Religious Holidays 2016: Interfaith Calendar For Major World Religions
While some religious holidays always fall on the same day every year, like Christmas, many others shift in response to the lunar calendar. With 2016 quickly approaching, below is a list of religious holidays for nine of the world’s major religions. Please note: Jewish, Baha’i and Islamic holidays begin at sunset the previous day.
Jewish Holidays:
Jan. 25: Tu B’Shevat
March 23-24: Purim
April 22-30: Passover
May 22: Second Passover
May 26: Lag B’Omer
June 11-13: Shavuot
July 23- Aug. 14: Fast of 3 Weeks
July 24: Fast of the 17th of Tammuz
Aug. 13-14: Fast of Tish’a B’Av
Aug. 19: The 15th of Av
Oct. 2-4: Rosh Hashanah
Oct. 11-12: Yom Kippur
Oct. 16-23: Sukkot
Oct. 23-25: Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
Jan. 6: Epiphany
Jan. 10: Baptism of Jesus
Feb. 2: Candlemas
Feb. 10: Ash Wednesday
Feb. 14: St. Valentine’s Day
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day
March 19: St. Joseph’s Day
March 20: Palm Sunday
March 24: Maundy (Holy) Thursday
March 25: Good Friday
March 27: Easter
March 28: Easter Monday
April 23: St. George’s Day
April 30: St. James the Great Day
May 5: Ascension of Jesus
May 15: Pentecost
May 22: Trinity Sunday
May 26: Corpus Christi
June 29: Saints Peter and Paul
July 15: Saint Vladimir
Aug. 1: Lammas
Aug. 15: The Assumption of Mary
Sept. 8: Holy Cross Day
Sept. 29: Michael and All Angels
Oct. 31: All Hallows Eve
Nov. 1: All Saints’ Day
Nov. 2” All Souls’ Day
Nov. 20: Christ the King
Nov. 27: Advent-First Sunday
Nov. 30: St. Andrew’s Day
Dec. 6: St. Nicholas Day
Dec. 24: Christmas Eve
Dec. 25: Christmas
Dec. 28: Holy Innocents
Jan. 24: Mahayana New Year
Feb. 8: Chinese New Year
Feb. 15: Nirvana Day
March 23: Magha Puja Day
April 22: Theravada New Year
May 15: Wesak-Buddha Day
July 11: Obon
July 19: Asala-Dharma Day
Dec. 8: Bodhi Day
May 5: Lailat al Miraj
May 21: Lailat al Bara’ah
June 7: start of Ramadan
July 2: Laylat al Kadr
July 7: Eid-al-Fitr (end of Ramadan)
Sept. 10: Waqf al Arafa-Hajj
Sept. 13: Eid-al-Adha
Oct. 3: Hijra- Islamic New Year
Oct. 12: Day of Ashura/Muharram
Dec. 12: Milad un Nabi
Jan. 15: Makarsankranti/Pongal
Feb. 12: Vasant Panchami
March 7: Maha Shivaratri
March 8: Telugu New Year/Ugadi/Gudi Padwa
March 13: Vaisakhi/Baisakhi/Vishu
March 15: Ramanavami
March 23: Holika Dahan
March 24: Holi
April 8: Hindi New Year
April 13: Tamil New Year
April 14: Bengali New Year/Bihu
April 22: Hanuman Jayanti
May 9: Akshaya Tritiya
June 4: Savitri Pooja
July 6: Puri Rath Yatra
July 19: Guru Purnima
Aug. 7: Nag Panchami
Aug. 12: Varalakshmi Vrat
Aug. 18: Raksha-Bandhan
Aug. 25: Krishna Janmashtami
Sept. 5: Ganesh Chaturthi
Sept. 14: Onam
Sept. 16: Vishwakarma Puja
Sept. 30: Mahalaya Amavasya
Oct. 1-10: Navaratri
Oct. 11: Dusshera
Oct. 15: Shardad Purnima
Oct. 19: Karwa Chauth
Oct. 28: Dhanteras
Oct. 30: Diwali
Nov. 1: Bhai Dooj
Nov. 6: Chhath Puja
Nov. 14: Kartik Poornima
Dec. 10: Geeta Jayanti
Dec. 15: Dhanu Sankranti
Feb. 2: Imbolc
March 20: Ostara
May 1: Beltane
June 20: Midsummer
Aug. 1: Lughnasadh
Sept. 22: Mabon
Oct. 31: Samhain
Dec. 22: Yule
Jan. 5: Guru Gobind Singh Birthday
Jan. 14: Maghi-Lohri
March 24: Holi
April 13: Vaisakhi
April 18: Birthday of Guru Angad Dev
June 16: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib
Oct. 20: Birth of the Guru Granth
Oct. 30: Diwali
Nov. 14: Guru Nanak Birthday
Nov. 24: Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib
Feb. 26-March 1: Intercalary
March 2-20: Nineteen Day Fast
March 21: New Year
April 21: First Day of Ridvan
April 29: Ninth Day of Ridvan
May 2: Twelfth Day of Ridvan
May 23: Declaration of the Bab
May 29: Ascension of Baha’u’llah
July 9: Martyrdom of the Bab
Oct. 20: Birth of the Bab
Nov. 12: Birth of Baha’u’llah
Nov. 26: Day of the Covenant
Nov. 28: Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Baha
Shinto Holidays:
Jan. 1: Oshogatsu
Jan. 7: Koshogatsu
Jan. 15: Seijin Shiki
Feb. 17: Toshigoi
March 3: Joshi-no-Sekku
March 21: Shubun-sai
May 3: Taue Matsuri
May 5: Tango-no-Sekku
June 30: Oharai/Grand Purification Festival
Nov. 15: Shichigosan
Nov. 23: Niinamesei
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