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RELIGIOUS DATES - 2010 (UK)
I have listed below some of the more prominent dates in the various religious calendars:-
CHRISTIAN
Epiphany |
January |
6th |
Shrove Tuesday |
February | 16th |
Ash Wednesday |
February | 17th |
Mothering Sunday |
March | 14th (UK) |
Palm Sunday |
March | 28th |
Good Friday |
April | 2nd |
Easter Day |
April | 4th |
Ascension Day, Holy Thursday |
May | 13th |
Whit Sunday, Pentecost |
May | 23rd |
Trinity Sunday |
May | 30th |
Corpus Christi |
June | 3rd |
All Saints’ Day |
November |
1st |
First Sunday in Advent |
November |
28th |
Christmas Day |
December |
25th |
JEWISH
| Purim | February | 28th |
First Day of Passover (Pesach) 1st day |
March | 30th |
Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) 1st day |
May |
19th |
Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) |
September |
9th |
Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) |
September |
18th |
First Day of Tabernacles (Succot) |
September | 23rd |
| Hanukkah/Chanukah - 1st day | December | 2nd |
ISLAMIC
| Milad an-Nabi (Prophet's birthday) | February | 26th |
First Day of Ramadân |
August |
11th |
| Eid al-Fitr | September | 10th |
| Ei Dul al-Adha | November | 17th |
| Islamic New Year (Al-Hijra) | December | 8th |
| Ashura | December | 16th |
CHINESE
| New Year (Year of the Tiger) | February | 14th |
BUDDHIST
| Parinirvana Day | February | 8th |
| Wesak (Buddah Day) | May | 27th |
| Bodhi Day (Buddha's enlightenment) | December | 8th |
HINDU
| Mahashivrati | February | 12th |
| Holi | March | 1st |
| Navratri 1st Day | October | 8th |
| Diwali | November | 5th |
(Nanakshahi calendar)SIKH
| Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji | January | 5th |
| Vaisakhi | April | 13th |
| Birthday of Guru Nanak | April | 14th |
| Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji | June | 16th |
| Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji | November | 24th |
Useful calendar of major Festivals in India during 2009
These dates are given in good faith but we cannot guarantee their accuracy