January
- 1: New
Year's Day
- 6: Epiphany
(the twelfth night of
Christmas)
- 6-7: Orthodox
Christian feast of Christmas
- 15/16: Martin
Luther King Day
- 25: Burns
Night, Scotland
- 26: Australia
Day
Republic Day, India
January
- February moveable
- Chinese
New Year (Spring Festival)
- Vietnamese
New Year (Tet)
February
- 2: Ground
Hog Day, USA
- 6: Waitangi
Day, New Zealand
- 11: National
Accession Day, Japan
- 14: St.
Valentine's Day
- 22: Washington's
Birthday, USA
February
- March Moveable
- Shrove
Tuesday
- Mardi
Gras
- Fastnach
- Pancake
Day
- Carnival
- Jewish
festival of Purim
- Hindu
festival of Mahashivaratri
March
- 1: St.
David's Day (the National
Day of Wales)
- 3: Hina-Matsuri
(Japanese Doll Festival)
- 6: Ghana
National Day
- 8: International
Women's Day
- 17: St.
Patricia's Day (the National
Day of Ireland)
- 20: Japanese
Spring Festival
- 23: Pakistan
National Day
- 25: Greek
National Day
March
- April Moveable
- Moomba
(Melbourne, Australia)
- Easter
- Passover
- Hindu
festival of Holi
- Sikh
Holi Mahalla
- Hindu
festival of Rama Naumi
- Quing
Ming (Chinese festival
of Remembrance)
- Mother's
Day (UK)
(Good
Friday falls on April
9,2004; March 25,2005;
April 14,2006; April 6,2007;
March 21,2008; April 10,2009)
April
- 1: All
Fools Day, April Fools
Day
- 8: Bhudda's
Birthday celebrated in
Japan
- 13: Sikh
festival of Baisakhi
- 23: St.
George's Day (English
National Day)
Turkish Children's Day
- 25: Anzac
Day (Australia, New Zealand)
- 30: Netherlands
National Day
April
- May Moveable
- Feria
(Seville, Spain)
- Orthodox
Easter
May
- 1: May
Day (Spring festival)
National Worker's Day
- 5: Boy's
Day (Japan)
- 17: Norwegian
National Day
May
Moveable
- Mother's
Day (USA)
- Cheung
Chau bun festival (Hong
Kong)
May
- June Moveable
- Jewish
festival of Shavour
- Pentecost,
Whitsun
- Wesak
(Bhudda's Birthday
- Guru
Arjan (Sikh)
June
- 2: Italian
Republic Day
- 6: Swedish
National Day
- 12: Russian
Independence Day
- 23: Midsummer's
Eve
- 17: Festival
of St. John the Baptist
(Quebec)
June
Moveable
- Dragon
Boat festival, China
- Trooping
the Colours, London Festival
of Corpus Christi
- Father's
Day
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July
- 1: National
Canada Day
- 4: American
Independence Day
- 9: National
Day
- 14: Bastille
Day (French National
Day)
- 18: Spanish
National Day
- 21: Belgium
National Day
- 22: Polish
National Day
August
- 1: Swiss
National Day
- 6: Bolivian
National Day
- 17: Indonesian
National Day
August
Moveable
- Rakska
Bandan, Hindu family
day
- Notting
Hill Carnival, London
- Edinburgh
Arts festival, Scotland
- National
Eisteddfod of Wales
August
- September Moveable
- Janmashtami,
Hindu festival
September
- 7: Brazilian
National Day
- 16: Mexican
National Day
- 18: Chilean
National Day
- 30: Botswana
National Day
September
Moveable
September
- October Moveable
- Rosh
Hashanah, Jewish National
Day
- Yom
Kippur, Jewish Day of
Atonement
- Jewish
festival of Succot
October
- 1: Chinese
National Day
- 9: Uganda
National Day
- 12: Columbus
Day
- 24: United
Nations Day
Zambian National Day
- 26: Austrian
National Day
- 31: Halloween
October
Moveable
- Hindu
festival of Dussehra
October
- November Moveable
- Diwali,
Hindu and Sikh
- Guru
Nanak's Birthday, Sikh
November
- 1: Christian
festival of All Saints
- 2: Bodhi
Day, Mahayana Buddhist
All Souls (Mexican Day of
the Dead)
- 5: Guy
Fawkes Day
- 7: Armistice
Day
St. Andrew's Day (National
Day of Scotland)
November
Moveable
December
- 5: Festival
of St. Nicholas, Netherlands
Finland National Day
- 9: Tanzanian
National Day
- 12: Kenyan
National Day
- 13: St.
Lucy's Day, Sweden
- 24: Christmas
Eve
- 25: Christmas
Day
- 26: St.
Steven's Day, Boxing
Day
- 31: New
Year's Eve
Hogmanay
December
Moveable
- Hanukkah
Chinese Winter festival
- December
- January Moveable
- Guru
Gobind Singh
Guru Tegh Bahadur
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