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							                               Diversity Calendar 2010
In the Jewish and Muslim calendars, a holiday begins at sunset of the previous day.

January
1st       Mary, Mother of God                                Catholic Christian
          Feast of St Basil                                  Orthodox Christian
          Gantan-sai (New Year)                              Shinto
          New Year's Day, Hogmanay, Bank Holiday (England/NI/Scotland/Wales/ROI)
4th       Bank Holiday (Scotland)
5th       Twelfth Night                                      Christian
          Birthday of Guru Gobindh Singh                     Sikh
6th       Epiphany                                           Christian
          Feast of the Theophany                             Orthodox Christian
          Nativity of Christ                                 Armenian Christian
          Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day)                 Hispanic Christian
7th       Nativity of Christ                                 Orthodox Christian
10th      Baptism of Lord Jesus                              Christian
14th      Lohri (Makara Sankranti)                           Hindu
          Maghi                                              Sikh
15th      Seijin Seiki                                       Shinto
17th      World Religion Day                                 Bahá'í
          Blessing of the Animals                            Hispanic Christian
18th      Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins          Christian
19th      Timkat                                             Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
          Shahrevar roj Parab                                Zoroastrian
20th      Vasant Panchami / Saraswati Puja                   Hindu
24th      Triodion begins                                    Orthodox Christian
25th      Conversion of St. Paul                             Christian
          Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ends            Christian
27th      International Holocaust Day
30th      Mahayana New Year (3 days)                         Buddhist
          Tu Bishvat                                         Jewish
          Jashn-e Sadeh                                      Zoroastrian
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31        Birthday of Guru Har Rai                           Sikh


February
1st       Mahayana New Year ends                               Buddhist
2nd       Candlemas                                            Christian
          Presentation of Christ in the Temple                 Anglican Christian
          Saint Brighid of Kildare                             Celtic Christian
          Imbolc                                               Wicca Northern hemisphere
          Lughnassad                                           Wicca Southern hemisphere
3rd       Rissun (Setsubun)                                    Shinto
7th       Triodion ends                                        Orthodox Christian
       Meatfare Sunday                                  Orthodox Christian
       Four Chaplains Sunday                            Interfaith
8th    Parinirvana - Nirvana day                        Buddhist
11th   Darwin day                                       Humanist
12th   Maha Shivaratri                                  Hindu
14th   St. Valentine's Day                              Christian
       Transfiguration Sunday                           Christian
       Cheesefare Sunday                                Orthodox Christian
       Start of Losar                                   Buddhist
       Chinese New Year                                 Confucian / Daoist / Buddhist
15th   Parinirvana (alternative date for Nirvana Day)   Buddhist
       Great Lent – Clean Monday                        Orthodox Christian
16th   Shrove Tuesday                                   Christian
17th   Ash Wednesday (Lent begins)                      Christian
21st   Orthodox Sunday                                  Orthodox Christian
24th   Saint Matthew's Day                              Christian
25th   Fast of Esther (Taanit Esther)                   Jewish
26th   Mawlid al-Nabi (Birth of the Prophet Muhammad)   Islam
       Intercalary Days begin                           Bahá’í
28th   Purim (2 days)                                   Jewish
       Holi begins                                      Hindu


March
1st    Intercalary Days conclude                        Bahá’í
       Holi                                             Hindu
       Hola Mohala                                      Sikh
       St David's Day, Wales National Saint             Christian
2nd    Lent begins                                      Orthodox Christian
       Period of 19 day Fast begins                     Bahá’í
3rd    Milad un Nabi (Birthday of Muhammed)             Shia Muslim
       Hina-matsuri - Festival of Dolls                 Shinto
5th    Women's World Day of Prayer                      Christian
8th    Aadinath Jayanti                                 Jain
13th   L. Ron Hubbard birthday                          Scientology
14th   Mothering Sunday                                 Christian
16th   Vaisaki – New Year                               Hindu
17th   St Patrick's Day, Ireland's National Saint       Christian
       Bank Holiday (NI/ROI)
20th   Vernal Equinox
       Ostara                                           Wicca N Hemisphere
       Mabon                                            Wicca S Hemisphere
       Hamaspathmaedaya                                 Zoroastrian
21st   Jamshedi Noruz (Fasli)                           Zoroastrian
       Naw Ruz (New Year)                               Bahá’í
       Shubun-sai - Equinox day                         Shinto
       Passion Sunday                                   Christian
        International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
24th    Ram Navami                                                Hindu
        Swaminarayan Jayanti                                      Hindu
25th    Annunciation of Virgin Mary                               Christian
26th    Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zarathushtra)               Zoroastrian
        Greater Noruz (Fasli)                                     Zoroastrian
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27      Lazarus Saturday                                          Orthodox Christian
28th    Palm Sunday                                               Christian
        Mahavir Jayanti                                           Jain
29th    Fast of the Firstborn                                     Jewish
30th    Pesach (Passover) begins                                  Jewish
        Lord's Evening Meal                                       Jehovah's Witness
        Last Supper                                               Christian
        Hanuman Jayanti                                           Hindu
        Magha Puja                                                Buddhist
31st    Pesach (Passover) 2nd day                                 Jewish


April
1st     Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur                           Sikh
        Maundy Thursday                                         Christian
2nd     Good Friday                                             Christian
        Holy Friday                                             Orthodox Christian
        Bank Holiday (England/NI/Scotland/Wales/ROI)
4th     Easter / Pascha                                         Christian / Orthodox Christian
        Second last day of Pesach (Passover)                    Jewish
5th     Easter Monday                                           Christian
        Last day of Pesach (Passover)                           Jewish
        Bank Holiday (England/NI/Wales/ROI)
6th     National Day of Prayer                                  Interfaith USA
7th     World Health Day
9th     Chaitr i Poonam – Patta Darsham                         Jain
11th    Yom HaSho'ah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)                Jewish
13th    Vaisakhi (Baisakhi)                                     Sikh
14th    Bir thday of Guru Nanak                                 Sikh
17th    Akhatr ij (Akshay Tr itiya)                             Jain
18th    Yom Hazikaron                                           Jewish
        Bir thday of Guru Angad Dev                             Sikh
        Bir thday of Guru Tegh Bahadur                          Sikh
19th    Yom Ha'Atzmaut                                          Jewish
21st    First Day of Ridvan                                     Bahá’í
        Anniversary of Haile Selassie's visit to Jamaica        Rastafarian
23rd    Saint George's Day (England's National Saint)           Christian
24th    Adar roj Parab                                          Rastafarian
25th    World Malaria Day
28th    Theravadin New Year begins                              Buddhist
29th    Ninth Day of Ridvan                                     Bahá’í
30th      St. James the Great Day                              Orthodox Christian


May
1st       Beltane                                             Wicca Northern hemisphere
          Samhain                                             Wicca Southern hemisphere
          Theravadin New Year ends                            Buddhist
2nd       Lag Baomer                                          Jewish
          Bir thday of Guru Arjan Dev                         Sikh
3rd       Twelfth Day of Ridvan                               Bahá’í
          Early May Bank Holiday (England/NI/Scotland/Wales/ROI)
8th       World Fair Trade Day
12th      Yom Yerushalayim                                    Jewish
13th      Ascension of Christ                                 Christian
15th      International Day of Families
16th      Dae Mah Roj Hormazd                                 Zoroastrian
17th      International Day Against Homophobia
19th      Shavuot begins                                      Jewish
20th      Shavuot ends                                        Jewish
22nd      Shantinath Jayanti                                  Jain
23rd      Pentecost                                           Christian / Orthodox Christian
          Declaration of the Bab                              Bahá’í
          Bir thday of Guru Amar Das                          Sikh
27th      Zartusht No Diso                                    Zoroastrian
          Buddha Day, Visakha Puja, Wesak                     Buddhist
29th      Ascension of Baha'u'llah                            Bahá’í
30th      Trinity Sunday                                      Christian
          All Saints                                          Orthodox Christian
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31        Spring Bank Holiday (England/NI/Scotland/Wales)


June
3rd       Corpus Christi                                       Catholic Christian
5th       World Environment Day
7th       June Bank Holiday (ROI)
9th       Saint Columba of Iona                                Celtic Christian
11th      Sacred Heart of Jesus                                Catholic Christian
16th      Guru Arjan Dev Martyrdom                             Sikh
          Bahman roj Parab                                     Zoroastrian
19th      New Church Day                                       Swedenborgian Christian
20th      World Refugee Day
          Father's Day
21st      Summer Solstice
          Litha                                                Wicca Northern hemisphere
          Yule                                                 Wicca Southern hemisphere
          First Nations Day                                    Canadian Native People
24th    John the Baptist Birth                               Christian
29th    Saints Peter and Paul                                Christian
        Fast of Tammuz                                       Jewish


July
1st     Jashn-e Tirgan                                       Zoroastrian
5th     Bir thday of Guru Hargobind                          Sikh
8th     Lailat al Miraj                                      Islam
9th     Martyrdom of the Bab                                 Bahá’í
        Bank Holiday – Battle of the Boyne (NI)
11th    St Benedict Day                                      Catholic Christian
13th    Ulambana (Obon) begins                               Buddhist
15th    Ulambana (Obon) ends                                 Buddhist
        Saint Vladimir's Day (Patron of Russian Catholics)   Orthodox Christian
        St Swithin's Day                                     Christian
19th    Aspandar mad roj Parab                               Zoroastrian
        Qadimi Navroze                                       Zoroastrian
20th    Tisha Beav                                           Jewish
        Jamshedi Noruz (Qadimi)                              Zoroastrian
23rd    Haile Selassi birthday                               Rastafarian
        Bir thday of Guru Har Krishen                        Sikh
24th    Pioneer Day                                          Mormon
25th    St. James the Great Day                              Christian
        Khordad Sal (Qadimi)                                 Zoroastrian
26th    Lailat ul Bara'a                                     Islam
        Asalha Puja Day (Dharma Day)                         Buddhist


August – Women’s Small Business Month
1st     Lammas                                               Christian
        Lughnassad                                           Wicca Northern hemisphere
        Imbolc                                               Wicca Southern hemisphere
        Fast in honour of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus          Orthodox Christian
2nd     Summer Bank Holiday (Scotland/ROI)
6th     Transfiguration of the Lord                          Orthodox Christian
9th     Muktads begin
11th    Ramadan begins                                       Islam
15th    Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary                    Catholic Christian
        Dormition of the Theotokos                           Orthodox Christian
17th    Marcus Garvey's Birthday                             Rastafarian
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18      Muktads ends                                         Zoroastrian
19th    Jamshedi Noruz (Shenshai)                            Zoroastrian
24th    Raksha Bandhan                                       Hindu
        Khordad Sal (Shenshai)                               Zoroastrian
29th    Beheading of John the Baptist                        Christian
30th   Summer Bank Holiday (England/Wales/NI)


September
1st    Ecclesiastical Year begins                            Orthodox Christian
2nd    Krishna Janmaashtami                                  Hindu
3rd    Quds Day                                              Islam
5th    Digambara Paryushana (10 days)                        Jain
6th    Lailat al Kadr                                        Islam
       Fravardin roj Parab                                   Zoroastrian
8th    Nativity of Mary                                      Christian
9th    Rosh Hashanah (2 days)                                Jewish
       Eid al Fitr (Ramadan ends)                            Islam
11th   Ganesa Chaturthi                                      Hindu
       Ethiopian New Year's Day                              Rastafarian
       Fast of Gedalliah                                     Jewish
12th   Paryushana                                            Jain
14th   Elevation of the Life Giving Cross – Holy Cross Day   Christian
18th   Yom Kippur                                            Jewish
20th   Ardibehest roj Parab                                  Zoroastrian
21st   International Day of Peace
23rd   Sukkot begins (Primary Obligation Day)                Jewish
       Autumnal Equinox
       Mabon                                                 Wicca Northern hemisphere
       Ostara                                                Wicca Southern hemisphere
29th   Michael and All Angels                                Christian
       Sukkot ends                                           Jewish
       Hoshanah Rabbah                                       Jewish
30th   Shmini Atzeret                                        Jewish


October
1st    Simhat Torah                                          Jewish
       International Day of Older Persons
       Jashn-e Mehergan                                      Zoroastrian
4th    St Francis Day                                        Catholic Christian
8th    Navaratri begins                                      Hindu
       International Lesbian Day
9th    Bir thday of Guru Ram Das                             Sikh
11th   Thanksgiving                                          Interfaith (Canada)
14th   Saraswati Puja                                        Hindu
16th   Navaratri ends                                        Hindu
17th   Dussehra – World Day to overcome extreme poverty      Hindu
20th   Birth of the B'ab                                     Bahá’í
       Guru Granth Sahibji (Installation of Scriptures)      Sikh
23rd   Khordad roj Parab                                     Zoroastrian
24th   United Nations Day
25th   October Bank Holiday (ROI)
28th   Milvian Bridge Day                               Christian
31st   All Hallows Eve                                  Christian
       Reformation Day                                  Protestant Christian


November
1st    All Saints' Day / All Hallows                    Christian
       Samhain                                          Wicca Northern hemisphere
       Beltane                                          Wicca Southern hemisphere
2nd    All Souls' Day                                   Catholic Christian
       Coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I           Rastafarian
5th    Diwali (Deepawali)                               Hindu, Jain, Sikh
       Armistice Day (Multifaith)
6th    New Year’s Day                                   Hindu
7th    New Year’s Day                                   Jain
10th   Gyan-Panchami (Laabh Pancham)                    Jain
12th   Birth of Baha'u'llah                             Bahá’í
14th   Remembrance Day (Multifaith)
15th   Waqf al Arafa – Hajj                             Islam
       Shichigosan (7-5-3 festival)                     Shinto
       Nativity Fast begins                             Orthodox Christian
16th   Eid al Adha                                      Islam
       International Day for Tolerance
20th   Universal Children's Day
21st   Christ the King                                  Christian
       Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday                    Sikh
       Kar tiki Poonam – Patta Darsham                  Jain
23rd   Niinamesei                                       Shinto
24th   Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom                      Sikh
25th   Thanksgiving                                     Interfaith USA
26th   Day of Covenant                                  Bahá’í
28th   First Sunday of Advent                           Christian
       Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha                        Bahá’í
29th   Tir roj Parab                                    Zoroastrian
30th   Saint Andrew's Day (Bank Holiday Scotland)       Christian


December
1st    World AIDS Day
2nd    Hanukkah begins                                  Jewish
       International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3rd    International Day of Persons with Disabilities
6th    Saint Nicholas Day                               Christian
7th    Al Hijira Muharram (Muslim New Year)             Islam
8th    Bodhi Day (Rohatsu)                                     Buddhist
       Immaculate Conception of Mary                           Catholic Christian
9th    Hanukkah ends                                           Jewish
10th   International Human Rights Day
11th   Parchvanath Jayanti                                     Jain
12th   Feast day – Our Lady of Guadalupe                       Catholic Christian
16th   Ashura                                                  Islam
       Posadas Navidenas begins                                Hispanic Christian
17th   Fast of Ten of Tevet                                    Jewish
18th   International Migrants Day
20th   Shab-e Yalda                                            Zoroastrian
21st   Winter Solstice
       Yule                                                    Christian
       Yule                                                    Wicca Northern hemisphere
       Litha                                                   Wicca Southern hemisphere
23rd   Amardad Parab                                           Zoroastrian
24th   Nativity Fast ends                                      Orthodox Christian
25th   Christmas                                               Christian
       Feast of the Nativity                                   Orthodox Christian
       Bank Holiday (England/NI/Scotland/Wales/ROI)
26th   Feast of the Holy Family                                Catholic Christian
       Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra)         Zoroastrian
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27th   Bank Holiday in lieu of 25 (England / NI / Scotland / Wales / ROI)
28th   Holy Innocents                                          Christian
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       Boxing Day Bank Holiday in lieu of 26 (England / NI / Scotland / Wales / ROI)
22nd   Hanukkah ends                                           Jewish
31st   Watch Night                                             Christian
       Hogmanay/New Year's Eve

In the Jewish and Muslim calendars, a holiday begins at sunset of the previous day.

						
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