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Day Month Year Event
1 January Annually New Year Holiday (UK, R of Ireland. USA, Canada, Australia)
1 January Annually Shinto Oshogatsu (or Shogatsu) Shinto New Year, one of the most popular occasions for shrine visits.
1 January Annually Festival of St Basil the Great St Basil is one of the great fathers of the Orthodox Church
1 January 2011 Bank Holiday UK & Rep of Ireland
5 January 2011 12th Night of Christmas. Christmas trees & Decorations down
5 January Annually Monday 5 January Sikh Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh (Nanakshahi calendar) Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708) was the tenth and last of the Sikh Gurus. He instituted the Five Ks and established the Order of the Khalsa.
6 January 2011 6 January Christmas Day (Armenian Orthodox) Armenian Christians celebrate Christ's birth at Epiphany, except for Armenians in the Holy Land, who celebrate Christmas on January 19th. Theophany Orthodox churches mark the baptism of Jesus on this day. Epiphany. Celebrates the visit of the wise men (the magi) to the infant Jesus. Epiphany takes place on the 6th of January In the East, where it originated, the Epiphany celebrates the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist in the River Jordan. (Catholics and Episcopalians celebrate this separately: see Baptism of the Lord) Also known as Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day).
6 January Annually Jewish 10th Tevet An important Jewish fast day
6 January Annually Russian Christmas Day Wednesday 7 January Christmas Day (Orthodox) Most Orthodox churches use the Julian rather than the Gregorian version of the Western calendar. As a result, they celebrate Christmas 13 days later than other Christian churches.
9 January 2011 Baptism of the Lord Sunday 11 January Commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan by John the Baptist. Occurs on the first Sunday after Epiphany. Catholics and Episcopalians celebrate this holy day, but Eastern Christianity celebrates the baptism of Jesus at Epiphany. Also this is the First Sunday after Epiphany. Epiphany takes place on the 6th of January, but most Christians celebrate it on the first Sunday after that date.
11 January to 27 March /td> 2011 LAW SITTING Session term Hilary
13 January 2011 13 January St Hilary's Day According to tradition, "St. Hilary's is the coldest day of the year." St. Hilary was a fourth century Bishop of Poitiers.
14 January 2011 Hindu Makar Sankrant Makar Sankrant is one of the most important festivals of the Hindu calendar and celebrates the sun's journey into the northern hemisphere.
15 January 2011 15 January Shinto Seijin Shiki (Adults' Day) Japanese who have reached legal adulthood in the previous year attend a shrine to give thanks.
17 January Annually Martin Luther King Jr Day
18 January 2011 18 January Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begains First celebrated in 1908. The days of 18-25 January (regardless of the days of the week involved) were originally chosen because they covered the days between the feast of St Peter and the feast of St Paul. Some churches and regions use a different week.
18 January 2011 Bahai World Religion Day World Religion Day was instituted by the Baha'i community in 1950 to help foster interfaith understanding and harmony.
20 January 2011 21 January Vasant Panchami (Hindu) Dedicated to Saraswati the goddess of learning and Brahmas wife. The festival marks the beginning of springtime in India.
21 January 2011 21 January St Agnes Patron saint of girls, martyred at the age of 13.
25 January 2011 25 January BURNS NIGHT
25 January 2011 25 January St Paul's Day Anglicans and Catholics celebrate St Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus.
28 January 2011 St Thomas Aquinas (Christian) Doctor of the Christian Church. Patron Saint of Students.
26 January Annually Australia Day. Australia Day, also known as Anniversary Day and Foundation Day, is the official national day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January, the day commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, the unfurling of the British flag at Sydney Cove and the proclamation of British sovereignty over the eastern seaboard of Australia. Australia Day is an official public holiday in every state and territory of Australia, and is marked by the Order of Australia and Australian of the Year awards
27 January 2011 27 January. Jewish National Holocaust Memorial Day. The UK Holocaust Memorial Day was first held in January 2001. The date was chosen as the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
30 January 2011 Friday 30 January 2011. SOS Day. The Royal National Lifeboat Day
31 January 2011 31 January Sikh Birthday of Guru Har Rai (Nanakshahi calendar) Guru Har Rai (1630-1661) was the seventh of the Sikh Gurus
31 January 2011 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch Survey UK
2 February 2011 2 February. Christian Candlemas This is often called The Presentation of Christ in the Temple and commemorates the day Mary took Jesus to the Temple at Jerusalem to present him to God.
2 February 2011 2 February. Pagan Imbolc Also called Oimelc and Candlemas, Imbolc celebrates the awakening of the land and the growing power of the Sun.
2 February 2011 Worlds Wetlands Day
3 February 2011 3 February. Shinto Rissun (Setsubun) A Spring festival that marks the division between Winter and Spring and is celebrated with beans.
6 February Annually Accession of Queen Elizabeth II
5 February 2011 UNICEF Day of Change.
8 February 2011 Buddhist Parinirvana - Nirvana day Mahayana Buddhist festival marking the anniversary of Buddha's death. Pure Land Buddhists call the festival "Nirvana Day". Parinirvana is celebrated by some Buddhists on February 8th
11 February 2011 11 February. Christian Our Lady of Lourdes Celebrates the day in 1858 when St Bernadette had her first vision of the Virgin Mary.
12 February 2011 12 February Hindu Mahashivratri Mahashivratri is a Hindu festival dedicated to Shiva, one of the deities of the Hindu Trinity.
14 February 2011 Buddhist Losar (start) The most important holiday in Tibet, marking the Tibetan New Year. The celebration lasts three days from today.
14 February 2011 Chinese Chinese New Year
14 February Annually St Valentines Day. Saturday 14 February Christian St Valentine's Day Now more a secular festival than a religious one. There are at least three different saints named Valentine.
15 February 2011 Buddhist Parinirvana - Alternate Nirvana day Mahayana Buddhist festival marking the anniversary of Buddha's death. Pure Land Buddhists call the festival "Nirvana Day". Parinirvana is celebrated by some Buddhists on February 8th
26 February Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad) Muslim. Shia Muslims celebrate this 5 days later
28 February 2011 Scottish QUARTER DAYS Candlemas
28 February 2011 Hili (Hindu Spring Festival)
1 March Annually Sunday 1 March Christian St David's Day Saint David, or Dewi Sant as he's called in the Welsh language, is the patron saint of Wales.
1 March 2011 1 March Sikh Hola Mohalla (Lunar Calendar)Hola Mohalla is three day festival of military exercises and mock battles, together with religious discussions and devotional music, at Anandpur Sahib on the day after Holi.
2 March 2011 Bahai. Nineteen Day Fast (start) Ends 20th March. During this period Baha'is go without food or drink from sunrise to sunset.
3 March 2011 Tuesday 3 March Shinto Hina-matsuri - Festival of Dolls Celebrates daughters in the family
4 March 2011 Worlds Maths Day.
5 March 2011 Thursday 5 March Christian St Piran's Day Piran is regarded as the patron saint of Cornwall and tin miners. He was born in Ireland. The Cornish flag may have been inspired by the legend that Piran discovered the process for smelting tin: black rock with a white cross of pure metal.
6 March 2011 Christian Women's World Day of Prayer This dates from 1887 and is celebrated on the first Friday of March.World Day of Prayer
7 March 2011 Christian. Beginning of Lent (Orthodox)Clean Monday -The start of the "Great Lent" for Orthodox Christians. This day is called Clean Monday, and occurs seven weeks before the Orthodox Easter
8 March 2011 Tuesday 8th March Christian Shrove Tuesday Also called Pancake Day and Mardi Gras. The British name of "Pancake Day" comes from the tradition of making pancakes to use up all the food that could not be eaten during Lent.
9 March 2011 Ash Wednesday 1st Day of Lent in Western Christian Churches.
9 March 2011 Commonwealth Day.
14 March Annually Commonwealth Day
17 March 2011 17 March St Patricks Day Patron Saint of Ireland.
20 March 2011 Spring Equinox also Eoster (Pagan)(Purim)
20 March 201 Official First Day of Spring
21 March 2011 21 March. Naw Ruz (Bahai) Baha New Year
21 March 2011/td> 21 March. Jamshedi Noruz (Fasli) Zoroastrian New Year.
21 March 2011 Shubun-sai Shinto Equinox
24 March 2011 April Hindu Swaminarayan Jayanti This day marks the birth of Bhagwan Swaminarayan for those of the Swaminarayan tradition.
25 March 2011 QUARTER DAYS LADY DAY England Ireland & Wales
25 March 2011 25 March Christian Annunciation Marks the angel Gabriel's message to the Virgin Mary that she would give birth to the incarnation of Christ. It also celebrates the incarnation itself as the date falls 9 months before Christmas.
26 March 2011 Thursday 26 March Thursday 26 March Zoroastrian Khordad Sal (Fasli) The birthday of Zoroaster, celebrated on this date in the Fasli calendar. Also known as the Greater Noruz
27 March 20110 British Summertime Begins.
1 April Annually All Fools Day
9 April 2011 Hindu Hanuman Jayanti This festival marks the birth of Hanuman, the Monkey God.
April 9 to 21 May 2011 LAW SITTING Session term Easter
13 April 2011 13 April Sikh Vaisakhi The Sikh New Year Festival, which also commemmorates the founding of the Khalsa by the tenth Guru (Guru Gobind Singh) in 1699. Also spelled Baisakhi.
14 April 2011 14 April Sikh Birthday of Guru Nanak (Nanakshahi calendar) The founder of the Sikh religion was born on 14 April 1469. This festival is also currently celebrated according to the Lunar Calendar, but this may change
14 April 2011 Sikh Hola Mohalla (Nanakshahi Calendar) Hola Mohalla is currently celebrated according to the Lunar Calendar, but this may change.
19-26 April 2011 Passover (Jewish)
21 April 2011 Maundy Thursday
21 April Annually Actual Birth Date Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II
22 April 2011 22nd April Christian Good Friday Good Friday is the Friday before Easter. It commemorates the execution of Jesus by crucifixion.
23 April 2011 23 April Christian St George's Day Saint George is the patron saint of England.
24 April 2011 Christian Easter Sunday and Palm Sunday in Holy Week.
25 April 2011 Christian Easter Monday Bank Holiday..
1 May 2011 1 May Pagan Beltane Pagans celebrate Beltane with maypole dances, symbolizing the mystery of the Sacred Marriage of Goddess and God.
2 May 2011 2 May Bahai Ridvan - twelfth day Marks Baha'u'llah's departure from the Ridvan garden. Sikh Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi calendar) Guru Arjan Dev (1563-1606) was the fifth of the Sikh Gurus
2nd May 2011 MAY (EARLY)BANK HOLIDAY England & Wales.
9 May 2011 Europe Day
23 May 2011 Bahai Declaration of the Bab The Bab was the Forerunner of Baha'u'llah, founder of the Baha'i faith. His mission was to prepare the world for the coming of Baha'u'llah and he declared it in the evening of May 22 1844. Also Sikh Birthday of Guru Amar Das (Nanakshahi calendar) Guru Amar Das (1479-1574) was the third of the Sikh Gurus.
23 May 2011 Victoria Day Commonwealth Celebrations
27 May 2011 Wesak Buddha Day. Buddhist. The most important Buddhist festival. Buddhas Birthday, enlightenment and death.
28 May 2011 Scottish QUARTER DAYS Whitsuntide
29 May 2011 Sunday 29 May Christian Pentecost - Whitsun - Whitsunday The seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples and the birth of the Christian Church.
30 May 2010 Christian Trinity Sunday The first Sunday after Pentecost. Christians meditate on the nature of God as "Three in one".
30 May 2010 Christian All Saints' Day (Orthodox) This day honours all saints, known and unknown, of the Christian church. Western churches celebrate All Saints Day on November 1. Christian Corpus Christi (Catholic Church in England and Wales) Corpus Christi falls on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. The Catholic Church in England and Wales celebrates it on the following Sunday instead.
30 May 2011 SPRING BANK HOLIDAY England, Wales & N Ireland.
2 June 2011 2 June Christian Ascension Day Ascension Day marks the last earthly appearance of Christ after his resurrection. Christians believe Christ ascended into heaven. It is celebrated 40 days after Easter.
2 June Annually Coronation Day
5 June 2011 Christian CATHOLIC Ascension Day (Catholic Church in England and Wales) Ascension Day is normally celebrated 40 days after Easter. The Catholic Church in England and Wales celebrates it on the following Sunday instead.
12 June 2011 Pentecost _Whitsun Festival
10 June Annually Birthday of Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh
11 June Annually The Queen's Official Birthday
14 June to 31 July 2011 LAW SITTING Session term Trinity
16 June 2011 16 June Sikh Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi calendar) Guru Arjan Dev was the fifth Sikh Guru and the first Sikh martyr. He also compiled all of the past Gurus' writings into one book, which is now the Sikh holy scripture: the Guru Granth Sahib.
19 June 2011Trinity Sunday 1st Sunday after Pentecost
19 June June 2011 All Saints Day (Orthodox)
21 June 2011 Fathers Day
21 June 2011 21 June Pagan Summer Solstice - Litha Longest day of the year
23 June 2011 Corpus Christi
24 June 2011 QUARTER DAYS MIDSUMMER England Ireland & Wales
26 June 2011 Corpus Christi For Catholic Church in England & Wales
29 June 2011 Christian St Peter's Day Observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches. One of the oldest saints' days.
29 June 2011 Jewish 17th Tammuz An important Jewish fast day.
1 July 2011 Canada Day
4 July Annually Independents Day. USA
5 July 5 July Sikh Birthday of Guru Hargobind (Nanakshahi calendar) Guru Hargobind (1595-1644) was the sixth of the Sikh Gurus Independents Day
9 July 2011 Bahai Martyrdom of the Bab Anniversary of the Bab's execution in 1850 in Tabriz, Iran.
14 July 2011 Holiday Rep of Ireland (Orangeman's Day)
14 July 2011 Emmeline Pankhurst Day
15 July 2011 15 July Christian St Swithin's Day Swithin (or Swithun) was a Saxon bishop in the 9th century. Legend has it that the weather on his feast day, 15 July, will determine the weather for the next 40 days.
20 July 2011 Zoroastrian Jamshedi Noruz (Qadimi) Zoroastrian New Year's Day in the Qadimi calendar.
23 July 2011 Rastafari Birthday of Haile Selassie I Haile Selassie was the Emperor of Ethiopia. Rastas believe Haile Selassie is God, and that he will return to Africa members of the black community who are living in exile.
23 July 2011 Sikh Birthday of Guru Har Krishen (Nanakshahi calendar) Guru Har Krishan (1656-1664) was the eighth of the Sikh Gurus.
24 July 2011 Mormon Pioneer Day Commemorates the arrival in 1847 of the first Latter Day Saints pioneers in Salt Lake Valley.
25 July 2011 25 July Zoroastrian Khordad Sal (Qadimi) The birthday of Zoroaster, celebrated on this date in the Qadimi calendar.
26 July 2011 Asala Dharma Day (Buddhist) Buddha first teaching The Wheel of Truth. .
1 August 2011 1 August Pagan Lughnasadh - Lammas A harvest festival and one of the Pagan festivals of Celtic origin which split the year into four.
5 August 2011 5 August Hindu Raksha Bandhan Raksha Bandhan is the Hindu festival that celebrates brotherhood and love. "Raksha Bandhan" means a thread for protection.
6 August 2011 6 August Christian Transfiguration Orthodox Christian feast commemorating the sudden emanation of radiance from the person of Jesus that occurred on the mountain.
14 August 2011 14 August Hindu Janmashtami - Krishna Jayanti The Janamashtami festival marks the birth of Krishna, the most highly venerated God in the Hindu pantheon.
15 August 2011 15 August Christian Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary A largely Roman Catholic festival celebrating their belief that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was taken body and soul into heaven.
15 August 2011 15 August Christian Dormition of the Theotokos An Orthodox festival that commemorates the death, resurrection, and glorification of Christ's mother. Dormition means "falling asleep".
17 August 2011 Rastafari Birthday of Marcus Garvey Commemorates the Birthday of Marcus Garvey, the Jamaican politician born in 1887 who predicted the crowning of a King in Africa, and instigated the 'Back to Africa' movement.
24 August 2011 24 August Zoroastrian Jamshedi Noruz (Shenshai) Zoroastrian New Year's Day in the Shenshai calendar.
24 August 2011 24 August Zoroastrian Khordad Sal (Shenshai) The birthday of Zoroaster, celebrated on this date in the Shenshai calendar.
28 August 2011 Scottish QUARTER DAYS Lammas
29th August 2011 BANK HOLIDAY UK (Except Scotland)
9 September 2011 Jewish Rosh Hashanah (1st day) Jewish New Year. A two-day festival during which work is not permitted.
11 Septemeber 2011 Jewish Fast of Gedalliah Fast in memory of the assassination of Gedalliah Ben Achikam, the Governor of Israel during the days of Nebuchadnetzar, King of Babylonia.
18 September 2011 Jewish Yom Kippur Day of Atonement - the most solemn day of the Jewish year
21 September 2011 International Day of Peace.
22 September 2011 22 September Pagan Autumn Equinox This day is celebrated when day and night are of equal duration.
23 September 2011 Jewish Sukkot Sukkot or The Feast of Tabernacles, commemorates the years that the Jews spent in the desert on their way to the Promised Land, and celebrates the way in which God took special care of them under impossible conditions. Sukkot lasts for seven days, and work is not permitted on the first two days.
29 September 2011 QUARTER DAYS MICHAELMAS England Ireland & Wales
29 September 2011 29 September Christian Michaelmas/ St Michael's Day A feast day in honour of the archangel Michael. Michael is one of only two angels mentioned by name in the Bible (the other being Gabriel.)
29 September 2011 LAW SITTING Session term Michaelmas
3 October 2011 GRANDPARENTS DAY UK.
9 October 2011 Sikh Birthday of Guru Ram Das (Nanakshahi calendar) Guru Ram Das (1534-1581) was the fourth of the Sikh Gurus.
13 October 2011 13 October Christian St Edward's Day Edward the Confessor was King of England 1042 - 1066. He built Westminster Abbey where there is a shrine to him - and where the saint is also celebrated on January 5 each year, the anniversary of his death
20 October 2011 20 October Bahai Birth of the Bab Celebrates the birth of the precursor of the founder of the Baha'i faith.
21 October 2011 Trafalgar Day.
24 October 2011 United Nations Day.
30 October 2011 British Summer Time Ends Clocks go back one hour
31 October 2011 31 October Christian Hallowe'en (All Hallows' Eve) The night before All Saints' Day (All Hallows' Day). Its origins date back over 2000 years to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. It was celebrated as a Christian festival by the 8th Century.
31 October 2011 31 October Pagan Samhain (Hallowe'en) Samhain (pronounced 'sow'inn') marks the Feast of the Dead. Many Pagans also celebrate it as the old Celtic New Year (although some mark this at Imbolc).
31 October Annually Halloween Kids Love it Trick or Treat
1 November 2011 1 November Christian All Saints' Day (Hallowmas, All Hallows') All Saints' Day (also known as All Hallows' Day or Hallowmas) is when Anglicans and Roman Catholics honour all saints, known and unknown, of the Christian church. Orthodox churches celebrate it on the first Sunday after Pentecost
2 November 2011 2 November Christian All Souls' Day All Souls' Day is an opportunity for Roman Catholic and Anglo-Catholic churches to commemorate the faithful departed. They remember and pray for the souls of people who are in Purgatory. All Souls' Day is celebrated on 3 November if the 2nd is a Sunday.
5 November 2011 Hindu Diwali Diwali, the festival of lights, is the most popular of all the festivals from South Asia. It is an occasion for celebrations by Hindus as well as Jains and Sikhs.
5 November 2011 Bonfire- Guy Fawkes Night.
11 November 2011 W 11 November Multifaith Armistice Day Marks the end of the First World War on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918. At 1100 on this day people in the UK pause for 2 minutes of silence to remember those who gave their lives in past conflicts.
12 November Annually Thursday 12 November Bahai Birth of Baha'u'llah Celebrates the birth in 1817 of the founder of the Baha'i faith
14 November Annually Birthday of the Prince of Wales
15 November 2011 Shinto Shichigosan (7-5-3 festival) A festival to give thanks for children. Often celebrated on the nearest Sunday to the 15th to allow working parents to take part.
23 November 2011 Monday Niinamesei Labour Thanksgiving Day, a national holiday in Japan and originally a harvest festival.
24 November 2011 24 November Sikh Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Nanakshahi calendar) Guru Tegh Bahadur was the ninth Sikh Guru and is honoured as a champion of religious freedom. He was executed in 1675 for refusing to convert to Islam.
26 November 2011 26 November Bahai Day of the Covenant This minor festival celebrates the covenant of Baha'u'llah. Baha'is also mark the life of 'Abdu'l-Bahá on this day.
27 November 2011 27 November Christian Advent Sunday The beginning of the ecclesiastical year on the Sunday closest to November 30. Advent is the season before Christmas - In Western Christendom, four Sundays are included. In Eastern Christendom, the season is longer and begins in the middle of November
28 November 2011 Scottish QUARTER DAYS Martinmas
28 November 2011 28 November Bahai Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha Marks the death of the son of Baha'u'lláh. This is a minor holy day and work is not suspended.
30 November 2011 30 November St Andrew's Day Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, Greece and Russia. The flag of Scotland is the Cross of St. Andrew. St Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was originally a fisherman and became the first Apostle.
1 December Annually World Aids Day
2 December 2011 2 December Jewish Hanukkah Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights and marks the restoration of the temple by the Maccabees in 164 BCE. Hanukkah is celebrated at roughly the same time as Christmas, but there is no connection at all between the festivals.
8 December 2011 Tuesday 8 December Christian Feast of the Immaculate Conception Celebrated by Roman Catholics who remember Mary's conception as being without sin, therefore, immaculate.
8 December 2011 Tuesday 8 December Buddhist Bodhi Day On Bodhi day some Buddhists celebrate Gautama's attainment of enlightenment under the Bodhi tree at Bodhgaya, India.
13 December 2011 13 December Christian St Lucy's Day Saint Lucy's feast day is marked by Roman Catholics and Greek Orthodox. Lucy is the patron saint of the blind. She was a virgin martyr who lived in Sicily during the third century.
21 December 2011 & Annually 21 December Pagan Winter Solstice - Yule Yule is the time of the winter solstice, when the sun child is reborn, an image of the return of all new life born through the love of the Gods. Within the Northern Tradition Yule is regarded as the New Year.
24 December Annually 24 December Christian Christmas Eve The day before Christmas Day
25 December Annually 25 December Christian Christmas Day The day when Western Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
25-26-27 December Annually Holiday UK & Rep of Ireland
25 December 2011 QUARTER DAYS CHRISTMAS England Ireland & Wales
26 December Annually 26 December Secular Boxing Day The day after Christmas Day. A secular festival.
26 December 2011 Christian St Stephen's Day St Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is celebrated on this day by Roman Catholics. The day is also called the Feast of Stephen.
1 January 2012 & Annually New Years Day & Bank Holiday UK & Rep Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia)
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