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 |
SIKH
(Nanakshahi calendar)
|
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
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