2014
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 2014

• 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
  • Nativity of Christ - Armenian Orthodox Christian
  • Dia de los Reyes - Hispanic Christian
• 7
  • Nativity of Christ ** - Orthodox Christian
• 12
  • Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
• 13
  • Mawlid an Nabi * ** - Islam
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 16
  • Tu BiShvat * - Jewish
• 16-19
  • Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist
• 17
  • Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
• 18-25
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
• 19
  • World Religion Day - Baha'i
  • Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 25
  • Conversion of Saint Paul - Christian
• 28
  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 31
  • Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist

Definitions

FEBRUARY 2014

• 2
  • Candlemas - Christian
  • Four Chaplains Sunday- Interfaith
  • Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian
  • Imbolc - Lughnassad - Wicca/Pagan Northern and southern hemispheres
• 3
  • Setsubun-sai - Shinto
• 4
  • Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
• 14
  • Saint Valentine's Day - Christian
• 15
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist - Jain
• 16
  • Triodion begins - Christian
• 26 - March 1
  • Intercalary Days * - Baha'i
• 28
  • Maha Shivaratri ** - Hindu

Definitions

MARCH 2014

• 1
  • Saint David of Wales - Christian
• 2
  • Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
  • Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 2 - 20
  • Nineteen Day Fast * - Baha'i
• 3
  • Clean Monday - Lent begins - Orthodox Christian
• 4
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian
• 5
  • Ash Wednesday - Lent begins - Christian
• 9
  • Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Sunday
• 13
  • H. Ron Hubbard birthday - Scientology
• 16
  • Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
  Purim ** starts on eve of March 15 - Jewish
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
  • Holi ** - Hindu
  • Hola Mohalla - Sikh
• 19
  • Saint Joseph's Day - Christian
• 20  Equinox
  • Ostara * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 21
  • Naw Ruz (News Year)*  - Baha'i
  • Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
• 25
  • Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian
• 28
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) ** - Zoroastrian
• 31
  • Hindu New Year ** - Hindu
• 31-April 8
  • Ramayana ** - Hindu

Definitions

APRIL 2014

• 8
  • Ramanavami ** - Hindu
• 12
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
• 13
  • Palm Sunday - All Christians
  • Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
• 14
  • Baisakhi New Year - Sikh
• 15
  • Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
  • Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
• 15-22 *
  • Pesach (Passover) - Jewish
• 17
  • Maundy Thursday - Christian
• 18
  • Good (Holy) Friday - All Christian
• 20
  • Easter - All Christians
• 21
  First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 23
  • St. George Day - Christian
• 27
  • Yom HaShoah * - Jewish
• 29
  • Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i

Definitions

MAY 2014

• 1
  • National Day of Prayer - Interfaith USA
  • Beltane - Samhain * - Wicca/Pagan  Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 2
  • Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 5
  • Yom Ha'Atzmaut* - Jewish
• 15-18
  • Theravadin New Year ** - Buddhist
• 18
  • Lag B'Omer* - Jewish
• 14
  • Visakha Puja - Buddha Day ** - Buddhist
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 27
  • Lailat al Miraj * ** - Islam
• 29
  • Ascension of Jesus - All Christians
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i

Definitions

JUNE 2014

• 4-5
  • Shavuot * - Jewish
• 8
  • Pentecost - All Christians
• 9
  • Saint Columba of Iona - Christian
• 14
  • Lailat al Bara'ah * ** - Islam
• 15
  • Trinity Sunday - Christian
  • All Saints - Orthodox Christian
• 16
  • Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
• 19
  • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
  • Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
• 21  Solstice
  • Litha * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Yule * - Wicca/Pagan  southern hemisphere
• 27
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 28
  • Ramadan Begins * ** - Islam
• 29
  • Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

Definitions

JULY 2014

• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 13
  • Asalha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
• 13-15
  • Obon ** - Shinto
• 13-15
  • Ulambana - Obon ** - Buddhist
• 15
  • Saint Vladimir Day - Christian
• 23
  • Lalat al Kadr * ** - Islam
• 25
  • Emperor Haile Selassi I birthday - Rastafari
• 24
  • Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian
• 29-31
  • Eid al Fitr * ** - Islam

Definitions

AUGUST 2014

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Fast in Honor of the Holy Mother of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
  • Lughanssad - Imbolc * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and southern hemispheres
• 6
  • Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 5
  • Tish'a B'av * - Jewish
• 10
  • Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
• 15
  • Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 17
  • Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu
• 29
  • Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu
  • Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian
• 30
  • Paryushana Parva ** - Jains

Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2014

• 1
  • Ecclesiastical year begins - Orthodox Christian
• 6
  • Nativity of Mary - Christian
• 14
  • Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day - Christian
• 22  Equinox
  • Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Ostata * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 24-25
  • Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
• 27
  • Meskel- Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 29
  • Michael and All Angels - Christian
• 29 - October 3
  • Navaratri ** - Hindu

Definitions

OCTOBER 2014

• 3
  • Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * ** - Islam
• 4
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish
  • Saint Francis Day - Catholic Christian
  • Dasara ** - Hindu
• 4-7
  • Eid al Adha * ** - Islam
• 9-15
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 13
  • Thanksgiving - Canada - Interfaith
• 16
  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
• 17
  • Simchat Torah * - Jewish
• 20
  • Birth of the Báb * - Baha'i
  • Installation of Scriptures as Gukru Granth - Sikh
• 21-25
  • Deepavali ** - Hindu
• 23
  • Diwali - Deepavali ** - Hindu - Jain - Sikh
• 24
  • Jain New Year ** - Jain
• 25
  • Hijra - New Year * ** - Islam
• 26
  • Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 31
  • All Hallow's Eve - Christian

Definitions

NOVEMBER 2014

• 1
  • All Saint's Day - Christian
  • Samhain - Litha * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 2
  • All Soul's Day - Catholic Christian
• 5
  • Ashura * ** - Islam
• 6
  • Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday - Sikh
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah - Baha'i
• 15-25
  • Winter Lent - Orthodox Christian
• 21
  • Yule - Christian
• 23
  • Christ the King - Christian
• 24
  • Guru Tegh Bahadur martyrdom - Sikh
• 26
  • Day of the Covenant - Baha'i
• 27
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith USA
• 28
  • Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha - Baha'i
• 30
  • Saint Andrew's Day - Christian
  • Advent begins through December 24 - Christian

Definitions

DECEMBER 2014

• 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
  • Posades Navidenas - Christian
• 17-24
  • Hanukkah * - Jewish
• 21 Solstice
  • Yule - Christian
  • Yule * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Litha * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 24
  • Christmas Eve - Christian
• 25
  • Christmas * - Christian
• 26
  • Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra ** - Zoroastrian
• 28
  • Holy Innocents - Christian
• 31
  • Watch Night - Christian

Update on March 11, 2013

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