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Celebrating Cultural Diversity Calendar 2019 January February March April May June 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 Singh Harmony Week 6 Ash Wednesday 6 Hindu New Year 2 Twelfth Day of Ridván for Christian Unity 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 Aid El Fitr - 15 Makar Sankraanti 13 Anniversary of Aust (East) 18 Birth Guru Angad Dev 12 Buddha Birthday Ramadan ends 21 Mahayana New Year Govt Apology to the 20 National Closing the 19 Good Friday (West) 17 Narasimha Jayanti 9 Pentecost 26 Survival Day Stolen Generation Gap Day 19-21 Theravada New Year 19 Wesak 9-10 Shavuot 26 Australia Day 21 Hola Mohalla 19 Hanuman Jayanti 23 Birth Guru Amar Das 16 Martyrdom of Guru 31 Birth Guru Har Rai 21 Purim 21 Laylatulbarâa 24 Declaration of Arjan Dev 21 Naw Rúz - New Year 21 Easter (West) the Báb 21 Harmony Day 20-27 Pesach/Passover 26 National Sorry Day 21 Holi 21 First day of Ridván 27 Anniversary 1967 21 Gaura Purnima 25 Anzac Day Referendum 21 Parinirvana Day 26 Great Friday (East) 27 National Reconcilation 28 Pascha/Easter (East) Week begins 29 Ninth Day of Ridván 29 Bahá’u’lláh Ascension 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 Naag 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 23 Birth Guru Indigenous Peoples Peoples 27 Deepawali - Harkrishan Sahib 11 Tisha B’Av 23 Anant Chaturdashi Lakshmi Puja 12-15 Aid El Adha 30 Rosh Hashanah/ 27 Bandhi Chhor Divas 15 Sangha Day New Year 28 Karwa Chaoth 15 Raksha Bandhan 29 Birth of the Báb 24 Krishna Janmastami 30 Birth of Bahá’u’lláh 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..

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