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.
Bold
titles are primary holy days of a tradition.
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 Saint Paul - Christian
- 26
- 27-30
- Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist
Definitions
FEBRUARY 2013
- 2
- Candlemas - Christian
- Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian
- Saint Brighid of Kildare - Celtic Christian
- Imbolc and Sughnassad * - Wicca 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
Definitions
MARCH 2013
- 10
- Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
- Saint David of Wales - Christian
- 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
- Saint Joseph's Day - Christian
- 20 Equinox
- Ostara * - Wicca northern hemisphere
- Mabon * - Wicca 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
- 31
Definitions
APRIL 2013
- 2
- Pesach - Last two days *
- Jewish
- 7
- 11
- Hindu New Year ** - Hindu
- 11-20
- 14
- Baisakhi - New Year - Sikh
- 15
- 20
- 21
- First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
- 25
- Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
- Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
- 25-28
- Therevadin New Year ** - Buddhist
- 28
- 29
- Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
Definitions
MAY 2013
- 1
- Beltane and Samhain * - Wicca Northern and southern hemispheres
- 2
- Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
- National Day of Prayer USA - Interfaith
- 3
- Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
- 5
- Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
- 9
- Ascension Day - Christian
- 15-16
- 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
- Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
Definitions
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
- Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
- 21 Solstice
- Litha * - Wicca northern hemisphere
- Yule * - Wicca 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
Definitions
JULY 2013
- 9
- Ramadan begins * ** - Islam
- Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
- 11
- Saint Benedict Day - Christian
- 13-15
- Obon ** - Shinto -Buddhist
- 15
- Saint Vladimir Day - Christian
- 22
- Asalhka Puja Day ** - Buddhist
- 24
- Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian
Definitions
AUGUST 2013
- 1
- Fast in Honor of the Holy Mother of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
- Lammas - Christian
- Lughnassad and Imbolc * ** - WiccaNorthern and southern hemispheres
- 3
- 6
- Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
- 8
- 15
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
- Dormition of the Theotokos _ Orthodox Christian
- 21
- Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
- 28
- Krisha Janmashtami ** - Hindu
- 29
- Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian
Definitions
SEPTEMBER 2013
- 1
- Ecclesiastical Year begins - Orthodox Christian
- 5-6
- 9
- Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu
- 10
- Paryushana Parva ** - Jain
- 14
- Yom Kippur* - Jewish
- Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day - Christian
- 16
- 19-25
- 22 Equinox
- Mabon * - Wicca northern hemisphere
- Ostara * - Wicca southern hemisphere
- 26
- Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
- 27
- Simchat Torah * - Jewish
- Meskel - Ethiopian Christian
- 29
- Michael and All Angels - Christian
OCTOBER 2013
- 4
- Saint Francis Day - Catholic Christian
- 5-13
- 14
- Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * ** - Islam
- Thanksgiving - Canada - Interfaith
- Dasera ** - Hindu
- 15
- 18
- Saint Luke - Apostle and Evangelist - Christian
- 20
- Birth of the Báb * - Baha'i
- Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
- 27
- Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian
- 31
- All Hallows Eve - Christian
Definitions
NOVEMBER 2013
- 1
- All Saints Day - Christian
- Samhain and Beltane * - Wicca Northern and
Southern hemispheres
- 2
- All Soul's Day - Catholic Christian
- 3
- Diwali - Deepavali ** - Hindu - Jain - Sikh
- Jain New Year ** - Jain
- 4
- Hijra - New Year * ** - Islam
- 12
- Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Bahai
- 13
- 4
- Christ the King - Christian
- 14
- Winter Lent begins to 12/25 - Orthodox Christian
- 17
- Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday - Sikh
- 21
- 24
- Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh
- 26
- Day of the Covenant * - Baha'i
- 28
- Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha * - Baha'i
- Thanksgiving - USA - Interfaith
- 28-Dec 5
- 30
- Saint Andrew's Day - Christian
Definitions
DECEMBER 2013
- 1 through 24
- Advent (first Sunday) - Christian
- 6
- Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
- 8
- Rohatsu - Bodhi Day ** - Buddhist
- Immaculate Conception of Mary - Catholic Christian
- 12
- Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
- 16-25
- Posadas Navidenas - Christian
- 21 Solstice
- Yule * - Wicca northern hemisphere
- Litha * - Wicca southern hemisphere
- Yule - Christian
- 24
- Christmas Eve - Christian
- 25
- 26
- Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra)** - Zoroastrian
- 28
- Holy Innocents - Christian
- 29
- Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
- 31
Definitions
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