Summary of Religous Holidays
Aboriginal Peoples
Aboriginal Awareness Week - Canada
National Aboriginal Day
May 23-26
Jun 21
Bahá’í
All holy days begin at sunset the day before the date
listed and end at sundown on the date listed.
Ayyám-i-Há Intercalary Days
Alá 19-Day Fast Begins
Now Ruz (New Year) ✔
Feast Of Ridvan ✔
Declaration Of Báb
Ascension Of Bahá'u'lláh ✔
Martyrdom Of The Báb
Birthday Of The Báb
Birth Of Bahá’u’lláh
Day Of Covenant
Ascension Of Abdu'l-Bahá
Feb 25-28
Mar 1-19
Mar 20
Apr 20-May 1
May 23
May 28
Jul 9
Oct 21
Oct 22
Nov 25
Nov 27
Buddhist
Chinese New Year ✔
Losar (Tibet New Year) ✔
Great Prayer Festival (Tibet)
Butter Lamp Festival (Tibet)
Wesak ✔
Dalai Lama's Birthday (Tibet)
Wassana
Pavarana
Kathina
Bodhi Day
Jan 28
Feb 27
Mar 2
Mar 12
May 10
Jul 6
Jul 9
Oct 5
Oct 6
Dec 8
✔ The most important dates to take into consideration when
scheduling meetings and events at work.
Clean Monday (Great Lent Begins)
Maundy Thursday
Holy Friday ✔
Pasha/Easter ✔
Easter Monday
Ascension
Pentecost
Feb 27
Apr 13
Apr 14
Apr 16
Apr 17
May 25
Jun 4
Christian - Mormon
Organization Of The Church
Pioneer Day
Joseph Smith's Birthday
Apr 6
Jul 24
Dec 23
Hindu
Lohri
Makar Sankranti
Basant Panchami
Shivratri
Holi ✔
Ram Navami
Baisakhi ✔
Guru Purnima
Raksha Bandhan
Janmashtami ✔
Ganesh Chaturthi
Navratri
Durga Puja
Dussehra
Karva Chauth
Diwali ✔
Christian
Occidental calendar (Gregorian)
Epiphany
Three Kings' Day
Christmas - Armenia ✔
Candlemas Day
Shrove Tuesday
Ash Wednesday (Lent Begins)
St. Joseph's Day
Annunciation
Palm Sunday
Holy Thursday
Good Friday ✔
Easter ✔
Easter Monday
St. George's Day
Ascension
Pentecost
Assumption
All Saints’ Day
All Souls Day
First Sunday of Advent
St. Nicholas Day
Feast of Immaculate Conception
Christmas Day ✔
Islam
Jan 6
Jan 6
Jan 6
Feb 2
Feb 28
Mar 1
Mar 19
Mar 25
Apr 9
Apr 13
Apr 14
Apr 16
Apr 17
Apr 23
May 25
Jun 4
Aug 15
Nov 1
Nov 2
Dec 3
Dec 6
Dec 8
Dec 25
Christian - Coptic & Eastern Orthodox
Coptic & Eastern Orthodox (Julian) Calendar
Christmas ✔
New Year - Eastern Orthodox
Timkat / Theophany
Jan 13
Jan 14
Feb 1
Feb 24
Mar 13
Apr 4
Apr 14
Jul 9
Aug 7
Aug 15
Aug 25
Sep 21
Sep 28
Sep 30
Oct 8
Oct 19
Jan 7
Jan 14
Jan 19
Dates are subject to sighting of moon
Ramadan Begins
Laylat al-Qadr
Eid-ul-Fitr ✔
Day of Hajj (Day of Arafat)
Eid-ul-Adha ✔
1st Muharram - Islamic New Year
Ashura ✔
Eid-Maulad-un-Nabi
May 27
Jun22
Jun 26
Aug 31
Sep 1
Sep 21
Sep 30
Dec 1
Islam Ismaili
Now Ruz (New Year) ✔
Imamat Day ✔
Aga Khan's Birthday
Mar 21
Jul 11
Dec 13
Jain
Mahavira Jayanti ✔
Akshaya Tritya
Guru Purnima
Paryushana-Parva ✔
Samvatsari
Dashalakshani-Parva
Ananta-Chaturdasi
Ksamavani
Mahavira Nirvana
Lokashah Jayanti
Apr 9
May 9
Jul 9
Aug 19
Aug 26
Aug 26
Sep 5
Sep 6
Oct 19
Nov 4
Jewish
All holy days begin at previous sundown
*Some Jews may abstain from work.
Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day)
Purim
Pesach /Passover ✔
Yom HaShoah
Shavuot
Tish'a B'Av
Rosh Hashanah ✔
Yom Kippur ✔
Sukkot
Shemini Atzeret
Simchat Torah
Hanukkah
Feb 11
Mar 12
Apr 11-18
Apr 24
May 31-Jun 1
Aug 1
Sep 21-22
Sep 30
Oct 5-11
Oc t 12
Oct 13
Dec 13-20
Shinto
Gantan-Sai
Shunki-Sorei-Sai
Oh-Harai-Taisai
Shuki sorei sai
Tohji-Taisai
Jan 1
Mar 20
Jul 30
Sep 22
Dec 21
Sikh
The old lunar calendar is Bikarami; the new solar
calendar is Nanakshahi. The dates below are mostly
Nanakshahi unless otherwise indicated.
Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday
Lohri
Holi ✔
Hola Mohalla (Bikarami)
Baisakhi ✔
Martydom of Guru Arjan Dev
Diwali ✔
Guru Nanak's Birthday (Bikarami) ✔
Martyrdom Of Guru Teg Bahadur
Jan 5
Jan 13
Mar 13
Mar 13
Apr 14
Jun 16
Oct 19
Nov 4
Nov 24
Wicca
Imbolg
Eostre
Beltane
Litha
Lugnasad
Mabon
Samhain
Yule
Feb 2
Mar 20
May 1
Jun 21
Aug 1
Sep 22
Oct 31
Dec 21
Zoroastrian
Sadeh
Gahambar Hamaspathmaedem
Now Ruz (New Year) ✔
Birth Of Prophet Zarathustra (Fasli)
Gahambar Maidyozarem
Gahambar Maidyoshem
Fravardeghan
Now-Ruz (Shenshai) ✔
Birth of Prophet Zarathustra (Shenshai)
Gahambar Paitishahem
Mehragan
Gahambar Ayathrem
Death Of Prophet Zarathustra ✔
Gahambar Maidyarem
Jan 30
Mar 16-20
Mar 21
Mar 28
Apr 30-May 4
Jun 29-Jul 3
Aug 8-17
Aug 17
Aug 24
Sep 12-16
Oct 8
Oct 12-16
Dec 26
Dec 31-Jan 4