SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST

BUDDHISM

CHRISTIANITY

HINDUISM

ISLAM

JAINISM

JUDAISM

SIKHISM

ZOROASTRIAN

BAHA'I

1st: Eid al Adha21st: Muharram (New Year)30th: Day of Ashura

30th: Rabiul Awal - Birth of the Prophet Mohammed

13th: Lailatul Mairaj - Ascension of the Prophet Mohammed

30th Lialatul Barah

16th: Ramadan (begins) 15th: Eid-Ul-Fitr22nd: Laylat al Kadr

20th: Yawmul Arafa - (Hajj Day)21st: Eid al Adha

2nd: Vaman Jayanti, Jalj i lani21st: Navaratri Begins29th: Dusshera29th: Navaratri Begins

5th: Sharad Punam8th: Karwa Chauth17th: Dhanteras18th: Kaali Chaudas, Shree Hanuman Poojan 19th: Diwali , Laxmi20th: New Year (VS) - Govardhan Puja

4th: Tulsi Vivah 16th: Dhanurmas Starts 14th: Dhanurmas Ends15th: Makar Sankranti/Pongal22nd: Vashant Panchami

24th: Mahava Shivarati 2nd: Holi25th: Ram Navami31st: Hanuman Jayant

29th: Vasakhi 15th: Savitra Puja 14th: Puri Rath Yatra 26th: Raksha Bandhan

2nd: Birth of Baha'u'l iah21st: Birth of Bab

21st: World Religion Day 21st: Naw-Ruz (New Year) 21st: Ridvan (First Day)29th: Ridvan (Ninth Day)

2nd: Ridvan (Twelveth Day)24th: Declaration of the Bab29th: Ascension of Baha'u'l lah

10th: Martyrdom of the Bab

8th: Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) 8th: Nirvana day2nd–4th Mahayana (New Year)

2nd: Theravadin (New Year Ends)

27th: Asalha Puja Day

8th: Birth of Blessed Mary 31st: All Hallow's Eve (Halloween)31st: Reformation Day (Protestant)

1st: All Saints Day2nd: All Soul 's Day (Catholic)28th: Start of Advent30th St Andrew's Day

24th: Christmas Eve25th: Christmas Day26th: St Stephen's Day

6th: Epiphany7th: Feast of the Nativity (Orthodox)8th: Baptism of the Lord Jesus18th–25th Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

1st: Ash Wednesday/ Beginning of Lent

17th: St Patrick's Day25th: Palm Sunday29th: Maunday Thursday30th: Good Friday

1st: Easter Sunday23rd: St. George's Day

2nd: Trinity Sunday 15th: Corpus Christi (Catholic)29th: Feast of St Peter and St Paul

15th: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)15th: Dormition of the Theotokos (Orthodox)

19th: Diwali20th: New Year

15th: Nirvana Day 3rd: Mahavir Jayani

20th–22nd Rosh Hashan29th–30th Yom Kippura

4th–6th Sukkot11th–12th Shemini Atzeret13th: Simchat Torah

12th–20th Chanukah 30th–31st Tu Bishvat 28th: Purim Begins 1st: Purim Ends30th: Passover Begins

7th: Passover Ends23rd: Yom HaShoah

19th–21st Shavuot

14th: Birthday of Guru Nanak24th: Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur

5th: Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh13th: Maghi

15th: Nirvana Day 14th: Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) 16th: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan

26th: Zarahosht Diso- Death of Prophet Zaranthushtra

21st: Noroz (New Year)28th: Khordad Sal - Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra

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