It’s finally 2023. A new year brings hope of better days with several festivities and holidays to observe with friends and family.
Though we don’t need a reminder for when St. Patrick’s Day or Christmas Day falls, there are some religious holidays that depend on the lunar calendar and thus their dates keep changing every year.
Here is a list of the significant days observed by some of the most common religions in the world. (Note: Jewish and Islamic holidays traditionally begin at sunset on the previous evening. Islamic holiday dates sometimes change depending on moon sightings)
Christian holidays 2023:
Jan. 6, Friday: Epiphany
Jan. 8, Sunday: Baptism of Jesus
Feb. 2, Thursday: Candlemas
Feb. 14, Tuesday: St. Valentine’s Day
Feb. 22, Wednesday: Ash Wednesday
March 17, Friday: St. Patrick’s Day
March 19, Sunday: St. Joseph’s Day
April 2, Sunday: Palm Sunday
April 6, Thursday: Maundy Thursday
April 7, Friday: Good Friday
April 9, Sunday: Easter
April 10, Monday: Easter Monday
April 23, Sunday: St. George’s Day
May 18, Thursday: Ascension of Jesus
May 28, Sunday: Pentecost
June 4, Sunday: Trinity Sunday
June 8, Thursday: Corpus Christi
June 29, Thursday: Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
July 25, Tuesday: St. James the Great Day
Aug. 1, Tuesday: Lammas
Aug. 15, Tuesday: The Assumption of Mary
Sept. 14, Thursday: Holy Cross Day
Sept. 29, Friday: Michaelmas
Oct. 31, Tueday: All Hallows Eve
Nov. 1, Wednesday: All Saints’ Day
Nov. 2, Thursday: All Souls’ Day
Nov. 30, Thursday: St. Andrew’s Day
Dec. 3, Sunday: Advent
Dec. 6, Wednesday: St. Nicholas Day
Dec. 24, Sunday: Christmas Eve
Dec. 25, Monday: Christmas
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Jewish holidays 2023:
Feb. 5, Sunday: Tu B’Shevat
March 6, Monday: Purim
April 5, Wednesday: Passover
April 13, Thursday: Passover – Final Day
April 17, Monday: Yom Hashoah
April 24, Monday: Yom HaZikaron
April 25, Tuesday: Yom HaAtzma’ut
May 8, Monday: Lag B’Omer
May 18, Thursday: Yom Yerushalayim
May 25, Saturday: Shavuot
July 26, Wednesday: Tish’a B’Av
Sept. 15-17: Rosh Hashanah
Sept. 18, Monday: Fast of Gedaliah
Sept 24, Tuesday: Yom Kippur
Sept. 29, Friday: Sukkot
Dec. 7-15: Chanukah or Hanukkah
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Islamic holidays 2023:
Feb. 17, Friday: Lailat al Miraj
March 7, Tuesday: Lailat al Bara’ah
March 22, Wednesday: Start of Ramadan
April 18, Tuesday: Laylat al Qadr
April 21, Friday: Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)
June 17, Tuesday: Waqf al Arafa – Hajj
June 28, Wednesday: Eid al-Adha
July 19, Wednesday: Ashura/Muharram
July. 19, Wednesday: Hijra (Islamic New Year)
Sept. 26, Tuesday: Milad un Nabi
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Buddhist holidays 2023:
Jan. 7, Saturday: Mahayana New Year
Jan. 22, Sunday: Chinese New Year
Feb. 15, Wednesday: Nirvana Day
March 6, Monday: Magha Puja/Sangha Day
April 6 : Theravada New Year
May 5, Friday: Wesak or Buddha Day
Aug. 13, Sunday: Obon
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Hindu holidays 2023:
Jan. 14, Saturday: Makar Sankranti/Pongal
Jan. 26, Thursday: Vasant Panchami
Feb. 5, Sunday: Thaipusam
Feb. 18, Saturday: Maha Shivaratri
March 7, Tuesday: Holika Dahan
March 8, Wednesday: Holi
March 22, Wednesday: Gudi Padwa (Hindi New Year)
March 22, Wednesday: Ugadi (Kannada, Telugu New Year)
March 30, Thursday: Rama Navami
April 6, Thursday: Hanuman Jayanti
April 14, Friday: Puthandu (Tamil New Year)
April 14, Friday: Vaisakhi/Baisakhi/Vishu/Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year)
April 22, Saturday: Akshaya Tritiya
June 19, Monday: Puri Ratha Yatra
July 3, Monday: Guru Purnima
Aug. 21, Monday: Nag Panchami
Aug. 30, Wednesday: Raksha Bandhan
Sept. 7, Thursday: Krishna Janmashtami
Sept. 17, Sunday: Vishwakarma Puja
Sept. 19, Tuesday: Ganesh Chaturthi
Oct. 14, Saturday: Mahalaya Amavasya
Oct. 15-24 Navaratri
Oct. 24, Tuesday: Dusshera
Oct. 28, Saturday: Sharad Purnima
Oct. 31, Tuesday: Karwa Chauth
Nov. 10, Friday: Dhanteras
Nov. 12, Sunday: Diwali
Nov. 15, Wednesday: Bhai Dooj
Nov. 19, Sunday: Chhath Puja
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Sikh holidays 2023:
Jan. 13, Friday: Maghi – Lohri
March 8-10: Hola Mohalla
April 14, Friday: Vaisakhi
Nov. 24, Friday: Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib
Nov. 27, Monday: Guru Nanak Birthday
