Bahá'í holidays
Naw Ruz (Bahá'í New Year)
1st Day of Ridván
9th Day of Ridvan
12th Day of Ridvan
Declaration of the Báb
Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh
Martyrdom of the Báb
Birth of the Báb
Birth of Bahá'u'lláh
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Buddhist holidays
Vesak
Buddha's Birthday
Bon Festival
Blessed Rainy Day
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Celtic, Norse, and Neopagan holidays
In the order of the Wheel of the Year:
- Samhain (Celtic): 31 October-1 November, Celtic New Year, first day of winter.
- Winternights (Norse): 29 October-2 November, Norse New Year.
- Yule (Norse): 21 December-22 December, winter solstice, Celtic mid-winter.
- Imbolc (Celtic): 1 February-2 February, Celtic first day of spring.
- Ostara/Easter (Norse): 21 March-22 March, vernal equinox, Celtic mid-spring.
- Beltane (Celtic): 30 April-1 May, Celtic first day of summer.
- Litha (Norse): 21 June-22 June, summer solstice, Celtic mid-summer.
- Lughnasadh (Celtic): 1 August-2 August, Celtic first day of autumn.
- Mabon/Harvest End (Norse): 21 September-22 September, autumnal equinox, Celtic mid-fall.
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Christian holidays
- Ascension Thursday (Ascension of Jesus into Heaven)
- Ash Wednesday (beginning of Lent)
- Assumption of Mary (Assumption of the Virgin Mary)
- Corpus Christi (Sacrifice of Jesus)
- Easter (Resurrection of Jesus, end of Lent)
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Easter Triduum
- Holy Thursday (Celebration of The Last Supper)
- Easter Monday (Monday following Easter Sunday, not part of the Easter Triduum)
- Lent (40 days of penance before Easter)
- Pentecost or Whitsun (Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Jesus)
- Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras (last day of Carnival, last day before Ash Wednesday)
The Catholic patronal feast day or 'name day' are celebrated in each place's patron saint's day, according to the Calendar of saints.
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Hindu holidays
Akshaya Tritiya
Baisakhi
Raksha Bandhan
Dasara
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Diwali
Diwali Amvasaya (Laxmi Puja)
Diwali (day 2)
Bhaubeej
Durga Puja
Ekadasi
Ganesh Chaturthi
Gokul Ashtami
Gudhi Padwa
Guru Purnima
Holi
Karthikai deepam
Krishna Janmaashtami
Mahashivratri
Mahalakshmi vrata
Bhogi
Makara Sankranti
Kanumu
Navratri
Onam
Pongal
Rama-Lilas
Ram Navami
Vaikunta Ekadasi
Vijayadashami
Ugadi
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Jewish holidays
Hanukkah (also: Chanukah; the Festival of Lights)
Passover (Deliverance of Jews from slavery in Egypt)
Purim (Deliverance of Jews in Persia from Haman)
Rosh Hashanah (New Year)
Shavuot (Festival of Weeks; Harvest Festival)
Sukkot (The Feast of Tabernacles)
Tisha B'Av (Day commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples)
Tu B'shvat (New year of the trees)
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
Simchat Torah (Completion of the Sefer Torah)
Shemini Atzeret (The beginning of the rainy season in Israel, sometimes confused as being the 8th day of Sukkot)
Yamim Hanora'im (Ten days of repentance from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur)
Shabbat (The day of rest, the seventh day of the week, and the holiest day of the week)
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Muslim holidays
Aashurah tenth day of Muharram. Muharram is the first month of the lunar year.
Eid (feast): date determined by the lunar calendar and observation of the moon:
Eid ul-Fitr on the first day of Shawwaal. It marks the end of Ramadan, the fasting month. Part of honoring this occasion is "zakaat ul-fitr" (giving alms to the needy on the day of Eid ul-Fitr).
Eid ul-Adha on the tenth day of Thoo l-Hijjah, the twelfth and final month of the lunar year.
Mawlid Al Rasul - Celebration of Prophet Muhammad's birth
Nisfu Shaaban
Nuzul Al Qur'an - First revelation of Quran
Ramadan
Al-Isra' wa l-Mi'raj - Prophet Muhammad's ascension to heaven.
Youm Arafat - Eve of Eid ul-Adha
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