NOTABLE DATES (U.K.) – 2020
Religious and otherwise
For UK Public/Bank Holidays –
2018 – 2021Dates 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
JanuaryHolocaust Memorial Day 27th January Accession of Queen Elizabeth II 6th February St. Valentine’s Day
14th February Parinirvana Day 15th February Maha
Shivratri21st February Shrove Tuesday 25th February Ash Wednesday 26th February St. David’s Day (Wales) 1st March Holi 9th March Commonwealth Day 9th March Purim
begins10th 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 Day8th 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
JuneBattle
of the Boyne (Northern Ireland)13th July* St. Swithin’s Day 15th July Eid
al-Adha31st July August Bank Holiday (Scotland) 3rd August Al
Hijra (New Year)20th
AugustAugust Bank Holiday
(England, Wales, N. Ireland)31st August Rosh Hashanah
(Jewish New Year)19th September International
Day of Peace21st September Yom Kippur 28th September Succoth- 1st day 3rd October Navratri 1st day 17th October United Nations
Day24th 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.