NOTABLE DATES (U.K.) – 2019 Religious and otherwise For UK Public/Bank Holidays – 2017 – 2020 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
Chinese New Year – Year of the Pig	5th February
Accession of Queen Elizabeth II	6th February
Parinirvana Day	8th February
St. Valentine’s Day	14th February
Purim begins	1st March
St. David’s Day (Wales)	1st March
Holi	2nd March
Maha Shivratri	4th March
Shrove Tuesday  (pancake day)	5th March
Ash Wednesday	6th March
Commonwealth Day	11th March
St. Patrick’s Day (Ireland)	17th March
Mothers Day (UK)	31st March
Palm Sunday	14th April
Vaisakhi/Baisakhi (Nanakshahi calendar)	14th April
Birthday of Guru Nanak (Nanakshahi calendar)	15th April
Good Friday	19th April
Pesach – 1st day	20th April
Queen Elizabeth II Birthday	21st April
Easter Sunday	21st April
Easter Monday	22nd April
St. George’s Day (England)	23rd April
Ramadan (begins)	6th May
World Red Cross/Red Crescent Day	8th May
Wesak (Buddha Day)	18th May
Whit Sunday	20th May
Trinity Sunday	27th May
Spring Bank Holiday	28th May
Ascension Day	30th May
Coronation Day	2nd June
Eid al-Fitr	5th June
Queen’s Official Birthday (to be confirmed)	9th June
Shavuot – 1st day	9th June
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Birthday	10th June
Martydom of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi calendar)	16th June
Father’s Day (UK)	16th June
Corpus Christi	20th June
Prince William’s Birthday	21st June
Armed Forces Day	29th June
Battle of the Boyne (Northern Ireland)	12th July
St. Swithin’s Day	15th July
August Bank Holiday (Scotland)	5th August
Eid al-Adha	12th August
August Bank Holiday (England, Wales, N. Ireland)	26th August
Al Hijra (New Year)	1st September
International Day of Peace	21st September
Succoth- 1st day	24th September
Navratri 1st day	29th September
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)	30th September
Yom Kippur	9th October
United Nations Day	24th October
Diwali	27th October
Halloween	31st October
Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes)	5th November
Milad Un Nabi	10th November
Remembrance Sunday	10th 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	1st December
Bodhi  Day	8th December
Chanukah – 1st day	23rd 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.