Major Holidays
- January 1 – New Year's Day
- January 6 – Feast of Epiphany or Día de los Reyes Magos (Day of the Magi Kings) or La Fête des Rois (Feast of the Kings).
- January 7 – Christmas in the Russian Orthodox, Serbian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic and other Eastern Christian church calendars.
- January 10 – Islamic festival of Eid ul-Adha begins (ends on January 12).
- January 11 – Vaikunta Ekadashi is observed by Hindus.
- January 14 – Mahayana Buddhist New Year.
- January 29 – Lunar New Year
- January 31 – Muslim New Year.
- February 1 – Imbolc Cross-quarter day (Celebrated on February 2 in some places).
- February 9 – Day of Ashurah.
- February 13 – Tu Bishvat.
- February 28 – Mardi Gras.
- March 13 – Jewish holiday of Purim begins at sunset.
- March 14 – Sikh New Year.
- March 21 – Iranian New Year's Day (Norouz).
- March 30 – Hindu New Year.
- April 5 – Qingming Festival.
- April 11 – Birth anniversary of Muhammad.
- April 12 – Pesach or Passover begins at sunset, continues for a week.
- April 13
- Theravada Buddhist New Year.
- Punjabi New Year.
- April 14
- Good Friday in the Western Church Calendar.
- Sikh Holiday of Vaisakhi.
- Puththaandu Tamil New Year in the Tamil Calendar, observed by people in Tamil Nadu.
- April 16 – Easter in the Western Church Calendar.
- April 21 – Good Friday in the Eastern Church Calendar
- April 23 – Easter in the Eastern Church Calendar
- May 1 – Beltane Cross-quarter day.
- June 1 – Jewish holiday of Shavuot begins at sunset
- August 1 – Lammas Cross-quarter day.
- August 2 – Jewish fast of Tisha B'Av begins at sundown; it extends until the night of August 3.
- September 22 – Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Continues until nightfall of the 24th.
- September 23 – First day of Ramadan.
- October 1 – Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Ends at nightfall of the 2nd.
- October 21 – Hindu festival of Diwali.
- October 23 – Islamic festival of Eid ul-Fitr.
- October 31 – Samhain Cross-quarter day.
- December 15 – Hannukah.
- December 21 – Wiccans celebrate the festival of Yule.
- December 25 – Christmas in the Western Church Calendar.
- December 31 – Islamic festival of Eid ul-Adha begins (ends on January 2, 2007).
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