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RELIGIOUS DATES - 2009 (UK)
I have listed below some of the more prominent dates in the various religious calendars:-
CHRISTIAN
Epiphany |
January |
6th |
Shrove Tuesday |
February | 24th |
Ash Wednesday |
February | 25th |
Mothering Sunday |
March | 22nd (UK) |
Palm Sunday |
April | 5th |
Good Friday |
April | 10th |
Easter Day |
April | 12th |
Ascension Day, Holy Thursday |
May | 21st |
Whit Sunday, Pentecost |
May | 31st |
Trinity Sunday |
June | 7th |
Corpus Christi |
June | 11th |
All Saints’ Day |
November |
1st |
First Sunday in Advent |
November |
29th |
Christmas Day |
December |
25th |
JEWISH
| Purim | March | 10th |
First Day of Passover (Pesach) 1st day |
April | 9th |
Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) 1st day |
May |
29th |
Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) |
September |
19th |
Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) |
September |
28th |
First Day of Tabernacles (Succot) |
October | 3rd |
| Hanukkah/Chanukah - 1st day | December | 12th |
ISLAMIC
| Ashura | January | 7th |
| Milad an-Nabi (Prophet's birthday) | March | 9th |
First Day of Ramadân |
August |
22nd |
| Eid al-Fitr | September | 21st |
| Ei Dul al-Adha | November | 28th |
| Islamic New Year (Al-Hijra) | December | 18th |
CHINESE
| New Year (Year of the Ox) | January | 26th |
BUDDHIST
| Parinirvana Day | February | 8th |
| Wesak (Buddah Day) | May | 9th |
| Bodhi Day (Buddha's enlightenment) | December | 8th |
HINDU
| Mahashivrati | February | 23rd |
| Holi | March | 11th |
| Navratri 1st Day | September | 19th |
| Diwali | October | 17th |
(Nanakshahi calendar)SIKH
| Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji | January | 5th |
| Vaisakhi | April | 13th |
| Birthday of Guru Nanak | April | 14th |
| Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji | June | 16th |
| Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji | November | 24th |
Useful calendar of major Festivals in India during 2009
These dates are given in good faith but we cannot guarantee their accuracy