2018
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.
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Most important holy dates for religions
JANUARY 2018
- 1
- Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
- Feast Day of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
- Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
- Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
- 2-4
- Mahayana New Year - Buddhist
- 5
- Twelfth Night - Christian
- Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
- 6
- Epiphany - Christian
- Feast of the Epiphany (Theophany) - Orthodox Christian
- Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) - Christian
- Nativity of Christ - Armenian Orthodox
- 7
- Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian
- Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
- 8
- Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
- 13
- 17
- Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
- 18-25
- Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
- 19
- Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
- 21
- World Religion Day - Baha'i
- Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
- 22
- Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
- 25
- Conversion of St. Paul - Christian
- 31
Definitions
FEBRUARY 2018
- 2
- Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Christian
- Imbolc - Lughnassad * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
- Saint Brighid of Kildare - Celtic Christian
- 3
- St. Blaze Day - Christian
- Setsebun Sai - Shinto
- 4
- Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
- 8
- 11
- Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
- Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
- 12
- Triodion - Orthodox Christian
- Clean Monday - Lent begins - Orthodox Christian
- 13
- Shrove Tuesday - Christian
- 14
- St. Valentine's Day - Christian
- Maha Shivaratri ** - Hindu
- Ash Wednesday - Lent begins- Christian
- 15
- Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist - Jain
- 16
- Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist
- 18
- Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
- 26-March 1
- Intercalary Days - Baha'i
Definitions
MARCH 2018
- 1
- St. David of Wales - Christian
- 2 - 20
- Nineteen Day Fast * - Baha'i
- 3
- 11
- 6
- Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
- 13
- L. Ron Hubbard birthday - Scientology
- 17
- St. Patrick's Day - Christian
- 18
- 18-26
- 19
- St. Joseph's Day - Christian
- 21 Equinox
- Norooz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
- Naw-Rúz (New Year) * - Baha'i
- Ostara - Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
- 25
- Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Orthodox Christian
- Palm Sunday - Christian
- 26
- 28
- Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra) ** - Zoroastrian
- 29
- Maundy Thursday - Christian
- 30
- 31-May 7
- 31
- Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
- Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
- Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
- Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
Definitions
April 2018
- 1
- Easter - Christian
- Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
- 3
- Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
- 6
- Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
- 8
- Pascha - Easter- Orthodox Christian
- 12
- 13
- Lailat al Miraj * - Islam
- 14
- Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) - Sikh
- 19
- Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish
- 21
- First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
- 23
- St. George's Day - Christian
- 29
- Ninth Day of Ridvan - Baha'i
- Visakha Puja - Buddha Day ** - Buddhist
- 30
- St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
- 30-May 2
- Theravadin New Year - Buddhist
Definitions
MAY 2018
- 1
- Beltane - Samhain *- Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
- Lailat al bara'ah * - Islam
- 2
- Last day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
- 3
- Saints Philip & James - Christian
- National Day of Prayer USA - Interfaith
- Lag B'Omer * Jewish
- 10
- Ascension of Jesus - Christian
- 16-June 15
- 17
- Ascension of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
- 20-21
- 20
- 23
- Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
- 27
- Pentecost - Orthodox Christian
- Trinity Sunday - Christian
- 29
- Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
- 31
- Corpus Christi- Catholic Christian
Definitions
JUNE 2018
- 2
- All Saints - Orthodox Christian
- 8
- Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
- 9
- St. Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
- 11
- 15-17
- Eid al Fitr - Ramadan ends * - Islam
- 15
- Saint Vladimir Day - Christian
- 16
- Guru Arjan martyrdom - Sikh
- 19
- New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
- 20
- Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * - Islam
- 21 Solstice
- First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
- Litha - Yule * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
- 29
- Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian
Definitions
JULY 2018
- 9
- Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
- 11
- St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
- 13-15
- Obon (Ulambana) ** - Buddhist - Shinto
- 15
- St. Vladimir the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
- 22
- 24
- Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
- 25
- St. James the Great Day - Christian
- 27
- Asalha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
Definitions
AUGUST 2018
- 1
- Lammas - Christian
- Fast in Honor of Holy Mother of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
- 2
- Lughnassad - Imbolc * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern Hemispheres
- 6
- Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
- 15
- Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
- Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
- 22-25
- 29
- Beheading of St. John the Baptist - Christian
- Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
Definitions
SEPTEMBER 2018
- 1
- Religious year begins - Orthodox Christian
- 3
- Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu
- 8
- Nativity of Virgin Mary - Christian
- 10-11
- Rosh Hashannah * - Jewish
- 12
- Hijra - New Year * - Islam
- 13
- Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu
- 14
- Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Holy Cross) - Christian
- Paryushana Parva ** - Jain
- 19
- 21
- 22 Equinox
- Mabon - Ostara* - Wicca Northern and Southern hemispheres
- 24-31
- 27
- Meskal - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
- 29
- Michael and All Angels - Christian
Definitions
OCTOBER 2018
- 1
- Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
- 2
- 4
- St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
- Blessing of the Animals - Christian
- 8
- Thanksgiving - Canada - Interfaith
- 9-16
- 18
- St. Luke, Apostle & Evangelist - Christian
- 19
- 20
- Birth of the Báb * - Baha'i
- Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
- 28
- Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian
- Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
- 31
- All Hallows Eve - Christian
- Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
Definitions
NOVEMBER 2018
- 1
- All Saints Day - Christian
- Samhain - Beltane * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
- 2
- All Souls Day - Catholic Christian
- 7
- Diwali - Sikh - Jain - Hindu
- 8
- Jain New Year ** - Jain
- Vikram New Year ** - Hindu
- 12
- Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
- 15
- Nativity Fast begins - ends Dec. 24 - Orthodox Christian
- 21
- 22
- Thanksgiving USA - Interfaith
- 23
- Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday - Sikh
- 25
- Christ the King - Christian
- 26
- Day of the Covenant * - Baha'i
- 28
- Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha * - Baha'i
- 30
- St. Andrew's Day - Christian
Definitions
DECEMBER 2018
- 2-24
- 3-10
- 6
- Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
- 8
- Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) - Buddhist
- Immaculate Conception of Mary - Catholic Christian
- 12
- Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
- 16-25
- Posadas Navidenas - Hispanic Christian
- 21
- 21 Solstice
- Yule - Litha * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
- Saint Thomas the Apostle - Christian
- Yule - Christian
- 24
- Christmas Eve - Christian
- 25
- Christmas * - Christian
- Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian
- 26
- Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra)** - Zoroastrian
- St Stephen's Day - Christian
- 28
- Holy Innocents - Christian
- 30
- Holy Family - Catholic Christian
- 31
Definitions
Updated on April 26, 2014
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