2011
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 titles are primary holy days of a tradition.

JANUARY 2011

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
• 5
  • Twelfth Night - Christian
  • Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
• 6
  • Epiphany - Christian
  • Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian
  • Dia de los Reyes - Hispanic Christian
  • Nativity of Christ - Armenian Orthodox Christian
• 7
  • Nativity of Christ - Orthodox Christian
• 9
  • Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
• 13
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 16
  • World Religion Day - Baha'i
• 17
  • Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
• 19-21
  • Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist
• 20
  • Tu B'shvat * - Jewish
• 19
  • Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 25
  • Conversion of Saint Paul - Christian

Definitions

FEBRUARY 2011

• 2
  • Candlemas - Christian
  • Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian
  • Imbolc - Lughnassad * - Wicca/Pagan - northern and southern hemispheres
• 3
  • Setsubun-sai - Shinto
  • Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist
• 6
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
  • Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
• 8
  • Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
• 14
  • Saint Valentine's Day - Christian
• 15
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhism - Jain
  • Mawlid an Nabi * ** - Islam
• 18-25
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
• 24
  • Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist - Christian
• 26-March 1
  • Intercalary Days * - Baha'i
• 27
  • Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

MARCH 2011

• 1
  • Saint David of Wales - Christian
• 2
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Christian/Jewish Interfaith
• 2-20
  • Nineteen Day Fast  * - Baha'i
• 3
  • Maha Shivaratri - Hindu
• 6
  • Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
  • Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
• 7
  • Clean Monday - Great Lent begins - Orthodox Christian
• 8
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian
• 9
  • Ash Wednesday - Lent begins - Christian
• 13
  • Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
  • Birthday of L. Ron Hubbard - Scientology
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 19
  • Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
  • Saint Joseph's Day - Christian
• 20   Equinox 
• Purim * - Jewish
• Ostara * -Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
• Mabon * -Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• Holi ** - Hindu
• Hola Mohalla - Sikh
• 21
  • Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
  • Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i
• 25
  • Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian
• 28
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) ** - Zoroastrian

Definitions

APRIL 2011

• 4
  • New Year ** - Hindu
• 4-12
  • Ramayana - Hindu
• 5
  • Qingming - Chinese traditional
• 12
  • Ramanavami ** - Hindu
• 14
  • Baisakhi - Sikh
• 16
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
• 17
  • Palm/Passion Sunday - Christian
  • Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
• 18-21
  • Theravadin New Year ** - Buddhist
• 18
  • Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
  • Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
• 19-26 *
  • Pesach (Passover) * - Jewish
• 21
  • First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
  • Maundy Thursday - Christian
• 22
  • Good (Holy) Friday - All Christians
• 23
  • Black Saturday - Christian
  • St. George Day - Christian
• 24
  • Easter - All Christians
• 29
  • Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 30
  • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

MAY 2011

• 1
  • Yom HaSho'ah * - Jewish
  • Beltane - Samhain * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 2
  • Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 5
  • National Day of Prayer - Interfaith USA
• 9
  • Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish
• 17
  • Buddha Day - Visakha Puja ** - Buddhist
• 22
  • Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i

Definitions

JUNE 2011

• 2
  • Ascension of Christ - Orthodox Christian
  • Ascension of Jesus - Christian
• 8-9
  • Shavuot * - Jewish
• 9
• Saint Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
• 10
  • All Saints - Orthodox Christian
• 12
  • Pentecost - Christian
• 16
  • Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
• 19
  • All Saints - OrthodoxChristian
  • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
  • Trinity Sunday - Christian
  • Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 21  Solstice
  • First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
  • Litha * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Yule * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 23
  • Corpus Christi- Catholic Christian
• 28
  • Lailat al Miraj * ** - Islam
• 29
  • Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

Definitions

JULY 2011

• 1
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 11
  • Saint Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 15
  • Lailat al Bara'ah * ** - Islam
  • Asalha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
  • Saint Vladimir Day - Christian
• 13-16
  • Ulambana -  ** - Japan Buddhist
• 24
  • Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian
• 23
• Birthday of Emperor Haili Selassi I - Rastafari
• 25
  • St. James the Great Day - Christian

Definitions

AUGUST 2011

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
  • Ramadan begins * ** - Islam
• 2
  • Lughnassad - Imbolc * - Wicca/Pagan  Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 6
  • Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 7
  • Laylat al Kadr *- Islam
• 9
  • Tisha B'Av * - Jewish
• 13
  • Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
• 13-15 **
  • Obon - Shinto
• 15
  • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 22
  • Krisha Janmashtami ** - Hindu
• 26
  • Lailat al Kadr * ** - Islam
• 29
  • Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian
• 31
  • Eid al Fitr * ** - Islam

Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2011

• 1
  • Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu
  • Ecclesiastical New Year - Orthodox Christian
• 2-10
  • Paryushana Parva - Jain
• 8
  • Nativity of Mary - Christian
• 14
  • Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day - Christian
• 23   Equinox
  • Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Ostara * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 27
  • Meskel - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 28-Oct 5
  • Navaratri ** - Hindu
• 29-30
  • Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
• 29
  • Michael and All Angels - Christian

Definitions

OCTOBER 2011

• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
• 5
  • Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * ** - Islam
• 6
  • Dasera - Hindu
• 8
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish
• 10
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith - Canada
• 13-19 (13-14 Primary Obligation Days)
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 20
  • Birth of the Báb * - Baha'i
  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
  • Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
• 21
  • Simhat Torah * - Jewish
• 22
  • New Year - Jain
• 24-28
  • Deepavali ** Hindu
• 26
  • Diwali ** - Jain - Hindu - Sikh
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 30
  • Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian

Definitions

NOVEMBER 2011

• 1
  • All Saints' Day - Christian
  • Samhain - Beltane * - Wicca/Pagan  Northern and southern hemispheres
• 2
  • All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian
• 4-7
  • Hajj * - Islam
• 6
  • Eid al Adha  * ** - Islam
• 10
  • Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday - Sikh
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 15
  • Nativity Fast begins through Dec. 24 - Orthodox Christianm
• 20
  • Christ the King - Christian
• 24
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith
  • Gkuru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh
• 26
  • Day of Covenant * - Baha'i
  • Hijra - New Year * **- Islam
• 27
  • First Sunday of Advent - Christian
• 30
  • Saint Andrew's Day- Christian

Definitions

DECEMBER 2011

• 5
  • Ashura * ** - Islam
• 6
  • Saint Nicholas Day - Christian 
• 8
  • Bodhi Day  (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhism
  • Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian
• 12
  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
• 16
  • Posadas Navidenas through Dec. 15 - Christian
• 21-28
  • Hanukkah  * - Jewish
• 22 solstice
  • Yule - Christian
  • Yule * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Litha * - Wicca/Pagan  southern hemisphere
• 25
  • Christmas * - Christian
  • Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian
• 26
  • Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra)  ** - Zoroastrian
  • Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr - Christian
• 28
  • Holy Innocents - Christian
• 30
  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 31
  • Watch Night - Christian

Definitions

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