2007
Note: 1. * Holy days usually begin at sundown the day before this date. 
        2. ** Regional customs or moon sightings may cause a variation of this date.
3. LARGE PRINT CAPITAL LETTERS -Primary Holy Days

JANUARY 2007

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
• 3
  • Mahayana Buddhist New Year ** - Buddhist
• 5
  • Twelfth Night - Christian
  • Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
• 6
  • Epiphany - Christian
  • Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian
  • Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings) - Christian
• 7
  • Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian
  • Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
• 13
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 18-25
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity  - Christian
• 20
  • Hijra - New Year * - Islam
• 21
  • World Religion Day * - Baha'i
• 23
  • Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
• 25
  • Conversion of St. Paul - Christian
• 28
  • Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
• 29
  • Ashura * - Islam

  Definitions

FEBRUARY 2007

• 2
  • Candlemas - Christian
  • Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian
  • Imbolc * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Lughnassad * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
• 3
  • Tu B'shvat * - Jewish
• 4
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
• 8
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhism
• 11
  • Meatfare - Orthodox Christian
• 14
  • St. Valentines Day - Christian
• 15
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist
• 16
  • Maha Shivaratri ** - Hindu
• 18
  • Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
  • Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist
  • Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 19
  • Clean Monday (Lent begins) - Orthodox Christian
• 20
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian
• 21
  • Ash Wednesday (Lent begins) - Christian
• 25
  • Sunday of Orthodoxy - Orthodox Christian
• 26-March 1
  • Intercalary Days * - Baha'i

  Definitions

MARCH 2007

• 1
  • St. David of Wales - Christian
• 3
  • Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
  4
  • Purim * - Jewish
  • Holi ** - Hindu
  • Hola Maholla - Sikh
• 13
  • Birthday of L. Ron Hubbard - Scientology
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 19
  • New Year ** - Hindu
• 19-27
  • Ramayana ** - Hindu
• 20
  • Mawlid an Nabi * - Islam
• 21
  • Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
  • Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i
  • Ostara * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Mabon * - Wicca/Neo Pagan  southern hemisphere
• 25
  • Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian
• 26
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) Zoroastrian
• 27
  • Ramanavami ** - Hindu
• 31
  • Mawlid an Nabi * - Islam
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian

  Definitions

APRIL 2007

• 1
  • Palm Sunday - Christian
• 2
  • Lord's Evening Meal ** - Jehovahs Witness Christian
  • Theravadin Buddhist New Year ** - Buddhist
  • Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
• 3-10 *
  • Pesach (Passover)*   - Jewish
• 5 
  • Maundy Thursday - Christian 
• 6
  • Good Friday - Christian
  • Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
• 8
  • Easter - Christian
  • Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
•  
  • Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) - Sikh
• 15
  • Yom HaShoah * - Jewish
• 21
  • Ridvan begins * - Baha'i
• 30
  • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

  Definitions

MAY 2007

• 1
  • Beltane * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Samhain * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
• 2
  • Buddha Day - Visakha Puja - Wesak **  - Buddhist
• 6
  • Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
• 17
  • Ascension of Christ - Christian
• 23-24
  • Shavuot * - Jewish
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 27
  • Pentecost - Christian
  • Trinity - Orthodox Christian
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i

  Definitions

JUNE 2007

• 3
  • All Saints Day - Orthodox Christian
  • Trinity Sunday - Christian
• 7
  • Corpus Christi- Catholic Christian
• 9
  • St. Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
• 11
  • Trinity - Christian
• 15
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 16
  • Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
• 21
  • First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
  • Litha * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Yule * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
• 19
  • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
• 24
  • Saint John the Baptist  - Christian
• 29
  • Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian
• 30
  • Guru Purnima ** - Hindu
  • Asala Puja Day ** - Buddhist

  Definitions

JULY 2007

• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 11
  • St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 13
  • Obon (Ulambana) ** - Buddhist
• 15
  • St. Vladimir Day - Orthodox Christian
• 24
  • Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian
  • Tisha B'Av * - Jewish
• 25
  • St. James the Great Day - Christian

  Definitions

AUGUST 2007

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
• 2
  • Lughnassad * - Wicca/Neo Pagan  northern hemisphere
  • Imbolc * - Wicca/Neo Pagan  southern hemisphere
• 6
  • Transfiguration of The Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 11
  • Lailat al Miraj * - Islam
• 15
  • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 28
  • Lailat al Bara'ah *  Islam
  • Raksha Bandhan  **- Hindu
  • Paryushana begins ** - Jain
• 29
  • Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian

  Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2007

• 1
  • Church year begins - Orthodox Christian
• 4
  • Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu
• 8
  • Nativity of Mary - Christian
• 13-14
  • Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
• 13
  • Ramadan begins * - Islam
• 14
  • Elevation of the Life Giving Cross/Holy Cross Day - Christian
• 15
  • Ganesa Chaturthi ** - Hindu
• 21
  • Fall Equinox * - Wicca/Neo Pagan  northern hemisphere
  • Ostara * - Wicca/Neo Pagan   southern hemisphere
• 22
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish
• 27-Oct. 3 (26-27 Primary Obligation days)
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 29
  • Michael and All Angels - Christian

  Definitions

OCTOBER 2007

• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Chrisian
  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
• 5
  • Simchat Torah * - Jewish
• 6
  • St. Thomas Day - Ortodox Christian
• 9
  • Laylat el Qadr * - Islam
• 12-20
  • Navaratri ** - Hindu
• 13
  • Eid al Fitr (Ramadan ends) ** - Islam
• 20
  • Birth of the B'ab * - Baha'i
  • Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
• 21
  • Dasera ** - Hindu
• 27
  • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian
  • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
  • Samhain * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Beltane * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere 

  Definitions

NOVEMBER 2007

• 1
  • All Saints' Day - Christian
• 2
  • All Souls' Day -  Christian
• 9
  • Diwali (Deepavali) ** - Hindu, Sikh, Jain
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 15
  • Nativity Fast begins - Orthodox Christian
• 22
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith
• 24
  • Guru Tegh Bahadur martyrdom - Sikh
  • Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib - Sikh
• 25
  • Christ the King Christian
• 26
  • Day of Covenant * - Baha'i

  Definitions

DECEMBER 2007

• 2,9,16,23
  • Sundays of Advent - Christian
• 5-12
  • Hanukkah * - Jewish
• 8
  • Bodhi Day  (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhist
  • Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian
• 12
  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
• 16
  • Posadas Navidenas begins - Christian
• 18
  • Hajj begins * - Islam
• 20 
  • Eid al Adha * - Islam
• 21
  • Yule - Christian
  • Yule * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Litha * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
  • St. Thomas Day - Christian
• 25
  • Christmas * - Christian
  • Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian
• 26
  • Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra)  Zoroastrian
  • St Stephen's Day - Christian
• 28
  • Holy Innocents - Christian
• 30
  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 31
  • Watch Night - Christian

  Definitions

Updated on August 1, 2006

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