Calendar for the main religious faiths in Britain
Some dates may vary because they are determined by the lunar calendar.
Religious calendar January to March 2008
| Date |
Religion |
Holiday / Festival |
| 1 January |
Christian |
Circumcision |
| 1 January |
Secular |
New Year's Day |
| 1 January |
Shinto |
Oshogatsu (or Shogatsu) |
| 1 January |
Christian |
Festival of Saint Basil the Great |
| 5 January |
Sikh |
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh |
| 6 January |
Christian |
Epiphany |
| 6 January |
Christian |
Christmas Day (Armenian Orthodox) |
| 6 January |
Christian |
Theophany |
| 7 January |
Christian |
Christmas Day (Orthodox) |
| 7 January |
Rastafari |
Christmas Day (Ethiopian) |
| 13 January |
Christian |
St. Hilary's Day |
| 13 January |
Christian |
Baptism of the Lord |
| 14 January |
Hindu |
Makar Sankrant |
| 15 January |
Shinto |
Seijin Shiki (Adult's Day) |
| 18 January |
Christian |
Week of prayer for Christian Unity (starts) |
| 19 January |
Muslim |
Ashura |
| 21 January |
Christian |
Saint Agnes |
| 21 January |
Bahai |
World Religion Day |
| 21 January |
Multifaith |
World Religion Day |
| 22 January |
Jewish |
Tu B'Shevat |
| 25 January |
Christian |
Saint Paul's Day |
| 27 January |
Jewish |
National Holocaust Memorial Day |
| 27 January |
Multifaith |
National Holocaust Memorial Day |
| 28 January |
Christian |
Saint Thomas Aquinas |
| 31 January |
Sikh |
Birthday of Guru Har Rai (Nanakshahi calendar) |
| 2 February |
Christian |
Candlemas |
| 2 February |
Pagan |
Imbolc |
| 3 February |
Shinto |
Rissun (Setsubun) |
| 5 February |
Christian |
Shrove Tuesday |
| 6 February |
Christian |
Ash Wednesday |
| 7 February |
Chinese |
Chinese New Year |
| 8 February |
Buddhist |
Losar (start) |
| 8 February |
Buddhist |
Parinirvana / Nirvana Day |
| 11 February |
Christian |
Our Lady of Lourdes |
| 11 February |
Hindu |
Vasant Panchami |
| 14 February |
Christian |
Saint Valentine's Day |
| 15 February |
Buddhist |
Parinirvana / Nirvana Day (Alternative date) |
| 1 March |
Christian |
St. David's Day |
| 2 March |
Christian |
Mothering Sunday |
| 2 March |
Bahai |
Nineteen Day Fast (start) |
| 3 March |
Shinto |
Hina-matsuri (Festival of Dolls) |
| 5 March |
Christian |
Saint Piran's Day |
| 6 March |
Hindu |
Mahashivrati |
| 7 March |
Multifaith |
Women's World Day of Prayer |
| 10 March |
Christian |
Clean Monday - Beginning of Lent (Orthodox) |
| 16 March |
Christian |
Palm Sunday |
| 17 March |
Christian |
Saint Patrick's Day |
| 19 March |
Christian |
Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| 20 March |
Muslim |
Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad) |
| 20 March |
Christian |
Maundy Thursday |
| 20 March |
Pagan |
Spring Equinox - Eoster |
| 21 March |
Christian |
Good Friday |
| 21 March |
Hindu |
Holi |
| 21 March |
Jewish |
Purim |
| 21 March |
Bahai |
Naw-Ruz |
| 21 March |
Shinto |
Shubun-sai (Equinox Day) |
| 21 March |
Zoroastrian |
Jamshedi Noruz (Qadimi) |
| 21 March |
Zoroastrian |
Jamshedi Noruz (Fasli) |
| 22 March |
Jehovah's Witnesses |
Memorial of Christ's Death |
| 23 March |
Christian |
Easter Sunday (Western) |
| 25 March |
Christian |
Annunciation |
| 25 March |
Muslim |
Milad un Nabi (Shia) |
| 26 March |
Zoroastrian |
Khordad Sal (Fasli) |
