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
- 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
- 25
- 26
- Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra) Zoroastrian
- 27
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
- 29
- Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
Definitions
JUNE
- 1
- Ascension of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
- 7
- 9
- St. Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
- 12-13
- 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
- 7
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 4
- St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
- Blessing of the Animals - Christian
- 12
- Ashura * - Islam
- Yom Kippur * - Jewish
- 17-18
- 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
- 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
- 26
- Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) Zoroastrian
- St Stephen's Day - Christian
- 28
- Holy Innocents - Christian
- 30
- Holy Family - Catholic Christian
- 31
Definitions
Updated on November 19, 2007
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