2011 - Major Religious Holidays

Major Religious Holidays

  • January 6 – Christmas (celebrated by the Armenian Church)
  • January 7 – Christmas (Eastern Christianity)
  • February 1 – Imbolc, a cross-quarter day
  • March 8 – Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras), end of Carnival season
  • March 9 – Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent)
  • March 20 – Holi
  • March 21 – (Northern hemisphere) Vernal equinox, also known as Ostara & Persian New Year
  • April 18 – Passover begins at sundown
  • April 24 – Easter (Western and Orthodox)
  • May 1 – Beltane, a Cross-quarter day
  • May 17 – Vesak (Buddhism)
  • June 7 – Shavuot begins
  • August 1
    • Ramadan begins (Islam)
    • Lammas, a Cross-quarter day
  • August 31 – Eid al-Fitr
  • September 1 – Ganesh Chaturthi
  • September 11 – Anant Chaturdashi
  • September 23 – (Northern hemisphere) Autumnal equinox, also known as Mabon
  • September 28 – Rosh Hashana begins at sundown
  • October 2 to October 6 – Durga Puja
  • October 7 – Yom Kippur begins at sundown
  • October 26 – Diwali, a religious holiday in Hinduism
  • November 6 – Eid al-Adha
  • November 26 – Islamic New Year
  • December 20 – Hanukkah begins at sundown
  • December 25 – Christmas (Western Christianity)

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