Cultural Calendar 2009-2010

OCTOBER 2009

3-9 (3-4 Primary Obligation Days)
- Sukkot * - Jewish
4
- St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
10
- Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
11
- Simchat Torah * - Jewish
12
- Thanksgiving - Interfaith - Canada
17
- Diwali (Deepavali) ** - Hindu, Jain
20
- Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
- Birth of the Báb - Baha'i
25
- Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian
28
- Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
31
- All Hallows Eve - Christian

NOVEMBER 2009

1
- All Saints' Day - Christian
- Samhain * - WiccaNorthern hemisphere
- Beltane * - WiccaSouthern hemisphere
2
- All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian
- Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday Sikh
12
- Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
15
- Nativity Fast begins (through Dec 24) - Orthodox Christian
22
- Christ the King - Christian
24
- Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh
25-28
- Hajj * - Islam
26
- Thanksgiving - Interfaith - USA
- Day of Covenant * - Baha'i
- Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * ** - Islam
27
- Eid al Adha * ** - Islam
28
- Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha * Baha'i
29
- First Sunday of Advent - Christian
30
- Saint Andrew's Day - Christian

DECEMBER 2009

6
- Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
8
- Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhism
- Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian
12
- Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
- Advent Fast begins - Orthodox Christian
12-19
- Hanukkah * - Jewish
16-Dec 25
- Posadas Navidenas - Christian
18
- Hijra - New Year * ** - Islam
21 Solstice
- Yule - Christian
- Yule * - Wicca northern hemisphere
- Litha * - Wicca southern hemisphere
25
- Christmas * - Christian
26
- Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra ** - Zoroastrian
27
- Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
- Ashura * - Islam
28
- Holy Innocents - Christian
31
- Watch Night - Christian

JANUARY 2010

1
- Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
- Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
- Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
5
- Twelfth Night - Christian
6
- Epiphany - Christian
- Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian
- Nativity of Christ - Armenian Christian
- Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) - Hispanic Christian
7
- Nativity of Christ - Orthodox Christian
10
- Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
14
- Maghi - Sikh
17
- World Religion Day * - Baha'i
- Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Christian
18-25
- Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
19
- Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
20
- Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
24
- Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
25
- Conversion of St. Paul - Christian
30-February 1
- Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist
30
- Tu B'shvat * - Jewish

FEBRUARY 2010

2
- Candlemas - Christian
- Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian
- Saint Brighid of Kildare - Celtic Christian
- Imbolc - Lughnassad * - Wicca - northern and southern hemispheres

Setsubun Sai - Shinto

Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith

Maha Shivaratri ** - Hindu

Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist
Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
Saint Valentine's Day - Christian
Transfiguration Sunday - Christian

Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist
Great Lent - Clean Monday - Orthodox Christian

Shrove Tuesday - Christian

Ash Wednesday - Lent begins - Christian

Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian

Mawlid an Nabi * ** - Islam
Intercalary Days through March 1 - Baha'i

Purim * - Jewish

MARCH 2010

1
- Holi ** - Hindu
16
- Vaisaki - New Year ** - Hindu
17
- St Patrick's Day - Christian
20 Equinox
- Ostara * - Wicca - Northern Hemisphere
- Mabon * - Wicca - Southern Hemisphere
21
- Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
- Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i
- Passion Sunday ** - Christian
24
- Ramanavami ** - Hindu
25
- Annunciation of the Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
27
- Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
28
- Palm Sunday - Christian/Orthodox Christian
- Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra)** - Zoroastrian
29
- Mahavir Jayanti - Jain
30
- Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
- Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
- Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
30-31 *
- Pesach (Passover) First two days * - Jewish

APRIL 2010

1
- Maundy Thursday - Christian
2
- Good (Holy) Friday - All Christians
4
- Easter - All Christians
5-6
- Pesach (Passover) final two days * - Jewish
11
- Yom HaSho'ah * - Jewish
14
- Baisakhi - Sikh
19
- Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish
21
- First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
23
- Saint George's Day - Christian
28-May 1
- Theravadin New Year** - Buddhist
29
- Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
30
- St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

MAY 2010

1
- Beltane - Samhain * - Wicca Northern and Southern hemispheres
2
- Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
- Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
6
- National Day of Prayer - Interfaith USA
13
- Ascension of Christ - Christian
19-20
- Shavuot * - Jewish
23
- Pentecost - All Christians
- Declaration of the Bab - Baha'i
27
- Buddha Day - Visakha Puja ** - Buddhist
29
- Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
30
- Trinity Sunday - Christian
- All Saints - Orthodox Christian

JUNE 2010

3
- Corpus Christi- Catholic Christian
9
- Saint Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
11
- Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
19
- New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
21 Solstice
- Litha * - WiccaNorthern Hemisphere
- Yule * - WiccaSouthern Hemisphere
- First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
29
- Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

JULY 2010

9
- Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
- Lailat al Miraj * - Islam
8
- Lailat al Miraj - Islam
9
- Martyrdom of the Bab - Baha'i
11
- St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
13-15
- Ulambana (Obon) ** - Buddhist
15
- Saint Vladimir - Christian
20
- Tisha B'Av * - Jewish
24
- Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian
26
- Lailat al Bara'ah - Islam
- Asalha Puja Day ** - Buddhist

AUGUST 2010

1
- Lammas - Christian
- Lughnassad (Lammas) - Wicca/Neo Pagan
- Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
6
- Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
11
- Ramadan begins * ** - Islam
15
- Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
- Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
24
- Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
29
- Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian

SEPTEMBER 2010

1
- Ecclesiastical Year begins - Orthodox Christian
2
- Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu
6
- Laylat al Kadr * ** - Islam
8
- Nativity of Mary - Christian
9-10
- Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
10
- Eid al Fitr * ** - Islam
11
- Ganesa Chaturthi ** - Hindu
12
- Paryushana - Jain
14
- Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day - Christian
18
- Yom Kippur * - Jewish
23-29 (23-24 Primary Obligation Days)
- Sukkot * - Jewish
23 Equinox
- Mabon * - WiccaNorthern Hemisphere
- Ostara * - WiccaSouthern Hemisphere
29
- Michael and All Angels - Christian
30
- Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish

OCTOBER 2010

1
- Simchat Torah * - Jewish
4
- St Francis Day - Catholic Chrisian
8-16
- Navaratri ** - Hindu
11
- Thanksgiving - Interfaith - Canada
17
- Dasera ** - Hindu
20
- Birth of the Báb * - Baha'i
28
- Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
31
- All Hallows Eve - Christian
- Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian

NOVEMBER 2010

1
- All Saints' Day - Christian
- Samhain - Beltane * - Wicca Northern and Southern hemispheres
2
- All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian
5
- Diwali - Hindu, Jain, Sikh
12
- Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
15
- Waqf al Arafa - Hajj * ** - Islam
- Nativity Fast through December 24 - Orthodox Christian
16
- Eid al Adha * ** - Islam
21
- Christ the King - Christian
- Guru Nanak birthday - Sikh
25
- Thanksgiving - Interfaith - USA
26
- Day of Covenant - Baha'i
28
- First Sunday of Advent - Christian
30
- Saint Andrew's Day - Christian

DECEMBER 2010

2-9
- Hanukkah * - Jewish
6
- Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
7
- Hijra - New Year * ** - Islam
8
- Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhism
- Immaculate Conception of Mary - Catholic Christian
12
- Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
16
- Ashura * ** - Islam
16
- Posadas Navidenas through December 25 - Hispanic Christian
21 Solstice
- Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra - Zoroastrian
- Yule * - Wicca Northern hemisphere
- Litha* - Wicca Southern hemisphere
- Yule - Christian
25
- Christmas * - Christian
26
- Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
- Death of Prophet Zarathushtra ** - Zoroastria
28
- Holy Innocents - Christian
31
- Watch Night - Christian