Intercultural & Interfaith Calendar
2021
Month of January: Poverty Awareness in America Month
January 1: New Year’s Day
January 1: Shogatsu/Gatan-sai
January 1: Mary Mother of God
January 1: Feast Day of St. Basil
January 5: Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s Birthday
January 5: Twelfth Night
January 6: Epiphany
January 6: Feast of the Epiphany
January 6: Dia de los Reyes
January 7: Orthodox Christmas
January 7: Feast of the Nativity
January 10: Baptism of the Lord Jesus
January 14: Maghi
January 14: Makar Sankranti
January 17: World Religion Day
January 18: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 18 to 25: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins
January 19: Timkat
January 25: Conversion of St. Paul
January 27 to 28: Tu B’Shvat
Month of February: Black History Month
February 1: National Freedom Day
February 1: World Hijab Day
February 2: Candlemas
February 3: Setsubun-sai
February 3: St. Blaise Day
February 3: Four Chaplains Sunday
February 12: Chinese New Year
February 14: St. Valentine’s Day
February 15: President’s Day
February 15: Parinirvana/Nirvana Day
February 16: Vasant Panchami
February 16: Shrove Tuesday
February 17: Ash Wednesday
February 17 to April 1: Beginning of Lent
February 20: World Day of Social Justice
February 21: Triodion
February 25 to 28: Ayyám-I-Ha or Intercalary Days
February 25: Ta’anit Ester/Fast of Esther
February 25 to 26: Purim
February 26: Māgha Pūjā
February 28 to March 19: Nineteen Day Fast
Month of March: Women’s History Month
March 1: St. David of Wales Feast
March 7: Meatfare Sunday
March 8: International Women’s Day
March 11: Lailat al Mi’raj
March 11: Maha Shivaratri
March 14: Cheesefare Sunday
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day
March 19: St. Joseph’s Day
March 20: Ostara
March 20: Nowruz
March 20: Naw Rúz
March 21: St. Benedict Day
March 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 24 to 29: Hola Mohalla
March 25: Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
March 26: Khordad Sal
March 27: Lord’s Evening Meal
March 27 to April 4: Pascha/Passover/Pesach
March 28: Palm Sunday
March 28 to 29: Mid-Sha’ban
March 29: Holi
March 31: Cesar Chavez Day
Month of April: Arab American Heritage Month
April 1: Maundy Thursday/Holy Thursday
April 2: Good Friday
April 3: Holy Saturday
April 4: Easter
April 7 to 8: Yom HaShoah
April 12: Beginning of Ramadan
April 13: Hindu New Year
April 13: Vaisakhi/Baisakhi
April 13 to 14: Yom HaZikaron
April 14 to 15: Yom Ha’Atzmaut
April 19 to May 1: Festival of Ridván
April 21: Rama Navami
April 22: Earth Day
April 23: Day of Silence
April 23: St. George’s Day
April 24: Lazarus Saturday
April 24: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
April 25: Mahavir Jayanti
April 27: Hanuman Jayanti
April 27: Theravada New Year
Month of May: Asian, Pacific Islander & Desi American Heritage Month
Month of May: Jewish American Heritage Month
May 2: Orthodox Easter/Pascha
May 3: Feast of Saints Philip and James
May 5: Cinco de Mayo
May 6: National Day of Prayer
May 9: Laylat al Qadr
May 13: Ascension Day
May 13 to 14: Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)
May 16 to 18: Shavuot
May 21: World Day for Cultural Diversity
May 22 to 23: Declaration of the Báb
May 23: Pentecost Sunday
May 26: Vesak
May 28: Ascension of the Bahá’U’lláh
May 29 to 30: Lag BaOmer/Lag B’Omer
May 30: Memorial Day
May 30: Trinity Sunday
Month of June: Pride Month
Month of June: Caribbean American Heritage Month
June 3: Corpus Christi
June 5: World Environment Day
June 9: Saint Columba of Iona
June 11: Sacred Heart of Jesus/Feast of the Sacred Heart
June 13: Race Unity Day
June 14: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib
June 19: Juneteenth
June 19: New Church Day
June 20: World Refugee Day
June 21: World Humanist Day
June 21: First Nations Day/National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 24: Saint John the Baptist/Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day
June 26: Anniversary of the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage in the U.S.
June 27 to July 18: The Three Weeks
June 29: Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul
July 4: Independence Day
July 9: Martyrdom of the Báb
July 15: Saint Vladimir Day
July 17 to 18: Tish B’Av
July 17 to 22: The Hajj
July 19: Waqf al Arafa
July 20 to 23: Eid al Adha
July 23: Emperor Haile Selassie Birthday
July 24: Asalha Puja/Dharma Day
July 25: St. James the Great Day
July 26: Americans with Disabilities Act Day
July 27: Fast of Tammuz
August 3 to 31: Rohini Vrat
August 6: Transfiguration Sunday
August 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
August 9 to 10: Muharram
August 9 to 10: Islamic New Year
August 13 to 16: Obon/Bon Festival
August 15: Feast of Assumption
August 15: Dormition of the Theotokos/Dormition of the Mother of God
August 18 to 19: Ashura
August 22: Raksha Bandhan
August 22: Ghost Festival/Ullambana
August 23: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
August 26: Women’s Equality Day
August 29: Beheading of St. John the Baptist
August 30: Krishna Janmashtami
September 1: Ecclesiastical year begins
September 4 to 11: Paryushana Parva
September 6: Labor Day
September 6 to 8: Rosh Hashanah
September 8: Nativity of Virgin Mary
September 9: Tzom Gedaliah
September 10: Ganesh Chaturthi
September 11: Samvatsari Parva
September 11: Enkutatash
September 15 to 16: Yom Kippur
September 15 to October 15: Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month
September 27: Meskel
September 27: Elevation of the Life Giving Cross
September 27 to 28: Shemini Atzeret
September 27 to 28: Arba’een
September 29: Michael and All Angels
Month of October: LGBTQIA+ History Month
Month of October: Disability Awareness Month
October 3: Blessing of the Animals
October 4: St. Francis Day
October 7 to 15: Navarati
October 11: Thanksgiving
October 11: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
October 11: National Coming Out Day
October 11 to 15: Durga Puja
October 15: Vijayadashami/Dussehra/Dussehra/Dasara/Dashain
October 18: St. Luke, Apostle, & Evangelist
October 18 to 19: Mawlid-al-Nabi
October 20: Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth
October 20 to 27: Sukkot
October 28: Milvian Bridge Day
October 28 to 29: Simchat Torah
October 31: Reformation Day
October 31: Christ the King
October 31: All Hallows Eve
Month of November: Native American Heritage Month
November 1: All Saints’ Day
November 1 to 2: Dia de los Muertos
November 2: All Souls’ Day
November 4: Diwali
November 5: Vikram New Year
November 5: Jain New Year
November 6 to 7: Birth of Baha’u’llah
November 8: Intersex Day of Solidarity
November 11: Veterans Day
November 18: Dev Deepawali/Varanasi
November 19: Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib
November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 24: Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur
November 24 to 25: Day of the Covenant
November 25: Thanksgiving
November 27 to 28: Ascension of ʻAbdu’l-Bahá
November 28 to December 6: Chanukah/Hanukkah
November 28 to December 24: Advent begins
November 28 to January 6, 2022: Nativity Fast
November 30: St. Andrew’s Day
December 1: World AIDS Day
December 2: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 6: Saint Nicholas Day
December 8: Bodhi Day
December 8: Immaculate Conception of Mary
December 8: Pansexual Pride Day
December 10: Human Rights Day
December 12: Feast day – Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 14: Asara B’Tevet/Fast of Tevet 10
December 16 to 24: Posadas Navidenas
December 21: Yule
December 21: Yaldā Night
December 24: Christmas Eve
December 25: Christmas Day
December 25: Feast of the Nativity
December 26: Zartosht no-diso/Zarthost no deeso
December 26: St. Stephen’s Day
December 26: Feast of the Holy Family
December 26 to January 1: Kwanzaa
December 27: Saint John-Apostle and Evangelist
December 28: Holy Innocents
December 31: Watchnight
2022
Month of January: Poverty Awareness in America Month
January 1: New Year’s Day
January 1: Shogatsu/Gatan-sai
January 1: Mary Mother of God
January 1: Feast Day of St. Basil
January 5: Twelfth Night
January 6: Epiphany
January 6: Feast of the Epiphany
January 6: Dia de los Reyes
January 7: Orthodox Christmas
January 7: Feast of the Nativity
January 9: Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s Birthday
January 9: Baptism of the Lord Jesus
January 10: Bodhi Day
January 14: Maghi
January 14: Makar Sankranti
January 16: World Religion Day
January 16 to 17: Tu B’Shvat
January 17: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 18 to 25: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins
January 19: Timkat
January 25: Conversion of St. Paul
Month of February: Black History Month
February 1: Chinese New Year
February 1: National Freedom Day
February 1: World Hijab Day
February 2: Candlemas
February 3: Setsubun-sai
February 3: St. Blaise Day
February 3: Four Chaplains Sunday
February 5: Vasant Panchami
February 13: Triodion
February 14: St. Valentine’s Day
February 15: Parinirvana/Nirvana Day
February 16: Māgha Pūjā
February 20: World Day of Social Justice
February 21: Presidents’ Day
February 25 to March 1: Ayyám-I-Ha or Intercalary Days
February 28 to March 1: Lailat al Mi’raj
Month of March: Women’s History Month
March 1: Maha Shivaratri
March 1: Shrove Tuesday
March 1: St. David of Wales Feast
March 2: Ash Wednesday
March 2 to 20: Nineteen Day Fast
March 2 to April 14: Beginning of Lent
March 6: Meatfare Sunday
March 6: Cheesefare Sunday
March 8: International Women’s Day
March 16: Ta’anit Ester/Fast of Esther
March 16 to 17: Purim
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day
March 18: Holi
March 18 to 19: Mid-Sha’ban
March 18 to 20: Hola Mohalla
March 19: St. Joseph’s Day
March 20: Ostara
March 20 to 21: Naw Rúz
March 21 to 22: Nowruz
March 21: St. Benedict Day
March 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 22: Hindu New Year
March 25: Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
March 26: Khordad Sal
March 27: Lord’s Evening Meal
March 31: Cesar Chavez Day
Month of April: Arab American Heritage Month
April 2: Beginning of Ramadan
April 10: Palm Sunday
April 10: Rama Navami
April 14: Vaisakhi/Baisakhi
April 14: Maundy Thursday/Holy Thursday
April 14: Mahavir Jayanti
April 15: Good Friday
April 15 to 23: Pascha/Passover/Pesach
April 16: Holy Saturday
April 16: Lazarus Saturday
April 16: Hanuman Jayanti
April 16: Theravada New Year
April 17: Easter
April 17: Orthodox Easter/Pascha
April 19 to May 1: Festival of Ridván
April 22: Earth Day
April 23: Day of Silence
April 23: St. George’s Day
April 24: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
April 27 to 28: Yom HaShoah
April 29: Laylat al Qadr
Month of May: Asian, Pacific Islander & Desi American Heritage Month
Month of May: Jewish American Heritage Month
May 2 to 3: Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)
May 3: Feast of Saints Philip and James
May 3 to 4: Yom HaZikaron
May 4 to 5: Yom Ha’Atzmaut
May 5: Cinco de Mayo
May 5: National Day of Prayer
May 6: Vesak
May 18 to 19: Lag BaOmer/Lag B’Omer
May 21: World Day for Cultural Diversity
May 22 to 23: Declaration of the Báb
May 26: Ascension Day
May 28 to 29: Ascension of the Bahá’U’lláh
May 30: Memorial Day
Month of June: Pride Month
Month of June: Caribbean American Heritage Month
June 3: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib
June 4 to 6: Shavuot
June 5: Pentecost Sunday
June 5: World Environment Day
June 8: Race Unity Day
June 9: Saint Columba of Iona
June 12: Trinity Sunday
June 16: Corpus Christi
June 19: Juneteenth
June 19: New Church Day
June 20: World Refugee Day
June 21: World Humanist Day
June 21: First Nations Day/National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 24: Saint John the Baptist/Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day
June 24: Sacred Heart of Jesus/Feast of the Sacred Heart
June 26: Anniversary of the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage in the U.S.
June 29: Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul
July 4: Independence Day
July 7 to 12: The Hajj
July 8 to 9: Waqf al Arafa
July 9: Martyrdom of the Báb
July 9 to 10: Eid al Adha
July 13: Asalha Puja/Dharma Day
July 15: Saint Vladimir Day
July 16 to August 6: The Three Weeks
July 17: Fast of Tammuz
July 23: Emperor Haile Selassie Birthday
July 25: St. James the Great Day
July 26: Americans with Disabilities Act Day
July 29 to 30: Islamic New Year
July 30 to August 27: Muharram
August 5 to 6: Tisha B’Av
August 6: Transfiguration Sunday
August 7 to 8: Ashura
August 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
August 11: Raksha Bandhan
August 12: Ghost Festival/Ullambana
August 13 to 15: Obon/Bon Festival
August 15: Feast of Assumption
August 15: Dormition of the Theotokos/Dormition of the Mother of God
August 18 to 19: Krishna Janmashtami
August 20: Rohini Vrat
August 23: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
August 26: Women’s Equality Day
August 29: Beheading of St. John the Baptist
August 29 to September 5: Paryushana Parva
August 31: Ganesh Chaturthi
September 1: Ecclesiastical year begins
September 1: Samvatsari Parva
September 5: Labor Day
September 8: Nativity of Virgin Mary
September 11: Enkutatash
September 15 to October 15: Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month
September 16 to 17: Arba’een
September 25 to 27: Rosh Hashanah
September 26 to October 5: Navarati
September 27: Meskel
September 27: Elevation of the Life Giving Cross
September 28: Tzom Gedaliah
September 29: Michael and All Angels
Month of October: LGBTQIA+ History Month
Month of October: Disability Awareness Month
October 1 to 5: Durga Puja
October 4: Blessing of the Animals
October 4: St. Francis Day
October 4 to 5: Yom Kippur
October 5: Vijayadashami/Dussehra/Dussehra/Dasara/Dashain
October 7 to 8: Mawlid-al-Nabi
October 9 to 16: Sukkot
October 10: Thanksgiving
October 10: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
October 11: National Coming Out Day
October 16 to 18: Shemini Atzeret
October 17 to 18: Simchat Torah
October 18: St. Luke, Apostle, & Evangelist
October 20: Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth
October 24: Diwali
October 25: Vikram New Year
October 26: Jain New Year
October 28: Milvian Bridge Day
October 31: Reformation Day
October 31: All Hallows Eve
Month of November: Native American Heritage Month
November 1: All Saints’ Day
November 1 to 2: Dia de los Muertos
November 2: All Souls’ Day
November 6 to 7: Birth of Baha’u’llah
November 8: Intersex Day of Solidarity
November 8: Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib
November 9: Dev Deepawali/Varanasi
November 11: Veterans Day
November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 20: Christ the King
November 24: Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur
November 24 to 25: Day of the Covenant
November 25: Thanksgiving
November 28 to 29: Ascension of ʻAbdu’l-Bahá
November 27 to December 24: Advent begins
November 28 to January 6, 2023: Nativity Fast
November 30: St. Andrew’s Day
December 1: World AIDS Day
December 2: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 6: Saint Nicholas Day
December 8: Immaculate Conception of Mary
December 8: Pansexual Pride Day
December 10: Human Rights Day
December 12: Feast day – Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 16 to 24: Posadas Navidenas
December 18 to 26: Chanukah/Hanukkah
December 21: Yule
December 21: Yaldā Night
December 24: Christmas Eve
December 25: Christmas Day
December 25: Feast of the Nativity
December 26: Zartosht no-diso/Zarthost no deeso
December 26: St. Stephen’s Day
December 26 to January 1, 2023: Kwanzaa
December 27: Saint John-Apostle and Evangelist
December 28: Holy Innocents
December 30: Feast of the Holy Family
December 31: Watchnight