NOTABLE DATES (U.K.) – 2019
Religious and otherwise
For UK Public/Bank Holidays –
2017 – 2020Dates 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
FebruaryAccession of Queen Elizabeth II
6th February Parinirvana Day 8th February St. Valentine’s Day 14th February Purim
begins1st March St. David’s Day (Wales) 1st March Holi 2nd March Maha
Shivratri4th 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
AprilEaster Monday 22nd April St. George’s Day
(England)23rd April Ramadan
(begins)6th May World Red
Cross/Red Crescent Day8th 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
JunePrince 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-Adha12th August August Bank Holiday
(England, Wales, N. Ireland)26th August Al
Hijra (New Year)1st September International
Day of Peace21st September Succoth- 1st day 24th September Navratri 1st day 29th September Rosh Hashanah
(Jewish New Year)30th September Yom Kippur 9th October United Nations
Day24th 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.