Special Days

January, 2018: Indian Festival Calendar

Mon 01 Jan	New Year
Fri 05 Jan	Guru Govind Singh Jayanti
Sat 13 Jan	Lohri
Sun 14 Jan	Makar Sankranti
Sun 14 - Wed 17 Jan	Pongal
Mon 15 Jan	Bhogali Bihu
Mon 15 Jan	Bihu
Tue 16 Jan	Mauni Amavasya
Mon 22 Jan	Basant Panchami
Fri 26 Jan	Republic Day
Tue 30 - Wed 31 Jan	Tu B’Shevat

February, 2018: Indian Festival Calendar

Tue 13 Feb	Maha Shivaratri
Wed 14 Feb	Valentine’s Day
Fri 16 - Sun 18 Feb	Losar
Sun 18 Feb	Vikrami Samvat (Hindu New Year)
Wed 28 Feb - Thu 01 Mar	Purim

March, 2018: Indian Festival Calendar

Fri 02 Mar	Holi
Sat 03 Mar	Holla Mohalla
Sun 11 Mar	Mothering Sunday
Sun 18 - Mon 26 Mar	Chaitra Navratri
Sun 18 Mar	Gudi Padwa
Sun 18 Mar	Ugadi
Tue 20 Mar	Navroz
Sun 25 Mar	Palm Sunday
Sun 25 Mar	Rama Navami
Wed 28 Mar	Khordad Sal
Thu 29 Mar	Mahavir Jayanti
Fri 30 Mar	Good Friday
Fri 30 Mar - Sat 07 Apr	Passover
Sat 31 Mar	Hanuman Jayanti

April, 2018: Indian Festival Calendar

Sun 01 Apr	Easter Day (Western)
Thu 05 Apr	Birthday of Guru Har Rai (Nanakshahi Calendar)
Sun 08 Apr	Easter Day (Orthodox)
Sat 14 Apr	Baisakhi
Sun 15 - Sat 21 Apr	Rongali Bihu
Wed 18 Apr	Akshay Tritiya
Wed 18 Apr	Birthday of Guru Angad Dev (Nanakshahi calendar)
Wed 18 Apr	Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Nanakshahi calendar)
Sat 28 - Sun 29 Apr	Second Passover
Sun 29 Apr	Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi calendar)
Sun 29 Apr	Buddha Purnima
Sun 29 Apr	Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi Calendar)

May, 2018: Indian Festival Calendar

Wed 02 - Thu 03 May	Lag B’Omer
Sun 13 May	Mother’s Day
Tue 15 May	Ramadan Begins
Sat 19 - Mon 21 May	Shavuot
Sun 20 May	Birthday of Guru Amar Das (Nanakshahi calendar)
Thu 24 May	Ganga Dussehra

June, 2018: Indian Festival Calendar

Fri 01 Jun	Parents Day
Thu 14 Jun	Id-ul-Fitar, Ramadan Ends
Sun 17 Jun	Father’s Day
Sat 23 - Sun 24 Jun	Hemis Gompa
Sat 30 Jun - Sat 21 Jul	The Three Weeks

July, 2018: Indian Festival Calendar

Thu 05 Jul	Birthday of Guru Hargobind (Nanakshahi calendar)
Sat 14 Jul	Rath Yatra
Thu 26 Jul	The 15th of Av
Fri 27 Jul	Guru Purnima
Sat 28 Jul	Birthday of Guru Har Krishan (Nanakshahi calendar)

August, 2018: Indian Festival Calendar

Sun 05 Aug	Friendship Day
Wed 15 Aug	Independence Day
Wed 15 Aug	Naag Panchami
Fri 17 Aug	Jamshedi Noruz (Zoroastrian New Year in Qadimi Calendar)
Tue 21 - Wed 22 Aug	Eid ul-Adha
Fri 24 Aug	Onam
Sat 25 Aug	Ullambana
Sun 26 Aug	Raksha Bandhan

September, 2018: Indian Festival Calendar

Sun 02 Sep	Shri Krishna Janmashtami
Wed 05 Sep	Teacher’s Day
Sun 09 Sep	Grandparents Day
Sun 09 - Tue 11 Sep	Rosh Hashanah
Tue 11 Sep	Al-Hijira, Muharram Begins
Wed 12 - Sun 23 Sep	Ganesh Chaturthi
Mon 17 Sep	Vishwakarma Puja
Tue 18 - Wed 19 Sep	Yom Kippur
Thu 20 - Fri 21 Sep	Ashura
Sun 23 - Sun 30 Sep	Sukkot
Sun 30 Sep - Tue 02 Oct	Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah

October, 2018: Indian Festival Calendar

Tue 02 Oct	Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti
Tue 09 Oct	Birthday of Guru Ram Das (Nanakshahi calendar)
Tue 09 Oct	Muharram Ends
Wed 10 Oct	Navaratra Begins
Wed 10 - Thu 18 Oct	Sharad Navratri
Mon 15 - Fri 19 Oct	Durga Puja
Tue 16 Oct	Boss Day
Thu 18 Oct	Kongali Bihu
Fri 19 Oct	Dussehra
Sat 27 Oct	Karva Chauth
Wed 31 Oct	Halloween

November, 2018: Indian Festival Calendar

Mon 05 Nov	Dhan Teras
Wed 07 Nov	Diwali
Wed 07 Nov	Kali Puja
Thu 08 Nov	Govardhan Puja
Fri 09 Nov	Bhai Duj
Sat 10 Nov	Chhath Puja Begins (Nahai Khai)
Tue 13 Nov	Chhath Puja Ends (Sandhya Argh)
Wed 14 Nov	Children’s day
Tue 20 - Wed 21 Nov	Milad un-Nabi
Wed 21 Nov	Milad un Nabi (Shia)
Thu 22 Nov	Thanksgiving Day
Fri 23 Nov	Guru Nanak Jayanti
Fri 23 Nov	Gurupurab
Sat 24 Nov	Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Nanakshahi calendar)
Fri 30 Nov	St Andrews Day

December, 2018: Indian Festival Calendar

Sun 02 - Thu 20 Dec	Hanukkah
Sat 08 Dec	Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Tue 25 Dec	Christmas