Interfaith Calendar 2012 - 20131st Lammas (Christian) and Lughnasadh – Imbolc (Wicca/Pagan)2nd Raksha Bandhan (Hindu) 10th Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)14th Lailat al Qadr (Islam)19th Eid al Fitr (Islam – Ends Aug. 21st)

1st Ecclesiastical New Year (Orthodox Christian)12th Paryushana Parva (Svetambar Jain - Ends Sept. 20th)14th Elevation of the Life Giving Cross and Holy Cross Day (Christian)17th Rosh Hashanah (Jewish – Ends Sept. 18th)19th Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu)20th Paryushana Parva (Digambar Jain – Ends Sept. 29th)22nd Equinox (Wicca/Pagan – Mabon and Ostara)

26th Yom Kippur (Jewish)

1st Sukkot (Jewish – Ends on Oct. 7th)4th Saint Francis Day (Catholic)8th Shemini Atzeret (Jewish)9th Simchat Torah (Jewish)16th Navaratri (Hindu – Ends Oct. 23th)24th Dasara (Hindu)25th Waqf al Arafa/Hajj Day (Islam)26th Eid al Adha (Islam – Ends Oct. 29th)31st Reformation Day (Christian)

1st All Saints Day (Christian) and Samhain – Beltane (Wicca/Pagan)2nd All Souls Day (Catholic)11th New Year (Jain)12th Birth of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)13th Diwali/Deepavali (Hindu, Jain, Sikh)15th Hijra/New Year (Islam) and Nativity Fast (Christian – Ends Dec. 25th)24th Ashura (Islam) and Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom (Sikh)28th Guru Nanak Dev Sahib Birthday (Sikh)

8th Bodhi Day/Rohatsu (Buddhism)9th Hanukkah (Jewish – Ends Dec. 16th )21st Solstice (Wicca/Pagan – Yule and Litha)23th Joseph Smith’s Birthday (Latter Day Saints)25th Christmas (Christian)26th Kwanza (Interfaith - Ends Jan. 1st) and Zarathosht Diso (Zoroastrian)

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1st Gantan-sai/New Years (Shinto)5th Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday (Sikh)13th Maghi (Sikh)20th World Religion Day (Baha’i)24th Mawlid an Nabi (Islam)26th Tu B’Shevat (Jewish)27th Mahayana/New Year (Buddhist)

2nd Nineteen Day Fast (Baha’i – Ends Mar. 20th)10th Maha Shivaratri (Hindu) 13th L. Ron Hubbard Birthday (Scientology)20th Equinox (Wicca/Pagan – Ostara and Mabon)21st Naw Ruz/New Year (Baha’i) and Nowruz (Persian/Zoroastrian)24th Palm Sunday 26th Khordad Sal (Zoroastrian) and Passover (Jewish – Ends Apr. 1st)27th Magha Puja Day (Buddhist), Holi (Hindu), and Lord’s Evening Meal (Jehovah’s Witness)28th Hola Mohalla (Sikh) and Birth of Prophet Zarathushtra (Zoroastrian)29th Good Friday (Christian)31st Easter (Christian)

8th Yom HaShoah (Jewish)11th Ramayana (Hindu – Ends Apr. 20th) and New Year (Hindu)14th Baisakhi/New Year (Sikh)21st Ridvan (Baha’i – 1st, 9th, and 12th Days Celebrated)23rd Mahavir Jayanti (Jain)25th Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu)28th Lag B’Omer (Jewish)

1st Beltane / Samhain (Wicca/Pagan)2nd National Day of Prayer (Interfaith)15th Shavuot (Jewish – Ends May 16th)17th Buddha’s Birthday (Buddhist)19th Pentecost (Christian) 23rd Declaration of the Bab (Baha’i)25th Visakha Puja / Buddha Day (Buddhist)29th Ascension of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)

June5th Lailat al Miraj (Islam)16th Guru Arjan Dev Martyrdom (Sikh)21st Solstice (Wicca/Pagan – Litha and Yule)23rd Lailat al Bara’a (Islam)30th All Saints Day (Orthodox Christian)

July9th Ramadan Begins (Islam) and Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha’i)13th Obon (Shinto, Buddhist—Ends July 15th)16th Tish’a B’Av (Jewish)22nd Asalha Puja Day (Buddhist)

2nd Imbolc – Lughnasadh (Wicca/Pagan)10th Asian Lunar New Year (Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist)13th Ash Wednesday / Lent Begins (Christian)15th Nirvana (Buddhist, Jain) and Vasant Panchami (Hindu)21st Fast of Esther (Jewish)24th Purim (Jewish)26th Intercalary Days (Baha’i – Ends Mar. 1st)

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