Ethnic Religious Holidays Public Holidays & Bank Holidays 2012
Jan 1 - St Basil (Christian Orthodox)
Jan 1 - Shogatsu (Shinto)
Jan 1 - Emancipation Day (African-American, United States)
Jan 1 - Mary mother of god (Western Christian)
Jan 5 - Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday (Sikh)
Jan 6 - Epiphany (Christian & Orthodox)
Jan 6 - Three Kings' Day (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic)
Jan 6 - Seljin-no-hi (Shinto)
Jan 7 - Christmas Day (Orthodox)
Jan 7 - Koshogatsu (Shinto)
Jan 13 - Lohri (Hindu)
Jan 14 - Makar Sankranti (Hindu)
Jan 15 - Thiruvalluvar (Tamil)
Jan 16 - Uzhavar Thirunal (Tamil)
Jan 16 - World Religion Day (Bahai)
Jan 19 - Epiphany (Christian Orthodox)
Jan 19 - Tu B'Shevat (Jewish)
Jan 19 - Mahayanna New Year (Buddhist)
Jan 26 - India Republic Day
Jan 31 - Birthday of Guru Har Rai Sahib (Hindu)
Feb 1 - Fisrt day of National Black History Month (United States)
Feb 1 - Fisrt day of Ethnic Equality Month
Feb 2 - Imbolic (Wiccan)
Feb 2 - candlemas (Christian)
Feb 3 - Setsubun Sai (Shinto)
Feb 3 - Chinese New Year of the rabbit (confucian, Daoist Buddhist)
Feb 4 - Rosa Parks Birth Anniversary
Feb 5 - Mexico - Constitution Day
Feb 8 - Saraswati Puja / Vasant Pachami (Hindu)
Feb 11 - National Foundation Day (Japan)
Feb 15 - Nirvana Day (Buddhist)
Feb 15 - Mawlid an Nabi (Islam)
Feb 16 - Mardi Gras (United States)
Feb 17 - League of United Latin Citizens (LULAC) Founded American
Feb 17 - Butter lamp Festival (Tibet)
Feb 19 - Epiphanie (Orthodox Christian)
Feb 24 - Flag Day (Mexico)
Feb 26 - Mawlid an Nabi (Muslim)
Mar 1 - First Day of Greek-American Heritage Month
Mar 1 - First Day of Irish-American Heritage Month
Mar 1 - First Day of Spiritual Wellness Month
Mar 3 - Maha Shivatri (Hindu)
Mar 5 - World Day of Prayer
Mar 5 - Birthday of Lao- Tzu (Taoist)
Mar 7 - Great Lent ( Christian Orthodox)
Mar 9 - Ash Wednesday (Christian)
Mar 14 - Nanakshahi (Sikh)
Mar 17 - St. Patrick's Day(Ireland, United States)
Mar 19 - Holi (Hindu)
Mar 19 - Purim (Jewish)
Mar 19 - Magha Puja çBuddhism)
Mar 19 - Maulid an-Nabi (Islamic)
Mar 19 - Death of Guru Hargobind Sahib (Sikh)
Mar 20 - Holi (Hindu)
Mar 20 - Holla Mohalla (Sikh)
Mar 21 - Ostara & Mabon (Wicca)
Mar 21 - Naw Ruz (Baha'i, Persia)
Mar 21 - Honoring the Shen (Taoist)
Mar 21 - Shunki Korei sai (Shinto)
Mar 25 - Feast of Annunciation (Christian)
Mar 15-19 - Paro Tsechu (Buddhist)
Mar 28 - Khordad Sal (Zoroastrian)
Apr 8 - Hana Matsuri (Shinto)
Apr 12 - Ramanavami (Hindu)
Apr 14 - Vaisaki (Sikh)
Apr 16 - Mahavir Jayanti (Jain)
Apr 17 - Palm Sunday (Christian & Orthodox Christian)
Apr 18 - Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu)
Apr 18-26 - Pessach (Jewish)
Apr 21 - maundy Thursday (Christian)
Apr 22 - Good Friday (Protestant, Roman Catholic)
Apr 24 - Easter (Protestant, Roman Catholic & Orthodox Christian)
Apr 25 - Easter Monday (Roman Catholic)
Apr 6 - National Tartan Day (Scottish-American)
Apr 6 - Organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Apr 13-14 - Tamil New Year
Apr 14 - Sinhala and Tamil New Year (Sri Lanka)
Apr 14 - Birthday of Guru Angad Dev sahib (Sikh)
Apr 18 - Teravada (Buddhist)
Apr 21-May 2 Ridvan (Bahai)
Apr 23 - St. George's Day (English)
Apr 24 -Easter (Christian & Orthodox Christian)
May 1 Yom Hasho'Ah (Jewish)
May 1 - First Day of Asian Pacific American History Month
May 1 - First Day of Jewish-American Heritage Month
May 1 - Beltane & Samhain (Wicca)
May 5 - Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)
May 6 - Akshay Tritiya (Jain)
May 7 - Hazikaron (Jewish)
Jun 2 - Ascension of Christ Day (Christian)
May 10 - Vesak (Buddhist)
May 10 - Yom Ha' Atzmaut (Jewish)
May 17 - Visakha Puja - Lotus Lantern Festival (Buddhist)
May 19 - Birthday of Malcolm X
May 22 - Lag B'Omer (Jewish)
May 23 - Birthday of Guru Amar Das Sahib (Sikh)
May 23 - Declaration of the Bab (Bahai)
May 29 - Ascencion of Baha'u'llah (Bahai
June 3-5 ) - Red Earth Festival (Native American)
Jubn 4 - Maori New Year - Matariki Festival (Mahori)
Jun 7 - Shavuot (Jewish)
Jun 11 ???- Acenssion of Guru Hargobind Sahib (Sikh)
Jun 12 - Whit Sunday (Christian)
Jun 15 - Suijin Matsuri (Shinto)
Jun 16 - Martyrdom Day of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib (Sikh)
Jun 19 - All saints (Orthodox Christian)
Jun 19 - Juneteent
Jun 21 - Shang-Ti Festival (Taoist)
Jun 21 - Litha & yule (Wicca Northern and Southern Emispheres)
Jun 21 - First Nation Day (Canadian Native People)
Jun 24- Inti Raymi (Mezo American)
Jun 23 - Corpus Christi (Roman Catholic)
Jun 27 - Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith
Jun 28 - Lailat al Miraj (Islam)
Jun 30 - Oharai (Shinto)
Jul 1 - Canada Day (Canada)
Jul 4 - Fil-American Friendship Day (Phillippines, United States)
Jul 5 - Birthday of Guru Hargobind Sahib (Sikh)
Jul 9 - Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha'i)
Jul 13-15 - Bon Festival/Feast of Lanterns (Japan)
Jul 13 - Ulambana (Buddhist)
Jul 23 - Birthday of Guru Har Krishan Sahib (Sikh)
Jul 15 Lailat al Bara'ah (Islam)
Jul 15 Asalha Puja Day (Buddhist)
Jul 24 - Pioneer Day (Mormon)
Jul 31 - Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola (Spain, Roman Catholic)
Aug 1 - Lammas & Lughnassad (Northern & Southern Hemisphere Wicca)
Aug 1 - Ramadan Begins (Islam)
Aug 1 - Holy Mother of Lord Jesus (Orthodox Christian)
Aug 6 - Transfiguration of the Lord (Orthodox Christian)
Aug 6 - Tanaba Shinto
Aug 9 - Tisha B'av (Jewish)
Aug 14 - Pakistan's Independence Day
Aug 15 - Assumption of Mary (Roman Catholic)
Aug 13 - Rakha Brandhan (Hindu)
Aug 13-15 - India's Independence Day
Aug 15 - Liberation Day (Korea, South Korea)
Aug 22 - Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
Aug 25 - Laylat al-Qadr (Islamic)
Aug 30 - Eid Al Fitr (Islam)
Sep 1 - Israel Miraji Ascent of Prophet Muhammad (Islam)
Sep 1 ???- Begin of the Ecclesiastical Year (Orthodox Christian)
sep 1 - First consecration of the Adi Granth (Sikh)
Sep 1 - Ganesa Chaturthi (Hindu)
Sep 5-11 ???- Paryusana (Jain)
Sep 11 - enkutatash (Rastafarian)
Sep 15-Oct 15 - National Hispanic Heritage Month (Mexico)
Sep 16 - Mexico's Independence Day
Sep 16-17 - Lailat-Ul-Quadr (Islamic)
Sep 16 ???- Deaths of Guru Amar Das Sahib & Guru Ram Das Sodhi Sahib (Sikh)
Sep 19 - San Gennaro Day (Italian-American)
Sep 23 - Autumnal Equinox (Japan)
Sep 22 ???- Death of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib (Sikh)
Sep 23 ???- Mabon & Ostara (Wicca)
Sep 23 ???- Festival of the Shen of Wind (Taoist)
Sep 23 ???- Shuki-Korei-Sai (Shinto)
Sep 27 ???- Meskel (Rastafarian)
Sep 28 ???- Birthday of Confucius (Taoist)
Sep 28 - Navaratri (Hindu)
Sep 28 - Rosh Hashanah (Jewish)
Oct 1 ???- 1st Day of German-American Heritage Month
Oct 1 ???- 1st Day of National Italian-American Heritage Month
oct 1 ???- 1st Day of Polish-American Heritage Month
Oct 6 - Dassehra (Hindu)
Oct 7 - Yom Kippur (Jewish)
Oct 9 ???- Birthday of Guru Ram Das Sodhi Sahib (Sikh)
Oct 10 ???- Cirio De Nazare (Brazil)
Oct 10 - Thanksgiving (Canada)
Oct 12 - Sukkot (Jewish)
Oct 15-22??? Navapad Oli (Jain)
Oct 17 -??? Shukaku Matsuri (Shinto)
Oct 17 -??? Dasera (Hindu)
Oct 17 - Adi Granth day (Sikh)
Oct 20 ???- Death of Guru Har Rai Sahib (Sikh)
Oct 20 ????- Birthday of the Bab (Bahai)
Oct 19 - Sh"mini Atzeret (Jewish)
Oct 20 - Simchat Torah (Jewish)
Oct 26 - Diwali (Hindu)
Oct 21 ????- Death of Guru Gobin Rai Singh Sahib (Sikh)
Oct 31 - Reformation Day (Protestant Christian)
Oct 31 - All Hallows Eve (Christian)
Nov 1 - 1st Day of National American Indian Heritage Month
Nov 1 - All Saints' Day (Christian, Roman Catholic)
Nov 1 - Dia de los Muertos "Day of the Dead" (Mexico, Latin America)
Nov 1 ???- Samhain & Beltane (Wicca)
Nov 2 - All Souls' Day (Roman Catholic)
Nov 6 - Death of Mahavira Vardhamana (Jain)
Nov 6 - Eid al -adha (Muslim)
Nov 12 ???- Birthday of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)
Nov 10 - Birthday of Guru Nanak (Sikh)
Nov 21 ???- Christ The King (Christian)
Nov 24 - Thanksgiving (USA)
Nov 26 - Muharram (Islamic)
Nov 26 ???- Day of Covenant (Bahai)
Nov 30 ???- St Andrew's Day (Christian)
Dec 1 ???- Sutjin Matsuri (Shinto)
Dec 5 - Ashura (Islamic)
Dec 6 - St. Nicholas Day (International)
Dec 7 - Al Hijra (Islam)
Dec 8 - Bodhi Day (Buddhist)
Dec 8 - Immaculate Conception of Mary (Roman Catholic)
Dec 12 ???- Virgin of Guadalupe (Mexico)
Dec 13 ???- Santa Lucia Day (Sweden)
Dec 16-25 ???- Las Posadas (Mexico)
Dec 20 - Hanukkah (Jewish)
Dec 21 ???- Zarathosht Disco (Zoroastrian)
Dec 21 - Yule & Litha (Wicca)
Dec 22 ???- Tohji-Taisai (Shinto)
Dec 25 - Christmas (Christian, Roman Catholic, International)
Dec 26 - Boxing Day (Canada, United Kingdom)
Dec 26 - Kwanzaa (African-American)
Dec 26 - Feast of the Holy Family (Roman Catholic)
Dec 31 ???- Hoarai (Shinto)
Dec 31 - Watch Night (Christian)
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