Notable dates of special days, religious holidays, celebrations and Bank holidays in 2017 in the UK.

NOTABLE DATES (U.K.) – 2017 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 (2nd in lieu)
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (Nanakshahi calendar)	5th January
Epiphany	6th January
Burn’s Night	25th January
Holocaust Memorial Day	27th January
Chinese New Year / Year of the Rooster	28th January
Accession of Queen Elizabeth II	6th February
Parinirvana Day	8th February
St. Valentine’s Day	14th February
Maha Shivratri	25th February
Shrove Tuesday (pancake day)	28th February
Ash Wednesday	1st March
St. David’s Day (Wales)	1st March
Commonwealth Day	13th March
Purim begins	12th March
Holi	13th March
St. Patrick’s Day	17th March
Mothering Sunday	26th March
Easter Monday	1st April
Palm Sunday	9th April
Pesach – 1st day	11th April
Vaisakhi/Baisakhi (Nanakshahi calendar)	13th April
Birthday of Guru Nanak (Nanakshahi calendar)	14th April
Good Friday	14th April
Easter Day	16th April
Easter Monday	17th April
Queen Elizabeth II Birthday	21st April
St. George’s Day	23rd April
May Day (UK)	1st May
World Red Cross/Red Crescent Day	8th May
Wesak (Buddha Day)	10th May
Mothers’ Day (USA, Australia)	14th May
Ascension Day	25th May
Ramadan begins	27th May
Spring Bank Holiday	28th May
Shavuot – 1st Day	31st May
Coronation Day	2nd June
Whit Sunday	4th June
Queen’s Official Birthday	10th June (to be confirmed)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Birthday	10th June
Trinity Sunday	11th June
Corpus Christi	15th June
Martydom of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi calendar)	16th June
Fathers’ Day (United Kingdom / USA / Canada)	18th June
Prince William’s Birthday	21st June
Armed Forces Day	24th June
Eid al-Fitr	25th June
Battle of the Boyne (Northern Ireland)	12th July
St. Swithin’s Day	15th July
August Bank Holiday (Scotland)	7th August
August Bank Holiday (England, Wales, N. Ireland)	28th August
Eid Ul-Adha	1st September
Fathers’ Day (Australia and New Zealand)	3rd September
Navrati – 1st day	21st September
International Day of Peace	21st September
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)	21st September
Al-Hijra (New Year)	22nd September
Yom Kippur	30th September
Succoth – 1st day	5th October
Diwali begins	19th October
United Nations Day	24th October
Halloween	31st October
Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes)	5th November
Armistice Day	11th November
Remembrance Sunday	12th November
Prince of Wales’s Birthday	14th November
Martydom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Nanakshahi calendar)	24th November
St. Andrew’s Day (Scotland)	30th November
Milad Un Nabi (Shia)	1st December
Advent Sunday	3rd December
Bodhi  Day	8th December
Chanukah – 1st day	12th 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.