2016 
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.

JANUARY         2016

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast Day of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Shogatsu/Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
• 5
  • Twelfth Night - Christian
  • Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
• 6
  • Epiphany - Christian
  • Feast of the Epiphany (Theophany) - Orthodox Christian
  • Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) - Christian
• 7
  • Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian
• 8
  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 13
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 17
  • Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
• 25
  • Conversion of St. Paul - Christian
  • Tu BiShvat - Jewish
• 29
  • Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist

Definitions

FEBRUARY 

• 2
  • Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Christian
  • Imbolc (Candlemas) * - Wicca/Neo Pagan
• 3
  • St. Blaze Day - Christian
  • Setsebun (beginning of spring) - Shinto
• 5
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith

• 12
  • Triodion - Orthodox Christian
• 14
  • St. Valentine's Day - Christian
• 15
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist
   

Definitions

MARCH 

• 1
  • St. David of Wales - Christian
• 12
  • Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 20 Vernal Equinox
  • Ostara * - Wicca northern hemisphere
  • Mabon * - Wicca southern hemisphere
• 21
  • Norooz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
  • Naw-Rúz (New Year) * - Baha'i
• 24
  • Purim * - Jewish
• 25
  • Good Friday - Christian
• 26
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra) Zoroastrian
• 27
  • Easter - Christian

Definitions

April

• 14
  • Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) ** - Sikh
• 16
  • First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 21
  • First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 23-30
  • Pesach (Passover) * - Jewish
• 23
  • St. George's Day - Christian
• 29
  • Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 30
  • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

MAY

• 1
  • Beltane * - Wicca/Neo Pagai
• 2
  • Twelfth Day of Ridvan *  - Baha'i
• 3
  • Saints Philip & James - Christian
• 4
  • National Day of Prayer - USA - Interfaith
• 5
  • Lailat al Miraj * - Islam
  • Yom HaShoah * - Jewish
• 12
  • Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
  • Lailal al Bara'a * - Islam
• 26
  • Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i

  Definitions

JUNE 

• 1
  • Ascension of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 7
  • Ramadan begins *  - Islam
• 9
  • St. Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
• 12-13
  • Shavuot * - Jewish
• 16
  • Guru Arjan martyrdom - Sikh
• 19
  • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
• 20 Summer Solstice
  • First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
  • Litha * - Wicca northern hemisphere
  • Yule * - Wicca southern hemisphere
• 29
  • Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

Definitions

JULY 

• 3
  • Lailat al Kadr * - Islam
• 7
  • Eid al Fitr * - Islam
• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 11
  • St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 13
  • Obon (Ulambana) ** - Buddhist/Shinto   ?
• 15
  • St. Vladimir the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
• 24
  • Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
• 25
  • St. James the Great Day - Christian

Definitions

AUGUST 

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Lughnassad (Lammas) * - Wicca/Neo Pagan
  • Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 6
  • Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 14
  • Tish'a B'av * - Jewish
• 15
  • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 29
  • Beheading of St. John the Baptist - Christian

Definitions

SEPTEMBER

• 1
  • Religious year begins - Orthodox Christian
• 8
  • Nativity of Virgin Mary - Christian
• 11
  • Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * - Islam
• 13
  • Eid al Adha * - Islam
• 14
  • Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Holy Cross) - Christian
• 22 Autumnal Equinox
  • Mabon * - Wicca northern hemisphere
  • Ostata * - Wicca southern hemisphere
• 29
  • Michael and All Angels - Christian

Definitions

OCTOBER 

• 3
  • Muharram - New Year * - Islam
• 3-4
  • Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
  • Blessing of the Animals - Christian
• 12
  • Ashura * - Islam
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish
• 17-18
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 18 
  • St. Luke, Apostle & Evangelist - Christian
• 20
  • Birth of the B'ab * - Baha'i
  • Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
• 24
  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
• 25
  • Simchat Torah * - Jewish
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian
  • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
  • Samhain - * Wicca/Neo Pagan
  • Deep Diwali ** - Jain

Definitions

NOVEMBER 

• 1
  • All Saints' Day - Christian
• 2
  • All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 15
  • Nativity Fast begins - ends Dec. 24 - Orthodox Christian
• 23
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith USA
• 24
  • Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur - Sikh
• 26
  • Christ the King - Christian
  • Day of the Covenant * - Baha'i
• 28
  • Ascension of  'Abdu'l-Baha * - Baha'i
• 30
  • St. Andrew's Day - Christian

Definitions

DECEMBER 

• 6
  • Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
• 8
  • Bodhi Day  (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhism
  • Immaculate Conception of Mary - Catholic Christian
• 12
  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
  • Mawlid an Nabe * - Islam
• 16-25
  • Posadas Navidenas - Hispanic Christian
• 21 Winter Solstice
  • Yule * - Wicca northern hemisphere
  • Litha * - Wicca southern hemisphere
  • Yule - Christian
• 22
  • Yule/Winter Solstice * - Wicca/Neo Pagan
• 24
  • Christmas Eve - Christian
• 25
  • Christmas * - Christian
  • Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian
• 25-Jan 1
  • Hanukkah * - Jewish
• 26
  • Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra)  Zoroastrian
  • St Stephen's Day - Christian
• 28
  • Holy Innocents - Christian
• 30
  • Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 31
  • Watch Night - Christian

Definitions

Updated on November 19, 2007 

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