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2020-2022 Holy Days and Seasons a Calendar of Religious Holidays 2020-2022 Holy Days and Seasons A Calendar of Religious Holidays IA Indigenous American This document is offered by the Harvard Divinity School Office of Religious and Spiritual Life as a resource to the HDS community. Bi Bahá’í This calendar is not an exhaustive list either of religious traditions or of the Bd Buddhism holidays observed in those traditions. If we have not included a religious C Christianity tradition or major religious holiday of significance to you, please notify our O Orthodox Christianity P Protestant Christianity office so that it might be included in future editions of this calendar. RC Roman Catholic Christianity While we have made extensive efforts to verify the accuracy of the information included here, some inaccuracies may remain. Please bring to our attention any Hd Hinduism you notice. The dates of some holidays, particularly those that are calculated according to a lunar calendar and rely on sightings of the New Moon (e.g., Is Islam Islamic holidays), vary according to region; other observances and dates (e.g., Ja Jainism Buddhist holidays) vary greatly across cultures and strands of a tradition. J Judaism Acknowledgments LDS Latter Day Saints Many thanks to the editors of the Bahá’ís of the United States Bahá’í Calendar; the Hebcal Sk Sikhism Jewish Holidays Calendar; the drikPanchang Hindu, Jain, and Sikh Calendars; the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America; the Revised Common Lectionary of the Vanderbilt U Unitarian Universalism Divinity Library; the ING Calendar of Important Islamic Dates; The National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints W/P Wicca/Paganism Chronology of Church History; Wicca Living’s Wheel of the Year; the Avesta Zoroastrian Z Zoroastrianism Religious Calendar; and several scholars of religion, who provided information and advice. September 2020 26 Navaratri ends (Hd) 25 Native American Church Christmas Prayer Iroquois Green Corn Ceremony (IA) 28 Mawlid an-Nabi (begins at sundown) (Is) Meeting (second day) (IA) Jicarilla Apache Ghost Dance (IA) 31 Reformation Day (C-P) 25 Feast of the Nativity of Jesus Christ (C-O) 1 Das Laxana Festival ends (Ja) 31 Samhain (begins at sundown) (W/P) 25 Christmas (C-RC, P) 8 Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos (C-O) 26 Death of Prophet Zarathustra (Z) November 2020 31 Ghambar Maidyarem begins (Z) 12 Ghambar Paitishem begins (Z) 1 All Saints' Day (C-RC, P) 16 Ghambar Paitishem ends (Z) 2 All Souls' Day (C-RC) January 2021 18 Rosh Hashanah (begins at sundown) (J) 14 Diwali (Dipavali) (Hd) Hopi Holy Cycle (IA) 20 Rosh Hashanah (ends at sundown) (J) 14 Diwali/Mahavir Nirvana (Jn) Iroquois Midwinter Ceremony (IA) 20 Mabon (begins at sundown) (W/P) 24 Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji (Sk) 4 Ghambar Maidyarem ends (Z) 27 Yom Kippur (begins at sundown) (J) 24 Day of the Covenant (begins at sundown) (Bi) 6 Theophany (C-O) 26 Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha (begins at sundown) 6 Epiphany (C-RC, P) October 2020 (Bi) Cherokee Great New Moon Festival (IA) 19 Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (Sk) 29 Advent begins (C-RC, P) 27 Tu B'Shevat (begins at sundown) (J) 2 Sukkot (begins at sundown) (J) 30 Guru Nanak's Birthday (Sk) 9 Sukkot (ends at sundown) (J) 30 Sadeh (Z) 9 Shemini Atzeret (begins at sundown) (J) December 2020 February 2021 10 Simchat Torah (begins at sundown) (J) Shalako Kachina Ceremony (IA) Hopi Holy Cycle (IA) 12 Ghambar Ayathrem begins (Z) 8 Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) (Bd) Iroquois Midwinter Ceremony (IA) 16 Ghambar Ayathrem ends (Z) 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary (C- 1 Imbolc (begins at sundown) (W/P) 17 Navaratri begins (Hd) RC) 15 Nirvana Day (for some, 2/8) (Bd) 17 Birth of the Bab (begins at 10 Hanukkah (begins at sundown) (J) 16 Vasant Panchami (Hd) sundown) (Bi) 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (C-RC) 17 Ash Wednesday (C-RC, P) 18 Birth of Baha'u'llah (begins at 18 Hanukkah (ends at sundown) (J) 25 Purim (begins at sundown) (J) sundown) (Bi) 20 Yule (begins at sundown) (W/P) 28 Nineteen Day Fast (begins at sundown) (Bi) 20 Installation of Granth Sahib Ji as Guru (Sk) 24 Native American Church Christmas Prayer 25 Dusserah (Vijaya Dashami) (Hd) Meeting (first day) (IA) March 2021 Eagle Dances (IA) 19 Eid al-Adha ('Id Al Adha) (begins at sundown) 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary (C- (Is) 10 Laylat al-Isra'wa al-Mi'raj (begins at sundown) RC) (Is) 22 Eid al-Adha ('Id Al Adha) (ends at sundown) 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (C-RC) 11 Maha Shivaratri (Hd) (Is) 20 Yule (begins at sundown) (W/P) 15 Great Lent begins (C-O) 24 Pioneer Day (LDS) 24 Native American Church Christmas Prayer 15 Sri Ramakrishna Jayanti (Hd) 24 Dharma Day (Asalha Puja) (Bd) Meeting (first day) (IA) 16 Ghambar Hamaspathmaedem begins (Z) 31 Lammas/Lughnasa (begins at sundown) (W/P) 25 Native American Church Christmas Prayer Meeting (second day) (IA) 19 Ostara (begins at sundown) (W/P) August 2021 19 Nineteen Day Fast (ends at sundown) (Bi) 25 Feast of the Nativity of Jesus Christ (C-O) Green Corn Ceremony (or Stomp Dance) (IA) 19 Naw Ruz (Noruz) (begins at sundown) (Bi) 25 Christmas (C-RC, P) Hopi Snake Dance (IA) 26 Death of Prophet Zarathustra (Z) 20 Ghambar Hamaspathmaedem ends (Z) Sun Dance (IA) 21 Naw Ruz (Noruz) (Z) 31 Ghambar Maidyarem begins (Z) 8 First of Muharram (Ra's al-Sanat Al Hijrayah) 26 Birthday of Prophet Zarathustra (Khordad Sal) (begins at sundown) (Is) (Z) January 2022 15 Dormition of the Theotokos (C-O) 27 Laylat al-Bara'ah (begins at sundown) (Is) Hopi Holy Cycle (IA) 15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (C- 27 Passover (Pesach) (begins at sundown) (J) Iroquois Midwinter Ceremony (IA) RC,P) 28 Holi (Hd) 4 Ghambar Maidyarem ends (Z) 17 Ashurah ('Ashurah) (begins at sundown) (Is) 6 Theophany (C-O) 28 Palm Sunday (C-RC, P) 21 Raksha Bandhan (Hd) 31 Hydesville Day (MS) 6 Epiphany (C-RC, P) 29 Krishna Janmashtami (Hd) 8 Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (Sk) April 2021 16 Tu B'Shevat (begins at sundown) (J) September 2021 30 Sadeh (Z) Eagle Dances (IA) Iroquois Green Corn Ceremony (IA) 1 Holy Thursday (C-RC, P) Jicarilla Apache Ghost Dance (IA) 2 Good Friday (C-RC, P) February 2022 3 Paryushana Festival begins (Ja) Hopi Holy Cycle (IA) 4 Easter Sunday (C-RC, P) 6 Rosh Hashanah (begins at sundown) (J) 4 Native American Church Easter Prayer Meeting Iroquois Midwinter Ceremony (IA) 8 Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos (C-O) 1 Imbolc (begins at sundown) (W/P) (IA) 8 Rosh Hashanah (ends at sundown) (J) 4 Passover (Pesach) (ends at sundown) (J) 5 Vasant Panchami (Hd) 10 Ganesh Chaturthi (Hd) 15 Nirvana Day (for some, 2/8) (Bd) 6 Anniversary of the Founding of the Church 10 Paryushana Festival ends (Ja) (LDS) 28 Maha Shivaratri (Hd) 11 Das Laxana Festival begins (Ja) 28 Laylat al-Isra'wa al-Mi'raj (begins at sundown) 7 Yom HaShoah (begins at sundown) (J) 12 Ghambar Paitishem begins (Z) 12 Ramadan (begins at sundown) (Is) (Is) 15 Yom Kippur (begins at sundown) (J) 13 Vaisakhi (Baisakhi) (Hd) 16 Ghambar Paitishem ends (Z) 13 Vaisakhi (Sk) March 2022 20 Das Laxana Festival ends (Ja) 19 Ridvan (begins at sundown) (Bi) Eagle Dances (IA) 21 Ramanavami (Hd) 20 Mabon (begins at sundown) (W/P) 1 Nineteen Day Fast (begins at sundown) (Bi) 25 Mahavir Jayanti (Ja) 20 Sukkot (begins at sundown) (J) 2 Ash Wednesday (C-RC, P) 25 Palm Sunday (C-O) 27 Sukkot (ends at sundown) (J) 4 Sri Ramakrishna Jayanti (Hd) 30 Ghambar Maidyozarem begins (Z) 27 Shemini Atzeret (begins at 7 Great Lent begins (C-O) 30 Holy Friday (C-O) sundown) (J) 16 Ghambar Hamaspathmaedem 30 Beltane (begins at sundown) (W/P) 28 Simchat Torah (begins at begins (Z) sundown) (J) 16 Purim (begins at sundown) (J) May 2021 17 Laylat al-Bara'ah (begins at sundown) (Is) Hopi Kachina Dances (IA) October 2021 18 Holi (Hd) 1 Ridvan (ends at sundown) (Bi) Cherokee Great New Moon Festival (IA) 19 Ostara (begins at sundown) (W/P) 2 Easter Sunday (Pascha) (C-O) 6 Navaratri begins (Hd) 20 Ghambar Hamaspathmaedem ends (Z) 4 Ghambar Maidyozarem ends (Z) 12 Ghambar Ayathrem begins (Z) 20 Nineteen Day Fast (ends at sundown) (Bi) 8 Laylat al-Qadr (begins at sundown) (Is) 14 Dusserah (Vijaya Dashami) (Hd) 20 Naw Ruz (Noruz) (begins at sundown) (Bi) 12 Eid al-Fitr ('Id al-Fitr) (begins at sundown) (Is) 15 Navaratri ends (Hd) 21 Naw Ruz (Noruz) (Z) 13 Ascension of Jesus (C-RC, P) 16 Ghambar Ayathrem ends (Z) 26 Birthday of Prophet Zarathustra (Khordad Sal) 15 Eid al-Fitr ('Id al-Fitr) (ends at sundown) (Is) 18 Mawlid an-Nabi (begins at (Z) 16 Shavuot (begins at sundown) (J) sundown) (Is) 31 Hydesville Day (MS) 22 Declaration of the Bab (begins at sundown) (Bi) 20 Installation of Granth Sahib Ji as Guru (Sk) 23 Pentecost (C-RC, P) 31 Reformation Day (C-P) April 2022 26 Wesak (Buddha Day) (Bd) 31 Samhain (begins at sundown) (W/P) Eagle Dances (IA) 2 Ramadan (begins at sundown) (Is) 27 Ascension of Baha'u'llah (begins at sundown) November 2021 (Bi) 6 Anniversary of the Founding of the Church 1 All Saints' Day (C-RC, P) (LDS) June 2021 2 All Souls' Day (C-RC) 10 Palm Sunday (C-RC, P) Hopi Kachina Dances (IA) 4 Diwali (Dipavali) (Hd) 10 Ramanavami (Hd) 4 Diwali/Mahavir Nirvana (Jn) 10 Ascension of Jesus (C-O) 13 Vaisakhi (Baisakhi) (Hd) 16 Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji (Sk) 5 Birth of the Bab (begins 13 Vaisakhi (Sk) 20 Pentecost (C-O) at sundown (Bi) 14 Holy Thursday ( C-RC, P) 6 Birth of Baha'u'llah 20 Litha (begins at sundown) (W/P) 14 Mahavir Jayanti (Ja) (begins at sundown) (Bi) 27 Martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his 15 Good Friday ( C-RC, P) 19 Guru Nanak's Birthday (Sk) 15 Passover (Pesach) (begins at sundown) (J) Brother
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