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
• 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
  • Tu BiShvat * - Jewish
• 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/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

Definitions

MARCH 2013

• 1
  • Saint David of Wales - Christian
• 2 -20
  • Nineteen Day Fast * - Baha'i
• 10
  • Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox 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/Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 21
  • Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i
  • Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
• 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

Definitions

APRIL 2013

• 1-2
  • 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
  • St. George Day - Christian
• 25
  • Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
  • Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
• 25-28
  • Therevadin New Year ** - Buddhist
• 27
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
• 28
  • Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
  • Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 29
  • Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i

Definitions

MAY 2013

• 1
  • Beltane and Samhain * - Wicca/Pagan 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
  • 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
  • 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
• 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

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
• 16
  • Tish'a B'Av
  * - Judaism
• 22
  • Asalha 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 * ** - Wicca/Pagan Northern and southern hemispheres
• 3
  • Laylat al Kadr * - Islam
• 6
  • Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 8-11
  • Eid al Fitr * ** - Islam
• 15
  • Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos _ Orthodox Christian
• 21
  • Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
• 28
  • Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu
• 29
  • Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian

Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2013

• 1
  • Ecclesiastical Year begins - Orthodox Christian
• 5-6
  • Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
• 9
  • Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu
• 10
  • Paryushana Parva ** - Jain
• 14
  • Yom Kippur* - Jewish
  • Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day - Christian
• 19-25
  • Sukkot* - Jewish
• 22 Equinox
  • Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Ostara * - Wicca/Pagan 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
  • Navaratri ** - Hindu
• 14
  • Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * ** - Islam
  • Thanksgiving - Canada - Interfaith
  • Dasara ** - Hindu
• 15-18
  • Eid al Adha * ** - Islam
• 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/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 1-5
  • Deepavali ** - Hindu
• 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
  • Ashura * ** - Islam
• 4
  • Christ the King - Christian
• 14
  • Winter Lent begins to 12/25 - Orthodox Christian
• 17
  • Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday - Sikh
• 21
  • Yule - Christian
• 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
  • Hanukkah * - Judaism
• 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/Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Litha * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
  • Yule - Christian
• 24
  • Christmas Eve - Christian
• 25
  • Christmas * - Christian
• 26
  • Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra)** - Zoroastrian
• 28
  • Holy Innocents - Christian
• 29
  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 31
  • Watch Night - Christian

Update on April 5, 2013

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