Note: 1. * Holy days usually begin at sundown the day before this date.
2. ** Local or regional customs may use a variation of this date.
JANUARY 2021
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- 1
- Mary, Mother of God – Catholic Christian
- Feast Day of St Basil – Orthodox Christian
- Shogatsu/Gantan-sai (New Years) – Shinto
- Baptism of the Lord Jesus – Christian
- 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
- 7
- Feast of the Nativity – Orthodox Christian
- 13
- Maghi – Sikh
- 17
- Blessing of the Animals – Hispanic Catholic Christian
- 18
- Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins – Christian
- 19
- Timkat – Ethiopoian Christian
- 25
- Conversion of St. Paul – Christian
- 28
- Tu B’Shvat * – Jewish
- 1
FEBRUARY 2021
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- 2
- Candlemas – Presentation of Christ in the Temple – Christian
- Imbolc-Lughnassad * – Wicca/Neo Pagan Northern and Southern Hemispheres
- 3
- St. Blaze Day – Christian
- Setsebun (beginning of spring) – Shinto
- 5
- Four Chaplains Sunday – Interfaith
- 8
- Nirvana Day – Buddhism
- 12
- Triodion – Orthodox Christian
- Chinese New Year – Chinese traditional
- 14
- St. Valentine’s Day – Christian
- Transfiguration Sunday – Christian
- 15
- Nirvana Day ** – Buddhist – Jain
- 16
- Vasant Panchami ** – Hindu
- Shrove Tuesday – Christian
- 17
- Lent begins – Christian
- 21
- Triodion Begins – Orthodox Christian
- 26
- Purim * – Jewish
- 2
MARCH 2021
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- 1
- St. David of Wales – Christian
- 2 – 20
- Nineteen Day Fast – Baha’i
- 7
- Meatfare Sunday –Orthodox Christian
- 10
- Lailat al Miraj * – Islam
- 12
- Orthodox Sunday – Orthodox Christian
- Maha Shivaratri ** – Hindu
- 14
- Cheesefare Sunday – Orthodox Christian
- 15
- Clean Monday (Great Lent begins) – Orthodox Christian
- 17
- St. Patrick’s Day – Christian
- 18
- Waqf al Arafa * – Islam
- 19
- St. Joseph’s Day – Christian
- 21
- Norooz (New Year) – Persian/Zoroastrian
- Naw-Rúz (New Year) * – Baha’i
- Ostara – Mabon * – Wicca/Neo Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
- Orthodox Sunday – Orthodox Christian
- 25
- Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Catholic Christian
- Mahavir Jayanti **- Jain
- 26
- Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra) Zoroastrian
- 28
- Lailat al Bara’ah * – Islam
- Lord’s Evening Meal – Jehovah’s Witness Christian
- Magha Puja Day ** – Buddhist
- 28 – April 8
- Pesach * – Jewish
- 28
- Palm Sunday – Christian
- 29
- Holi ** – Hindu
- 1
April 2021
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- 1
- Maunday Thursday – Christian
- 2
- Good Friday – Christian
- 4
- Easter Sunday * – Christian
- 8
- Yom HaShoah * – Jewish
- 13
- Hindi New Year ** – Hindu
- 13-21
- Ramayana ** – Hindu
- 13
- Ramadan begins * – Islam
- 14
- Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) – Sikh
- 15
- Yom Ha’Atzmaut * – Jewish
- 16
- First Day of Ridvan * – Baha’i
- 21
- Ramanavami ** – Hindu
- 23
- St. George’s Day – Christian
- 24
- Lazarus Saturday – Orthodox Christian
- 25
- Palm Sunday – Orthodox Christian
- 27
- Hanuman Jayanti ** – Hindu
- Mahavir Jayanti ** Jain
- 30
- Holy Friday – Orthodox Christian
- Lag B’Omer * – Jewish
- 1
MAY 2021
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- 1
- Beltane – Samhain * – Wicca/Neo Pagai Northern and Southern hemispheres
- 2
- Last day of Ridvan * – Baha’i
- Pascha (Easter) – Orthodox Christian
- 3
- Saints Philip & James – Christian
- 4
- National Day of Prayer – USA – Interfaith
- 8
- Laylat al Kadr * – Islam
- 14-16
- Eid al Fitr – Ramadan ends * – Islam
- 18
- Tish’a B’av * – Jewish
- 23
- Declaration of the Bab * – Baha’i
- Pentecost – Christian
- 29
- Ascension of Baha’u’llah * – Baha’i
- 30
- Trinity Sunday – Christian
- 1
JUNE 2021
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- 3
- Corpus Christi – Catholic Christian
- 9
- St. Columba of Iona – Celtic Christian
- 11
- Sacred Heart of Jesus – Catholic Christian
- 15
- Saint Vladimir Day – Christian
- 16
- Guru Arjan martyrdom – Sikh
- 19
- New Church Day – Swedenborgian Christian
- 20
- Pentecost – Orthodox Christian
- 21
- World Humanist Day – Materialism
- 22
- First Nations Day – Canadian Native People
- Litha – Yule * – Wicca/Neo Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
- 24
- Saint John the Baptist – Christian
- 29
- Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul – Christian
- 3
JULY 2021
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- 9
- Martyrdom of the Bab * – Baha’i
- 11
- St Benedict Day – Catholic Christian
- 13
- Obon (Ulambana) ** – Buddhist/Shinto ?
- 15
- St. Vladimir the Great Day – Orthodox Christian
- 20-23
- Eid al Adha – Sacrifice Day * – Islam
- 23
- Emperor Haile Selassie birthday –Rastafaria
- 24
- Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
- Asalha Puja Day ** – Buddhist
- 25
- St. James the Great Day – Christian
- 9
AUGUST 2021
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- 1
- Lammas – Christian
- Lughnassad – Imbolc * – Wicca/Neo Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
- 3
- Krishna Janmashtami ** – Hindu
- 6
- Transfiguration of the Lord – Orthodox Christian
- 10
- Hijra – New Year begins * – Islam
- 15
- Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary – Catholic Christian
- Dormition of the Theotokos – Orthodox Christian
- 17-18
- Shavout * – Jewish
- 18
- Ashura * – Islam
- 22
- Raksha Bandhan ** – Hindu
- 29
- Beheading of St. John the Baptist – Christian
- 1
SEPTEMBER 2021
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- 1
- Religious year begins – Orthodox Christian
- 7-6
- Rosh Hashanah * – Jewish
- 8
- Nativity of Virgin Mary – Christian
- 10
- Ganesh Chaturthi ** – Hindu
- 11
- Ethiopian New Year Rastafaria
- Paryushana Parva
- Jain
- 1
- 13
- Yom Kippur * – Jewish
- 14
- Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Holy Cross) – Christian
- 21-27
- Sukkot * – Jewish
- 21
- Paryushana Parva – Jain
- 22
- Mabon – Imbolc – Wicca/Pagan
- 27
- Meskel –Ethiopian Eritrean Orthodox Christian
- 28
- Shemini Atzeret * – Jewish
- 29
- Michael and All Angels – Christian
- Simchat Torah * – Jewish
OCTOBER 2021
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-
- 4
- St Francis Day – Catholic Christian
- Blessing of the Animals – Christian
- 7-14
- Navaratri ** – Hindu
- 15
- Dasara ** – Hindu
- 18
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- Luke, Apostle & Evangelist –
Christian
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- 4
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- Mawlid an Nabi * Islam
-
- 20
- Birth of the B’ab * – Baha’i
- Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth – Sikh
- 28
- Milvian Bridge Day – Christian
- 31
- All Hallows Eve – Christian
- Reformation Day – Protestant Christian
- Samhain – * Wicca/Neo Pagan
- Deep Diwali – Jain
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NOVEMBER 2021
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- 1
- All Saints Day – Christian
- 2
- All Souls Day – Catholic Christian
- 4
- Diwali (Deepavali) ** – Hindu – Jain
- 5
- Vikram New Year ** – Hindu
- 12
- Birth of Baha’u’llah * – Baha’i
- 13
- Jain New Year – Jain
- 15
- Nativity Fast begins – ends Dec. 24 – Orthodox Christian
- 21
- Christ the King – Christian
- 24
- Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur – Sikh
- 26
- Day of the Covenant * – Baha’i
- Feast of the Holy Family – Catholic Christian
- 28
- First Sunday of Advent – Christian
- Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Baha * – Baha’i
- 29 – Dec. 6
- Hanukkah * – Jewish
- 30
- St. Andrew’s Day – Christian
- 1
DECEMBER 2021
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- 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
- 16-25
- Posadas Navidenas – Hispanic Christian
- 21
- Yule – Christian
- 22
- Yule/Winter Solstice * – Wicca/Neo Pagan
- 24
- Christmas Eve – Christian
- 25
- Christmas * – Christian
- Feast of the Nativity ** – Orthodox Christian
- 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
- 6
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