The Holy Days listed represent major holiday observations in several traditions. There are additional holidays in these traditions which are not listed.

**Jewish & Bahá’í holy days begin at sundown on the day before this date and end at sundown on the last.

*Islamic holy days are not fixed to a calendar but based on the actual sighting of the moon, causing some variance in the date.

December, 2020

Sunday, December 6

• Saint Nicholas Day (Christian)

Tuesday, December 8

• Bodhi Day
• Immaculate Conception of Mary (Catholic Christian)

December 11-19

• Hanukkah (Jewish)

Saturday, December 12

• Feast Day – Our Lady of Guadalupe (Catholic Christian)

Monday, December 21

• Solstice
• Yule (Christian)
• Yule (Litha* – Wicca/Pagan)

Thursday, December 24

• Christmas Eve (Christian)

Friday, December 25

• Christmas* (Christian)
• Feast of the Nativity **(Orthodox Christian)

Saturday, December 26

• Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) **(Zoroastrian)
• St. Stephen’s Day (Christian)

January 2021

Friday, January 1

• Mary, Mother of God (Catholic Christian)
• Feast of St Basil (Orthodox Christian)
• Shogatsu/Gantan-sai (Shinto)
• Baptism of the Lord Jesus (Christian)

Tuesday, January 5

• Guru Gobindh Singh Birthday (Sikh)

Wednesday, January 6

• Epiphany (Christian)
• Feast of the Epiphany (Orthodox Christian)

Thursday, January 7

• Feast of the Nativity (Orthodox Christian)

Wednesday, January 13

• Maghi (Sikh)

Tuesday, January 19

• Timkat (Ethiopian Christian)

Thursday, January 29

• Tu B’Shvat** (Jewish)

February 2021

Tuesday, February 2

• Imbolc-Lughnassad** (Wicca/Neo Pagan)

Wednesday, February 3

• Setsebun (Shinto)

Monday, February 8

• Nirvana Day (Buddhism)

Friday, February 12

• Chinese New Year (Chinese traditional)

Sunday, February 14

• St. Valentine’s Day (Christian)
• Transfiguration Sunday (Christian)

Monday, February 15

• Nirvana Day (Buddhist-Jain)

Tuesday, February 16

• Vasant Panchami (Hindu)
• Shrove Tuesday (Christian)
  

Wednesday, February 17

• Lent Begins (Orthodox Christian)

Friday, February 26

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March 2021

March 2-20

• Nineteen Day Fast (Baha’i)

Friday, March 12

• Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)

Wednesday, March 17

• St. Patrick’s Day (Christian)

Thursday, March 18

• Waqf al Arafa** (Islam)

Sunday, March 21

• Norooz -New Year (Persian/Zoroastrian
• Naw-Ruz- New Year** (Baha’i)
• Ostara-Mabon** (Wicca/Neo Pagan
• Orthodox Sunday (Orthodox Christian)

Thursday, March 25

• Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Catholic Christian)
• Mahavir Jayanti (Jain)

Friday, March 26

• Khordad San-Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra (Zoroastrian)

Sunday, March 28

• Lailat al Bara’ah** (Islam)
• Lord’s Evening Meal (Jehovah’s Witness Christian)
• Magha Puja Day (Buddhist)
• Palm Sunday (Christian)

March 28-April 8

• Pesach** (Jewish)

Monday, March 29

• Holi (Hindu)

April, 2021

September, 2021

Wednesday, September 1

• Religious year begins (Orthodox Christian)

September 6, 7

• Rosh Hashanah* (Jewish)

September 8

• Nativity of Virgin Mary (Christian)

Friday, September 10

• Ganesh Chaturthi** (Hindu)

Saturday, September 11

• Ethiopian New Year
• Paryushana Parva (Jain)

Monday, September 13

• Yom Kippur* (Jewish)
  

Tuesday, September 14

• Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Christian)

September 21-27

• Sukkot* (Jewish)

Tuesday, September 21

• Paryushana Parva (Jain)

Wednesday, September 22

• Mabon-Imbolc (Wicca/Pagan)

Monday, September 27

• Meskel (Ethiopian Eritrean Orthodox Christian)

Tuesday, September 28

• Shemini Atzeret* (Jewish)

Wednesday, September 29

• Michael and All Angels (Christian)
• Simchat Torah* (Jewish)

October, 2021

Monday, October 4

• St. Francis Day (Catholic Christian)
• Blessing of the Animals (Christian)

October 7-14

• Navaratri** (Hindu)

Friday, October 15

• Dasara** (Hindu)

Monday, October 18

• Mawlid an Nabi ** (Islam)

Wednesday, October 20

• Birth of the B’ab** (Baha’i)
• Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth (Sikh)

Sunday, October 31

• All Hallows Eve (Christian)
• Reformation Day (Protestant Christian)
• Samhain* (Wicca/Neo Pagan)
• Deep Diwali (Jain)

November, 2021

Monday, November 1

• All Saints Day (Christian)

Tuesday, November 2

• All Souls Day (Catholic Christian)

Thursday, November 4

• Diwali** (Hindu-Jain)

Friday, November 5

• Vikram New Year** (Hindu)

Friday, November 12

• Birth of Baha’u’llah** (Baha’i)

Saturday, November 13

• Jain New Year (Jain)

Wednesday, November 24

• Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur (Sikh)

Friday, November 26

• Day of the Covenant** (Baha’i)
• Feast of the Holy Family (Catholic Christian)

Sunday, November 28

• First Sunday of Advent (Christian)
• Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Baha** (Baha’i)

November 29-December 6

• Hanukkah* (Jewish)

Tuesday, November 30

• St. Andrew’s Day (Christian)

December, 2021

Monday, December 6

• Saint Nicholas Day (Christian)

Wednesday, December 8

• Bodhi Day -Buddhism
• Immaculate Conception of Mary (Catholic Christian)

Sunday, December 12

• Feast Day – Our Lady of Guadalupe (Catholic Christian)

December 16-25

• Posadas Navidenas (Hispanic Christian)

Tuesday, December 21

• Yule (Christian)

Wednesday, December 22

• Yule/Winter Solstice** (Wicca/Neo Pagan)

Saturday, December 25

• Christmas (Christian)
• Feast of the Nativity** (Orthodox Christian)

Monday, December 26

• Zarathosht Diso (Zoroastrian)
• St. Stephen’s Day (Christian)

Thursday, December 30

• Holy Family (Catholic Christian)

Friday, December 31

• Watch Night (Christian)