Major Religious Holidays
- January 6 – Christmas (celebrated by the Armenian Church)
- January 7 – Christmas (Eastern Christianity)
- February 1 – Imbolc, a cross-quarter day
- March 8 – Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras), end of Carnival season
- March 9 – Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent)
- March 20 – Holi
- March 21 – (Northern hemisphere) Vernal equinox, also known as Ostara & Persian New Year
- April 18 – Passover begins at sundown
- April 24 – Easter (Western and Orthodox)
- May 1 – Beltane, a Cross-quarter day
- May 17 – Vesak (Buddhism)
- June 7 – Shavuot begins
- August 1
- Ramadan begins (Islam)
- Lammas, a Cross-quarter day
- August 31 – Eid al-Fitr
- September 1 – Ganesh Chaturthi
- September 11 – Anant Chaturdashi
- September 23 – (Northern hemisphere) Autumnal equinox, also known as Mabon
- September 28 – Rosh Hashana begins at sundown
- October 2 to October 6 – Durga Puja
- October 7 – Yom Kippur begins at sundown
- October 26 – Diwali, a religious holiday in Hinduism
- November 6 – Eid al-Adha
- November 26 – Islamic New Year
- December 20 – Hanukkah begins at sundown
- December 25 – Christmas (Western Christianity)
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