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Principal Holy Days of Major World Faiths 2012
Baha'i
Mar 21 Naw Ruz - New Year's Day
Apr 21 Baha'u'llah declared himself as the promised one
May 23 Anniversary of the Declaration of The Bab
May 29 Anniversary of the Ascension of Baha'u'llah
July 9 Anniversary of the Martyrdom of The Bab
Oct 20 Anniversary of the Birth of The Bab
Nov 12 Anniversary of the Birth of Baha'u'llah
Buddhist
Feb 8 Parinirvana - Final passing from this world of the Buddha for Mahayanists
Jun 4 Wesak - Theravadins celebrate the birth, enlightenment and final passing away of Gautama Buddha
Aug 2 Asaha Puja - Celebration of the Proclamation in the Deer Park near Benares of the Four Noble Truths
Chinese
Jan 23 New Year's Day - The Year of the Dragon
Jun 23 Dragon Boat Festival
Hindu
Feb 20 Mahashivratri - Shiva's cosmic dance from creation to destruction
Mch 8 Holi - A Spring festival
Apr 6 Hanuman Jayanti - celebrating the birth of Hanuman, Rama's supreme devotee
Aug 10 Krishna Jayanti - The Birthday of Krishna
Oct 16 - 23 Navaratri - Celebrating the victory of Rama
Nov 13 Divali
Jain
Sep 20-27 Paryushan - Eight days of purification
Nov 13 Divali
Jewish
Jan 27 Holocaust Memorial Day
Mch 8 Purim - Commemorating saving the Jewish community from Persia
Apr 7-14 Pesach / Passover
May 27-28 Shavuot - Feast of Weeks - Pentecost
Sept 17-18 Rosh Hashanah - New Year
Sep 26 Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement
Oct 1-8 Sukkot - Harvest
Dec 9 - 16 Hanukah
Muslim
Feb 5 Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad (Sunni)
Feb 10 Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad (Shia)
Jun 17 The Prophet's night journey and ascension
Jul 5 The Night of forgiveness
Jly 20-Aug 18 Ramadan
Aug 19 Eid-Ul-Fitr
Oct 26 Eid-Ul-Adha - Festival of Sacrifice marking the end of the Hajj
Nov 15 Al-Hijra. New Year's Day
Nov 24 Ashura (Shia)
Rastafarian
July 23 Birthday of Haile Selassie
Sep 11 Ethiopia's New Year's Day
Sikh
Jun 16 Martyrdom of Guru Arjan
Oct 20 Conferring of Guruship on Guru Granth Sahib (Scripture) in 1708
Nov 13 Divali
Nov 28 Birthday of Guru Nanak
Zoroastrian
Aug 18 Navroze / New Year's Day
Pagan
Feb 1- 2 Imbolc - The awakening of the land
Mch 20 - 21 Spring Equinox
Apr 30-May 1 Beltaine - Spring gives way to Summer
June 21 Midsummer Solstice
Jly 31-Aug 1 Lammas
Sep 23 Autumn Equinox
Oct 31 Samhain / Halloween
Dec 22 Yule - Winter Solstice