• Home
• » About
• » Equality & Diversity
• » Festivals and Fasts

January

Muslim

Eid-Ul-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice) 10 - 13 January

Al-Hijra (Islamic New Year) 31 January

Hindu

Makar Sankrant (Lohri) 14 January

Sikh

Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh 5 January

Buddhist

Shinran Memorial Day 16 January

Honen Memorial Day 28 January

February

Muslim

Ashura 9 February

Hindu

Vasanta Panchami/Saraswati Puja 2 - 3 February

Mahashivratri 26 - 27 February

Jewish

Tu B'Shevat 13 February

Buddhist

Losar (Tibetan New Year Festival) February (exact date

to be confirmed)

Pagan/Wiccan

Imbolc 2 February

March

Hindu

Birthday of Sri Ramakrishna 5 March

Holi 14 March

Varsha-Pratipada (Chaitra) 29 - 30 March

Sikh

Hola Mahalla/Mohalla 15 March

Jewish

Purim 14 March

Buddhist

Hanamatsuri (Flower Festival) 3 March

Christian

Ash Wednesday 1st March

April

Muslim

Milad Al-Nabi (Prophet Muhammad's birthday) 11 April

Lailat-Ul-Isra' wal Mi'raj

Hindu

Rama Navami 6 April

Sikh

Vaisakhi (Baisakhi) (Sikh New Year) 14 April

Jewish

Passover (Pesach) 13 - 20 April

Yom Ha-Shoah (Holocaust Day) 25 April

Christian

Lent 1st March - 16th April

Good Friday 14th April

Easter Day 16th April

May

Jewish

Yom Ha'atzma'ut 3 May

Lag B'omer 16 May

Buddhist

Vesakha Puja/Wesak/Buddah Day 12 May

Parinirvana 19 May

June

Hindu

Ratha Yatra (Chariot Journey) 27 June

Sikh

Martyrdom of Guru Arjan 16 June

Jewish

Shavuot (Festival of Weeks) 2 - 3 June

Christian

Pentecost 4th June

July

Buddhist

Asalha Puja (Dhammacakka Day) 10 July

August

Muslim

(The Prophet's Night Journey to Jerusalem and Ascension) 21 August

Hindu

Raksha Bandhan 8 - 9 August

Janamashtami (Birthday of Krishna ) 16 August

Ganesh-Chaturthi (Birthday of Ganesha) 27 August

Jewish

Tisha B'av 3 August

Zoroastrianism

No Ruz (New Year) 20 August

September

Muslim

Lailat-Ul-Bara'h (Night of Forgiveness) 8 September

Hindu

Navaratri/Durga Puja/Dusserah 30 September

Jewish

Rosh Hashana (New Year's Day) 23 - 24 September

Pagan/Wiccan

Mabon 21 September

October

Muslim

Ramadan 25 September - 23 October

Lailat-Ul-Qadr (Night of Power) 20 October

Eid-Ul-Fitr 24 October

Hindu

Divali/Deepavali (Festival of Light) 21 October

Sikh

Divali 21 October

Jewish

Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) 2 October

Sukkot 7 - 15 October

Simchat Torah 15 October

Buddhist

Pavarana 7 October

Pagan/Wiccan

Samhain 31 October

November

Sikh

Birthday of Guru Nanak 5 November

Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur 24 November

Buddhist

Kathina Day 5 November

December

Jewish

Hanukah 16 - 23 December

Buddhist

Bodhi Day December (exact date to be confirmed)

Pagan/Wiccan

Yule 21 December

Christian

Advent Sunday 3rd December

Advent 3rd december - 24th December

Christmas Day 25th December

For more information on each festival and fast:

• www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
• www.beliefnet.com/index.html?rnd=69