2010
| New Year's Day |
1 January |
1 Jan |
| Epiphany |
6 January |
6 Jan |
| Orthodox Christmas Day |
7 January |
7 Jan |
| Burns Night |
25 January |
25 Jan |
| Full Moon |
See The Moon and its Phases |
30 Jan |
| Super Bowl Sunday |
First Sunday in February |
7 Feb |
| Chinese New Year |
Between 21 January and 21 February |
14 Feb |
| St Valentine's Day |
14 February |
14 Feb |
| Shrove Tuesday |
47 days before Easter Sunday |
16 Feb |
| Ash Wednesday |
46 days before Easter Sunday |
17 Feb |
| Prophet's Birthday |
Variable |
26 Feb |
| Full Moon |
See The Moon and its Phases |
28 Feb |
| World Book Day |
First Thursday in March |
4 Mar |
| Mother's Day (UK, IRL) |
Fourth Sunday of Lent |
14 Mar |
| St Patrick's Day |
17 March (following Monday in lieu if on Saturday or Sunday) |
17 Mar |
| Vernal Equinox |
About 21 March in northern hemisphere (about 23 September in southern hemisphere) |
20 Mar |
| British Summer Time begins |
Last Sunday in March |
28 Mar |
| Palm Sunday |
Sunday before Easter Sunday |
28 Mar |
| Jewish Passover (Pesach) |
15 Nisan (first of seven days) |
30 Mar |
| Full Moon |
See The Moon and its Phases |
30 Mar |
| Maundy Thursday |
Thursday before Easter Sunday |
1 Apr |
| Good Friday |
Friday before Easter Sunday |
2 Apr |
| Easter Sunday |
See Elusive Easter |
4 Apr |
| Orthodox Easter Sunday |
See Elusive Easter |
4 Apr |
| Orthodox Easter Monday |
See Elusive Easter |
5 Apr |
| Easter Monday |
Monday after Easter Sunday |
5 Apr |
| St George's Day |
23 April |
23 Apr |
| Anzac Day |
25 April |
25 Apr |
| Full Moon |
See The Moon and its Phases |
28 Apr |
| Labour Day |
1 May |
1 May |
| Victory in Europe Day |
8 May |
8 May |
| Mother's Day (USA, CDN, AUS, NZ) |
Second Sunday in May |
9 May |
| Orthodox Ascension Day |
39 days after Orthodox Easter Sunday - always on a Thursday |
13 May |
| Ascension |
39 days after Easter Sunday - always on a Thursday |
13 May |
| Whit Sunday (Pentecost) |
7 weeks after Easter Sunday |
23 May |
| Whit Monday |
7 weeks after Easter Monday |
24 May |
| Orthodox Whit Monday (Kataklysmos) |
See Elusive Easter |
24 May |
Vesak
Buddha Purnima |
Near the first full Moon in May (June in leap year) |
27 May |
| Full Moon |
See The Moon and |
27 May |
| Corpus Christi |
The second Thursday following Whit Monday |
3 Jun |
| Summer Solstice |
About 21 June in northern hemisphere (about 21 December in southern hemisphere) |
21 Jun |
| Full Moon |
See The Moon and its Phases |
26 Jun |
| Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen's Day) |
12 July (following Monday in lieu if on Saturday or Sunday) |
12 Jul |
| Bastille Day |
14 July |
14 Jul |
| Buddhist Lent |
July (determined by the Buddhist lunar calendar) |
26 Jul |
| Full Moon |
See The Moon and its Phases |
26 Jul |
| Hiroshima Day |
6 August |
6 Aug |
| Nagazaki Day |
9 August |
9 Aug |
| Ramadan |
1 Ramadan (lunar calendar, arrives 11 days earlier each year). |
11 Aug |
| Assumption |
15 August |
15 Aug |
| Full Moon |
See The Moon and its Phases |
24 Aug |
| Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) |
1 Tishri |
9 Sep |
| Full Moon |
See The Moon and its Phases |
23 Sep |
| Autumnal Equinox |
About 23 September in northern hemisphere (about 21 March in southern hemisphere) |
23 Sep |
| Columbus Day |
12 October |
12 Oct |
| Full Moon |
See The Moon and its Phases |
23 Oct |
| British Summer Time ends |
Last Sunday in October |
31 Oct |
| Hallowe'en |
31 October |
31 Oct |
| All Saints Day |
1 November |
1 Nov |
| All Souls' Day |
2 November |
2 Nov |
| Diwali (Deepavali) - Festival of Light |
Final day of the Vikram calendar |
5 Nov |
| Armistice Day |
11 November |
11 Nov |
| Full Moon |
See The Moon and its Phases |
21 Nov |
| Hanukkah (Holiday of Lights) |
25 Kislev (first of eight days) |
2 Dec |
| Immaculate Conception |
8 December |
8 Dec |
| Full Moon |
See The Moon and its Phases |
21 Dec |
| Winter Solstice |
About 21 December in northern hemisphere (about 21 June in southern hemisphere) |
21 Dec |
| Christmas Eve |
24 December |
24 Dec |
| Christmas Day |
25 December |
25 Dec |
| Boxing Day |
26 December |
26 Dec |
| St Stephen's Day |
26 December |
26 Dec |
| New Year's Eve |
31 December |
31 Dec |
| Full Moon |
See The Moon and its Phases |
19 Jan |