Collection: Holidays

Christian Holidays

• Christmas (December 25)
• Easter (date varies each year, usually in March or April)
• Good Friday (date varies each year, usually the Friday before Easter)
• Epiphany (January 6)
• All Saints' Day (November 1)
• All Souls' Day (November 2)
• Pentecost (date varies, 50 days after Easter)
• Ash Wednesday (date varies each year, marks the beginning of Lent)
• Maundy Thursday (date varies, usually the Thursday before Easter)
• Feast of the Assumption (August 15)
• Feast of the Immaculate Conception (December 8)
• Feast of the Annunciation (March 25)
• Feast of St. Patrick (March 17)
• Feast of St. Valentine (February 14)
• Indepedance Day

Jewish Holidays

• Passover (Pesach) (date varies each year, usually in March or April)
• Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) (date varies, usually in September)
• Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) (date varies, 10 days after Rosh Hashanah)
• Hanukkah (Festival of Lights) (date varies, usually in December)
• Purim (date varies, usually in February or March)
• Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) (date varies, usually in September or October)
• Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) (date varies, usually in May or June)
• Simchat Torah (date varies, immediately following Sukkot)
• Tisha B'Av (date varies, usually in July or August)

Islamic Holidays (Hijri Calendar)

• Eid alFitr (date varies each year, at the end of Ramadan)
• Eid alAdha (date varies each year, during the Hajj pilgrimage)
• Ramadan (date varies each year, month of fasting)
• Mawlid alNabi (Birthday of Prophet Muhammad) (date varies each year)
• Ashura (date varies each year, observed in Muharram)
• Laylat alQadr (date varies each year, during Ramadan)
• Islamic New Year (date varies each year)
• Day of Arafat (9th day of Dhu alHijjah, during Hajj)

Hindu Holidays

• Diwali (Festival of Lights) (date varies, usually in October or November)
• Holi (Festival of Colors) (date varies, usually in March)
• Navaratri (date varies, usually in September or October)
• Durga Puja (date varies, usually in September or October)
• Raksha Bandhan (date varies, usually in August)
• Janmashtami (date varies, usually in August)
• Ganesh Chaturthi (date varies, usually in August or September)

Buddhist Holidays

• Vesak (Buddha Day) (date varies, usually in May)
•  Magha Puja (date varies, usually in February or March)
•  Asalha Puja (date varies, usually in July)
•  Kathina (date varies, usually in October or November)
•  Parinirvana Day (date varies, commemorating Buddha's death)