Cultural Calendar 2007
January 1st - New Years Day
January 5th - Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh (Sikh)
January 6th - Epiphany (Christian)
January 8th - Baptism of Jesus (Christian)
January 14th - Makar Sankrant - New beginning (Hindu)
January 15th - -Martin Luther King Day
January 20th - Al Hijra - Islamic New Year
February 1st - St Brigid's Day
February 2nd - Candlemas (Christian)
February 12th - Lantern Festival (1st full moon - Chinese)
February 14th - St Valentine's Day
February 18th - Chinese New Year (Year of the Pig)
February 20th - Mardi Gras
February 21st - Ash Wednesday (Catholic)
February 26th - Mahasivratri - Great Shiva Night (Hindu)
March 1st -St David's Day (Wales)
March 14th - Sikh New Year Chet 538
March 14th - Holi - Spring Festival (Hindu)
March 17th - St Patrick's Day (Ireland)
March 18th - Mothers Day
March 25th - The Annunciation (Catholic)
March 31st - Mawlid-un-Nabi (Muhammad's Birthday - Muslim)
April 1st - Palm Sunday (Christian)
April 2nd - 4th - Passover (Jewish)
April 5th - Ching Ming - Ancestral Day (Chinese)
April 6th - Shri Rama Navami (Hindu)
April 6th - Holy Friday (Christian)
April 8th - Easter Day (Christian)
April 14th - Vaisakhi (birth of Sikh Nation)
April 23rd - St George's Day (England)
April 25th - Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jewish)
May 5th - Buddha's Birthday
May 17th - Ascension Day (Christian)
May 22nd - 24th - Shavuot - Giving of The Law (Jewish)
May 31st - Tuen Ng - Patriot Day (Chinese)
June 2nd - 3rd - Shavuot - Giving of The Law (Jewish)
June 15th - Corpus Christi (Catholic)
June 17th - Father's Day
June 21st - Summer solstice (longest day)
July 4th - Independence Day (USA)
July 14th - Bastille Day
August 4th - Raksha Bandhan - Humanity Day (Hindu)
August 8th - Yu Lan - All Souls' Day (Chinese)
August 15th - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Catholic)
September 9th - Lailat-Ul-Bara'h - Forgiveness Day (Muslim)*
September 13th - Ramadan - Month of Fasting starts (Muslim)
September 23rd - 24th - Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year 5767)
October 2nd - Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement (Jewish)
October 6th - Mid-Autumn Festival (Chinese)
October 7th - 8th - Sukkot - Harvest Festival (Jewish)
October 13th - Eid al Fitr-end of Fasting Month (Muslim)
October 15th - Simchat Torah - Rejoicing of the Law (Jewish)
October 18th - Confucius' Birthday (Chinese)
October 22nd - Vikram New Year ( Hindu)
October 30th - Chung Yeung - Family Remembrance Day (Chinese)
October 31st - Hallowe'en
November 1st - All Saints' Day (Christian)
November 9th - Diwali
November 12th - Remembrance Sunday
November 22nd - Thanksgiving Day
November 30th - St Andrew's Day (Scotland)
December 21st - Winter Solstice (Longest night)
December 20th - Eid al Adha - festival of sacrifice (Muslim)
December 22nd - Harvest Festival (Chinese)
December 25th - Christmas Day
December 26th - Boxing Day/ St Stephen’s Day
December 31st