2011
Note: 1. * Holy days usually begin at sundown the day before this date. 
       2. ** Local or regional customs may use a variation of this date.

JANUARY 2011

• 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
• 14
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 16
  • World Religion Day - Baha'i
• 20
  • Tu B'shvat * - Jewish

Definitions

FEBRUARY 2011

• 15
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhism
  • Mawlid an Nabi * ** - Islam

Definitions

MARCH 2011

• 2
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Christian/Jewish Interfaith
• 9
  • Ash Wednesdsay - Christian
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 20  Vernal Equinox 
  • Mawlid an Nabi * - Islam
  • Purim * - Jewish
  • Ostara * -Wicca northern hemisphere
  • Mabon * -Wicca southern hemisphere
  • Holi ** - Hindu
• 21
  • Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
  • Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i
• 26
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) Zoroastrian

Definitions

APRIL 2011

• 12
  • Ramanavami ** - Hindu
• 13
  • Baisakhi - Sikh
• 17
  • Palm/Passion Sunday - Christian
• 19-20 *
  • Pesach (Passover) first two days * - Jewish
• 21
  • First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 22
  • Good Friday - Christian
• 24
  • Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
• 24
  • Easter - Christian
• 24-26
  • Pesach (Passover) final two days * - Jewish
• 29
  • Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 30
  • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

MAY 2011

• 1
  • Yom HaSho'ah * - Jewish
• 2
  • Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 9
  • Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish
• 17
  • Buddha Day - Visakha Puja ** - Buddhist
• 22
  • Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i

Definitions

JUNE 2011

• 2
  • Ascension of Christ - Christian
• 8-9
  • Shavuot * - Jewish
• 9
  • Lailat al Miraj * - Islam
• 12
  • Pentecost - Christian
• 19
  • Trinity Sunday-  Christian
• 21 Summer Solstice
  • First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
  • Litha * - Wicca northern hemisphere
  • Yule * - Wicca southern hemisphere
• 23
  • Corpus Christi- Catholic Christian
• 28
  • Lailat al Miraj * ** - Islam

Definitions

JULY 2011

• 1
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 11
  • St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 15
  • Lailat al Bara'ah * ** - Islam
• 24
  • Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian
• 25
  • St. James the Great Day - Christian

Definitions

AUGUST 2011

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Lughnassad (Lammas) - Wicca/Neo Pagan
  • Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
  • Ramadan begins * ** - Islam
• 7
  • Laylat al Kadr *- Islam
• 9
  • Tisha B'Av * - Jewish
• 15
  • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 22
  • Krishan Janmashtami ** - Hindu
• 26
  • Lailat al Kadr * ** - Islam
• 31
  • Eid al Fitr * ** - Islam

Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2011

• 1
  • Ganesha Chaturthi ** - Hindu
  • Ecclesiastical New Year - Orthodox Christian
• 23  Autumnal Equinox
  • Mabon * - Wicca northern hemisphere
  • Ostara * - Wicca southern hemisphere
• 29-30
  • Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish

Definitions

OCTOBER 2011

• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Chrisian
• 5
  • Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * ** - Islam
• 8
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish
• 10
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith - Canada
• 13-19 (13-14 Primary Obligation Days)
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 20
  • Birth of the B'ab * - Baha'i
  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
• 21
  • Simhat Torah * - Jewish
  • Diwali ** - Hindu
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 30
  • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian

Definitions

NOVEMBER 2011

• 1
  • All Saints' Day - Christian
• 2
  • All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian
• 4-7
  • Hajj * - Islam
• 6
  • Eid al Adha  * ** - Islam
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 24
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith
• 26
  • Day of Covenant * - Baha'i
  • Hijra - New Year * **- Islam
• 27
  • First Sunday of Advent - Christian

Definitions

DECEMBER 2011

• 5
  • Ashura * ** - Islam
• 6
  • Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
  • Ashura * - Islam
• 8
  • Bodhi Day  (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhism
  • Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian
• 12
  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
• 21-28
  • Hanukkah  * - Jewish
• 22 Winter solstice
  • Yule - Christian
  • Yule * - Wicca northern hemisphere
  • Litha * - Wicca  southern hemisphere
• 25
  • Christmas * - Christian
• 26
  • Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra Zoroastrian
• 28
  • Holy Innocents - Christian
• 30
  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 31
  • Watch Night - Christian

Definitions

Updated on September 2, 2008

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