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.
2017
JANUARY 2017
- 1
- Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
- Feast Day of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
- Gantan-sai
(New Years)
- Shinto
- Holy Name of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
- 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 Christian
- 7
- Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian
- 8
- Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
- 12-15
- Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist
- 13
- 15
- World Religion Day - Baha'i
- 17
- Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
- 19-25
- Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
- 19
- Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
- Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
- 25
- Conversion of St. Paul - Christian
- 28
- Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist
Definitions
FEBRUARY 2017
- 1
- Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
- 2
- Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Christian
- Imbolc - Lughnassah * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern Hemispheres
- Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian
- Saint Brighid of Kildare - Celtic Christian
- 3
- St. Blaze Day - Christian
- Setsebun sai (beginning of spring) - Shinto
- 5
- Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
- 11
- 12
- Triodion - Orthodox Christian
- 14
- St. Valentine's Day - Christian
- 15
- Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist - Jain - Sikh
- 19
- Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
- 25
- Maha Shavaratri ** - Hindu
- 26
- Cheese Fare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
- Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
- 26-March 1
- 27
- Great Lent begins - Clean Monday - Orthodox Christian
- 28
- Shrove Tuesday - Christian
Definitions
MARCH 2017
- 1
- St. David of Wales - Christian
- Ash Wednesday - Christian
- 2 - 20
- Nineteen Day Fast * - Baha'i
- 5
- Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
- 12
- Purim - Jewish
- Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
- 13
- Holi ** - Hindu
- Hola Mohalla - Sikh
- 17
- St. Patrick's Day - Christian
- 19
- St. Joseph's Day - Christian
- 20 Equinox
- Ostara * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
- Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
-
- 20 - 28
- 21
- Norooz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
- Naw-Rúz (New Year) * - Baha'i
- 25
- Annunciation of the Virgin Mary - Christian
- 28
- Hindu New Year ** - Hindu
Definitions
April 2017
- 1
- Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
- 2
- Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
- 5
- 9
- 10
- Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
- 11
- Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
- Hanuman Jayanti - Hindu
- 11-14
- Theravadin Mew Year ** - Buddhist
- 11-18
- Pesach (Passover) * - Jewish
- 13
- Maundy Thursday - Christian
- 14
- Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
- Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) - Sikh
- Good Friday - Christian
- 16
- Easter - Christian
- Pascha (Easter) - Orthodox Christian
- 21
- First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
- 23
- St. George's Day - Christian
- Yom HaShoah * - Jewish
- 24
- Lailat al Miraj * - Islam
- 29
- Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
- 30
- St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
Definitions
MAY 2017
- 1
- Beltane - Samhain * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
- Yom Ha'Atzmaut - Jewish
- 2
- Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
- 3
- Saints Philip & James - Christian
- 4
- National Day of Prayer - USA - Interfaith
- 10
- Visakha Puja - Buddha Day ** - Buddhist
- 12
- Lailat al Bara'ah * - Islam
- 14
- 23
- Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
- 27
- 29
- Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
- 31-June 1
- 25
- Ascension of Jesus - All Christians
Definitions
JUNE 2017
- 4
- Pentecost - All Christians
- 9
- St. Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
- 11
- Trinity Sunday- Christian
- 15
- Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
- Saint Vladimir - Christian
- 16
- Guru Arjan martyrdom - Sikh
- 19
- New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
- 21 Solstice
- First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
- Litha * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
- Yule * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
- 22
- 23
- Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
- 26-28
- 29
- Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian
Definitions
JULY 2017
- 9
- Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
- Asalha Puja Day - Buddhist
- 11
- St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
- All Saints - Orthodox Christian
- 13
- Ulambana - Obon ** - Buddhist
- 13-15
- 15
- St. Vladimir the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
- 23
- Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra) ** - Zoroastrian
- 24
- Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
- 25
- St. James the Great Day - Christian
Definitions
AUGUST 2017
- 1
- Lammas - Christian
- Lughnassad - Imbolc * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
- Tish'a B'av * - Jewish
- Fast in Honor of Holy Mother of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
- 6
- Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
- 7
- Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
- 15
- Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
- Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
- Krishna Janmashtami - Hindu
- 26-September 4
- Paryushana Parva ** - Jain
- 29
- Beheading of St. John the Baptist - Christian
- 31
- Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * - Islam
Definitions
SEPTEMBER 2017
- 1
- Religious year begins - Orthodox Christian
- 1-4
- 8
- Nativity of Virgin Mary - Christian
- 14
- Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Holy Cross) - Christian
- 21-22
- Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
- New Year - Hijra * - Islam
- 21-29
- 22 Equinox
- Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
- Ostata * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
- 25
- Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu
- 27
- Meskel - Ethiopian Christian
- 29
- Michael and All Angels - Christian
- 30
- Yom Kippur * - Jewish
- Dasara - Hindu
Definitions
OCTOBER 2017
- 1
- 4
- St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
- Blessing of the Animals - Christian
- 5-11
- 9
- Thanksgiving - Canada - Interfaith
- 12
- Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
- 13
- 18
- St. Luke, Apostle & Evangelist - Christian
- 19
- Diwali - Deepavali ** - Hindu - Sikh - Jain
- 20
- Birth of the Báb * - Baha'i
- Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
- Jain New Year - Jain
- 28
- Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
- 29
- Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
- 31
- All Hallows Eve - Christian
- Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian
Definitions
NOVEMBER 2017
- 1
- All Saints Day - Christian
- Samhain - Beltane * Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
- 2
- All Souls Day - Catholic Christian
- 4
- Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib - Sikh
- 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 2017
- 1
- 3-24
- 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
- 13-20
- 16-25
- Posadas Navidenas - Hispanic Christian
- 21 Solstice
- Yule - Christian
- Yule * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
- Litha * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
- 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
- 31
- Watch Night - Christian
- Holy Family - Catholic Christian
Definitions
Updated on August 17, 2017
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