| September
4 |
Krishna
Janmashtami (Hindu) |
| Sep.
12-14 |
Rosh Hashanah
(Jewish New Year start sundown on 9/12) |
| September
13 |
Ramadan begins
(Islamic period of fasting from sunrise to sunset;
see 10/13 below) |
| Sep.
21-22 |
Yom Kippur (the
Day of Atonement; full fasting; starts sundown on
9/21) |
| October
13 |
Eid al-Fitr (the
end of Ramadan, a month of fasting; Islamic) |
| November
1 |
Samhain (northern
hemisphere) or Beltane (southern hemisphere; Wiccan) |
| November
9 |
Diwali (Festival
of lights; Hindu & Sikh) |
| November
24 |
Birthday of Guru
Nanak Dev Sahib (Sikh) |
| December
20 |
Eid al-Adhah
(Islamic) |
| December
25 |
Christmas
(Catholic/Christian) |
| January
7 |
Eastern Orthodox
Christian Christmas |
| January
10 |
Muharram -
(Islamic* New Year) |
| January
19 |
Ashura (Islamic*) |
| February
6 |
Ash Wednesday
(beginning of Lent, a period of fasting;
Catholic/Christian) |
| February
7 |
Chinese New Year
(Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist) |
| March
21 |
Good Friday
(Catholic/Christian) |
| March
21 |
Sangha Day or
Magha Puja Day (Buddhist; date can vary depending on
the country) |
| March
21 |
Naw Ruz (New Year;
Baha'i) |
| March
23 |
Easter
(Catholic/Christian) |
| April
13 |
Baisakhi (Vaisakhi;
Sikh) |
| April
14 |
Ram Navami (Hindu) |
| April
19-26 |
Pesach (Passover;
the first 2 nights are the most important; Jewish) |
| April
25 |
Good Friday
(Orthodox Christian) |
| April
27 |
Easter (Orthodox
Christian) |
| May 1 |
Beltane (northern
hemisphere) or Samhain (southern hemisphere; Wiccan) |
| May 20 |
Wesak (also: Vesak,
Buddha Day; date can vary depending on the country) |
| May 29 |
Ascension of
Baha'u'llah (Baha’i) |
