2021 IMPORTANT DATES
JANUARY FEBRUARY JANUARY JULY SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 New Year’s Day 9 Martyrdom of the Báb Baha’i 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Orthodox Christmas 19–20 Eid-al-Adha Islam 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 18 Martin Luther King Jr. Day 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti AUGUST 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 9–10 Al-Hijra/Muharram Islam New Year 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 FEBRUARY 11 Thiru Aadi Pooram Hindu 31 National African American History Month 15 Dormition of the Theotokos 12 Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year) 18–19 Ashura Islam 15 Presidents Day 22 Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi) Hindu MARCH APRIL 17 Ash Wednesday (Lent Begins for Western Christianity) 30 Krishna Janmashtami Hindu SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 24–28 Ayyám-i-Há Baha’i 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 25–26 Purim Jewish SEPTEMBER 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 Labor Day 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 MARCH 6–8 Rosh Hashanah Jewish 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 National Women’s History Month 8 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 11 Maha Shivaratri Hindu 14 Exaltation of the Holy Cross 15 Clean Monday (Lent Begins for Eastern Orthodox Churches) 15–10/15 Hispanic Heritage Month 17 St. Patrick’s Day 15–16 Yom Kippur Jewish 20 Nowruz/Naw-Ruz 20–22 Sukkot Jewish MAY JUNE 27 Memorial Day Jehovah’s Witnesses 21 Chinese Celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 27–4/4 Passover Jewish 1 1 2 3 4 5 28 Palm Sunday OCTOBER 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 28–29 Holi Hindu Italian American Heritage Month 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 31 Transgender Day of Visibility Polish American Heritage Month 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 National Disability Employment Awareness Month 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 APRIL German American Heritage Month 30 31 Celebrate Diversity Month 14 Double Ninth Festival Chinese 4 Qingming Festival Chinese 4 Easter (Western Christianity) NOVEMBER JULY AUGUST 8–9 Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) 1 All Saints’ Day SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 12–5/11 Ramadan (Month of Fasting) Islam 1–2 Día de los Muertos Mexican Heritage 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 13 Ugadi/Gudi Padwa Hindu 3–4 Diwali (Indian Festival of Lights) Indian 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 Vaisakhi Sikh/Hindu 11 Veterans Day 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 19–5/1 Festival of Ridvan Baha’i 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 25 Thanksgiving Day 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 31 MAY 26 American Indian Heritage Day National Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 28–12/6 Hanukkah Jewish Jewish American Heritage Month 28–12/24 Advent 1 Beltane Wiccan SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 2 Easter (Greek/Eastern Orthodox) DECEMBER SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 5 Cinco de Mayo Mexican Heritage 21 Dongzhi Festival 1 2 3 4 1 2 12–13 Eid-al-Fitr Islam 21 Yalda (Winter Solstice) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 15 Armed Forces Day 21–1/1 Yule (Winter Solstice) Wiccan 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16–18 Shavuot Jewish 23 HumanLight 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 23 Declaration of the Báb Baha’i 25 Christmas Day Christian 26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 23 Pentecost (Western Christianity) 26–1/1, 2022 Kwanzaa 31 28 Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh Baha’i 31 Memorial Day
NOVEMBER DECEMBER JUNE SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Pride Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 14 Dragon Boat Festival Chinese 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 19 Juneteenth (Emancipation and End of Slavery) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 Pentecost (Eastern Orthodox)
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 Taoist Festival Honoring Shang-Ti 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31