NOTABLE DATES (U.K.) – 2017
Religious and otherwise
For UK Public/Bank Holidays –
2015 -2018Dates 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
Shivratri25th 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
Sunday26th 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
AprilGood 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 Day8th 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
Day31st 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
JulySt. 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
day21st September International
Day of Peace21st 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
Day24th 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 NovemberSt. Andrew’s Day (Scotland) 30th
NovemberMilad Un Nabi
(Shia)1st December Advent Sunday 3rd December Bodhi Day 8th
DecemberChanukah – 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.