NOTABLE DATES (U.K.) – 2020 Religious and otherwise For UK Public/Bank Holidays – 2018 – 2021 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
Chinese New Year – Year of the Rat	25th January
Holocaust Memorial Day	27th January
Accession of Queen Elizabeth II	6th February
St. Valentine’s Day	14th February
Parinirvana Day	15th February
Maha Shivratri	21st February
Shrove Tuesday	25th February
Ash Wednesday	26th February
St. David’s Day (Wales)	1st March
Holi	9th March
Commonwealth Day	9th March
Purim begins	10th March
St. Patrick’s Day (Ireland)	17th March
Mothers Day (UK)	22nd March
Palm Sunday	5th April
Pesach – 1st day	9th April
Good Friday	10th April
Easter Monday	12th April
Vaisakhi/Baisakhi (Nanakshahi calendar)	14th April
Birthday of Guru Nanak (Nanakshahi calendar)	14th April
Queen Elizabeth II Birthday	21st April
St. George’s Day (England)	23rd April
Ramadan (begins)	24th April
Wesak (Buddha Day)	7th May
World Red Cross/Red Crescent Day	8th May
Ascension Day	21st May
Eid al-Fitr	24th May
Shavuot – 1st day	29th May
Whit Sunday (Pentecost)	31st May
Coronation Day	2nd June
Trinity Sunday	7th June
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Birthday	10th June
Corpus Christi	11th June
Queen’s Official Birthday (to be confirmed)	13th June
Martydom of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi calendar)	16th June
Fathers’ Day UK	21st June
Prince William’s Birthday	21st June
Armed Forces Day	27th June
Battle of the Boyne (Northern Ireland)	13th July*
St. Swithin’s Day	15th July
Eid al-Adha	31st July
August Bank Holiday (Scotland)	3rd August
Al Hijra (New Year)	20th August
August Bank Holiday (England, Wales, N. Ireland)	31st August
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)	19th September
International Day of Peace	21st September
Yom Kippur	28th September
Succoth- 1st day	3rd October
Navratri 1st day	17th October
United Nations Day	24th October
Milad Un Nabi	29th October
Halloween	31st October
Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes)	5th November
Remembrance Sunday	8th November
Armistice Day	11th November
Diwali	14th November
Prince of Wales’s Birthday	14th November
Martydom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Nanakshahi calendar)	24th November
Advent Sunday	29th November
St. Andrew’s Day (Scotland)	30th November
Bodhi  Day	8th December
Chanukah – 1st day	11th December
Christmas Eve	24th December
Christmas Day	25th December
Boxing Day (St. Stephen’s Day)	26th December 28th Bank holiday UK in lieu
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.