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2015
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 2015

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
• 5
  • Twelfth Night - Christian
  • Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist
  • Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
• 6
  • Epiphany - Christian
  • Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian
  • Dia de los Reyes - Christian
  • Nativity of Christ - Armenian Orthodox Christian
• 7
  • Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian
• 11
  • Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
• 13
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 18
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins - Christian
  • World Religion Day * - Baha'i  (begins sundown on 17 )
• 19
  • Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 24
  • Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
• 25
  • Conversion of St. Paul - Christian

Definitions

FEBRUARY 2015

• 1
  • Triodion begins Orthodox Christian
  • Four Chaplains Sunday- Interfaith
• 2
  • Candlemas - Christian
  • Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian
  • St Brighid of Kildare - Celtic Christian
  • Imbolc - Lughnassad * - Wicca/Pagan - northern and southern hemispheres (begins at sundown on 1 )
• 3
  • Setsubun-sai ** - Shinto
• 4
  • Tu BiShvat * - Jewish  (begins sundown on 3 )
• 14
  • Saint Valentine's Day- Christian
• 15
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist - Jain
  • Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
  • Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 17
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian
• 19
  • World Religion Day - Baha'i
  • Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist
• 22
  • Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 23
  • Clean Monday - Great Lent begins - Orthodox Christian
• 25
  • Ash Wednesday - Christian
• 26 - March 1
  • Intercalary Days * - Baha'i  (begins sundown on 25)

Definitions

MARCH 2015

• 1
  • Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
  • Saint David of Wales - Christian
    
• 2 - 20
  • Nineteen Day Fast * - Baha'i  (begins sundown on 1 )
• 5
  • Purim * - Jewish (begins sundown on 4)
  • Magha Puja Day ** -Buddhist
• 6
  • Holi ** - Hindu
  • Hola Mohalla - Sikh
• 18
  • L. Ron Hubbard birthday - Scientology
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
  • Maha Shivaratri ** - Hindu
• 20  Equinox
  • Ostara * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere  (begins sundown on 19 )
  • Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 21
  • Naw Ruz (News Year) *  - Baha'i  (begins sundown on 20 )
  • Norooz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
  • New Year - Hindu
• 21-28
  • Ramayana ** - Hindu
• 22
  • Saint Joseph's Day - Christian
• 25
  • Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian
• 28
  • Ramanavami ** - Hindu
  • Birth of Prophet Zarathushtra ** - Zoroastrian
• 29
  • Palm Sunday - Christian

Definitions

APRIL 2015

• 2
  • Maundy Thursday - Christian
• 3
  • Good Friday - Christian
  • Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
• 4-11
  • Pesach (Passover) * - Jewish  (begins sundown on 3)
• 4
  • Therevadin New Year ** - Buddhist
  • Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
• 5
  • Easter - Christian
  • Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 12
  • Pascha (Easter) - Orthodox Christian
• 14
  • Baisakhi - New Year - Sikh
• 15
  • Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
• 16
  • Yom HaShoah * - Jewish  (begins sundown on 15)
• 21
  • First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i   (begins sundown on 20)
• 23
  • St. George Day - Christian
• 24
  • Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish   (begins sundown on 23)
• 29
  • Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i   (begins sundown on 28)

Definitions

MAY 2015

• 1
  • Beltane - Samhain * - Wicca/Pagan northern and southern hemispheres  (begins sundown on April 29)
• 2
  • Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i  (begins sundown on 1)
• 4
  • Visakha Puja - Buddha Day ** - Buddhist
• 7
  • Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
  • National Day of Prayer USA - Interfaith
• 2
  • Ascension of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 13
  • Lailat al Miraj * - Islam  (begins sundown on 12)
• 21
  • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i   (begins sundown on 20)
• 24-25
  • Shavuot * - Jewish   ( begins sundown on 23)
• 24
  • Pentecost - Christian
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i   ( begins sundown on 28)
• 31
  • Pentecost - Orthodox Christian
  • Trinity Sunday - Christian

Definitions

JUNE 2015

• 1
  • Lailat al Bara'ah * - Islam  (begins sundown on May 31)
• 4
  • Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
• 7
  • All Saints - Orthodox Christian
• 16
  • Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
• 18
  • Ramadan begins * - Islam  (begins sundown on 17)
• 19
  • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 21  Solstice
  • Litha * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere  (begins sundown on 20)
  • Yule * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 29
  • Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

Definitions

JULY 2015

• 2
  • Asalha Puja ** - Buddhist
• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * Baha'i (begins sundown on 8)
• 13
  • Ulambana (Obon) ** - Buddhist
  • Lailat al Kadr * - Islam (begins sundown on 12)
• 18-21
  • Eid al Fitr * - Islam (begins sundown on 17)
• 23
  • Emperor Haile Selassi birthday - Rastafari
• 24
  • Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian
• 26
  • Tish'a B'av * - Jewish  (begins sundown on 25)

Definitions

AUGUST 2015

• 1
  • Fast in honor of Mother of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
  • Lammas - Christian
• 6
  • Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 13-15
  • Obon ** - Shinto
• 15
  • Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokis - Orthdox Christian
• 29
  • Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
  • Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian

Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2015

• 1
  • Ecclesiastical year begins - Orthodox Christian
• 5
  • Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu
• 8
  • Nativity of Mary - Christian
• 14
  • Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day Christian
• 14-15
  • Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish  (begins sundown on 13)
• 17
  • Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu
• 18
  • Paryushana Parva ** - Jain
• 22
  • Waqf al Arafa - Hajj * - Islam (begins sundown on 21)
• 23   Equinox 
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish  (begins sundown on 22)
  • Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan  northern hemisphere  (begins sundown on 22)
  • Ostara * - Wicca/Pagan  southern hemisphere  ( begins sundown on 22)
• 23-26
  • Eid al Adha - Sacrifice Day * - Islam  (begins sundown on 22)
• 27
  • Meskel - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 28-Oct 4
  • Sukkot * - Jewish   (begins sundown on 27)
• 29
  • Michael and All Angels - Christian

Definitions

OCTOBER 2015

• 4
  • Saint Francis Day - Christian
• 5
  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish (begins sundown on 4th)
• 6
  • Simchat Torah * - Jewish (begins sundown on 5th)
• 12
  • Thanksgiving - Canada - Interfaith
• 13-21
  • Navaratri ** - Hindu
• 14
  • Hijra - New Year * - Islam  (begins sundownon 13)
• 20
  • Birth of the Báb - Baha'i   (begins sundown on 19)
  • Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
• 22
  • Dasera ** - Hindu
• 23
  • Saint George's Day - Christian
  • Ashura * - Islam  (begins sundown on 22)
• 25
  • Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian

Definitions

NOVEMBER 2015

• 1
  • All Saint's Day - Christian
  • Samhain - Beltane * - Wicca/Pagan northern and southern hemispheres ( begins at sundown on October 31)
• 2
  • All Soul's Day - Catholic Christian
• 9-13
  • Deepavali ** - Hindu
• 11
  • Diwali (Deepavali) ** - Hindu - Jain - Sikh
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah - Baha'i   (begins sundown on 11)
  • New Year ** Jain
• 15
  • Nativity Fast begins through 12/24 - Orthodox Christian
• 22
  • Christ the King - Christian
• 24
  • Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh
• 25
  • Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday - Sikh
• 26
  • Thanksgiving- Interfaith USA
  • Day of the Covenant - Baha'i
• 28
  • Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha - Baha'i  (begins sundown on 26)
• 29
  • Advent begins - Christian
• 30
  • Saint Andrew's Day - Christian

Definitions

DECEMBER 2015

• 6
  • Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
• 7-14
  • Hanukkah * - Judaism (begins sundown on  6)
• 8
  • Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian
• 12
  • Advent Fast begins- Orthodox Christian
  • Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
• 8
  • Rohatsu (Bodhi Day) ** - Buddhist
• 16
  • Posadas Navidenas through 12/25 - Christian
• 21  Solstice
  • Yule - Christian
  • Yule * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere  ( begins sundown on 20)
  • Litha * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 23
  • Mawlid an Nabi * - Islam ( begins sundown on 22)
• 25
  • Christmas * - Christian
• 26
  • Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra  ** - Zoroastrian
• 27
  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 28
  • Holy Innocents - Christian
• 31
  • Watch Night - Christian

Definitions

Update on February 8, 2012

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