2006 - Major Holidays

Major Holidays

• January 1 – New Year's Day
• January 6 – Feast of Epiphany or Día de los Reyes Magos (Day of the Magi Kings) or La Fête des Rois (Feast of the Kings).
• January 7 – Christmas in the Russian Orthodox, Serbian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic and other Eastern Christian church calendars.
• January 10 – Islamic festival of Eid ul-Adha begins (ends on January 12).
• January 11 – Vaikunta Ekadashi is observed by Hindus.
• January 14 – Mahayana Buddhist New Year.
• January 29 – Lunar New Year
• January 31 – Muslim New Year.
• February 1 – Imbolc Cross-quarter day (Celebrated on February 2 in some places).
• February 9 – Day of Ashurah.
• February 13 – Tu Bishvat.
• February 28 – Mardi Gras.
• March 13 – Jewish holiday of Purim begins at sunset.
• March 14 – Sikh New Year.
• March 21 – Iranian New Year's Day (Norouz).
• March 30 – Hindu New Year.
• April 5 – Qingming Festival.
• April 11 – Birth anniversary of Muhammad.
• April 12 – Pesach or Passover begins at sunset, continues for a week.
• April 13
  • Theravada Buddhist New Year.
  • Punjabi New Year.
• April 14
  • Good Friday in the Western Church Calendar.
  • Sikh Holiday of Vaisakhi.
  • Puththaandu Tamil New Year in the Tamil Calendar, observed by people in Tamil Nadu.
• April 16 – Easter in the Western Church Calendar.
• April 21 – Good Friday in the Eastern Church Calendar
• April 23 – Easter in the Eastern Church Calendar
• May 1 – Beltane Cross-quarter day.
• June 1 – Jewish holiday of Shavuot begins at sunset
• August 1 – Lammas Cross-quarter day.
• August 2 – Jewish fast of Tisha B'Av begins at sundown; it extends until the night of August 3.
• September 22 – Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Continues until nightfall of the 24th.
• September 23 – First day of Ramadan.
• October 1 – Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Ends at nightfall of the 2nd.
• October 21 – Hindu festival of Diwali.
• October 23 – Islamic festival of Eid ul-Fitr.
• October 31 – Samhain Cross-quarter day.
• December 15 – Hannukah.
• December 21 – Wiccans celebrate the festival of Yule.
• December 25 – Christmas in the Western Church Calendar.
• December 31 – Islamic festival of Eid ul-Adha begins (ends on January 2, 2007).