* Means that Holy days begin at sundown the day before this date.
** Regional customs, group preference or moon sightings may cause a variation of this date.
DECEMBER 2007
28
Holy Innocents - Christian
30
Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
31
Watch Night - Christian
JANUARY 2008
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 Theophany - Orthodox Christian
Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day - Hispanic Christian
7
Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian
10
Muharram - (New Year) * - Islam
13
Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
Maghi - Sikh
14
Maghi - Sikh
17
Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Christian
18-25
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
19
Ashura * - Islam
20
World Religion Day - Baha'i
22
Tu B'shvat * - Jewish
22-25
Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist
25
Conversion of Saint Paul - Christian
FEBRUARY 2008
1
Lammas - Christian - Southern hemisphere
2
Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Christian
Imbolc * - Wicca- Northern Hemisphere
Lughanssad * - Wicca- Southern Hemisphere
3
Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
Setsubun Sai - Shinto
5
Shrove Tuesday - Christian
6
Ash Wednesday - Lent begins - Christian
7
Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist
11
Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
14
St. Valentine's Day - Christian
15
Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist
17
Triodion - Orthodox Christian
26-March 1
Intercalary Days * - Baha'i
MARCH 2008
1
Saturday of Souls - Orthodox Christian
St. David of Wales - Christian
2
Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
6
Maha Shivaratri ** - Hindu
9
Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
Passion Sunday ** - Christian
10
Lent begins - Clean Monday- Orthodox Christian
13
L. Ron Hubbard Birthday - Scientology
16
Palm/Passion Sunday - Christian
Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
17
St Patrick's Day - Christian
20 Vernal Equinox
Mawlid an Nabi * - Islam
Ostara * - Wicca - Northern Hemisphere
Mabon * - Wicca - Southern Hemisphere
Maunday Thursday - Christian
21
Good Friday - Christian
Purim * - Jewish
Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i
Magha Puja ** - Buddhist
22
Holi ** - Hindu
Hola Mohalla - Sikh
23
Easter - Christian
25
Annunciation of the Virgin Mary - Christian
26
Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) - Zoroastrian
APRIL 2008
6
New Year ** - Hindu
6-14
Ramayana ** - Hindu
13
Baisakhi - Sikh
14
Ramanavami ** - Hindu
Baisakhi - Sikh
18
Mahavir Jayanti - Jain
19
Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
20
Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
20-23
Theravadin New Year ** - Buddhist
20-21 *
Pesach (Passover) first two days * - Jewish
21
First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
23
St. George's Day - Christian
25
Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
26-27
Pesach (Passover) final two days * - Jewish
27
Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
29
Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
30
St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
MAY 2008
1
Ascension of Christ - Christian
Beltane * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
Samhain * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
2
Yom HaSho'ah * - Jewish
Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
8
Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish
11
Pentecost - Christian
18
Trinity Sunday - Christian
20
Buddha Day - Visakha Puja ** - Buddhist
22
Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
23
Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
29
Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
30
Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
JUNE 2008
4
Pentecost - Christian
5
Ascension of Jesus- Orthodox Christian
9
St. Columba of Iona - Christian
9-10
Shavuot * - Jewish
11
Trinity - Christian
15
Corpus Christi- Catholic Christian
Pentecost - Orthodox Christian
16
Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
19
New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
20 Summer Solstice
Litha * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
Yule * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
21
First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
22
All Saints - Orthodox Christian
23
Sacred Heart of Jesus- Catholic Christian
29
Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian
JULY 2008
9
Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
11
St. Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
13-16
Ulambana - Obon ** - Buddhist
18
Asalha Puja Day - Dharma Day ** - Buddhist
19
Mandaen New Years ** - Mandaen
23
Birthday of Emperor Hailie Selassi I - Rastafaria
24
Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
25
St. James the Great Day - Christian
31
Lailat al Miraj * - Islam
AUGUST 2008
1
Lammas - Christian
Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
2
Lughnassad * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
Imbolc * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
6
Transfiguration of Our Lord - Orthodox Christian
10
Tisha B'Av * - Jewish
15
Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
16
Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
18
Lailat al Bara'ah * - Islam
24
Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu
25
Assumption of the Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
28
Paryushana - Jain
29
Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian
31
Lailat al Miraj * - Islam
SEPTEMBER 2008
1
Church year begins - Orthodox Christian
2
Ramadan begins * - Islam
3
Ganesa Chaturthi ** - Hindu
8
Nativity of Mary - Christian
14
Holy Cross Day - Christian
15
Moon Cake Festival - Chinese Taoist tradition
22 Autumnal Equinox
Mabon * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
Ostara * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
28
Laylat al Kadar - Islam
29
Michael and All Angels - Christian
30-Oct 1
Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
30-Oct 8
Navaratri ** - Hindu
OCTOBER 2008
2
Eid al Fitr - Ramadan ends * - Islam
4
St Francis Day - Catholic Chrisian
9
Yom Kippur * - Jewish
9
Dasera ** - Hindu
13
Thanksgiving - Interfaith - Canada
14-20
Sukkot * - Jewish
20
Birth of the B'ab * - Baha'i
Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
21
Semini Atzeret * - Jewish
22
Simhat Torah * - Jewish
27
Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
28
Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
Diwali - Deepavali ** - Hindu - Sikh - Jain
31
All Hallows Eve - Christian
Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
NOVEMBER 2008
1
All Saints' Day - Christian
Samhain * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
Beltane * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
2
All Souls' Day - Christian
12
Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
13
Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib - Sikh
15
Nativity Fast begins - Orthodox Christian
23
Christ the King - Christian
24
Guru Tegh Bahadur Martydrom - Sikh
26
Day of Covenant * - Baha'i
27
Thanksgiving - Interfaith - USA
28
Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha * - Baha'i
30
First Sunday of Advent - Christian
St. Andrew's Day - Christian
DECEMBER 2008
8
Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhism
Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian
6
Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
6-9
Hajj - Islam
9
Eid al Adha * - Islam
12
Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
Advent Fast begins - Orthodox Christian
16-25
Posedas Novidenas - Christian
21 Winter Solstice
Yule * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
Litha * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
Yule - Christian
22-29
Hanukkah * - Jewish
25
Christmas * - Christian
Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian
26
Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) - Zoroastrian
28
Holy Innocents - Christian
Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
29
Muharram (first day of new year) * - Islam
31
Watch Night - Christian
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