2023-2024 Calendar of Religious Holy Days & Cultural Observances

June 2023
June 21 Litha [Pagan/Wiccan]
June 27 Waqf al Arafa (Islam)
June 28-29 Eid al-Adha [Muslim]
July 2023
July 18-19 New Year/Hijri [Islam]
July 26-27 Tish’a B’av [Jewish]
July 27-28 Ashura [Islam]
August 2023
August 1 Lammas [Christian]
August 1 Fast in Honor of Holy Mother of Jesus [Orthodox Christian]
August 6 Transfiguration of the Lord [Orthodox Christian]
August 15 Feast of the Assumption [Roman Catholic]
August 15 Dormition of Theotokos [Othodox Chrisitian]
August 18-19 Krishna Janmashtami [Hindu]
August 29 Beheading of St. John the Baptist [Christian]
September 2023
September 1 Ecclesiastical Year Begins [Orthodox Christian]
September 1 Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth [Hindu]
September 6–7 Krishna Janmashtami [Hindu]
September 8 Nativity of the Virgin Mary & Fast of the Nativity [Christian]
September 11 Paryushana Parva [Jain]
September 15 – 17 Rosh Hashanah [Jewish]
September 21-29 Mabon [Pagan/Wiccan]
September 24-25 Yom Kippur [Jewish]
September 26-27 Mawlid an Nabi [Islam]
September 27 Elevation of the Cross [Christian]
September 28 Meskel [Ethiopian Christian]
September 29 – October 6 Sukkot [Jewish]
October 2023
October 4 Feast of St. Francis of Assisi [Roman Catholic]
October 6-8 Shemini Atzeret [Jewish]
October 7-8 Simchat Torah [Jewish]
October 16 Birth of Bab [Baha’i]
October 16-17 Birth of Baha’u’llah [Baha’i]
October 24 Dasara [Hindu]
October 31 – November 1 Samhain [Pagan/Wiccan]
November 2023
November 1 All Saints’ Day [Christian]
November 2 All Souls’ Day [Christian]
November 12 Diwali [Sihk/Hindu/Jain]
November 14 Jain New Year [Jain]
November 24 Matyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur [Sikh]
November 26 Day of the Covenant [Christian]
November 27-28 Ascension of ‘Abudu’l-Baha [Baha’i]
December 2023
December 3-24 Advent [Christian]
December 7-15 Hanukkah [Jewish]
December 8 Bodhi Day [Buddhist]
December 12 Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe [Christian]
December 16-24 Posadas Navidenas [Hispanic Christian]
December 21 Yule [Pagan/Wiccan]
December 25 Christmas [Christian]
December 26 Zartosht No-Diso [Zoroastrian]
December 26 – January 1 Kwanzaa
January 2024
January 1 Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God [Roman Catholic]
January 1 Gantan-sai [Shinto]
January 2 Feast of St. Basil [Orthodox Christian]
January 3 Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus [Orthodox Christian]
January 6 Epiphany [Christian]
January 6 Dia de los Reyes/Three Kings Day [Christian]
January 7 Christmas [Orthodox Christian]
January 20 Timkat [Ethiopian Orthodox Christian]
January 24-25 Tu Bi’Shevat [Jewish]
January 25 Mahayana New Year [Buddhist]
February 2024
February 1 Imbolc [Wiccan/Pagan]
February 3 Setsubun [Shinto]
February 10 New Year [Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist]
February 14 Vasant Panchami [Hindu]
February 14 – March 28 Lent [Christian]
February 24 Maghi [Sikh]
February 24 Macha Bucha Day [Buddhist]
March 2024
March 8 Maha Shivaratri [Hindu]
March 10 - April 9 Ramadan Begins [Muslim]
March 17 St. Patrick’s Day [Christian]
March 19 Ostara [Pagan/Wiccan]
March 19 Nowruz [Persian]
March 24-25 Holi [Hindu]
March 24 Palm Sunday [Christian]
February 14 – March 28 Lent Ends [Christian]
March 28 Holy Thursday [Christian]
March 29 Good Friday [Christian]
March 31 Easter [Christian]
April 2024
April 8 Eid al Fitr [Muslim]
April 9 Ramadan Ends [Muslim]
April 13 Vaisakhi [Sikh]
April 22–30 Passover [Jewish]
April 24 Theravadin New Year [Buddhist]
May 2024
May 1 Beltane [Pagan/Wiccan]
May 5-6 Yom Hashoah [Holocaust Remembrance]
May 23 Visakha Bucha Day [Buddhist]
May 23 Wesak Day [Buddhist]
June 2024
June 11-13 Shavout [Jewish]
June 17 Eid al-Adha [Muslim]
June 20 Litha [Pagan/Wiccan]