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NOTABLE DATES (U.K.) - 2007
Religious and otherwise
New Year's Day 1st January Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji 5th January Epiphany 6th January Al-Hijra 20th January Burn's Night 25th January Ashura 29th January Accession of Queen Elizabeth II
6th February Parinirvana Day 8th February Valentine's Day 14th February Chinese New Year (Year of the Boar) 18th February Shrove Tuesday (pancake day) 20th February Ash Wednesday 21st February St. David's Day (Wales) 1st March Holi 4th March Purim 4th March Commonwealth Day 12th March St. Patrick’s Day 17th March Mothers Day (UK)
18th March British Summertime (clocks go forward 1 hr) 25th March Milad an-Nabi 31st March Palm Sunday 1st April Pesach - 1st day 3rd April Good Friday 6th April Easter Sunday 8th April Hanamatsuri 8th April Easter Monday 9th April Vaisakhi (Nanakshahi calendar) 13th April Queen Elizabeth II Birthday
21st April St. George’s Day
23rd April William Shakespeare's birthday 23rd April May Day 1st May Wesak 2nd May Ascension Day 17th May Shavuot - 1st day 23rd May Whit Sunday 27th May Spring Bank Holiday 28th May Coronation Day
2nd June Queen’s Official Birthday
9th June (to be confirmed) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Birthday
10th June Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji (Nanakshahi calendar) 16th June Fathers' Day (United Kingdom) 17th June Prince William’s Birthday
21st June August Bank Holiday 27th August Ramadan 13th September Rosh Hashanah 13th September Yom Kippur 22nd September Succot - 1st day 27th September Navratri 1st day 12th October Eid al-Fitr 13th October GMT (clocks go back 1 hr) 28th October Halloween 31st October London to Bright Veteran Car Run 2nd November Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes) 5th November Diwali 9th November Remembrance Sunday
11th November Prince of Wales’s Birthday
14th November Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji (Nanakshahi calendar) 24th November St. Andrew’s Day (Scotland)
30th November Advent Sunday 2nd December Chanukah - 1st day 6th December Bodhi Day 8th December Eid al-Adha 20th December Christmas Eve 24th December Christmas Day 25th December Boxing Day (St. Stephen's Day) 26th December New Year's Eve /Hogmanay 31st December All dates are given in good faith but as many religious dates are based on the lunar calendar we cannot guarantee accuracy.
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