NOTABLE DATES (U.K.) - 2011

Religious and otherwise

For UK Public/Bank Holidays - 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014

 

2011
New Year's Day	1st January (3rd in lieu)
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (Nanakshahi calendar)	5th January
Epiphany	6th January
Burn's Night	25th January
Chinese New Year (year of the rabbit)	3rd February
Accession of Queen Elizabeth II	6th February
Parinirvana Day	8th February
Milad Un Nabi (Shia)	15th February
St. David's Day (Wales)	1st March
Maha Shivratri	3rd March
Shrove Tuesday  (pancake day)	8th March
Ash Wednesday	9th March
Commonwealth Day	14th March
St. Patrick’s Day	17th March
Holi	19th March
Purim	20th March
Mothers Day (UK)	3rd April
Vaisakhi/Baisakhi (Nanakshahi calendar)	13th April
Birthday of Guru Nanak (Nanakshahi calendar)	14th April
Palm Sunday	17th April
Pesach - 1st day	19th April
Queen Elizabeth II Birthday	21st April
Good Friday	22nd April
St. George’s Day	23rd April
Easter Sunday	24th April
Easter Monday	25th April
Marriage of Prince William and Catherine (Kate) Middleton	29th April
May Day (UK)	2nd May
Mothers' Day (USA)	8th May
Wesak (Buddha Day)	17th May
Spring Bank Holiday	30th May
Coronation Day	2nd June
Ascension Day	2nd June
Shavuot - 1st day	8th June
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Birthday	10th June
Queen’s Official Birthday	11th June (to be confirmed)
Whit Sunday	12th June
Fathers' Day (United Kingdom & USA)	19th June
Prince William’s Birthday	21st June
Battle of the Boyne (Northern Ireland)	12th July
Ramadan (begins)	1st August
August Bank Holiday	29th August
Eid al-Fitr	30th August
Fathers' Day (Australia and New Zealand)	4th September
Navratri 1st day	28th September
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)	29th September
Yom Kippur	8th October
Succoth- 1st day	13th October
Diwali	26th October
Halloween	31st October
Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes)	5th November
Eid al-Adha	6th November
Remembrance Sunday	13th November
Prince of Wales’s Birthday	14th November
Al Hijra (New Year)	26th November
Advent Sunday	27th November
St. Andrew’s Day (Scotland)	30th November
Bodhi  Day	8th December
Chanukah - 1st day	21st December
Christmas Eve	24th December
Christmas Day	25th December (Bank holiday 27th in lieu)
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.