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Parinirvana 21-2 Naw-Ruz Easter Day Hanamatsuri
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Khordad Sal April Lent (First Day) (First Lent
Shrove Tuesday Shrove Palm Sunday
St David's Day David's St Ash Wednesday Ash
Mahashivaratri Yuan Tuan (New Year) (New Tuan Yuan Day Patrick's St Passover / Pesach
Jamshedi Noruz
29 1 3 Maundy Thursday Guru Nanak's Birthday Mothering Sunday Mothering
Rama Navami Shunbun No Hi (Higan)
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Holocaust Memorial Day Memorial Holocaust
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Hanuman Jayanti 1 month indicated but date uncertain
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Honen Memorial Day Memorial Honen Lag B'Omer
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Beltaine CHINESE
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Ascension Day The Prophet Mohammed's Birthday (Sunni) Birthday Mohammed's Prophet The PAGAN
BUDDHIST Shavuot Ethiopian Christmas Day Christmas Ethiopian
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Pentecost / Whitsuntide
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Gobind Guru of Birthday
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Asalha Puja or Dhamma Day Dhamma or Puja Asalha RASTAFARIAN
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Yu Lan (Hungry Ghost Festival) Ghost (Hungry Lan Yu
O-Bon
Raksha Bandhan Raksha
Paryushan
Khordad Sal Khordad Ethiopian New Year's Day Year's New Ethiopian Rosh Hashanah Rosh
Yom Kippur Yom
Sukkot
Autumn Equinox (Mabon) Equinox Autumn
Durga Puja Hi No Shuubun Simchat Torah Simchat
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August set on the basis of this It older is calendar. possible that some Sikh organisations may continue to observe other dates too, according to the older calendar. NOTES ON DATES: NOTES ON DATES: sunset on the evening before the date stated. Determination of Sikh festival dates – the Nanakshahi calendar came into effect at 2003. Vaisakhi It means that the majority of Sikh dates will now be constant from year to year by reference to the Gregorian (i.e. Previously secular) Sikh calendar. dates were determined by the (Hindu) The Bikrami dates calendar. of three festivals, Hola Maholia, Bandi Chhor Divas (i.e. Divali) and the birthday of Guru Nanak will continue to be
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