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month
|
| Month/Date |
Event(s) |
Remarks |
| January |
| January
1 |
Gantan-Sai/Shogatu (Shinto)
Independence Day (Haiti,
Sudan)
New
Year's Day (Gregorian Calendar)
St. Basil's Day (Greece) |
Fixed |
| January
5 |
Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday (Sikhism) |
Fixed |
| January
6 |
Christmas (Armenia)
Three Kings Day/Epiphany (Christianity) |
Fixed |
| January
7 |
Christmas (Coptic & Eastern Orthodox Christianity) |
Julian Calendar |
| January
12 |
Seijin
no Hi/Coming of Age (Japan) |
Second Monday in January |
| January
13 |
Lohri (Hinduism, Sikhism)
St.
Knut's Day (Sweden, Finland) |
Fixed |
| January
14 |
Makra
Sankranti/Winter Festival (Hinduism, India)
Pongal (Tamil, India)
Thaipoosam Cavadee (India, Mauritius)
| Fixed |
| January
14 |
New Year (Coptic & Eastern Orthodox Christianity)
|
Julian Calendar |
| January
19 |
Martin
Luther King Jr. Day (USA) |
Third
Monday in January |
| January
25 |
Robert Burns' Night
| Fixed |
| January 26 |
New Year (Buddhism, China, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam)
- Year of the Ox |
Chinese Lunar Calendar |
| January
26 |
Anniversary Day (Auckland, New Zealand)
Australia Day (Australia)
Republic
Day (India)
| Fixed |
| January 31 |
Basant Panchami (Hinduism)
| Hindu Calendar |
| February |
| February |
Black
History Month (USA) |
Fixed |
| February 1 |
Abolition of Slavery (Mauritius)
| Fixed |
| February
2 |
Candlemas
(Christianity)
Imbolg (Wicca)
Ground Hog Day (USA)
| Fixed
|
| February
3 |
Setsubun-Sai/Changing
of Seasons (Japan) |
Fixed |
| February
4 |
National
Day (Sri Lanka)
|
Fixed
|
February
6 |
Waitangi
Day (New Zealand) |
Fixed |
| February
8 |
Culture
Day (Slovenia)
Thaipoosam Cavadee (Tamil, Mauritius) |
Fixed |
| February
9 |
Tu B'Shevat/Arbor Day (Judaism) |
Hebrew Calendar |
| February
9 |
Magha
Puja Day (Buddhism) Thailand |
Buddhist Calendar |
| February 10 |
Lantern
Festival (China, Taiwan) |
Chinese Lunar Calendar |
| February
11 |
National Foundation
Day (Japan)
Youth Day (Cameroon) |
Fixed |
| February
12 |
Lincoln's
Birthday (USA)
|
Fixed |
| February
14 |
Valentine's
Day (Canada, UK, USA) |
Fixed |
| February
15 |
National
Flag Day (Canada) |
Fixed |
| February
16 |
Independence Day (Lithuania) |
Fixed |
| February
16 |
President's
Day (USA) |
Third
Monday of February |
| February
18 |
Independence
Day (Gambia)
|
Fixed |
| February
21 |
International Mother Language Day (UN)
Language Movement (Bangladash) |
Fixed |
| February
22 |
Abu Simbel Festival (Egypt)
Washington's
Birthday (USA) |
Fixed |
| February
23 |
Maha Shivratri
(Hindu)
| Hindu Calendar |
| February
24 |
Independence Day (Estonia)
|
Fixed |
| February
24 |
Mardi Gras (Assorted places worldwide)
Shrove Tuesday (Ireland, UK)
|
Dependent on Date of Easter |
| February
25 |
National
Day (Kuwait)
People Power Day (Philippines)
| Fixed |
| February
25-March 16 |
Lent (Begins on Ash Wednesday) (Christianity) |
Dependent on Date of Easter |
| February
26-March 1 |
Intercalary Days (Bahá’í) |
Fixed |
| February
27 |
Independence
Day (Dominican Republic) |
Fixed |
| February
28 |
Kalevala Day (Finland) |
Fixed |
| March |
| March |
Women's
History Month (UK, USA) |
|
| March
1 |
Baba Marta Day (Bulgaria)
Independence Day (Bosnia)
Saint David's Day (Wales)
| Fixed |
| March
2 |
National
Day (Morocco)
| Fixed |
| March
2 |
Labour Day (Australia)
| First Monday in March |
| March
2-20 |
Alá/Month of Fasting (Bahá’í)
| Fixed |
| March
2-April 12 |
Great Lent (Begins on Clean Monday) (Coptic & Eastern Orthodox Christianity)
| Julian Calendar |
| March
3 |
Hinamatsuri/Girls' Day (Japan)
| Fixed |
| March
6 |
Independence
Day (Ghana)
World Day of Prayer (UN)
|
Fixed |
| March
8 |
International
Women's Day (UN)
|
Fixed |
| March
9 |
Eid-Mawlid-an-Nabi (Sunni Islam) |
Islamic Calendar |
| March
10 |
Purim
(Judaism) |
Hebrew Calendar |
| March
11 |
Holi
(Hinduism)
| Hindu Calendar |
| March
12 |
Independence
Day (Mauritius) |
Fixed |
| March
12 |
Hola Mohalla (Sikhism)
| Sikh Calendar |
| March
14 |
Eid-Mawlid-an-Nabi (Shia Islam) |
Islamic Calendar |
| March
17 |
St.
Patrick's Day (Ireland, USA) |
Fixed |
| March
19 |
St. Joseph's Day (Christian) |
Fixed |
| March
19 |
Chetra
Navratras (Hinduism) |
Hindu Calendar |
| March
20 |
National
Day (Tunisia) |
Fixed |
| March 20 |
Higan-e
(Buddhism)
Ohigon (Japan, Korea)
Ostara (Wicca)
Now Ruz/New
Year (Afghanistan, Bahá’í, Iran)
Pimia/New
Year (Laos)
Poutuerangi (Aboriginal/Maori, New England)
Shunki-Korei-Sai (Shinto) |
March Equinox |
| March
21 |
Butter Lamp Festival (Tibet)
Harmony Day (Australia)
International
Day for the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination (UN) |
Fixed |
| March
22 |
Emancipation Day (Puerto Rico)
World Day for Water (UN) |
Fixed |
| March
22 |
Mothering Sunday (UK) |
Dependent on Date of Easter |
| March
25 |
Annunciation (Christianity)
Independence
Day (Greece) |
Fixed |
| March
26 |
Birth of Prophet Zarathustra (Zoroastrianism)
Independence
Day (Bangladesh)
Kuhio Day (Hawaii) |
Fixed |
| March
27 |
Ugadi/Nava Varsha/Gudi Padwa (India, Mauritius, Nepal) |
Hindu Calendar |
| March
29 |
Youth
Day (Taiwan) |
Fixed |
| April |
| April |
Sakura/Cherry
Blossom Festival (Japan) |
|
| April
1 |
April
Fools' Day (Canada, UK, USA)
Kha B'Nissan/New Year (Assyria) |
Fixed |
| April
4 |
Ram Navami (Hinduism) |
Hindu Calendar |
| April
4 |
National
Day (Senegal) |
Fixed |
| April
4 |
Ching Ming (China, Taiwan) |
15th Day from the Spring Equinox |
April
5 |
Palm
Sunday (Christianity) |
Dependent on Date of Easter |
| April
6 |
Chakri
Day (Thailand)
Organization of the Church (Mormonism) |
Fixed |
| April
9 |
Independence Day (Georgia) |
Fixed |
| April 9 |
Maundy Thursday |
Dependent on Date of Easter |
| April
9-16 |
Pesach/Passover
(Judaism) |
Hebrew Calendar |
| April 10 |
Good
Friday |
Dependent on Date of Easter |
| April 12 |
Easter
Sunday (Christianity) |
Moveable |
| April 13 |
Easter
Monday (Christianity) |
Dependent on Date of Easter |
| April
13 |
Songkran/Buddhhist
New Year (Thailand, Burma) |
Fixed |
| April
13 |
Baisakhi (Bangladesh, Hinduism, India, Sikhism) |
Hebrew Calendar |
| April
13-15 |
Pimia
(Laotian New Year)
New Year/Khmer New Year (Cambodia) |
Fixed |
| April
14 |
Pan
American Day (The Americas) |
Fixed |
| April
16 |
Holy Thursday (Coptic & Eastern Orthodox Christianity) |
Julian Calendar |
| April
17 |
Independence
Day (Syria) |
Fixed |
| April
17 |
Holy Friday (Coptic & Eastern Orthodox Christianity) |
Julian Calendar |
| April
18 |
Independence
Day (Zimbabwe) |
Fixed |
| April
18 |
Matsu Festival (Taiwan) |
Chinese Calendar |
| April
19 |
Independence
Day (Bolivia) |
Fixed |
| April
19 |
Easter (Coptic & Eastern Orthodox Christianity) |
Julian Calendar |
| April
20 |
Sechseläuten (Switzerland) |
Third Monday of April |
| April
20 |
Easter Monday (Coptic & Eastern Orthodox Christianity) |
Julian Calendar |
| April 21 |
Kartini Day (Indonesia) |
Fixed |
| April 21 |
Yom
Ha Shoah (Judaism) |
Hebrew Calendar |
| April
21-May 2 |
Feast of Ridvan
(Bahá’í) |
Fixed |
| April
22 |
Earth Day (International) |
Fixed |
| April
23 |
St. George's Day (Christianity) |
Fixed |
| April
23-25 |
Gathering of Nations Pow Wow (Aboriginal/Native American) |
Moveable |
| April
24 |
Martyr's Day (Armenia) |
Fixed |
| April
24 |
Arbor Day (USA) |
Last Friday of April |
| April
25 |
Anzac
Day (Australia, New Zealand)
Freedom Day (Portugal) |
Fixed |
| April
27 |
Independence
Day (Sierra Leone, Togo) |
Fixed |
| April
27 |
Akshaya Tritya (Jain) |
Hindu Calendar |
| April
28 |
Yom Ha-Zikaron/Memorial Day (Israel) |
Hebrew Calendar |
| April
29 |
Showa no hi/Showa Day (Japan) |
Fixed |
| April
29 |
Yom Ha-Atzma'ut/Independence Day (Israel) |
Hebrew Calendar |
| April
30 |
Koninginnedag/Queen's Day (Netherlands)
Walpurgis
Night (Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Sweden) |
Fixed |
| May |
| May |
Asian
Pacific American Heritage Month (USA) |
|
| May
1 |
Beltane (Wicca)
May
Day
Vappu Day (Finland) |
Fixed |
| May
4 |
Midori no hi/Greenery Day (Japan)
Remembrance Days (Netherlands) |
Fixed |
| May
5 |
Children's
Day (South Korea, Japan)
San Khuda/New Year (Sierra Leone)
Cinco De Mayo (Mexico) |
Fixed |
| May
8 |
Joan of Arc Day (France)
Liberation/V-E Day
Parents'
Day (South Korea, USA, Canada, Australia, Italy, New
Zealand, Mexico, Denmark) |
Fixed |
| May
9 |
Wesak
(Buddhism) |
Buddhist or Chinese Calendar, depending on location |
| May
10 |
Mother's
Day (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, USA) |
Second Sunday of May |
| May
12 |
Buddha's
Birthday (Hong Kong, South Korea) |
Movable
|
| May
14-15 |
Independence
Day (Paraguay) |
Fixed |
| May
17 |
Constitution
Day (Norway) |
Fixed |
| May
18 |
Trinity
Sunday (Christianity) |
Movable
|
| May
18 |
Victoria Day (Canada) |
Monday before or on May 24 |
| May
22 |
National
Day (Yemen)
|
Fixed |
| May
24 |
Independence Day (Eritrea) |
Fixed |
| May
25 |
National
Day (Argentina)
Independence Day (Jordan) |
Fixed |
| May
25 |
Memorial Day (USA) |
Last Monday of May |
| May
26 |
Independence
Day (Guyana) |
Fixed |
| May 28 |
Ascension (Coptic & Eastern Orthodox Christianity) |
Julian Calendar |
| May 29 |
Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá’í) |
Fixed |
| May 29 |
Shavuot |
Hebrew Calendar |
| May
31 |
National
Day (Brunei) |
Fixed |
| May
31 |
Pentecost/Whitsunday
(Christianity) |
Depends on Date of Easter |
| June |
| June |
Gay and Lesbian Pride Month (Australia, Canada, USA) |
|
| June
1 |
Gawai
Dayak (Malaysia)
Children's Day (Laos) |
Fixed |
| June
2 |
Republic
Day (Italy) |
Fixed |
| June
4 |
Dano
(Korea) |
Chinese Calendar |
| June
5 |
Independence
Day (Venezuela) |
Fixed |
| June
6 |
National Day (Sweden)
|
Fixed |
| June
7 |
Tanabata
Matsuri/Star Festival (Japan, South Korea) |
Fixed |
| June 7 |
Pentecost (Coptic & Orthodox Christianity) |
Julian Calendar |
| June
9 |
Independence
Day (Argentina) |
Fixed |
| June
10 |
National
Day (Portugal)
|
Fixed |
| June
11 |
King Kamehameha Day (Hawaii) |
Fixed |
| June
12 |
Independence
Day (Philippines)
|
Celebrated on Jun 15 in 2009 |
| June
17 |
National
Day (Iceland) |
Fixed |
| June
20 |
Midsummer
Festival (Scandinavia) |
Saturday in June 20-26 |
| June
21 |
Litha (Wicca) |
June Solstice |
| June
21 |
Father's
Day (USA, UK, Canada) |
Third Sunday in June |
| June
23 |
National
Day (Luxembourg) |
Fixed |
| June
24 |
St.
Jean Baptiste Day (Canada-Quebec, France) |
|
| June
26 |
Independence
Day (Madagascar, Somalia) |
Fixed |
| June
27 |
Multicultural
Day (Canada) |
Fixed |
| June
28 |
Dragon Boat Festival (China) |
Chinese Calendar |
| July |
| July
1 |
Canada
Day (Canada)
SAR Establishment Day (Hong Kong)
| Fixed |
| July
4 |
Independence Day (USA)
| Fixed |
| July
9 |
Independence Day (Argentina)
Youth
Day (Morocco)
|
Fixed |
| July
10 |
Independence
Day (Bahamas) |
Fixed |
| July
13 |
Orangemen's Day (Northern Ireland) |
Celebrated on weekday on or after July 13 |
| July
14 |
Bastille
Day (France) |
Fixed |
| July
18 |
Asalaha
Puja Day (Buddhism)
Buddhist Lent (Buddhism) |
Movable
|
| July
20 |
Independence
Day (Colombia) |
Fixed |
| July
21 |
National
Day (Belgium) |
Fixed |
| July
23 |
Birth
of Haile Selassie I (Rastafari) |
Fixed |
| July
24 |
Pioneer
Day (Morman)
Simon Bolivar Day (Ecuador, Venezuela)
| Fixed |
| July
25 |
St.
Christopher's Day (Roman Catholic Church)
Constitution Day (Puerto Rico)
| Fixed |
| July
26 |
Independence
Day (Liberia)
National Day (Cuba) |
Fixed |
| July
28 |
Independence
Day (Peru) |
Fixed |
| July
28 |
Independence
Day (Peru) |
Fixed |
| July
31 |
Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola (Spain) |
Fixed |
| August |
| August
1 |
National
Day (Switzerland) |
Fixed |
| August
6 |
National
Day (Bolivia)
Emancipation/Kadooment Day (Barbados)
Independence Day (Jamaica) |
Fixed |
| August
9 |
National Day (Singapore) |
Fixed |
| August
10 |
Independence
Day (Ecuador) |
Fixed |
| August
13 |
Chung Yuan Festival/Ghost Festival (China) |
Chinese Calendar |
| August
13 |
Obon
(Japan) |
Fixed at Jul 15, Aug 15 or on Chinese Calendar - varies by locality |
| August
14 |
Independence
Day (Pakistan) |
Fixed |
| August
14 |
Janmashtami/Birth of Lord Krishna (Hinduism) |
Hindu Calendar |
| August
15 |
Independence
Day (Congo, India)
Liberation Day (South Korea)
|
Fixed |
| August
17 |
Independence
Day (Indonesia) |
Fixed |
| August
17 |
Paryushana-Parva (Jainism) |
Hindu Calendar |
| August
19 |
Independence
Day (Afghanistan) |
Fixed |
| August 22-September 19 |
Ramadan (Islam)
| Islamic Calendar |
| August
23 |
Now-Ruz (Zoroastrianism) |
Zoroastrian Calendar |
| August
31 |
Independence
Day (Trinidad, Tobago) |
Fixed |
| September |
| September |
Yam
Festival/New Year (Ghana) |
|
| September
2 |
National
Day (Vietnam) |
Fixed |
| September
6 |
Somhlolo/Independence
Day (Swaziland) |
Fixed |
| September
7 |
Independence
Day (Brazil) |
Fixed |
| September
7 |
Labor
Day (USA, Canada) |
First
Monday of September |
| September
10 |
Teachers'
Day (China) |
Fixed |
| September
11 |
New
Year (Ethiopia)
| Normally Sept 11, Sept 12 in Leap Years |
| September
15 |
Independence
Day (Costa Rica)
| Fixed |
| September
15 - October 15 |
Hispanic
Heritage Month (USA) |
Fixed |
| September
16 |
Independence
Day (Mexico) |
Fixed |
| September
19 |
Rosh
Hashanah/New Year (Judaism)
|
Hebrew Calendar |
| September
19-October 4 |
Oktoberfest (Germany)
|
Moveable |
| September
20 |
Federal
Thanksgiving Day (Switzerland) |
Fixed |
| September 21 |
Eid-ul-Fitr
(Islam) |
Islamic Calendar |
| September
22 |
Republic
Day (Mali) |
Fixed |
|
September 22 |
Mabon (Wicca) |
September
Equinox |
| September
22 |
Durga Puja (Bengal, Hindu) |
Bengali Calendar |
| September
24 |
Constitution Day (Cambodia)
Heritage
Day (So. Africa)
Our Lady of Las Mercedes (Dominican Republic, Peru)
| Fixed |
| September 28 |
Yom
Kippur (Judaism) |
Hebrew Calendar |
| September
30 |
Navaratri/Doll
Festival (India) |
Movable
|
| September
30 |
Independence
Day (Botswana)
| Fixed |
| October |
| October
1 |
National
Day (China)
Independence Day (Nigeria)
Labour Day (Australia)
| Fixed |
| October
2 |
Gandhi
Jayanti/Gandhi's Birthday (India)
| Fixed |
| October
3 |
Republic
Day (Germany)
National Foundation Day (Korea)
| Fixed |
| October 3 |
Chu-Sok (Korea)
Mid-Autumn Festival (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan)
Tet
Trung Thu (Vietnam)
|
Chinese Calendar |
| October
3-9 |
Sukkot/Harvest
(Judaism)
| Hebrew Calendar |
| October
4 |
Feast of St. Francis of Assisi (Italy)
Independence
Day (Lesotho)
| Fixed |
| October
6 |
World
Teachers' Day (UN) |
Fixed |
| October
7 |
Kunchi
Festival (Japan)
Confucius' Birthday (China) |
Fixed |
| October
9 |
Independence
Day (Uganda)
Hangul Day (Korea) |
Fixed |
| October
10 |
National Day (Taiwan)
| Fixed |
October
12
|
Dia
de La Raza (Latin America, Mexico)
|
Fixed |
| October
12 |
Sports
Day (Japan)
Columbus
Day (The Americas)
Thanksgiving
(Canada) |
2nd
Monday of October |
| October
17 |
Diwali/Festival
of Lights/New Year (Hinduism, India, Sikhism) |
Hindu Calendar |
| October
20 |
Bab's
Birthday (Bahá’í) |
Fixed |
| October
24 |
Independence
Day (Zambia) |
Fixed |
| October
26 |
International
Red Cross Day |
Fixed |
| October
28 |
Republic
Day (Czech Republic, Slovakia) |
Fixed |
| October
31 |
Halloween
(Canada, Ireland, Great Britain, USA) |
Fixed |
| November |
| November
1 |
All Saints' Day (Christianity)
|
Fixed |
| November
2 |
El
Dia De Los Muertos/Day of the Dead (Mexico) |
Fixed |
| November
2 |
Guru
Nanak's Birthday (Sikhism) |
Hindu Calendar |
| November
3 |
Independence
Day (Panama) |
Fixed |
| November
5 |
Guy
Fawkes Day (Great Britain) |
Fixed |
| November
9 |
Independence
Day (Cambodia)
|
Fixed |
| November
9 |
Father's
Day (Sweden) |
2nd
Sunday in November |
| November
11 |
Armistice Day (France)
Rememberance Day (Canada)
Independence Day (Poland)
Veterans
Day (USA) |
Fixed |
| November
12 |
Baha'allah's
Birthday (Bahá’í) |
Fixed |
| November
12 |
Loy
Krathong (Thailand) |
Full
Moon of the 12th Lunar Month |
| November
15 |
Shichi-go-san/7-5-3
Festival (Japan)
|
Fixed |
| November
18 |
Independence
Day (Latvia) |
Fixed |
| November
19 |
National
Celebration (Morocco) |
Fixed |
| November
22 |
Independence
Day (Lebanon) |
Fixed |
| November
26 |
Thanksgiving
(USA) |
4th
Thursday of November |
| November
28 |
Independence
Day (Mauritania) |
Fixed |
| November 28 |
Eid
al-Adha/Feast of the Sacrifice (Islam) |
Islamic Calendar |
| November
30 |
Independence
Day (Barbados) |
Fixed |
| December |
| December |
Pikkujoulu
(Finland) |
Fixed |
| December
2 |
National
Day (Laos) |
Fixed |
| December
5 |
Sinterklaas
Day (Netherlands) |
Fixed |
| December
6 |
St.
Nicholas Day (Europe, Christian)
Independence Day (Finland) |
Fixed |
| December
9 |
Independence
Day (Tanzania) |
Fixed |
| December
12-19 |
Hanukkah (Judaism) |
Hebrew Calendar |
| December
21 |
Yule (Wicca) |
December Solstice |
| December
25 |
Christmas Day (Christianity) |
Fixed |
| December
26 |
Boxing Day (Bahamas, Canada, Jamaica, UK) |
Fixed |
| December
26 |
Death of Prophet Zarathustra (Zoroastrianism) |
Zoroastrian Calendar |
| December
27 |
Ashura (Islam) |
Islamic Calendar |
