Resource: www.interfaith-calendar.org

2021 Interfaith Calendar

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.
Bold  - Most important holy dates for religions

JANUARY 

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast Day of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Shogatsu/Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
  • Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
• 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
• 7
  • Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian
   
• 13
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 17
  • Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
• 18
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins - Christian
• 19
  • Timkat - Ethiopoian Christian
• 25
  • Conversion of St. Paul - Christian
• 28
  • Tu B'Shvat * - Jewish
• Definitions

FEBRUARY 

• 2
  • Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Christian
  • Imbolc-Lughnassad * - Wicca/Neo Pagan  Northern and Southern Hemispheres
• 3
  • St. Blaze Day - Christian
  • Setsebun (beginning of spring) - Shinto
• 5
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
• 8
  • Nirvana Day - Buddhism
• 12
  • Triodion - Orthodox Christian
  • Chinese New Year - Chinese traditional
• 14
  • St. Valentine's Day - Christian
  • Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
• 15
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist - Jain
• 16
  • Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian
• 17
  • Lent begins - Christian
• 21
  • Triodion Begins - Orthodox Christian
• 26
  • Purim * - Jewish

• Definitions

MARCH 

• 1
  • St. David of Wales - Christian
• 2 - 20
  •  Nineteen Day Fast - Baha'i
• 7
  • Meatfare Sunday -Orthodox Christian
• 10
  • Lailat al Miraj * - Islam
• 12
  • Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
  • Maha Shivaratri ** - Hindu
• 14
  • Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 15
  • Clean Monday (Great Lent begins) - Orthodox Christian
• 17
  • St. Patrick's Day - Christian
• 18
  • Waqf al Arafa * - Islam
• 19
  • St. Joseph's Day - Christian
• 21
  • Norooz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
  • Naw-Rúz (New Year) * - Baha'i
  • Ostara - Mabon * - Wicca/Neo Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
  • Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 25
  • Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Mahavir Jayanti  **- Jain
• 26
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra) Zoroastrian
• 28
  • Lailat al Bara'ah * - Islam
  • Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
  • Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
• 28 - April 8
  • Pesach * - Jewish
• 28
  • Palm Sunday - Christian
• 29
  • Holi ** - Hindu

• Definitions

April

• 1
  • Maunday Thursday - Christian
• 2
  • Good Friday - Christian
• 4
  • Easter Sunday * - Christian
• 8
  • Yom HaShoah * - Jewish
• 13
  • Hindi New Year ** - Hindu
• 13-21
  • Ramayana ** - Hindu
• 13
  • Ramadan begins * - Islam
• 14
  • Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) - Sikh
• 15
  • Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish
• 16
  • First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 21
  • Ramanavami ** - Hindu
• 23
  • St. George's Day - Christian
• 24
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
• 25
  • Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 27
  • Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
  • Mahavir Jayanti ** Jain
• 30
  • Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
  • Lag B'Omer * - Jewish

• Definitions

MAY

• 1
  • Beltane - Samhain * - Wicca/Neo Pagai Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 2
  • Last day of Ridvan *  - Baha'i
  • Pascha (Easter)  - Orthodox Christian
• 3
  • Saints Philip & James - Christian
• 4
  • National Day of Prayer - USA - Interfaith
• 8
  • Laylat al Kadr * - Islam
• 14-16
  • Eid al Fitr - Ramadan ends * - Islam
• 18
  • Tish'a B'av * - Jewish
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
  • Pentecost - Christian
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 30
  • Trinity Sunday - Christian

• Definitions

JUNE 

• 3
  • Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
• 9
  • St. Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
• 11
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 15
  • Saint Vladimir Day - Christian
• 16
  • Guru Arjan martyrdom - Sikh
• 19
  • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
• 20
  • Pentecost - Orthodox Christian
• 21
  • World Humanist Day - Materialism
• 22
  • First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
  • Litha - Yule * - Wicca/Neo Pagan  Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 24
  • Saint John the Baptist - Christian
• 29
  • Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

• Definitions

JULY 

• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 11
  • St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 13
  • Obon (Ulambana) ** - Buddhist/Shinto   ?
• 15
  • St. Vladimir the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
• 20-23
  • Eid al Adha - Sacrifice Day * - Islam
• 23
  • Emperor Haile Selassie birthday -Rastafaria
• 24
  • Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
  • Asalha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
• 25
  • St. James the Great Day - Christian

• Definitions

AUGUST 

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Lughnassad - Imbolc  * - Wicca/Neo Pagan  Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 3
  • Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu
• 6
  • Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 10
  • Hijra - New Year begins * - Islam
• 15
  • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 17-18
  • Shavout * - Jewish
• 18
  • Ashura * - Islam
• 22
  • Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
• 29
  • Beheading of St. John the Baptist - Christian

• Definitions

SEPTEMBER

• 1
  • Religious year begins - Orthodox Christian
• 7-6
  • Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
• 8
  • Nativity of Virgin Mary - Christian
• 10
  • Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu
• 11
  • Ethiopian New Year
  • - Rastafaria
  • Paryushana Parva
  • - Jain
• 13
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish
• 14
  • Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Holy Cross) - Christian
• 21-27
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 21
• • Paryushana Parva - Jain
• 22
  • Mabon - Imbolc - Wicca/Pagan
• 27
  • Meskel -Ethiopian Eritrean Orthodox Christian
• 28
  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
• 29
  • Michael and All Angels - Christian
  • Simchat Torah * - Jewish

• Definitions

OCTOBER 

• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
  • Blessing of the Animals - Christian
• 7-14
  • Navaratri ** - Hindu
• 15
  • Dasara ** - Hindu
• 18
  • Luke, Apostle & Evangelist - Christian
  • Mawlid an Nabi * Islam
• 20
  • Birth of the B'ab * - Baha'i
  • Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian
  • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
  • Samhain - * Wicca/Neo Pagan
  • Deep Diwali - Jain

• Definitions

NOVEMBER 

• 1
  • All Saints Day - Christian
• 2
  • All Souls Day - Catholic Christian
• 4
  • Diwali (Deepavali) ** - Hindu - Jain
• 5
  • Vikram New Year ** - Hindu
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 13
  • Jain New Year - Jain
• 15
  • Nativity Fast begins - ends Dec. 24 - Orthodox Christian
• 21
  • Christ the King - Christian
• 24
  • Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur - Sikh
• 26
  • Day of the Covenant * - Baha'i
  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 28
  • First Sunday of Advent - Christian
  • Ascension of  'Abdu'l-Baha * - Baha'i
• 29 - Dec. 6
  • Hanukkah * - Jewish
• 30
  • St. Andrew's Day - Christian

• Definitions

DECEMBER 

• 6
  • Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
• 8
  • Bodhi Day  (Rohatsu) - Buddhism
  • Immaculate Conception of Mary - Catholic Christian
• 12
  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
• 16-25
  • Posadas Navidenas - Hispanic Christian
• 21
  • Yule - Christian
• 22
  • Yule/Winter Solstice * - Wicca/Neo Pagan
• 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
  • Watch Night - Christian