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Celebrating Cultural Diversity Calendar 2019 January February March April May June Event details 5 Birth Guru Gobind 1-5 World Inter-faith 4 Maha Shivaratri 3 Lailatul Mehraj 2 Birth Guru Arjan Dev 2-9 Week of Prayer Hover over an event in the calendar with your cursor and a brief Singh Harmony Week 6 Ash Wednesday 6 Hindu New Year 2 Twelfth Day of Ridván for Christian Unity explanation will appear below. 7 Nativity of Jesus 5 Lunar New Year (West) 14 Vaisakhi 6 Ramadan begins 3 Mabo Day (East) 10 Vasant Panchami 11 Clean Monday 14 Rama Navami 6 Labour Day (Qld) 4 Eid al-Fitr - 15 Makar Sankraanti 13 Anniversary of Aust (East) 18 Birth Guru Angad 12 Buddha Birthday Ramadan ends 21 Mahayana New Govt Apology to the 20 National Close the Dev 17 Narasimha Jayanti 9 Pentecost Year Stolen Generation Gap Day 19 Good Friday (West) 19 Wesak 9-10 Shavuot 26 Survival Day 21 Hola Mohalla 19-21 Theravada New Year 23 Birth Guru Amar Das 16 Martyrdom of Guru 26 Australia Day 21 Purim 19 Hanuman Jayanti 24 Declaration of Arjan Dev 31 Birth Guru Har Rai 21 Naw Rúz - New Year 21 Laylatulbarâa the Báb 26 National Sorry Day 21 Harmony Day 21 Easter (West) 27 Anniversary 1967 21 Holi 20-27 Pesach/Passover Referendum 21 Gaura Purnima 21 First day of Ridván 27 National 21 Parinirvana Day 25 Anzac Day Reconciliation Week 26 Great Friday (East) begins 28 Pascha/Easter (East) 29 Bahá’u’lláh Ascension 29 Ninth Day of Ridván July August September October November December 1 Coming of the Light 4 National Aboriginal & 1 Ra’s Essana/New Year 4-8 Durga Puja 11 Remembrance Day 22-30 Chanukah Festival Torres Strait Islander 2 Ganesh Chaturthi 7 Queen’s Birthday 12 Birth Guru Nanak 25 Christmas Day 5 Birth Guru Hargobind Children’s Day 4 Indigenous Literacy (Qld) 24 Martyrdom of Guru (West) Sahib (NAICD) Day 7 Durga Naomi Tegh Bahadur 7-14 NAIDOC Week 5 Naga Panchami 6 Radhastami 9 Birth Guru Ram Das 26 Day of the Covenant 10 Martyrdom of the 9 International Day of 13 UN Declaration on 9 Yom Kippur 28 Abdu’l-Bahá Báb the World’s Rights of Indigenous 14-20 Sukkot Ascension Sources: 23 Birth Guru Indigenous Peoples 27 Deepawali - • Faith Communities Council of Victoria Peoples • Reconciliation Australia Harkrishan Sahib 11 Tisha B’Av 23 Anant Chaturdashi Lakshmi Puja • Encyclopedia Britannica • BBC Religions 12-15 Eid El Adha 30 Rosh Hashanah/ 27 Bandhi Chhor Divas 15 Sangha Day 28 Karwa Chaoth Please note that certain Hindu, Buddhist New Year and Islamic holy days cannot be definitely 15 Raksha Bandhan 29 Birth of the Báb determined in advance as they begin when 24 Krishna Janmastami 30 Birth of Bahá’u’lláh the new moon is sighted. Aboriginal and Hinduism Islam Jainism Torres Strait Is Bahá'í Buddhism Christianity Judaism Sikhism These dates are representative of the diversity of our community. Many religious holy days begin at sundown the day before the date..