2018 

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 Capital Letters - Most important holy dates for religions

JANUARY   2018

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast Day of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
  • Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 2-4
  • Mahayana New Year - Buddhist
• 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
  • Nativity of Christ - Armenian Orthodox
• 7
  • Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian
  • Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
• 8
  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 13
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 17
  • Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
• 18-25
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
• 19
  • Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 21
  • World Religion Day - Baha'i
  • Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
• 22
  • Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
• 25
  • Conversion of St. Paul - Christian
• 31
  • Tu BiShvat * - Jewish

Definitions

FEBRUARY   2018

• 2
  • Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Christian
  • Imbolc - Lughnassad * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
  • Saint Brighid of Kildare - Celtic Christian
• 3
  • St. Blaze Day - Christian
  • Setsebun Sai - Shinto
• 4
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
• 8
  • Nirvana Day - Buddhism
• 11
  • Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
  • Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
• 12
  • Triodion - Orthodox Christian
  • Clean Monday - Lent begins - Orthodox Christian
• 13
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian
• 14
  • St. Valentine's Day - Christian
  • Maha Shivaratri ** - Hindu
  • Ash Wednesday - Lent begins- Christian
• 15
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist - Jain
• 16
  • Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist
• 18
  • Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 26-March 1
  • Intercalary Days - Baha'i

Definitions

MARCH   2018

• 1
  • St. David of Wales - Christian
• 2 - 20
  • Nineteen Day Fast * - Baha'i
• 3
  • Holi ** - Hindu
• 11
  • Purim * - Jewish
• 6
  • Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 13
  • L. Ron Hubbard birthday - Scientology
• 17
  • St. Patrick's Day - Christian
• 18
  • New Year ** - Hindu
• 18-26
  • Ramayana ** - Hindu
• 19
  • St. Joseph's Day - Christian
• 21 Equinox
  • Norooz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
  • Naw-Rúz (New Year) * - Baha'i
  • Ostara - Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 25
  • Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Orthodox Christian
  • Palm Sunday - Christian
• 26
  • Ramanavami ** - Hindu
• 28
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra) ** - Zoroastrian
• 30
  • Good Friday - Christian
• 31-May 7
  • Pesach * - Jewish
• 31
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
  • Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
  • Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
  • Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist

Definitions

April  2018

• 1
  • Easter - Christian
  • Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 3
  • Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
• 6
  • Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
• 8
  • Pascha - Easter- Orthodox Christian
• 12
  • Yom HaShoah * - Jewish
• 13
  • Lailat al Miraj * - Islam
• 14
  • Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) - Sikh
• 19
  • Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish
• 21
  • First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 23
  • St. George's Day - Christian
• 29
  • Ninth Day of Ridvan - Baha'i
  • Visakha Puja - Buddha Day ** - Buddhist
• 30
  • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
• 30-May 2
  • Theravadin New Year - Buddhist

Definitions

MAY  2018

• 1
  • Beltane - Samhain *- Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
  • Lailat al bara'ah * - Islam
• 2
  • Last day of Ridvan *  - Baha'i
• 3
  • Saints Philip & James - Christian
  • National Day of Prayer USA - Interfaith
  • Lag B'Omer * Jewish
• 10
  • Ascension of Jesus - Christian
• 16-June 15
  • Ramadan * **- Islam
• 17
  • Ascension of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 20-21
  • Shavuot * - Jewish
• 20
  • Pentecost - Christian
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 27
  • Pentecost - Orthodox Christian
  • Trinity Sunday - Christian
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 31
  • Corpus Christi- Catholic Christian

Definitions

JUNE   2018

• 2
  • All Saints - Orthodox Christian
• 8
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 9
  • St. Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
• 11
  • Laylat al Kadr * - Islam
• 15-17
  • Eid al Fitr - Ramadan ends * - Islam
• 15
  • Saint Vladimir Day - Christian
• 16
  • Guru Arjan martyrdom - Sikh
• 19
  • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
• 20
  • Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * - Islam
• 21 Solstice
  • First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
  • Litha - Yule * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 29
  • Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

Definitions

JULY   2018

• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 11
  • St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 13-15
  • Obon (Ulambana) ** - Buddhist - Shinto
• 15
  • St. Vladimir the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
• 22
  • Tish'a B'av * - Jewish
• 24
  • Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
• 25
  • St. James the Great Day - Christian
• 27
  • Asalha Puja Day ** - Buddhist

Definitions

AUGUST   2018

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Fast in Honor of Holy Mother of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 2
  • Lughnassad - Imbolc * - Wicca/Pagan  Northern and Southern Hemispheres
• 6
  • Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 15
  • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 22-25
  • Eid al Adha * - Islam
• 29
  • Beheading of St. John the Baptist - Christian
  • Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu

Definitions

SEPTEMBER  2018

• 1
  • Religious year begins - Orthodox Christian
• 3
  • Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu
• 8
  • Nativity of Virgin Mary - Christian
• 10-11
  • Rosh Hashannah * - Jewish
• 12
  • Hijra - New Year * - Islam
• 13
  • Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu
• 14
  • Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Holy Cross) - Christian
  • Paryushana Parva ** - Jain
• 19
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish
• 21
  • Ashura * - Islam
• 22 Equinox
  • Mabon - Ostara* - Wicca  Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 24-31
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 27
  • Meskal - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 29
  • Michael and All Angels - Christian

Definitions

OCTOBER   2018

• 1
  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
• 2
  • Simchat Torah * - Jewish
• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
  • Blessing of the Animals - Christian
• 8
  • Thanksgiving - Canada - Interfaith
• 9-16
  • Navaratri ** - Hindu
• 18 
  • St. Luke, Apostle & Evangelist - Christian
• 19
  • Dasara ** - Hindu
• 20
  • Birth of the Báb * - Baha'i
  • Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
• 28
  • Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian
  • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian

Definitions

NOVEMBER   2018

• 1
  • All Saints' Day - Christian
  • Samhain - Beltane * - Wicca/Pagan  Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 2
  • All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian
• 7
  • Diwali - Sikh - Jain - Hindu
• 8
  • Jain New Year ** - Jain
  • Vikram New Year ** - Hindu
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 15
  • Nativity Fast begins - ends Dec. 24 - Orthodox Christian
• 21
  • Mawlid an Nabi * - Islam
• 22
  • Thanksgiving USA - Interfaith
• 23
  • Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday - Sikh
• 25
  • Christ the King - Christian
• 26
  • Day of the Covenant * - Baha'i
• 28
  • Ascension of  'Abdu'l-Baha * - Baha'i
• 30
  • St. Andrew's Day - Christian

Definitions

DECEMBER   2018

• 2-24
  • Advent - Christian
• 3-10
  • Hanukkah * - Jewish
• 6
  • Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
• 8
  • Bodhi Day  (Rohatsu) - Buddhist
  • Immaculate Conception of Mary - Catholic Christian
• 12
  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
• 16-25
  • Posadas Navidenas - Hispanic Christian
• 21
  • Yule - Christian
• 21  Solstice
  • Yule - Litha * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
  • Saint Thomas the Apostle - Christian
  • Yule - Christian
• 24
  • Christmas Eve - Christian
• 25
  • Christmas * - Christian
  • Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian
• 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 July 30, 2011

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