| MONTH |
DAY |
HOLIDAY |
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1 |
Mary - Catholic Christian |
| Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian |
| Gantan-sai - Ganjitsu (New Years) - Shinto |
| 5 |
Twelfth Night - Christian |
| Guru Gobindh Singh Day - Sikh |
| 6 |
Epiphany - Christian |
| Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian |
| 7 |
Nativity of Christ - Orthodox Christian |
| 9 |
Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian |
| 13 |
Maghi - Sikh |
| 16 |
World Religion Day - Baha'i |
| Blessing of the the Animals - alternate Christian date |
| 17 |
Vasant Panchami - Hindu |
| 18-25 |
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian |
| 19 |
Waqf al Arafa - Islam |
| 19-22 |
Hajj - Islam |
| 21-24 |
Id al Adha - Islam |
| 25 |
New Years (3 days) ** - Buddhist |
| Tu B'shvat * - Jewish |
| Conversion of St Paul - Christian |
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2 |
Presentation of Jesus in the Temple - Candlemas - Christian |
| St Brighid of Kildare - Celtic Christian |
| Imbolc (Candlemas) * - Wicca |
| 3 |
St. Blase Day - Catholic Christian |
| 6 |
Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith |
| Transfiguration Sunday - Christian |
| 8 |
Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist |
| Shrove Tuesday - Christian |
| 9-March19 |
Lent - Christian |
| 9 |
Ash Wednesday - Christian |
| Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist |
| 10 |
Hijra - New Years - Islam |
| 13 |
Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu |
| 14 |
St Valentine's Day - Christian |
| 19 |
Ashura - Islam |
| 20 |
Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian |
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1 |
St David of Wales - Christian |
| 6 |
Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian |
| Four Chaplains Sunday - Christian/Jewish Interfaith |
| 8 |
Maha Shivaratri **- Hindu |
| 13 |
Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian |
| 14 |
Lent begins (Clean Monday) - Orthodox Christian |
| 17 |
Saint Patrick's Day - Christian |
| 20 |
Palm Sunday - Christian |
| Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian |
| 21 |
Norooz (The New Day) - Zoroastrian |
| Nau-Roz (New Year's Day) - Baha'i |
| Ostara * - Wicca |
| 23 |
Birth of Mahavira - Jain |
| 24 |
Maundy Thursday - Christian |
| Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian |
| 25 |
Purim * - Jewish |
| Good Friday - Christian |
| Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Orthodox Christian |
| Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist |
| Holi ** - Hindu |
| 26 |
Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zarathushtra) - Zoroastrian |
| Holy Saturday - Christian |
| 27 |
Easter - Christian (Gregorian Calendar) |
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9-18 |
Ramayana ** - Hindu |
| 13 |
Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) - Sikh |
| 18 |
Ramanavami ** - Hindu |
| 21 |
Mawlid an Nabi - Islam |
| 21-May 2 |
Ridvan * - Baha'i |
| 23 |
Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian |
| 24-May 1 |
Pesach (Passover) * - Jewish |
| 24 |
Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian |
| Vesak - Buddha Day ** - Buddhist |
| 29 |
Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian |
| 30 |
St James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian |
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1 |
Easter/Pascha Orthodox Christian (Julian calendar) |
| Beltane * - Wicca |
| 5 |
Ascension of Christ - Christian |
| 6 |
Yom Hasho'ah * - Jewish |
| 8 |
St. Thomas Day - Orthodox Christian |
| 14 |
Matthias the Apostle - Anglican Christian |
| 15 |
Pentecost - Christian |
| 22 |
Trinity - Christian |
| 23 |
Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i |
| 24 |
Buddha Day - Visakha Puja ** - Buddhist |
| 26 |
Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian |
| 29 |
Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i |
| 31 |
Feast of the Visitation - Catholic Christian |
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3 |
Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian |
| 4 |
Immaculate Heart of Mary - Catholic Christian |
| 9 |
Ascension - Orthodox Christian |
| 13-14 |
Shavuot * - Jewish |
| 16 |
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib - Sikh |
| Ganga Dussehra ** - Hindu |
| 19 |
Pentecost - Orthodox Christian |
| New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian |
| 21 |
First Nations Day (Aboriginal Day) - Canadian Native People |
| Litha * - Wicca |
| 23 |
Buddha Jayanti ** - Hindu |
| 24 |
Nativity of John the Baptist - Christian |
| 26 |
All Saints - Orthodox Christian |
| 29 |
Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian |
| St. Peter Day - Catholic Christian |
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6 |
Birth of Dalai Lama ** - Buddhist |
| 9 |
Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i |
| 11 |
St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian |
| 13 |
Ulambana (Obon) ** - Buddhist |
| 15 |
St Vladimir the Great Day - Orthodox Christian |
| 21 |
Asalha Puja Day ** - Hindu |
| 24 |
Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian |
| 25 |
St. James the Great Day - Christian |
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1 |
Lammas - Christian |
| Lughnassad (Lammas) * - Wicca/Neo Pagan |
| Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian |
| 6 |
Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian |
| 13 |
Obon ** - Shinto |
| 14 |
Tisha B'av * - Jewish |
| 15 |
Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian |
| Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian |
| 19 |
Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu |
| 24 |
St. Bartholomew Day - Christian |
| 27 |
Krishna Jayanti (Janmashtami) ** - Hindu |
| 29 |
Beheading of St John the Baptist - Christian |
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1 |
Ecclesiastical Year begins - Orthodox Christian |
| Lailat al Miraj - Islam |
| 7 |
Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu |
| 8 |
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian |
| Feast of Nativity of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian |
| 11 |
New Year - Coptic Christian |
| 14 |
Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Orthodox Christian |
| Holy Cross Day - Christian |
| 17 |
Feast of Mithra - Zoroastrian |
| 19 |
Lailat al Bara'ah - Islam |
| 21 |
St. Matthew Day - Christian |
| 22 |
Mabon - Fall Equinox - Wicca |
| 29 |
Michael and All Angels - Christian |
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4 |
St Francis Day - Catholic Christian |
| Ramadan begins ** (continues through November 3) - Islam |
| Blessing of the Animals - Christian |
| 4-5 |
Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish |
| 12 |
Dussehra ** - Hindu |
| Confucius Birthday - Chinese religions |
| 13 |
Yom Kippur * - Jewish |
| 18 |
St Luke, Apostle & Evangelist - Christian |
| 18-19 |
Primary Obligation days - Jewish |
| 18-24 |
Sukkot * - Jewish |
| 20 |
Birth of the B'ab * - Baha'i |
| Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh |
| 25 |
Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish |
| 26 |
Simhat Torah * - Jewish |
| 28 |
Milvian Bridge Day - Christian |
| 30 |
Laylat-ul Qadr - Islam |
| 31 |
All Hallows Eve - Christian |
| Reformation Day - Protestant Christian |
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1 |
All Saints' Day - Christian |
| Diwali (Deepevali) ** - Hindu |
| Samhain * - Wicca |
| 2 |
All Souls' Day - Christian |
| 3 |
Eid al Fitr - Ramadan ends - Islam |
| 12 |
Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i |
| 15-Dec 24 |
Nativity Fast (Winter Lent) - Orthodox Christian |
| 20 |
Christ the King - Christian |
| 24 |
Thanksgiving - Interfaith USA |
| Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur - Sikh |
| 26 |
Day of Covenant * - Baha'i |
| 27 |
Advent - First Sunday - Christian |
| 28 |
Ascension of Abdul-Baha - Baha'i |
| 30 |
St Andrew's Day - Christian |
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4, 11, 18 |
Sundays of Advent continue - Christian |
| 6 |
St. Nicholas day - Orthodox Christian |
| 8 |
Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhist |
| Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian |
| 12 |
Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian |
| 6-25 |
Posadas - Christian |
| 21 |
Yule - Christian |
| Yule/Winter Solstice - Wicca |
| St. Thomas Day - Catholic Christian |
| 24 |
Christmas Eve - Christian |
| 25 |
Christmas * - Christian |
| Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian |
| 26 |
Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) Zoroastrian |
| St Stephen's Day - Christian |
| 26-January 1 |
Kwanzaa - Interfaith |
| 26-January 2 |
Hanukkah * - Jewish |
| 28 |
Holy Innocents - Christian |
| 30 |
Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian |
| 31 |
Watch Night - Christian |
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