2013
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 2013

• 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
• 15
  • World Religion Day - Baha'i
• 24
  • Mawlid an Nabi * ** - Islam
• 26
  • Tu BiShvat* - Jewish

Definitions

FEBRUARY 2013

• 13
  • Ash Wednesday - Christian
• 19
  • World Religion Day - Baha'i
• 24
  • Purim * - Jewish
• 25 - March 1
  • Intercalary Days * - Baha'i

Definitions

MARCH 2013

• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 20 Vernal Equinox
  • Ostara * - Wicca northern hemisphere
  • Mabon * - Wicca southern hemisphere
• 21
  • Naw Ruz (News Year) * - Baha'i
  • Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
• 26-27 *
  • Pesach (Passover) First two days * - Judaism
• 26
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) Zoroastrian
• 31
  • Easter - Christian

Definitions

APRIL 2013

• 2
  • Pesach  - Last two days * -  Jewish
• 7
  • Yom HaShoah * - Jewish
• 15
  • Yom Ha'Atzmaut* - Jewish
• 21
  • First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 28
  • Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
• 29
  • Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i

Definitions

MAY 2013

• 2
  • Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 5
  • Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
• 9
  • Ascension Day - Christian
• 15-16
  • Shavuot * - Jewish
• 19
  • Pentecost (Whit Sunday) - Christian
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i

Definitions

JUNE 2013

• 5
  • Lailat al Miraj * ** - Islam
• 21 Summer Solstice
  • Litha * - Wicca northern hemisphere
  • Yule * - Wicca southern hemisphere
• 23
  • Lailat al Bara'ah * ** - Islam

Definitions

JULY 2013

• 9
  • Ramadan begins * ** - Islam
• 29

Definitions

AUGUST 2013

• 8
  • Eid al Fitr * ** - Islam

Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2013

• 5-6
  • Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
• 14
  • Yom Kippur* - Jewish
• 16
  • Tish'a B'av* - Jewish
• 19-25
  • Sukkot* - Jewish
• 22 Autumnal Equinox
  • Mabon * - Wicca northern hemisphere
  • Ostata * - Wicca southern hemisphere
• 26
  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
• 27
  • Simchat Torah * - Jewish

OCTOBER 2013

• 14
  • Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * ** - Islam
• 15
  • Eid al Adha * ** - Islam
• 20
  • Birth of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian

Definitions

NOVEMBER 2013

• 4
  • Hijra -  New Year * ** - Islam
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Bahai
• 13
  • Ashura * ** - Islam
• 26
  • Day of the Covenant * - Baha'i
• 28
  • Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha * - Baha'i
• 28-Dec 5
  • Hanukkah * - Judaism

Definitions

DECEMBER 2013

• 1 through 24
  • Advent (first Sunday) - Christian
• 6
  • Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
• 21 Winter Solstice
  • Yule * - Wicca northern hemisphere
  • Litha * - Wicca southern hemisphere
  • Yule - Christian
• 24
  • Christmas Eve - Christian
• 25
  • Christmas - Christian
• 26
  • Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra)  Zoroastrian
• 28
  • Holy Innocents - Christian
• 31
  • Watch Night - Christian

Update on August 8, 2008

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