Christian) |
|
June 9 |
Saint Columba of Iona (Celtic Christian) |
|
June 11 |
Sacred Heart of Jesus (Catholic Christian) |
|
June 16 |
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikh) |
|
June 19 |
New Church Day (Swedenborgian Christian) |
|
June 21 |
Litha (Wicca) |
|
|
National Aboriginal Day |
|
June 29 |
Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul (Christian) |
|
June 29-July 3 |
Gahambar Maldyoshem (Zoroastrian) |
|
JULY |
|
July 8 |
Lailat al Miraj (Islam) |
|
July 9 |
Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha'i) |
|
July 11 |
St Benedict Day (Catholic Christian) |
|
|
Imamat Day (Ismaili) |
|
July 13-15 |
Ulambana (Obon) (Buddhist) |
|
July 15 |
Saint Vladimir (Christian) |
|
July 20 |
Tisha B'Av (Judaism) |
|
July 23 |
Haile Selassie I Birth (Rastafari) |
|
July 24 |
Pioneer Day (Mormon Christian) |
|
July 25 |
St. James the Great Day (Christian) |
|
July 26 |
Lailat al Bara'ah (Islam) |
|
|
Asalha Puja Day (Buddhist) |
|
AUGUST |
|
August 1 |
Lammas (Christian) |
|
|
Lughnassad (Lammas) (Wicca/Neo Pagan) |
|
|
Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus (Orthodox
Christian) |
|
August 6 |
Transfiguration of the Lord (Orthodox Christian) |
|
August 11 – September 10 |
Ramadan begins (Islam) |
|
August 15 |
Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary (Catholic
Christian) |
|
|
Dormition of the Theotokos (Orthodox Christian)
|
|
August 24 |
Raksha Bandhan (Hindu) |
|
August 29 |
Beheading of John the Baptist (Christian) |
|
SEPTEMBER |
|
September 1 |
Ecclesiastical Year begins (Orthodox Christian) |
|
|
Parkash Divas (Sikh) |
|
September 2 |
Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu) |
|
September 6 |
Laylat al Kadr (Islam) |
|
September 8 |
Nativity of Mary (Christian) |
|
September 9-10 |
Rosh Hashanah (Judaism) |
|
September 10 |
Eid al Fitr (Islam) |
|
September 11 |
Ganesa Chaturthi (Hindu) |
|
September 12 |
Paryushana (Jain) |
|
September 14 |
Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day
(Christian) |
|
September 18 |
Yom Kippur (Judaism) |
|
September 23-29 (23-24 Primary Obligation Days)
|
Sukkot (Judaism) |
|
September 23 |
Mabon (Wicca) |
|
September 27 |
Meskel (Ethiopian/Eritrean Orthodox Christian) |
|
September 29 |
Michael and All Angels (Christian) |
|
September 30 |
Shemini Atzeret (Judaism) |
|
OCTOBER |
|
October 1 |
Simhat Torah (Judaism) |
|
October 4 |
St Francis Day (Catholic Christian) |
|
October 8-16 |
Navaratri (Hindu) |
|
October 11 |
Thanksgiving (Interfaith – Canada) |
|
October 17 |
Dasera (Hindu) |
|
October 18 |
Parvarana (Buddhist) |
|
October 20 |
Birth of the Báb (Baha'i) |
|
|
Installation of the Scriptures of Guru Granth Sahib
(Sikh) |
|
October 25 |
Karva Chauth (Hindu) |
|
October 27 |
Reformation Day (Christian) |
|
October 28 |
Milvian Bridge Day (Christian) |
|
October 31 |
All Hallows Eve (Christian) |
|
|
Reformation Day (Protestant Christian) |
|
NOVEMBER |
|
November 1 |
All Saints' Day (Christian) |
|
|
Samhain (Wicca) |
|
November 2 |
All Souls' Day (Catholic Christian) |
|
November 5 |
Diwali (Hindu, Jain, Sikh) |
|
November 12 |
Birth of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i) |
|
November 15 |
Waqf al Arafa - Hajj (Islam) |
|
|
Nativity Fast through December 24 (Orthodox
Christian) |
|
November 16 |
Eid al Adha (Islam) |
|
November 21 |
Christ the King (Christian) |
|
|
Guru Nanak birthday (Sikh) |
|
November 24 |
Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom (Sikh) |
|
November 25 |
Thanksgiving (Interfaith – USA) |
|
November 26 |
Day of Covenant (Baha'i) |
|
November 28 |
First Sunday of Advent (Christian) |
|
|
Ascension of Abdu’l Baha’i (Baha’i) |
|
November 30 |
Saint Andrew's Day (Christian) |
|
DECEMBER |
|
December 2-9 |
Hanukkah (Judaism) |
|
December 6 |
Saint Nicholas Day (Christian) |
|
December 7 |
Hijra/Muharram - New Year (Islam) |
|
December 8 |
Bodhi Day - Rohatsu (Buddhism) |
|
|
Immaculate Conception of Mary (Catholic Christian)
|
|
December 12 |
Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe (Catholic
Christian) |
|
December 16 |
Posadas Navidenas through December 25 (Hispanic
Christian) |
|
|
Ashura (Islam) |
|
December 21 |
Yule (Wicca/Christian) |
|
December 25 |
Christmas (All Christian) |
|
December 26 |
Feast of the Holy Family (Catholic Christian)
|
|
|
Zarathushtra Diso - Death of Prophet Zarathushtra
(Zoroastrian) |
|
December 28 |
Holy Innocents (Christian) |
