2011
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
titles are primary holy days of a tradition.
JANUARY 2011
- 1
- Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
- Feast 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 - Hispanic Christian
- Nativity of Christ - Armenian Orthodox Christian
- 7
- Nativity of Christ - Orthodox Christian
- 9
- Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
- 13
- 16
- World Religion Day - Baha'i
- 17
- Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
- 19
- Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
- 19-21
- Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist
- 20
- 19
- Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
- 25
- Conversion of Saint Paul - Christian
Definitions
FEBRUARY 2011
- 2
- Candlemas - Christian
- Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian
- Imbolc - Lughnassad * - Wicca - northern and southern hemispheres
- 3
- Setsubun-sai - Shinto
- Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist
- 6
- Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
- Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
- 8
- Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
- 14
- Saint Valentine's Day - Christian
- 15
- Nirvana Day ** - Buddhism - Jain
- Mawlid an Nabi * ** - Islam
- 18-25
- Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
-
- 24
- Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist - Christian
- 26-March 1
- Intercalary Days * - Baha'i
- 27
- Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
Definitions
MARCH 2011
- 1
- Saint David of Wales - Christian
- 2
- Four Chaplains Sunday - Christian/Jewish Interfaith
- 3
- 6
- Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
- Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
- 7
- Clean Monday - Great Lent begins - Orthodox Christian
- 8
- Shrove Tuesday - Christian
- 9
- Ash Wednesday - Lent begins - Christian
- 13
- Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
- Birthday of L. Ron Hubbard - Scientology
- 17
- St Patrick's Day - Christian
- 19
- Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
- Saint Joseph's Day - Christian
- 20 Equinox
- Mawlid an Nabi * - Islam
- Purim * - Jewish
- Ostara * -Wicca northern hemisphere
- Mabon * -Wicca southern hemisphere
- Holi ** - Hindu
- Hola Mohalla - Sikh
- 21
- Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
- Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i
- 25
- Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian
- 28
- Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) ** - Zoroastrian
Definitions
APRIL 2011
- 4
- 4-12
- 12
- 14
- 16
- Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
- 17
- Palm/Passion Sunday - Christian
- Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
- 18-21
- Theravadin New Year ** - Buddhist
- 18
- Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
- Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
- 19-26 *
- Pesach (Passover) * - Jewish
- 21
- First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
- Maundy Thursday - Christian
- 22
- Good (Holy) Friday - All Christians
- 23
- Black Saturday - Christian
- 24
- 29
- Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
- 30
- St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
Definitions
MAY 2011
- 1
- Yom HaSho'ah * - Jewish
- Beltane - Samhain * - Wicca Northern and
Southern hemispheres
- 2
- Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
- 5
- National Day of Prayer - Interfaith USA
- 9
- Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish
- 17
- Buddha Day - Visakha Puja ** - Buddhist
- 22
- 23
- Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
- 29
- Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
Definitions
JUNE 2011
- 2
- Ascension of Christ - Orthodox Christian
- Ascension of Jesus - Christian
- 8-9
- 9
- Lailat al Miraj * - Islam
- Saint Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
- 10
- All Saints - Orthodox Christian
- 12
- 16
- Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
- 19
- All Saints - OrthodoxChristian
- New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
- Trinity Sunday - Christian
- Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
- 21 Solstice
- First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
- Litha * - Wicca northern hemisphere
- Yule * - Wicca southern hemisphere
- 23
- Corpus Christi- Catholic Christian
- 28
- Lailat al Miraj * ** - Islam
- 29
- Saints Peter and Paul - Christian
Definitions
JULY 2011
- 1
- Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
- 9
- Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
- 11
- Saint Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
- 15
- Lailat al Bara'ah * ** - Islam
- Asalha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
- Saint Vladimir Day - Christian
- 13-16
- Ulambana - ** - Japan Buddhist
- 24
- Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian
- 23
- Birthday of Emperor Haili Selassi I - Rastafari
- 25
- St. James the Great Day - Christian
Definitions
AUGUST 2011
- 1
- Lammas - Christian
- Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
- Ramadan begins * ** - Islam
- 2
- Lughnassad - Imbolc * - Wicca Northern and Southern hemispheres
- 6
- Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
- 7
- 9
- 13
- Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
- 13-15 **
- 15
- Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
- Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
- 22
- Krisha Janmashtami ** - Hindu
- 26
- Lailat al Kadr * ** - Islam
- 29
- Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian
- 31
Definitions
SEPTEMBER 2011
- 1
- Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu
- Ecclesiastical New Year - Orthodox Christian
- 2-10
- 8
- Nativity of Mary - Christian
- 14
- Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day - Christian
- 23 Equinox
- Mabon * - Wicca northern hemisphere
- Ostara * - Wicca southern hemisphere
- 27
- Meskel - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
- 28-Oct 5
- 29-30
- 29
- Michael and All Angels - Christian
Definitions
OCTOBER 2011
- 4
- St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
- 5
- Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * ** - Islam
- 6
- 8
- 10
- Thanksgiving - Interfaith - Canada
- 13-19 (13-14 Primary Obligation Days)
- 20
- Birth of the Báb * - Baha'i
- Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
- Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
- 21
- 22
- 26
- Diwali ** - Jain - Hindu - Sikh
- 28
- Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
- 30
- Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian
- 31
- All Hallows Eve - Christian
Definitions
NOVEMBER 2011
- 1
- All Saints' Day - Christian
- Samhain - Beltane * - Wicca Northern and southern hemispheres
- 2
- All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian
- 4-7
- 6
- 10
- Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday - Sikh
- 12
- Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
- 15
- Nativity Fast begins through Dec. 24 - Orthodox Christianm
- 20
- Christ the King - Christian
- 24
- Thanksgiving - Interfaith
- Gkuru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh
- 26
- Day of Covenant * - Baha'i
- Hijra - New Year * **- Islam
- 27
- First Sunday of Advent - Christian
- 30
- Saint Andrew's Day- Christian
Definitions
DECEMBER 2011
- 5
- 6
- Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
- 8
- Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhism
- Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian
- 12
- Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
- 16
- Posadas Navidenas through Dec. 15 - Christian
- 21-28
- 22 solstice
- Yule - Christian
- Yule * - Wicca northern hemisphere
- Litha * - Wicca southern hemisphere
- 25
- Christmas * - Christian
- Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian
- 26
- Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) ** - Zoroastrian
- Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr - Christian
- 28
- Holy Innocents - Christian
- 30
- Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
- 31
Definitions
Updated on February 1, 2010
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