Interfaith Holidays 2012 - 2013
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.
SEPTEMBER 2012
- 1 Ecclesiastical Year begins - Orthodox Christian
- 8 Nativity of Mary - Christian
- 14 Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day - Christian
- 17-18 Rosh HaShanah * - Judaism
- 19 Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu
- 20-29 Paryushana Parva ** - Jain
- 22 Equinox
- Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
- Ostata * - Wicca/ Pagan southern hemisphere
- 26 Yom Kippur * - Judaism
- 28 Mesket- Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
- 29 Michael and All Angels - Christian
OCTOBER 2012
- 4 Saint Francis Day - Catholic Christian
- 1-7 (1-2 Primary Obligation Days)
- Sukkot * - Judaism
- 8 Shemini Atzeret * - Judaism
- Thanksgiving -
- 9 Simhat Torah *- Judaism
- 16-23 Navaratri ** - Hindu
- 18 Saint Luke - Apostle and Evangelist - Christian
- 20 Birth of the Bรกb * - Baha'i
- Installation of Scriptures as Gukru Granth - Sikh
- 24 Dasera ** - Hindu
- 25 Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * - Islam
- 26-29 Eid al Adha * ** - Islam
- 28
- Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian
- 31 All Hallows Eve - Christian
NOVEMBER 2012
- 1 All Saint's Day - Christian
- Samhain - Beltane * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
- 2 All Soul's Day - Catholic Christian
- 11 Jain New Year ** - Jain
- 11-15 Deepavali ** - Hindu
- 12 Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Bahai
- 13 Diwali - Deepavali ** - Hindu - Jain - Sikh
- 15 Hijra - New Year * ** - Islam
- Nativity Fast through 12-25 - Orthodox Christian
- 22 Thanksgiving
- 21 Yule - Christian
- 24 Ashura * ** - Islam
- Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh
- 25 Christ the King - Christian
- 26 Day of the Covenant * - Baha'i
- 28 Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha * - Baha'i
- Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday - Sikh
- 30 Saint Andrew's Day - Christian
DECEMBER 2012
- 2 Advent - First Sunday - Christian
- 6 Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
- 8 Rohatsu (Bodhi Day) ** - Buddhist
- Immaculate Conception of Mary - Catholic Christian
- 9-16 Hanukkah * - Judaism
- 16-25
- 21 Solstice
- Yule * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
- Litha * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
- Yule - Christian
- 25 Christmas * - Christian
- Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christians
- 26 Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra ** - Zoroastrian
- 28 Holy Innocents - Christian
- 30 Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
- 31 Watch Night - Christian
2013
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.
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 2013
- 1 Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
- Feast 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 Theophany - Orthodox Christian
- Dia de los Reyes - Christian
- Nativity of Christ - Armenian Orthodox
- 7 Nativity of Christ ** - Orthodox Christian
- 5 Twelfth Night - Christian
- 7 Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian
- 13 Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
- Maghi - Sikh
- 15 World Religion Day - Baha'i
- 17 Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
- 18-25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
- 19 Timkat- Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
- 20 World Religion Day - Baha'i
- 24 Mawlid an Nabi * ** - Islam
- 25 Conversion of
- 26 Tu BiShvat * - Jewish
- 27-30 Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist
FEBRUARY 2013
- 2 Candlemas - Christian
- Presentation of Christ in the
- Saint Brighid of Kildare - Celtic Christian
- Imbolc and Sughnassad * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and southern hemispheres
- 3 Four Chaplains Sunday- Interfaith
- Setsubun-sai - Shinto
- 10 Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
- Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist
- 12 Shrove Tuesday - Christian
- 13 Ash Wednesday - Lent begins through March 23 Christian
- 14 Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist
- Valentine's Day - Christian
- 15 Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
- Nirvana ** - Jain
- 24 Purim * - Jewish
- Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
- 26 - March 1 Intercalary Days * - Baha'i
MARCH 2013
- 2 -20 Nineteen Day Fast * - Baha'i
- 10 Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
- Saint David of
- Maha Shivaratri - Hindu
- 13 L. Ron Hubbard birthday - Scientology
- 17 St Patrick's Day - Christian
- Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
- 18 Clean Monday - Lent begins - Orthodox Christian
- 19
- 20 Equinox
- Ostara * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
- Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
- 21 Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i
- Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
- 23 Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
- 24 Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
- Palm Sunday - Christian
- 25 Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin - Christian
- 26-27 * Pesach (Passover) First two days * - Judaism
- 26 Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) Zoroastrian
- 27 Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
- Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
- Holi ** - Hindu
- 28 Maundy Thursday - Christian
- Hola Mohalla - Sikh
- Birth of Prophet Zarathushtra ** - Zoroastrian
- 29 Good Friday - Christian
- 31 Easter - Christian
APRIL 2013
- 2 Pesach - Last two days * - Jewish
- 7 Yom HaShoah * - Jewish
- 11 Hindu New Year ** - Hindu
- 11-20 Ramayana ** - Hindu
- 14 Baisakhi - New Year - Sikh
- 15 Yom Ha'Atzmaut* - Jewish
- 20 Ramanavani ** - Hindu
- 21 First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
- 23
- 25 Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
- Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
- 25-28 Therevadin New Year ** - Buddhist
- 28 Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
- 29 Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
MAY 2013
- 1 Beltane and Samhain * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and southern hemispheres
- 2 Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
- National Day of Prayer
- 3 Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
- 5 Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
- 9 Ascension Day - Christian
- 15-16 Shavuot * - Jewish
- 19 Pentecost (Whit Sunday) - Christian
- 23 Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
- 25 Visakha Puja - Buddha Day ** - Buddhist
- 26 Trinity Sunday - Christian
- 29 Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
- 30
JUNE 2013
- 5 Lailat al Miraj * ** - Islam
- 7 Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
- 13 Ascension of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
- 16 Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
- 19 New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
- 21 Solstice
- Litha * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
- Yule * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
- 23 Lailat al Bara'ah * ** - Islam
- Pentecost - Orthodox Christian
- 24 Lailat al Bara'ah * - Islam
- 29 Saints Peter and Paul - Christian
- 30 All Saints - Orthodox Christian
