Dates to Recognize        

January

3 - Shabbat

3 - Vasanta Panchami

5 - Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday

6 - Epiphany

6 - Three Kings Day

7 - Ashura

14 - Makar Sankranti

18 - World Religion Day

 

February

2 - Candlemas

2 - Imbolc

9 - Tu B’Shevat

15 - Brotherhood/Sisterhood Week

23 - Maha Shivaratri (Shiva’s Night)

24 - Shrove Tuesday

25 - Ash Wednesday

26 - Ayyam-i-Ha

 

March

9 - Mawlid al-Nabi

10 - Purim

11 - Hola Mohalla

11 - Holi (Festival of Color)

17 - St. Patrick's Day

19 - St. Joseph’s Day

21 - Ostara

 

April

3 - Ramanavami

8 - Buddha’s Birthday

9 - Passover

12 - Easter

13 - Vaisakhi

21 - Festival of Ridvan

21 - Yom Ha-Shoah (Holocaust Day)

23 - St. George’s Day

30 - Beltane

 

May

9 - Vesak

23 - Declaration of the Bab

29 - Ascension of Baha’u’llah

31 - Pentecost

 

June

14 - Race Unity Day

16 - Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev

21 - Litha

23 - St. John’s Eve

24 - Feast of St. John the Baptist

 

July

7 - Asalhapuja

9 - Martyrdom of the Bab

23 - Birth of Haile Selassie I

24 - Pioneer Day

 

August

1 - Lughnasadh (or Lammas Day)

5 - Shab-e-Barat

14 - Janmashtami

15 - Assumption of the Virgin Mary

22 - Ramadan

23 - Ganesh Chaturthi

 

September

11 - Enkutatash

16 - Lailat ul-Qadr (Night of Power)

19 - Rosh Hashanah

21 - Eid al-Fitr (Feast of the Breaking of the Fast)

22 - Mabon

27 - Maskal

28 - Yom Kippur

 

October

3 - Sukkot (Feast of Booths)

8 - Karva Chauth

11 - Simchat Torah

17 - Diwali

20 - Birth of the Bab

31 - Samhain

 

November

1 - All Saints’ Day

2 - All Souls’ Day

2 - Guru Nanak’s Birthday

12 - Birth of Baha’u’llah

15 - Haile Selassie’s Coronation Day

28 - Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice)

29 - Advent

 

December

8 - Bodhi Day

8 - Feast on the Immaculate Conception

12 - Hanukkah (Feast of Lights/Dedication)

18 - Hijra (New Year)

21 - Yule

25 - Christmas

26 - Kwanzaa