JANUARY 2016
- 1
- Mary, Mother of God – Catholic Christian
- Feast Day of St Basil – Orthodox Christian
- Gantan-sai (New Years) – Shinto
- 5
- Twelfth Night – Christian
- Guru Gobindh Singh birthday – Sikh
- 6
- Epiphany – Christian
- Feast of the Epiphany (Theophany) – Orthodox Christian
- Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) – Christian
- Nativity of Christ – Armenian Orthodox Christian
- 7
- Feast of the Nativity – Orthodox Christian
- 8
- Feast of the Holy Family – Catholic Christian
- 10
- Baptism of the Lord Jesus – Christian
- 13
- Maghi – Sikh
- 17
- Blessing of the Animals – Hispanic Catholic Christian
- World Religion Day – Baha’i
- 18-25
- Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – Christian
- 20
- Timkat – Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
- 24-27
- Mahayana New Year ** – Buddhist
- 25
- Conversion of St. Paul – Christian
- Tu BiShvat – Jewish
FEBRUARY
- 1
- Clean Monday – Orthodox Christian
- 2
- Candlemas – Presentation of Christ in the Temple – Christian
- Imbolc- Lughnassad * – Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern Hemispheres
- Saint Brighid of Kildare – Celtic Christian
- 3
- St. Blaze Day – Christian
- Setsebun sai ** – Shinto
- 7
- Four Chaplains Sunday – Interfaith
- Transfiguration Sunday – Christian
- 8
- Chinese New Year – Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist
- 9
- Shrove Tuesday – Christian
- 10
- Ash Wednesday – Christian
- 12
- Triodion – Orthodox Christian
- Vasant Panshami ** – Hindu
- 14
- St. Valentine’s Day – Christian
- 15
- Nirvana Day ** – Buddhist – Jain
- 26
- Intercalary Days begin – Baha’i
MARCH
- 1
- St. David of Wales – Christian
- Intercalary Days end – Baha’i
- 2 – 20
- Nineteen Day Fast * – Baha’i
- 6
- Orthodox Sunday – Orthodox Christian
- 8
- Maha Shivaratri ** – Hindu
- 13
- Cheesefare Sunday – Orthodox Christian
- L. Ron Hubbard birthday – Scientology
- 17
- St Patrick’s Day – Christian
- 20 Equinox
- Ostara * – Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
- Mabon * – Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
- Palm Sunday – Christian
- 21
- Norooz (New Year) – Persian/Zoroastrian
- Naw-Rúz (New Year) * – Baha’i
- 23
- Lord’s Evening Meal – Jehovah’s Witness Christian
- Holi ** – Hindu
- Magha Puja Day – Buddhist **
- 24
- Purim * – Jewish
- Maundy Thursday – Christian
- Hola Mohalla – Sikh
- 25
- Good Friday – Christian
- Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Catholic Christian
- 27
- Easter – Christian
- 28
- Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra) ** – Zoroastrian
- 30
- Mahavir Jayanti ** – Jain
April
- 8
- Hindu New Year ** – Hindu
- 8-15
- Ramayana ** – Hindu
- 14
- Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) ** – Sikh
- 15
- Ramanavami ** – Hindu
- 21
- First Day of Ridvan * – Baha’i
- 22
- Hanuman Jayanti ** – Hindu
- 22-23
- Theravadin New Year ** – Buddhist
- 23-30
- Pesach (Passover) * – Jewish
- 23
- St. George’s Day – Christian
- Lazarus Satuday – Orthodox Christian
- 24
- Palm Sunday – Orthodox Christian
- 29
- Ninth Day of Ridvan * – Baha’i
- Holy Friday – Orthodox Christian
- 30
- St. James the Great Day – Orthodox Christian
- Mahavir Jayanti ** – Jain
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MAY
- 1
- Pascha (Easter) – Orthodox Christian
- Beltane – Samhain * – Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern Hemispheres
- 2
- Twelfth Day of Ridvan * – Baha’i
- 3
- Saints Philip & James – Christian
- 4
- National Day of Prayer – USA – Interfaith
- 5
- Lailat al Miraj * – Islam
- Yom HaShoah * – Jewish
- National Day of Prayer USA – Interfaith
- Ascension of Jesus – Christian
- 12
- Yom Ha’Atzmaut * – Jewish
- 15
- Visakha Puja ** – Buddhist
- Pentecost – Christian
- 21
- Lailat al Bara’ah * – Islam
- 22
- Trinity Sunday – Christian
- 23
- Declaration of the Bab * – Baha’i
- Lailal al Bara’a * – Islam
- 26
- Lag B’Omer * – Jewish
- Corpus Christi – Catholic Christian
- 28
- Ascension of Baha’u’llah * – Baha’i
JUNE
- 1
- Ascension of Jesus – Orthodox Christian
- 3
- Sacred Heart of Jesus – Catholic Christian
- 6
- Ramadan begins * – Islam
- 9
- St. Columba of Iona – Celtic Christian
- Ascension of Jesus – Orthodox Christian
- 12-13
- Shavuot * – Jewish
- 16
- Guru Arjan martyrdom – Sikh
- 19
- New Church Day – Swedenborgian Christian
- Pentecost – Orthodox Christian
- 20 Solstice
- First Nations Day – Canadian Native People
- Litha * – Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
- Yule * – Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
- 26
- All Saints – Orthodox Christian
- 29
- Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul – Christian
JULY
- 1
- Lailat al Kadr * – Islam
- 7-9
- Eid al Fitr * – Islam
- 9
- Martyrdom of the Bab * – Baha’i
- 11
- St Benedict Day – Catholic Christian
- 13-15
- Obon (Ulambana) ** – Buddhist – Shinto
- 15
- St. Vladimir the Great Day – Orthodox Christian
- 19
- Asalha Puja Day ** – Buddhist
- 23
- Birthday Emperor Haile Selassi – Rastafari
- 24
- Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
- 25
- St. James the Great Day – Christian
AUGUST
- 1
- Lammas – Christian
- Lughnassad – Imbolc * – Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
- Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus – Orthodox Christian
- 5
- Ganesh Chathurthi ** – Hindu
- 6
- Transfiguration of the Lord – Orthodox Christian
- 14
- Tish’a B’av * – Jewish
- 15
- Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary – Catholic Christian
- Dormition of the Theotokos – Orthodox Christian
- 18
- Raksha Bandhan ** – Hindu
- 25
- Krishna Janmashtami ** – Hindu
- 29
- Beheading of St. John the Baptist – Christian
SEPTEMBER
- 1
- Ecclesiastical year begins – Orthodox Christian
- 6-15
- Paryushana Parava – Jain
- 8
- Nativity of Virgin Mary – Christian
- 10
- Waqf al Arafa – Hajj Day * – Islam
- 11-14
- Eid al Adha * – Islam
- 14
- Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Holy Cross) – Christian
- 22 Equinox
- Mabon * – Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
- Ostata * – Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
- 29
- Michael and All Angels – Christian
- Meskel – Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
OCTOBER
- 1-10
- Navaratri ** – Hindu
- 2
- Muharram – New Year * – Islam
- 3-4
- Rosh Hashanah * – Jewish
- 4
- St Francis Day – Catholic Christian
- Blessing of the Animals – Christian
- 10
- Thanksgiving – Canada – Interfaith
- 11
- Dasara ** – Hindu
- 12
- Ashura * – Islam
- Yom Kippur * – Jewish
- 17-23
- Sukkot * – Jewish
- 18
- St. Luke, Apostle & Evangelist – Christian
- 20
- Birth of the Báb * – Baha’i
- Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth – Sikh
- 24
- Shemini Atzeret * – Jewish
- 25
- Simchat Torah * – Jewish
- 30
- Diwali – Deepavali ** – Hindu – Sikh – Jain
- 31
- All Hallows Eve – Christian
- Reformation Day ** – Protestant Christian
- New Year ** – Jain
NOVEMBER
- 1
- All Saints Day – Christian
- Samhain – Beltane * Wicca/Pagan Northern and southern hemispheres
- Birth of the Bab – Bahi
- 2
- All Souls Day – Catholic Christian
- 2
- Birth of Baha’u’llah * – Baha’i
- 14
- Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib – Sikh
- 15
- Nativity Fast begins – ends Dec. 24 – Orthodox Christian
- 20
- Christ the King – Christian
- 24
- Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur – Sikh
- Thanksgiving – Interfaith USA
- 25
- Day of the Covenant * – Baha’i
- 27
- Advent begins through Dec. 24 – Christian
- Christ the King – Christian
- 27
- Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Baha * – Baha’i
- 30
- St. Andrew’s Day – Christian
DECEMBER
- 6
- Saint Nicholas Day – Christian
- 8
- Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) ** – Buddhism
- Immaculate Conception of Mary – Catholic Christian
- 12
- Feast day – Our Lady of Guadalupe – Catholic Christian
- Mawlid an Nabe * – Islam
- 16-25
- Posadas Navidenas – Hispanic Christian
- 14
- Mawlid an Nabi * – Islam
- 21 Solstice
- Yule * – Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
- Litha * – Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
- Yule – Christian
- 24
- Christmas Eve – Christian
- 25
- Christmas * – Christian
- Feast of the Nativity ** – Orthodox Christian
- 25-Jan 1
- Hanukkah * – Jewish
- 26
- Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) ** – Zoroastrian
- St Stephen’s Day – Christian
- 28
- Holy Innocents – Christian
- 30
- Holy Family – Catholic Christian
- 31
- Watch Night – Christian
