MULTIFAITH CALENDAR 2006/7 2006 August September October 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 29 30 31 November December January 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31 31 MULTI FAITH BUDDHIST February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 CHRISTIAN 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 HINDU 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 JAIN JEWISH May June July MUSLIM RASTAFARI 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 SHINTO 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ZOROASTRIANI 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 29 30 31
August 2006 1 (Pagan) Lughnasadh Lammas (Bahá í) Kamál 2 3 (Jewish) Tish B'Av 4 (Hindu) Raksha Bandhan 5 (Hindu) Radha Govinda Jhulan Yatra 6 (Christian) 7 8 (Hindu) Raksha 9 10 (Zoroastriani) 11 12 Transfiguration Bandhan Farvardigan (start) 13 14 15 (Christian) Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 16 (Hindu) Janmashtami - Krishna Jayanti 17 (Rastafari) Birthday of Marcus Garvey 18 19 (Zoroastriani) Farvardigan (end) (Christian) Dormition of the Theotokos (Hindu) Birthdate of Srila Prabhupada 20 (Zoroastriani) No Ruz 21 (Jain) Paryushana 22 (Muslim) Lailat al Miraj 23 24 25 (Zoroastriani) Khordad Sal 26 (Bahá í) Asmá 27 (Hindu) Ganesh 28 (Jain) Chaturthi Samvatatsari 29 30 31 (Secular) Summer Bank Holiday
September 2006 1 (Hindu) Sri Radhastami 2 3 (Christian) St Macnissi 4 5 6 7 8 (Christian) Nativity of the Theotokos and Feast of the Birth of Mary (Bahá í) Izzat 9 (Muslim) Lailat-ul- Bara'h 10 11 (Rastafari) Ethiopian New Year 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 (Pagan) Autumn Equinox (Hindu) Navaratri (start) (Jewish) Rosh Hashanah 24 (Muslim) 25 26 27 (Bahá í) Ramadan (start) Mashíyyat (Judaism) Rosh Hashanah (New Year) 5767 28 29 (Hindu) Durga Puja 30
October 2006 1 2 (Jewish) Yom Kippur (Hindu) Dussera 3 4 5 6 (Hindu) Laxmi Puja 7 (Jewish) Sukkot (Buddhism) Pavarana 8 9 10 11 12 13 (Christian) St Edward's Day 14 (Jewish) Shemini Atzeret 15 (Jewish) Simchat 16 (Bahá í) Ilm 17 18 19 20 (Muslim) Lailat al- 21 (Sikh) Diwali Torah Quadr - Night of Power (start) (Hindu) Diwali (Bahá í) Birth of the Bab (Jain) Diwali 22 23 (Hindu) Govardhana Puja 24 (Muslim) Eid-Ul- Fitr 25 26 27 28 29 30 (Chinese) Chung Yuan 31 (Pagan) Samhain (Christian) All Hallows Eve (Halloween)
November 2006 1 (Christian) All Saints' Day 2 (Christian) All Souls' Day (Rastafari) Coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I 3 4 (Bahá í) Qudrat 5 (Sikh) Birthday of Guru Nanak (Lunar Calendar) (Buddhism) Kathina Day 6 7 8 9 10 11 (Multifaith) Armistice Day (Buddhism) Guru Padmasambhava Day 12 (Bahá í) Birth of Baha'u'llah 13 14 15 16 17 18 (Multifaith) Remembrance Sunday 19 20 21 22 23 (Buddhism) Buddha coming down from Tushita (Bahá í ) Qawl 24 (Sikh) Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur 25 26 (Bahá í) Day of the Covenant 2 (Christian) Christ the King 27 28 (Bahá í) Ascension of Abdu'l- Baha 29 30 (Christian) St Andrew's Day
December 2006 1 (Hindu) Gita Jayanti 2 3 (Christian) Advent 4 5 6 7 (Buddhism) Je 8 (Christian) Feast 9 Sunday Tsong Khapa Day of the Immaculate Conception (Buddhist) Bodhi Day 10 11 12 (Bahá í) Masá il 13 14 15 16 (Jewish) Hannukah 17 18 19 20 (Muslim) Hajj (start) 21 22 (Pagan) Winter Solstice - Yule 23 24 (Christian) Christmas Eve 25 (Christian) Christmas Day 26 (Secular) Boxing Day 27 28 29 30 Holy Family (Christian) (Christian) St Stephen's Day 31 (Muslim) Eid-Ul- Adha (Bahá í) Sharaf
January 2007 1 (Christian) Festival of St Basil the Great (Shinto) Shogatsu 2 3 (Buddhist) Mahayana New Year 4 5 (Sikh) Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh 6 (Christian) Epiphany and Theophany (Rastafari) Christmas Day 7 (Christian) Baptism of the Lord 8 9 10 11 12 13 (Christian) St Hilary's Day 14 (Hindu) Makar 15 16 17 18 (Christian) Week 19 20 (Muslim) Al-Hijira Sankrant (Bahá í) World Religion Day (Multifaith) World Religion Day of Prayer for Christian Unity (start) 21 (Shinto) Toshi- 22 23 (Hindu) Vasant 24 25 (Christian) St 26 27 (Jewish) National goi-no-matsuri - Panchami Paul's Day Holocaust Memorial Yakuyoke festival Day (Christian) St Agnes (Multifaith) National Holocaust Memorial Day 28 (Christian) St 29 (Muslim) Ashura 30 31 (Sikh) Birthday of Thomas Aquinas Guru Har Rai
February 2007 1 2 (Christian) Candlemas 3 (Shinto) Setsubun (Jewish) Tu B'Shevat (Pagan) Imbolc 4 5 6 7 8 (Buddhist) Parinirvana - Nirvana day 9 10 11 (Christian) Our 12 13 14 (Christian) St 15 (Buddhist) 16 (Hindu) 17 Lady of Lourdes Valentine's Day Nirvana day Mahashivratri (alternative date) 18 Chinese New Year 19 (Christian) Beginning of Lent 20 (Christian) Shrove Tuesday 21 (Christian) Ash Wednesday 22 23 24 (Buddhist) Losar (start) 25 26 27 28
March 2007 1 (Christian) St David's Day 2 (Bahá í) Start of Nineteen day fast (Multifaith) Women's World Day of Prayer 3 (Buddhist) Magha Puja (Hindu) Holi (Shinto) Hina-matsuri - Festival of Dolls 4 (Sikh) Hola Mohalla (Lunar Calendar) (Jewish) Purim 5 (Christian) St Piran's Day 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 (Christian) St Patrick's Day 18 (Christian) 19 (Hindu) Bikarami 20 21 (Bahá í) Naw-Ruz 22 (Zoroastriani) 23 24 Mothering Sunday Samvat - Varsha- Jamshedi Noruz Pratipada (Shinto) Shubun-sai (Christian) St Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Pagan) Spring Equinox 25 (Christian) Annunciation 26 (Zoroastriani) Khordad Sal 27 (Hindu) Rama Navami 28 29 30 31 (Muslim) Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad)
April 2007 1 (Christian) Palm 2 (Hindu) Hanuman 3 (Jewish) Passover 4 5 (Christian) 6 (Christian) Good 7 Sunday Jayanti Maundy Thursday Friday (Buddhist) Therevada New Year (Muslim) Milad un Nabi 8 (Christian) Easter 9 10 11 12 13 (Sikh) Vaisakhi 14 (Sikh) Birthday of Guru Nanak 15 (Jewish) Yom Hashoah 16 17 18 (Sikh) Birthday of Guru Angad Dev and Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur 19 20 21 (Bahá í) Ridvan (Rastafari) Anniversary of Haile Selassie's visit to Jamaica 22 23 (Christian) St George's Day 24 25 26 27 28 29 (Bahá í) Ridvan 30
May 2007 1 (Pagan) Beltane 2 (Bahá í) Ridvan (Sikh) Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev (Buddhist) Wesak or Buddha day 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 (Christian) Ascension Day 18 19 20 21 22 23 (Jewish) Shavuot (Sikh) Birthday of Guru Amar Das (Bahá í) Declaration of the Bab 24 25 26 27 (Christian) 28 29 (Bahá í) Pentecost - Whitsun Ascension of Baha'u'llah 30 31
June 2007 1 2 3 (Christian) Trinity 4 5 6 7 (Christian) Corpus Sunday Christi 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 (Sikh) Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev 17 18 19 20 21 (Pagan) Summer Solstice - Litha 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 (Christian) St Peter's Day 30 (Buddhist) Asala - Dharma Day
July 2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (Bahá í) Martyrdom of the Bab 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 (Rastafari) Birthday of Haile Selassie I 24 (Mormon) Pioneer Day (Jewish) Tish B'Av 25 26 (Zoroastriani) Khordad Sal (Qadimi) 27 28 29 30 31
August 2007 1 (Pagan) Lughnasadh - Lammas 2 3 4 5 6 (Christian) Transfiguration 7 8 9 10 11 (Muslim) Lailat al Miraj 12 13 14 15 (Christian) Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Dormition of the Theotokos 16 17 (Rastafari) Birthday of Marcus Garvey 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (Zoroastriani) Khordad Sal (Shenshai) 26 27 28 (Hindu) Raksha Bandhan 29 30 31