Festival Calendar 2005-2006
More information on the festivals will be added as soon as
possible. Please let us know if you spot any mistakes.
April 2005/06
| DATE |
FESTIVAL |
| 1/2006 |
April Fool's Day |
| 9/2006 |
Palm Sunday |
| 13/2006 |
Maundy Thursday |
| 14/2006 |
Good Friday (Christian) |
| 16/2006 |
Easter Day |
| 14 |
Baisakhi (Sikh) |
| 21 |
First Day of Ridvan (Baha'i) |
| 21 |
Milad Al-Nabi Prophets Birthday |
| 23 |
St. George's Day (Patron Saint of England) |
| 24 |
Passover or Pesach (Jewish) |
May 2005
| DATE |
FESTIVAL |
| 2 |
May Day |
| 5 |
Ascension Day |
| 8 |
VE Day |
| 8 |
Mother's Day (USA) |
| 15 |
Whit Sunday |
| 22 |
Wesak (Buddha Day) |
| 22 |
Trinity Sunday |
| 26 |
Corpus Christi |
| 29 |
Ascension of Baha'u'llah |
June 2005
| DATE |
FESTIVAL |
| 12 |
Queen's Official Birthday (UK) |
| 13 |
Shavout (Jewish) |
| 16 |
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji (Sikh) |
| 19 |
Father's Day (USA and UK) |
| 21 |
1st Day of Summer
Longest Day |
| 29 |
St. Peter and St. Paul (Roman Catholic) |
July 2005
| DATE |
FESTIVAL |
| 1 |
Canada Day |
| 4 |
Independence Day (USA) |
| 7 |
Tanabata or Star Festival (Japan) |
| 9 |
Martyrdom of Bab (Baha'i) |
| 13 |
Bastille Day (France) |
August 2005
| DATE |
FESTIVAL |
| 11 |
Chung Yuan (Ghost Festival) (Chinese) |
| 13 |
Ulambana (Ancestor Day) (Chinese Buddhist) |
| 13-15 |
Bon (Japanese Festival of Souls) |
| 15 |
Assumption (Roman Catholic) |
| 19 |
Raksha Bandhan (Humanity Day)(Hindu) |
| 31 |
Lailat-Ul-Isra' Wal Mi'raj (The Prophet's Night Journey to
Jerusalem & Ascension) (Muslim) |
| 31 |
Paryushana - Parva (Svetambara & Digambara Sects - Jain) |
September 2005
| DATE |
FESTIVAL
|
| 11 |
Padmasambhava Day (Buddhist) |
| 11 |
Ethiopian New Year's Day (Rastafarian) |
| 18 |
Harvest Festival |
| 19 |
Lailat - Ul - Bara'h (The Night of Forgiveness) (Muslim) |
| 20 |
Shubun No Hi (Higan) (Autumn Equinox) (Japanese) |
| 22 |
1st Day of Autumn |
| 23 |
Native American Day (USA) |
| 25 |
Grandparent's Day |
October 2005
| DATE |
FESTIVAL
|
| 4 |
Rosh Hashana (New Year's Day) (Jewish) |
| 4 |
Ramadan (Muslim) |
| 4 - 12 |
Navaratri / Durga Puja / Dusserah (Hindu) |
| 11 |
Thanksgiving Day (Canada) |
| 13 |
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) (Jewish) |
| 18 |
Sukkot (Harvest Festival) (Jewish) |
| 19 |
Kathina Day (Buddhist) |
| 20 |
Anniversary of the Birth of the Bab (Baha'i) |
| 23 - 30 |
Inter Faith Week of Prayer for World Peace |
| 24 |
United Nations Day |
| 25 |
Simchat Torah (Progressive - Jewish) |
| 26 |
Simchat Torah (Jewish) |
| 30 |
Lailat - Ul - Qadr (The Night of Power) (Muslim) |
| 31 |
Halloween |
November 2005
| DATE |
FESTIVAL
|
| 1 |
Divali (Sikh)) |
| 1 |
All Saints' Day (All Hallows' originally All Martyrs') (Christian) |
| 2 |
New Year (Hindu)(2062) |
| 2 |
All Souls' Day (Christian) |
| 2 |
Anniversary of the Crowning of Haile Selassie 1 (Rastafarian) |
| 3 |
Eid - Ul - Fitr (Muslim) |
| 12 |
Divali (Deepavali) (Hindu) |
| 12 |
Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (Baha'i) |
| 12 |
Anniversary of the Birth of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i) |
| 13 |
Remembrance Sunday (UK National) |
| 15 |
Shichi-Go-San (Seven Five - Three) (Japanese) |
| 15 |
Birthday of Guru Nanak (Sikh) |
| 16 |
Sangha Day (Buddhist) |
| 24 |
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (1675) (Sikh) |
| 26 |
Day of the Covenant (Baha'i) |
| 27 |
Advent Sunday (Christian) |
| 30 |
St. Andrew's Day (Christian) |
December 2005
| DATE |
FESTIVAL
|
| 8 |
Bodhi Day (Buddhist) |
| 8 |
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian) |
| 10 |
Human Rights Day |
| 21 |
1st day of winter
Shortest day |
| 24 |
Christmas Eve (Christian) |
| 25 |
Christmas Day (Christian) |
| 26-1st January |
Kwanzaa (African-American) |
| 26 |
Hanukah (Jewish) |
| 26 |
Zartusht - No - Diso (Fasli - Zoroastrian) |
| 31 |
Omisoka (Japanese) |
January 2006
| DATE |
FESTIVAL |
| 1 |
New Years Day |
| 2 |
Holiday (Scotland) |
| 5 |
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (Sikh) |
| 6 |
Epiphany |
| 10 |
Eid Al-Addha (Islamic) |
| 25 |
Burn's Night |
| 29 |
Chinese New Year |
February 2006
| DATE |
FESTIVAL |
| 6 |
Paranirvana Day (Buddhist) |
| 9 |
Ashura (Islamic) (recognizing the creation) |
| 12 |
Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (USA) |
| 13 |
Shevat (Jewish) |
| 14 |
Valentine's Day |
| 20 |
President's Day (USA) |
| 28 |
Shrove Tuesday |
March 2006
| DATE |
FESTIVAL |
| 1 |
Ash Wednesday |
| 1 |
St. David's Day (Patron Saint of Wales) |
| 3 |
Al-Hijra (Islamic New Year) |
| 5 |
Quadragesima (Christian) |
| 13 |
Commonwealth day |
| 14 |
Purim (Jewish) |
| 14 |
Holi (Hindu) |
| 17 |
St. Patrick's Day (Patron Saint of Ireland) |
| 20 |
1st Day of Spring |
| 21 |
Feast of Naw-Ruz (Baha'i) |
| 26 |
Mothering Sunday (UK) |
