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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.
Bold - Most important holy dates for religions

2017

JANUARY  2017

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast Day of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
  • Holy Name of Jesus - Orthodox 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
  • Nativity of Christ - Armenian Orthodox Christian
• 7
  • Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian
• 8
  • Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
• 12-15
  • Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist
• 13
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 15
  • World Religion Day - Baha'i
• 17
  • Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
• 19-25
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
• 19
  • Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
  • Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
• 25
  • Conversion of St. Paul - Christian
• 28
  • Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist

Definitions

FEBRUARY  2017

• 1
  • Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
• 2
  • Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Christian
  • Imbolc - Lughnassah * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern Hemispheres
  • Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian
  • Saint Brighid of Kildare - Celtic Christian
• 3
  • St. Blaze Day - Christian
  • Setsebun sai (beginning of spring) - Shinto
• 5
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
• 11
  • Tu BiShvat * - Jewish
• 12
  • Triodion - Orthodox Christian
• 14
  • St. Valentine's Day - Christian
• 15
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist - Jain - Sikh
• 19
  • Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 25
  • Maha Shavaratri ** - Hindu
• 26
  • Cheese Fare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
  • Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
• 26-March 1
  • Intercalary - Baha'i
• 28
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian

Definitions

MARCH   2017

• 1
  • St. David of Wales - Christian
  • Ash Wednesday - Christian
• 5
  • Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 12
  • Purim - Jewish
  • Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
• 13
  • Holi ** - Hindu
  • Hola Mohalla - Sikh
• 17
  • St. Patrick's Day - Christian
• 19
  • St. Joseph's Day - Christian
• 20  Equinox
  • Ostara * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 21
  • Norooz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
  • Naw-Rúz (New Year) * - Baha'i
• 25
  • Annunciation of the Virgin Mary - Christian
• 27
  • Great Lent begins - Clean Monday - Orthodox Christian
• 28
  • Hindu New Year ** - Hindu
• 28 - April 5
  • Ramayana ** - Hindu
• 28
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra) ** - Zoroastrian

Definitions

April  2017

• 1
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
• 2
  • Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 5
  • Ramanavami ** - Hindu
• 9
  • Palm Sunday- Christian
• 10
  • Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
• 11
  • Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
  • Hanuman Jayanti - Hindu
• 14
  • Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) - Sikh
  • Good Friday - Christian
• 11-14
  • Theravadin Mew Year ** - Buddhist
• 11-18
  • Pesach (Passover) * - Jewish
• 14
  • Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
• 16
  • Easter - Christian
  • Pascha (Easter) - Orthodox Christian
• 21
  • First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 23
  • St. George's Day - Christian
  • Yom HaShoah * - Jewish
• 24
  • Lailat al Miraj * - Islam
• 29
  • Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 30
  • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

MAY  2017

• 1
  • Beltane - Samhain * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
  • Yom Ha'Atzmaut - Jewish
• 2
  • Twelfth Day of Ridvan *  - Baha'i
• 3
  • Saints Philip & James - Christian
• 4
  • National Day of Prayer - USA - Interfaith
• 10
  • Visakha Puja - Buddha Day ** - Buddhist
• 12
  • Lailat al Bara'ah * - Islam
• 14
  • Lag B/Omer * - Jewish
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 27
  • Ramadan begins * - Islam
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 31-June 1
  • Shavout * - Jewish
• 25
  • Ascension of Jesus - All Christians

Definitions

JUNE   2017

• 4
  • Pentecost - All Christians
• 9
  • St. Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
• 11
  • Trinity Sunday- Christian
• 15
  • Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
  • Saint Vladimir - Christian
• 16
  • Guru Arjan martyrdom - Sikh
• 19
  • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
  • Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox
• 21  Solstice
  • First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
  • Litha * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Yule * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 22
  • Laylat al Kadr * - Islam
• 23
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 26
  • Eid al Fitr * - Islam
• 29
  • Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

Definitions 

JULY  2017

• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
  • Asalha Puja Day - Buddhist
• 11
  • St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
  • All Saints - Orthodox Christian
• 13
  • Ulambana - Obon ** - Buddhist
• 13-15
  • Obon  ** - Shinto  
• 15
  • St. Vladimir the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
• 24
  • Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
• 25
  • St. James the Great Day - Christian

Definitions

AUGUST   2017

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Lughnassad - Imbolc * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
  • Tish'a B'av * - Jewish
  • Fast in Honor of Holy Mother of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 6
  • Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 7
  • Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
• 15
  • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
  • Krishna Janmashtami - Hindu
• 26-September 4
  • Paryushana Parva ** - Jain
• 29
  • Beheading of St. John the Baptist - Christian
• 31
  • Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * - Islam

Definitions

SEPTEMBER  2017

• 1
  • Religious year begins - Orthodox Christian
  • Eid al Adha * - Islam
• 8
  • Nativity of Virgin Mary - Christian
• 14
  • Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Holy Cross) - Christian
• 21-22
  • Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
  • New Year - Hijra * - Islam
• 21-29
  • Navaratri ** - Hindu
• 22  Equinox
  • Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Ostata * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 25
  • Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu
• 27
  • Meskel - Ethiopian Christian
• 29
  • Michael and All Angels - Christian
• 30
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish
  • Dasera - Hindu

Definitions

OCTOBER   2017

• 1
  • Ashura * - Islam
• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
  • Blessing of the Animals - Christian
• 5-11
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 9
  • Thanksgiving - Canada - Interfaith
• 12
  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
• 13
  • Simchat Torah * - Jewish
• 18 
  • St. Luke, Apostle & Evangelist - Christian
• 19
  • Diwali - Deepavali ** - Hindu - Sikh - Jain
• 20
  • Birth of the Báb * - Baha'i
  • Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
  • Jain New Year - Jain
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 29
  • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian
  • Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian

Definitions

NOVEMBER   2017

• 1
  • All Saints' Day - Christian
  • Samhain - Beltane * Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 2
  • All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian
• 4
  • Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib - Sikh
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 15
  • Nativity Fast begins - ends Dec. 24 - Orthodox Christian
• 23
  • Thanksgiving- Interfaith USA
• 24
  • Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur - Sikh
• 26
  • Christ the King - Christian
  • Day of the Covenant * - Baha'i
• 28
  • Ascension of  'Abdu'l-Baha * - Baha'i
• 30
  • St. Andrew's Day - Christian

Definitions

DECEMBER   2017

• 1
  • Mawlid an Nabi * - Islam
• 3-24
  • Advent - Christian
• 6
  • Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
• 8
  • Bodhi Day  (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhist
  • Immaculate Conception of Mary - Catholic Christian
• 12
  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
• 13-20
  • Hanukkah * - Jewish
• 16-25
  • Posadas Navidenas - Hispanic Christian
• 21  Solstice
  • Yule - Christian
  • Yule * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Litha * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 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
• 31
  • Watch Night - Christian
  • Holy Family - Catholic Christian

Definitions

Updated on June 14, 2010

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