2006 - Major Holidays

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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