Holy Days and Holidays Calendar JULY 1, 2017 - DECEMBER 31, 2018

Bahá'í Christianity Hinduism Islam Judaism Sikhism Wicca Zoroastrianism Other Observances 174–175 2561–2562 2017–2018 2074–2075 1438–1439 2543–2544 5778–5779 547–548 2017–2018 1387–1388 2017–2018

JULY 2017 9 - Martyrdom of the Báb 9 - / 8 - Guru Purnima 7-9 - Jalsa Salana 9 - Guru Purnima 18 - Navroze (New Year) 1 - Canada Day Day 11 - Imamat Day (QC) S M T W T F S 12 - Avalokitesvara 23 - Khordad Sal (QC) 1 ’s 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Enlightenment 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

AUGUST 2017 10 - Avalokitesvara 7 - Raksha Bandhan 31 - Waqfatu’Arafat 19 - Paryushan Parva 1 - Tishah B’Av 1 - Lughnassadh/ 5 - Farvardegan (QC) 7 - Civic Holiday (ON) Bodhisattva’s 14 - Sri Krishna begins Lammas 17 - Navroze (New Year) S M T W T F S Enlightenment Janmaashtami 26 - / (SC) 1 2 3 4 5 24 - Ganesh/Vinayak Paryushan Parva ends/ 22 - Khordad Sal (SC) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Chauth Daslakshan Parva 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 begins 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

SEPTEMBER 2017 5 - Day/ 11 - Nayrouz (J) 4 - 1 - Eid-ul-Adha 5 - Anant Chaturdashi 20 - Observance of 1 - Installation of 22 - Harvestide/ 4 - Farvardegan (SC) 4 - Ullambana 20 - Sharad Navratri 21 - New Year (Hijra) 6 - / begins Holy Scriptures of Guru Fall Equinox 19 - Powley Day S M T W T F S 9 - Avalokitesvara begins 30 - Ashura Daslakshan Parva evening of Sept. 20 Granth Sahib 1 2 Bodhisattva’s Pravrajya/ 27 or 28 - Durgaashtami ends 21-22 - Rosh Hashanah 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Buddhist Joy Day 29 - Vijaya Dashmi/ 29 - Observance of 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Dassehra begins 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 evening of Sept. 29 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 - Yom Kippur

OCTOBER 2017 21 - Birth of the Báb 5 - Ceremony/ 8 - Karva Chauth 19 - Lord Mahavir 5-11 - Sukkot 19 - Bandi Chhor Divas 9 - Thanksgiving Day 22 - Birth of Bahá’u’lláh Pavarana Day 18 -  Nirvan/Diwali 12 - Simchat Torah 20 - Installation of the S M T W T F S 20 - New Year 20 - New Year/ Guru Granth as Guru 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Enlightenment day of 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Gautamswami 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 25 - Gnan Panchami 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

NOVEMBER 2017 25 - Day of the Covenant 1 - All Saints Day 30 - Milad-un-Nabi 4 - Dev Diwali 4 - Birth of Guru 1 - Samhain 7 - Inuit Day 27 - Ascension of 28 - First day of 30 - Maun Agiyaras Nanak 11 - Remembrance Day S M T W T F S ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Advent (J) 24 - Martyrdom of Guru 16 - Louis Riel Day 1 2 3 4 Teg Bahadur 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

DECEMBER 2017 8 - 3 - First day of Advent 13 - Birthday of Imam 13-20 - Chanukah 22 - Yule/Winter Solstice 26 - Zarathosht-no-diso 26 - Boxing Day 24 - Eve Aga Khan (FC) S M T W T F S 25 - Christmas 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

JANUARY 2018 1 - Temple Day 1 - New Year’s Day 13 - Lohri 5 - Birth of Guru Gobind 1 - New Year’s Day 3 - Amitabha 6 - Epiphany 14 - Makar Sankranti Singh S M T W T F S Buddha’s Birthday 7 - Christmas (J) 21 - Vasant Panchami 13 - Maghi 1 2 3 4 5 6 24 - Sakyamuni 14 - New Year’s Day (J) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Buddha’s 19 - Epiphany 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Enlightenment 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

FEBRUARY 2018 25 - Mar 1 - 16 - Lunar New Year/ 14 - Ash Wednesday 13 - Mahashivratri 1 or 2 - Imbolc 19 - (ON) Intercalary Days Bodhisattva’s 19 - Clean Monday (J) S M T W T F S Birthday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

MARCH 2018 1 - Intercalary Days 2 - Lantern Festival/ 30 - 1 - Holi 21 - Eid-e-Navroz 29 - Mahavir Jayanti 1 - Purim 2 - Hola Mohalla 22 - Ladyday/ 21 - Navroze (New Year) 2-20 - Bahá’i Fast Magha Puja 18 - New Year/Vasant (Birthday) 30 - Observance of 14 - Sikh New Year Spring Equinox (FC) S M T W T F S 21 - Naw Ruz (New Year) 31 - Sakyamuni Navratri begins Pesach begins evening 26 - Khordad Sal (FC) 1 2 3 Buddha’s Day 25 - Shri Ramnavami of March 30 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 31 - April 6 - Pesach 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 () 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

APRIL 2018 21 - First day of Ridvan 4 or 7 - Avalokitesvara 1 - 13 - Vaisakhi/Baisakhi 12 or 13 - Isra’a and Mi’raj 1-6 - Pesach (Passover) 13 or 14 - Vaisakhi 8 - Farvardegan (FC) 29 - Ninth day of Bodhisattva’s Birthday 2 - 13 - New Year 30 or May 1 - Nisfu 24 - Zarathosht-no-diso S M T W T F S Ridvan 13 - 6 - Good Friday (J) Sha’ban (QC) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 New Year 8 - Easter (J) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 9 - Easter Monday (J) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

MAY 2018 2 - Twelfth day of Ridvan 22 or 29 - Sakyamuni 20 - Pentecost 1 - Nisfu Sha’ban 19 - Observance of 1 - Beltane 24 - Zarathosht-no-diso 21 - Victoria Day 24 - Declaration of Buddha’s Birthday 27 - Pentecost (J) 16 or 17 - Ramadan Shavuot begins evening (SC) S M T W T F S the Báb 29 - Wesak/Buddha Day (fasting month) of April 19 1 2 3 4 5 29 - Ascension of 20 - Shavuot 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Bahá’u’lláh 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

JUNE 2018 29 - Poson 3 - All Saints Day (J) 8 - Jumatul Widha 16 - Martyrdom of Guru 22 - Litha/Summer 21 - Indigenous Peoples 8 or 10 - Lailat-ul-Qadr Arjan Dev Solstice Day S M T W T F S 15 - Eid-ul-Fitr 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

JULY 2018 10 - Martyrdom of the 27 - Asalha Puja Day 27 - Guru Purnima 6-8 - Jalsa Salana 22 - Tishah B’Av 18 - Navroze (New Year) 1 - Canada Day Báb 31 - Avalokitesvara 11 - Imamat Day (QC) S M T W T F S Bodhisattva’s 23 - Khordad Sal (QC) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Enlightenment 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

AUGUST 2018 25 - Dharma Day/ 26 - Raksha Bandhan 20 - Waqfatu’Arafat 26 - Guru Purnima 1 - Lughnassadh/ 5 - Farvardegan (QC) 6 - Civic Holiday (ON) Ullambana 21 - Eid-ul-Adha Lammas 17 - Navroze S M T W T F S (New Year) (SC) 1 2 3 4 22 - Khordad Sal (SC) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

SEPTEMBER 2018 11 - Nayrouz (J) 2 - Sri Krishna 11 - New Year (Hijra) 7 - Paryushan Parva 9 -Observance of 1 - Installation of 22 - Harvestide/ 4 - Farvardegan (SC) 3 - Labour Day Janmaashtami 20 - Ashura begins Rosh Hashanah begins Holy Scriptures of Guru Fall Equinox 19 - Powley Day S M T W T F S 12 - Ganesh/Vinayak 14 - Samvatsari/ evening of Sept. 9 Granth Sahib 1 Chauth Paryushan Parva ends/ 10-11 - Rosh Hashanah 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 23 - Anant Chaturdashi Daslakshan Parva begins 18 - Observance of 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 24 - Anant Chaturdashi Yom Kippur begins 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 25 - Kshamavani/ evening of Sept. 18 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Daslakshan Parva ends 19 - Yom Kippur 30 24-30 - Sukkot

OCTOBER 2018 24 - Kathina Ceremony/ 9 - Sharad Navratri 1 - Simchat Torah 20 - Installation of the 8 - Thanksgiving Day Pavarana Day begins Guru Granth as Guru S M T W T F S 27 - Avalokitesvara 16 - Durgaashtami 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bodhisattva’s Pravrajya/ 18 - Vijaya Dashmi/ 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Buddhist Joy Day Dassehra 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 27 - Karva Chauth 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

NOVEMBER 2018 9 - Birth of the Báb 1 - All Saints Day 6 - Diwali 20 - Milad-un-Nabi 7 - Diwali/Lord 7 - Bandi Chhor Divas 1 - Samhain 7 - Inuit Day 10 - Birth of 28 - First day of 7 - New Year Mahavir Nirvan 23 - Birth of Guru Nanak 11 - Remembrance Day S M T W T F S Bahá’u’lláh Advent (J) 8 - New Year/ 24 - Martyrdom of Guru 16 - Louis Riel Day 1 2 3 26 - Day of the Covenant Enlightenment day Teg Bahadur 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 28 - Ascension of of Gautamswami 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá 12 - Gnan Panchami 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 23 - Dev Diwali 25 26 27 28 29 30

DECEMBER 2018 8 - Bodhi Day 2 - First day of Advent 13 - Birthday of Imam 19 - Maun Agiyaras 3-10 - Chanukah 22 - Yule/Winter Solstice 26 - Zarathosht-no-diso 26 - Boxing Day 17 or 23 - Amitabha 24- Aga Khan (FC) S M T W T F S Buddha’s Birthday 25 - Christmas 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Bolded days indicate days of significance for many of the major creed beliefs and practices in Canada. For planning purposes, larger events or activities should be avoided on these days if possible. This calendar should not be viewed as an exhaustive or authoritative account of all creed accommodation needs. Accommodation requests for creed beliefs and practices must be made through your Principal/Manager/Supervisor and will be approved in accordance with your collective agreement. Please see Appendix A of Memorandum A7125 for our Religious Accommodation Guidelines. While not all instances are captured in this calendar, we recognize that several holy days in many faiths begin on the evening prior to the marked day of observance, and that specific dates may vary depending upon the geographic region or local community. Christianity – dates for Christianity are based on the Gregorian calendar unless specified as Julian (J); Julian dates reflect days of observance within Eastern Orthodox Christianity;Islam – dates are tentative as some may vary based on the sighting of the moon; Judaism – it is recognized that within Orthodox Judaism, two days would typically be observed for most days of significance, while in Reform Judaism, one day would be observed;Zoroastrianism – dates are based on Fasli Calendar (FC), Qadimi Calendar (QC) and Shenshahi Calendar (SC). Canadian and Ontario statutory holidays are marked with a .