This page contains a list of international days and weeks recognized by the United Nations and other organizations.
Date |
Day |
Event |
---|---|---|
Jan 1 | Monday | Western New Year |
Jan 6 | Saturday | Epiphany |
Jan 7 | Sunday | Orthodox Christmas |
Jan 14 | Sunday | Orthodox New Year |
Jan 15 | Monday | Tamil Thai Pongal Day |
Jan 20 | Saturday | Aquarius (UTC) |
Jan 25 | Thursday | Thaipusam |
Feb 8 | Thursday | Lailat al Miraj / The Prophet's Ascension (Umm al-Qura) |
Feb 10 | Saturday | Chinese New Year / Spring Festival |
Feb 10 | Saturday | Dangpa Losar / Bhutanese New Year (Year of the Male Wood Dragon) |
Feb 10 | Saturday | Losar / Tibetan New Year |
Feb 10 | Saturday | Seol-nal / Korean New Year |
Feb 10 | Saturday | Tet Nguyen Dan / Vietnamese New Year |
Feb 10 | Saturday | Tsagaan Sar / Mongolian New Year (Year of the Wood Male Dragon) |
Feb 13 | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday / Carnival |
Feb 14 | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday |
Feb 19 | Monday | Pisces (UTC) |
Feb 25 | Sunday | Lailat al Bara'a / Night of Emancipation (Umm al-Qura) |
Mar 7 | Thursday | Mi-Carême / Mid-Lent |
Mar 8 | Friday | International Women's Day |
Mar 8 | Friday | Maha Shivaratree |
Mar 11 | Monday | Start of Ramadan (Umm al-Qura) |
Mar 18 | Monday | Orthodox Clean Monday |
Mar 19 | Tuesday | Orthodox Shrove Tuesday |
Mar 20 | Wednesday | Aries (UTC) |
Mar 20 | Wednesday | Orthodox Ash Wednesday |
Mar 20 | Wednesday | Vernal Equinox / Spring (UTC) |
Mar 24 | Sunday | Palm Sunday |
Mar 24 | Sunday | Purim |
Mar 25 | Monday | Holi Phagwa |
Mar 27 | Wednesday | Nuzul Quran / Revelation of the Qur'an (Umm al-Qura) |
Mar 28 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday |
Mar 29 | Friday | Good Friday |
Mar 31 | Sunday | Easter |
Apr 1 | Monday | Easter Monday |
Apr 4 | Thursday | Qing Ming Jie / Tomb Sweeping Day |
Apr 5 | Friday | Jumatul Bidah / Friday of Farewell (Umm al-Qura) |
Apr 6 | Saturday | Lailat al Qadr / Night of Destiny (Umm al-Qura) |
Apr 9 | Tuesday | Ougadi / Ugaadi |
Apr 10 | Wednesday | Eid al Fitr / End of Ramadan (Umm al-Qura) |
Apr 13 | Saturday | Cambodian New Year |
Apr 13 | Saturday | Laotian New Year |
Apr 17 | Wednesday | Burmese New Year |
Apr 17 | Wednesday | Ram Navami |
Apr 19 | Friday | Taurus (UTC) |
Apr 21 | Sunday | Mahavir Jayanti / Janma Kalyanak |
Apr 23 | Tuesday | Pesach / Jewish Passover |
Apr 26 | Friday | Great Prayer Day |
May 1 | Wednesday | International Labour Day |
May 3 | Friday | Orthodox Good Friday |
May 4 | Saturday | Orthodox Holy Saturday |
May 5 | Sunday | Orthodox Easter |
May 6 | Monday | Orthodox Easter Monday |
May 9 | Thursday | Ascension Day |
May 19 | Sunday | Whit Sunday / Pentecost |
May 20 | Monday | Gemini (UTC) |
May 20 | Monday | Whit Monday |
May 30 | Thursday | Corpus Christi |
June 10 | Monday | Duan Wu Jie / Dragon Boat Festival |
June 12 | Wednesday | Shavuot |
June 15 | Saturday | Arafat Day (Umm al-Qura) |
June 16 | Sunday | Eid al Adha / Feast of Sacrifice (Umm al-Qura) |
June 20 | Thursday | Cancer (UTC) / Summer Solstice / Summer (UTC) |
June 24 | Monday | Orthodox Pentecost Monday |
July 7 | Sunday | Islamic New Year / Hijra New Year (1446) (Umm al-Qura) |
July 16 | Tuesday | Ashura (Umm al-Qura) |
July 22 | Monday | Leo (UTC) / Magal de Touba (Umm al-Qura) |
Aug 15 | Thursday | Assumption / Parsi New Year (Zoroastrian) |
Aug 22 | Thursday | Virgo (UTC) |
Sep 7 | Saturday | Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi / Chaturthi Paksha (Hindu lunar) |
Sep 15 | Sunday | Mawlid an Nabi / The Prophet's Birthday (Umm al-Qura) / Onam / Thiruonam (Hindu solar) |
Sep 17 | Tuesday | Zhong Qu Jie / Mid Autumn Festival (Chinese lunar) |
Sep 22 | Sunday | Autumnal Equinox / Fall (UTC) / Baptism of the Prophet (Umm al-Qura) / Libra (UTC) |
Oct 3 | Thursday | Rosh Hashanah / Jewish New Year (5785) |
Oct 12 | Saturday | Dassain (Hindu lunar) / Yom Kippur (Jewish) |
Oct 14 | Monday | Canadian Thanksgiving |
Oct 17 | Thursday | Sukkot (Jewish) |
Oct 22 | Tuesday | Scorpio (UTC) |
Oct 31 | Thursday | Reformation Day / Southern Deepavali / Diwali Krisna Chaturdasi (Hindu lunar) |
Nov 1 | Friday | All Saints' Day / Northern Deepavali / Diwali Amavasya (Hindu lunar) |
Nov 2 | Saturday | All Souls' Day |
Nov 15 | Friday | Guru Nanak Jayanti (Hindu lunar) |
Nov 21 | Thursday | Sagittarius (UTC) |
Nov 28 | Thursday | US Thanksgiving |
Dec 1 | Sunday | First Sunday in Advent |
Dec 8 | Sunday | Immaculate Conception / Second Sunday in Advent |
Dec 15 | Sunday | Third Sunday in Advent |
Dec 21 | Saturday | Capricorn (UTC) / Winter Solstice |
Dec 22 | Sunday | Fourth Sunday in Advent |
Dec 25 | Wednesday | Western Christmas |
Dec 26 | Thursday | Boxing Day / Saint Stephen's Day |
Dec 31 | Tuesday | Western New Year's Eve |