NOTABLE DATES (U.K.) – 2018 Religious and otherwise For UK Public/Bank Holidays – 2016 – 2019 Dates given in good faith but we cannot guarantee accuracy
New Year’s Day	1st January
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (Nanakshahi calendar)	5th January
Epiphany	6th January
Burn’s Night	25th January
Holocaust Memorial Day	27th January
Accession of Queen Elizabeth II	6th February
Parinirvana Day	8th February
Shrove Tuesday  (pancake day)	13th February
Ash Wednesday	14th February
St. Valentine’s Day	14th February
Maha Shivratri	14th February
Chinese New Year – Year of the Dog	16th February
Purim begins	1st March
St. David’s Day (Wales)	1st March
Holi	2nd March
Mothers Day (UK)	11th March
Commonwealth Day	12th March
St. Patrick’s Day (Ireland)	17th March
Palm Sunday	25th March
Good Friday	30th March
Pesach – 1st day	31st March
Easter Sunday	1st April
Easter Monday	2nd April
Vaisakhi/Baisakhi (Nanakshahi calendar)	14th April
Birthday of Guru Nanak (Nanakshahi calendar)	15th April
Queen Elizabeth II Birthday	21st April
St. George’s Day (England)	23rd April
Wesak (Buddha Day)	30th April
World Red Cross/Red Crescent Day	8th May
Ascension Day	10th May
Ramadan (begins)	16th May
Shavuot – 1st day	20th May
Whit Sunday	20th May
Trinity Sunday	27th May
Spring Bank Holiday	28th May
Corpus Christi	31st May
Coronation Day	2nd June
Queen’s Official Birthday (to be confirmed)	9th June
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Birthday	10th June
Eid al-Fitr	15th June
Martydom of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi calendar)	16th June
Father’s Day (UK)	17th June
Prince William’s Birthday	21st June
Armed Forces Day	30th June
Battle of the Boyne (Northern Ireland)	12th July
St. Swithin’s Day	15th July
August Bank Holiday (Scotland)	5th August
Eid al-Adha	22nd August
August Bank Holiday (England, Wales, N. Ireland)	27th August
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)	10th September
Al Hijra (New Year)	11th September
Yom Kippur	19th September
International Day of Peace	21st September
Succoth- 1st day	24th September
Navratri 1st day	9th October
United Nations Day	24th October
Halloween	31st October
Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes)	5th November
Diwali	7th November
Remembrance Sunday	11th November
Armistice Day	11th November
Prince of Wales’s Birthday	14th November
Milad Un Nabi	20th November
Martydom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Nanakshahi calendar)	24th November
St. Andrew’s Day (Scotland)	30th November
Advent Sunday	2nd December
Chanukah – 1st day	3rd December
Bodhi  Day	8th 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.