January 2017 Chanukah New Year s Day Temple Day Gantan-sai 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sakyamuni Buddha s Enlightenment Birth of Guru Gobind Singh Twelfth Night Epiphany Orthodox Christmas 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Urs of Abdul-Qadir Gilani (Sunni) Lohri Maghi Makar Sankranti Orthodox New Year World Religion Day 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Orthodox Epiphany 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Lunar New Year / Maltreya Bodhisattva s Birthday Chinese New Year s Day 29 30 31
February 2017 1 2 3 4 Vasant Panchami Imbolc Setsubum-sai 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Tu BiShvat Lantern Festival / Magha Puja Lantern Festival 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Family Day (BC) Yukon Heritage Day Intercalary Days (26-March 1) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Family Day (AB, ON, SK) Nova Scotia Heritage Day Louis Riel Day 26 27 28 Orthodox Clean Monday Mahashivratri
March 2017 Ash Wednesday Baha i Fast (1-19) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Purim Sakyamuni Buddha s Nirvana Day / Magha Puja Holi 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Holi Hola Mohalla Sikh New Year Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva s Birthday 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Naw Ruz (New Year) Ladyday / Spring Equinox Navroze (New Year) (FC) 26 27 28 29 30 31 Khordad Sal (FC) New Year / Vasant Navratri begins
April 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Urs of Moinuddin Chishti(Sunni) Shri Ramnavami Tomb Sweeping Day Farvardegan (FC) Palm Sunday Mahavir Jayanti (Birthday) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Birthday of Ali ibn Abi Talib (Shia) Passover (11-18) Hanuman Jayanti Theravada New Year Vaisakhi (or the 14) New Year Good Friday / Holy Friday 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Easter Sunday Easter Monday First Day of Ridvan 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Yom HaShoah Isra and Mi raj (Hijri) Zarathosht-no-dis co (QC) Start of Sha ban Ninth Day of Ridvan Birthday of Husayn ibn Ali (Shia)
May 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 Twelfth Day of Ridvan Beltane Samhain Yom HaHtzmaut 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Sakyamuni Buddha s Birthday Visakha Puja / Buddha Day Sha ban, birthday of Muhammad al-mahdi (Hijri) Lag B Omer Mother s Day 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Victoria Day Declaration of the Bab Zarathsosht-nodisco (SC) Ascension of Jesus Ramadan begins (Hijri) Ascension of Baha u llah 28 29 30 31 Dragon Boat Festival Shavuot (31 May-June 1)
June 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pentecost Poson Orthodox All Saints Day 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 National Aboriginal Week (12-17) Last third of Ramadan(Hijri) Martydom of Ali ibn Abi Talib (Shia) Guru Arjan Martyrdom 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Father s Day National Aboriginal Day Litha/ Summer Solstice Lailat al-qadr (Hijri) Nuzul al-qur an (Hijri) 25 26 27 28 29 30 Eid al Fitr(Hijri) Jumatul Widha St. Jean Baptiste (QC)
July 2017 1 Canada Day 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Guru Purnima Guru Purnima Jalsa Salana (7-9) Asalha Puja Day Martyrdom of the Bab 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Imamat Day Obon (13-15) Obon Nunavut Day Holiday (Nu) Orangemen s Day (NL) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Navroze (New Year) (QC) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Khordal Sal (QC) 30 31
August 2017 Tisha B Av Lughnassadh- Imbolc Lammas 1 2 3 4 5 Regatta Day (NL) Farvadegan (QC) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Civic Holiday (NT, ON, PE, SK) / Heritage Day (AB) / Terry Fox Day (MB) / New Brunwisk Day / British Columbia Day / Natal Day (NS) Raksha Bandhan Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva s Enlightenment 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Sri Krishna Janmaashtami Assumption of the Virgin Mary Navroze (New Year) (FC) Gold Cup Parade (PEI) Paryushan Parva begins 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Discovery Day (Yukon) Khordad Sal (SC) Ganesh / Vinayak Chauth 27 28 29 30 31 The Hajj to Mecca (until September 4 th ) (Hijri) Day of Arafa (Hijri) Samvatsari / Paryushan Parva ends / Daslakshan Parva begins
September 2017 Eid al-adha (1-4)(Hijri) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Labour Day Anant Chaturdashi Farvardegan (SC) Dharma Day / Ullambana Anant Chaturdashi Ghost Festival Kshamavani / Daslakshan Parva ends Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva s Pravrajya / Buddhist Joy Day 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Orhtodox Nayrouz 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Powley day Sharad Navratri begins(8 days) Islamic New Year (Hijri) Rosh Hashana (21-22) Harvestide / Fall Equinox 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Ganesh Chaturthi Durgaashtami Vijaya Dashmi / Dassehra Yom Kippour Ashura (Hijri)
October 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mid-Autumn Festival Sukkot (5-11) Kathina Ceremony / Pavarana Day 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Karva Chauth Thanksgiving Shimchat Torah (12-13) Birth of Baha u llah 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Diwali Lord Mahavir Nirvan / Diwali Bandi Chlor Divas New Year Enlightenment Day of Gautamswami Installation of the Guru Granth as Guru Birth of the Bab 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gnan Panchami 29 30 31 Halloween
November 2017 1 2 3 4 Samhain Dev Diwali Birth of Guru Nanak 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Remembrance Day 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Louis Riel Day 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Thanksgiving (US) Martyrdom of Guru Teg Bahadur Day of the Covenant 26 27 28 29 30 Ascension of Abdu l-baha Eid-e-Shuja (Shia) Orthodox First Day of Advent Mawlid (Hijri) Maun Agiyaras
December 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 First Day of Advent Mawlid (Shia) Bodhi Day 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Hanukkah (13-20) Birthday of Imam Agakhan 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Yule / Winter Solstice 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Christmas Day / Feast of the Nativity Boxing Day Zarathosht-nodisco (FC) 31 New Year s Eve
Religion Symbol Illustration of Symbol Aboriginal Spirituality The Medicine Wheel Baha i The Nine Point Star Buddhism The Dharma Wheel Christianity The Cross Hinduism The Aum Islam The Star and Crescent Symbol Jainism The Symbol of Ahimsa Judaism The Star Of David Shinto The Torii Gate Taoism The Yin Yang Wicca The Pentacle Zoroastrianism The Faravahar Sikhism The Khanda
http://www.peelschools.org/calendar/pages/default.aspx http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/index.htm, referred to by Harvard University both no highlights still need to check sources, except Islam Mohammed you told me the dates, converted them to Western calendar dates