RELIGIOUS DATES - 2008 (UK)
I have listed below some of the more
prominent dates in the various religious calendars:-
|
CHRISTIAN |
|
|
Epiphany |
January |
6th |
Shrove Tuesday |
February |
5th |
Ash Wednesday |
February |
6th |
Quadragesima Sunday |
February |
10th |
Mothering Sunday |
March |
2nd March
(UK) |
Palm Sunday |
March |
16th |
Good Friday |
March |
21st |
Easter Day |
March |
23rd |
Ascension Day, Holy Thursday |
May |
1st |
Whit Sunday, Pentecost |
May |
11th |
Trinity Sunday |
May |
18th |
Corpus Christi |
May |
22nd |
All Saints’ Day |
November |
|
First Sunday in Advent |
November |
30th |
Christmas Day |
December |
25th |
|
JEWISH
|
|
|
|
Purim |
March |
21st |
First Day of Passover (Pesach)
1st day |
April |
20th |
Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) 1st day |
June |
9th |
Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) |
September |
30th |
Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) |
October |
9th |
First Day of Tabernacles
(Succot) |
October |
14th |
|
Hanukkah/Chanukah - 1st day |
December |
22nd |
|
ISLAMIC |
|
|
Islamic New Year
(Al-Hijra) |
January |
10th |
|
Ashura |
January |
19th |
|
Milad an-Nabi (Prophet's birthday) |
March |
20th |
First Day of Ramadân |
September |
2nd |
|
Eid
al-Fitr |
October |
1st |
|
Ei Dul al-Adha |
December |
8th |
|
CHINESE |
|
|
| New Year
(Year of the Rat) |
February |
7th |
|
BUDDHIST |
|
|
| Parinirvana Day |
February |
8th |
| Hanamatsuri (Buddha's birthday) |
April |
8th |
| Wesak (Buddah Day) |
May |
20th |
| Bodhi Day (Buddha's enlightenment) |
December |
8th |
|
HINDU |
|
|
| Mahashivrati |
March |
6th |
| Holi |
March |
21st |
| Navratri 1st Day |
September |
29th |
| Diwali |
October |
28th |
|
SIKH
(Nanakshahi calendar) |
|
|
|
Birthday
of Guru Gobind Singh Ji |
January |
5th |
|
Birthday
of Guru Nanak |
April |
14th |
|
Vaisakhi |
April |
14th |
|
Martyrdom
of Guru Arjan Dev Ji |
June |
16th |
|
Martyrdom
of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji |
November |
24th |
These dates are given in good faith but we cannot
guarantee their accuracy
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