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NOTABLE DATES (U.K.) - 2008
Religious and otherwise
For UK Bank Holidays - 2008 and 2009
New Year's Day 1st January Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji 5th January Epiphany 6th January Al-Hijra 10th January Ashura 19th January Burn's Night 25th January Shrove Tuesday (pancake day) 5th February Ash Wednesday 6th February Accession of Queen Elizabeth II
6th February Chinese New Year (Year of the Rat) 7th February Parinirvana Day 8th February Valentine's Day 14th February St. David's Day (Wales) 1st March Mothers Day (UK) 2nd March Commonwealth Day 10th March Palm Sunday 16th March St. Patrick’s Day 17th March Milad an-Nabi 20th March Holi 21st March Purim 21st March Good Friday 21st March Easter Sunday 23rd March Easter Monday 24th March British Summertime (clocks go forward 1 hr) 30th March Hanamatsuri 8th April Vaisakhi (Nanakshahi calendar) 14th April Pesach - 1st day 20th April Queen Elizabeth II Birthday
21st April St. George’s Day
23rd April William Shakespeare's birthday 23rd April Ascension Day 1st May May Day 5th May Whit Sunday 11th May Mothers' Day (USA) 11th May Wesak 20th May Spring Bank Holiday 26th May Coronation Day 2nd June Shavuot - 1st day 9th June Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Birthday 10th June Queen’s Official Birthday
14th June (to be confirmed) Fathers' Day (United Kingdom & USA)
15th June Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji (Nanakshahi calendar) 16th June Prince William’s Birthday
21st June August Bank Holiday 25th August Ramadan 2nd September Navratri 1st day 29th September Rosh Hashanah 30th September Eid al-Fitr 1st October Yom Kippur 9th October Succot - 1st day 14th October GMT (clocks go back 1 hr) 26th October Diwali 28th October Halloween 31st October Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes) 5th November Remembrance Sunday
9th November Prince of Wales’s Birthday
14th November Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji (Nanakshahi calendar) 24th November St. Andrew’s Day (Scotland)
30th November Advent Sunday 30th November Bodhi Day 8th December Eid al-Adha 8th December Chanukah - 1st day 22nd 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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