NOTABLE DATES (U.K.) – 2014 Religious and otherwise For UK Public/Bank Holidays – 2015 – 2018 Dates given in good faith but we cannot guarantee accuracy
New Year’s Day	1st January (1st/2nd Scotland)
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (Nanakshahi calendar)	5th January
Epiphany	6th January
Milad Un Nabi (Shia)	13th January
Burn’s Night	25th January
Holocaust Memorial Day	27th January
Chinese New Year – Year of the Horse	31st January
Accession of Queen Elizabeth II	6th February
Parinirvana Day	8th February
St. Valentine’s Day	14th February
Maha Shivratri	28th February
St. David’s Day (Wales)	1st March
Shrove Tuesday  (pancake day)	4th March
Ash Wednesday	5th March
Commonwealth Day	10th March
Purim begins	16th March
St. Patrick’s Day (Ireland)	17th March
Holi	17th March
Mothers Day (UK)	30th March
Palm Sunday	13th April
Vaisakhi/Baisakhi (Nanakshahi calendar)	14th April
Birthday of Guru Nanak (Nanakshahi calendar)	14th April
Pesach – 1st day	15th April
Good Friday	18th April
Easter Sunday	20th April
Easter Monday	21st April
Queen Elizabeth II Birthday	21st April
St. George’s Day (England)	23rd April
World Red Cross/Red Crescent Day	8th May
Wesak (Buddha Day)	14th May
Spring Bank Holiday	25th May
Ascension Day	29th May
Coronation Day	2nd June
Shavuot – 1st day	4th June
Whit Sunday	8th June
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Birthday	10th June
Queen’s Official Birthday (to be confirmed)	14th June
Trinity Sunday	15th June
Father’s Day (UK)	15th June
Martydom of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi calendar)	16th June
Corpus Christi	19th June
Prince William’s Birthday	21st June
Armed Forces Day	28th June
Ramadan (begins)	29th June
Battle of the Boyne (Northern Ireland)	14th July
St. Swithin’s Day	15th July
Eid al-Fitr	28th July
August Bank Holiday (Scotland)	4th August
August Bank Holiday (England, Wales, N. Ireland)	25th August
International Day of Peace	21st September
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)	25th September
Navratri 1st day	25th September
Yom Kippur	4th October
Eid al-Adha	4th October
Succoth- 1st day	9th October
Diwali	23rd October
United Nations Day	24th October
Al Hijra (New Year)	25th October
Halloween	31st October
Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes)	5th November
Remembrance Sunday	9th November
Armistice Day	11th November
Prince of Wales’s Birthday	14th November
Martydom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Nanakshahi calendar)	24th November
St. Andrew’s Day (Scotland)	30th November
Advent Sunday	30th November
Bodhi  Day	8th December
Chanukah – 1st day	17th 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.