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NOTABLE DATES (U.K.) - 2009
Religious and otherwise
For UK Public/Bank Holidays - 2008 and 2009
New Year's Day 1st January Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (Nanakshahi calendar) 5th January Epiphany 6th January Ashura 7th January Burn's Night 25th January Chinese New Year (Year of the Ox) 26th January Shrove Tuesday (pancake day) 24th February Ash Wednesday 25th February Accession of Queen Elizabeth II
6th February Parinirvana Day 8th February Valentine's Day 14th February St. David's Day (Wales) 1st March Commonwealth Day 9th March Milad an-Nabi 9th March Purim 10th March Holi 11th March St. Patrick’s Day 17th March Mothers Day (UK) 22nd March British Summertime (clocks go forward 1 hr) 29th March Palm Sunday 5th April Pesach - 1st day 9th April Good Friday 10th April Easter Sunday 12th April Easter Monday 13th April Vaisakhi (Nanakshahi calendar) 13th April Queen Elizabeth II Birthday
21st April St. George’s Day
23rd April William Shakespeare's birthday 23rd April May Day 4th May Wesak 8th - 10th May Mothers' Day (USA) 10th May Ascension Day 21st May Spring Bank Holiday 25th May Shavuot - 1st day 29th May Whit Sunday 31st May Coronation Day 2nd June Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Birthday 10th June Queen’s Official Birthday 13th June (to be confirmed) Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji (Nanakshahi calendar) 16th June Fathers' Day (United Kingdom & USA)
21st June Prince William’s Birthday
21st June Ramadan 22nd August August Bank Holiday
31st August Navratri 1st day 19th September Rosh Hashanah 19th September Eid al-Fitr 21st September Yom Kippur 28th September Succot - 1st day 3rd October Diwali 17th October GMT (clocks go back 1 hr) 25th October Halloween 31st October Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes) 5th November Remembrance Sunday
8th November Prince of Wales’s Birthday
14th November Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji (Nanakshahi calendar) 24th November Eid al-Adha 28th November Advent Sunday 29th November St. Andrew’s Day (Scotland)
30th November Bodhi Day 8th December Chanukah - 1st day 12th December Al Hijra (New Year) 18th December Christmas Eve 24th December Christmas Day 25th December Boxing Day (St. Stephen's Day) 26th December New Year's Eve /Hogmanay 31st December All dates are given in good faith but as many religious dates are based on the lunar calendar we cannot guarantee accuracy.
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