2008
| New Year's Day
| 1 January
| Jan 1
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| Epiphany
| 6 January
| Jan 6
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| Muslim New Year
| 1 Muharram (lunar calendar, arrives 11 days earlier each year).
Also see The Moon and its Phases.
| Jan 10
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| Full Moon
| See The Moon and its Phases
| Jan 22
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| Shrove Tuesday | 47 days before Easter Sunday
| Feb 5
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| Ash Wednesday
| 46 days before Easter Sunday
| Feb 6
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| Chinese New Year
| Between 21 January and 21 February.
| Feb 7
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| St Valentine's Day
| 14 February
| Feb 14
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| Full Moon
| See The Moon and its Phases
| Feb 21
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| Palm Sunday
| Sunday before Easter Sunday
| Mar 16
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| St Patrick's Day
| 17 March
| Mar 17
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| Maundy Thursday
| Thursday before Easter Monday
| Mar 20
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| Full Moon
| See The Moon and its Phases
| Mar 21
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| Vernal Equinox
| About 21 March in northern hemisphere (about 23 September in southern hemisphere)
| Mar 20
05:48
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| Good Friday
| Friday before Easter Monday
| Mar 21
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| Easter Sunday
| See Elusive Easter
| Mar 23
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| Easter Monday
| See Elusive Easter
| Mar 24
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| British Summer Time begins
| Last Sunday in March
| Mar 30
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| Full Moon
| See The Moon and its Phases
| Apr 20
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Jewish Passover
(Pesach)
| 15 Nisan
| Apr 20
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| Orthodox Easter Sunday
| See Elusive Easter
| Apr 27
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| Labour Day
| 1 May
| May 1
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Vesak
Buddha Purnima
| The first full Moon in May (June in leap year)
| May 19
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| Ascension
| 39 days after Easter Sunday - always on a Thursday
| May 1
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| Pentecost (Whit Sunday)
| 7 weeks after Easter Sunday
| May 11
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| Whit Monday
| 7 weeks after Easter Monday
| May 12
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| Full Moon
| See The Moon and its Phases
| May 20
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| Corpus Christi
| The second Thursday following Whit Monday
| May 22
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| Full Moon | See The Moon and its Phases
| Jun 18
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| Summer Solstice
| About 21 June in northern hemisphere (about 21 December in southern hemisphere)
| Jun 20
23:59
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| Full Moon
| See The Moon and its Phases
| Jul 18
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| Assumption
| 15 August
| Aug 15
|
| Full Moon
| See The Moon and its Phases
| Aug 16
|
| Ramadan
| 1 Ramadan (lunar calendar, arrives 11 days earlier each year).
Also see The Moon and its Phases.
| Sep 2
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| Full Moon
| See The Moon and its Phases
| Sep 15
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| Autumnal Equinox
| About 23 September in northern hemisphere (about 21 March in southern hemisphere)
| Sep 22
21:18
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Jewish New Year
(Rosh Hashanah)
| 1 Tishri
| Sep 30
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| Full Moon
| See The Moon and its Phases
| Oct 14
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| British Summer Time ends
| Last Sunday in October
| Oct 26
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| Hallowe'en
| 31 October
| Oct 31
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| All Saints Day
| 1 November
| Nov 1
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| Full Moon | See The Moon and its Phases
| Nov 13
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| Immaculate Conception
| 8 December
| Dec 8
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| Full Moon
| See The Moon and its Phases
| Dec 12
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| Winter Solstice
| About 21 December in northern hemisphere (about 21 June in southern hemisphere)
| Dec 21
12:04
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| Hanukkah
| 25 Kislev
| Dec 22
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| Christmas Day
| 25 December
| Dec 25
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Boxing Day
St Stephen's Day
| 26 December
| Dec 26
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