2009
Note: 1. * Holy days usually begin at sundown the day before this date. 
       2. ** Local or regional customs may use a variation of this date.

JANUARY 2009

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
• 5
  • Twelfth Night - Christian
• 6
  • Epiphany - Christian
  • Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian
• 14
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 18
  • World Religion Day - Baha'i
• 26
  • Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist

Definitions

FEBRUARY 2009

• 8
  • Nirvana Day - Buddhism
• 9
  • Tu B'shvat * - Jewish
• 22
  • Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
• 25
  • Ash Wednesday - Christian

Definitions

MARCH 2009

• 2
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Christian/Jewish Interfaith
• 9
  • Mawlid an Nabi - Islam
• 10
  • Purim * - Jewish
• 11
  • Holi ** - Hindu
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 21
  • Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
  • Naw Ruz (New Year) - Baha'i
• 26
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) Zoroastrian

Definitions

APRIL 2009

• 5
  • Palm Sunday - Christian
• 9-10 *
  • Pesach (Passover) first two days  - Jewish
• 10
  • Good Friday - Christian
• 12
  • Easter - Christian
• 13
  • Baisakhi - Sikh
• 17
  • Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
• 19
  • Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
• 21
  • Yom HaSho'ah - Jewish
• 24-26
  • Pesach (Passover) final two days - Jewish
• 30
  • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

MAY 2009

• 9
  • Buddha Day - Visakha Puja - Buddhist
• 21
  • Ascension of Christ - Christian
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah - Baha'i
  • Shavot * - Jewish
• 31
  • Pentecost - Christian

Definitions

JUNE 2009

• 7
  • Trinity - Christian
• 11
  • Corpus Christi -  Catholic Christian
• 19
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 21
  • First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
• 24
  • John the Baptist Birth - Christian
• 29
  • Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

Definitions

JULY 2009

• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab - Baha'i
• 11
  • St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 24
  • Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
• 25
  • St. James the Great Day - Christian
• 30
  • Tisha B'Av * - Jewish

Definitions

AUGUST 2009

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Lughnassad (Lammas) - Wicca/Neo Pagan
  • Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 6
  • Transfiguration of Our Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 15
  • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 22
  • Ramadan begins - Islam

Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2009

• 19
  • Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
• 21
  • Eid al Fitr - Ramadan ends - Islam
• 28
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish

Definitions

OCTOBER 2009

• 3-9 (3-4 Primary Obligation Days)
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Chrisian
• 10
  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
• 11
  • Simhat Torah * - Jewish
• 20
  • Birth of the B'ab - Baha'i
• 27
  • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
• 28
  • Mulvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian

Definitions

NOVEMBER 2009

• 1
  • All Saints' Day - Christian
• 2
  • All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah - Baha'i
• 26
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith
  • Day of Covenant - Baha'i
• 28
  • Eid al Adha - Islam
• 29
  • First Sunday of Advent - Christian

Definitions

DECEMBER 2009

• 8
  • Bodhi Day  (Rohatsu) - Buddhism
  • Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian
• 12
  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
  • Hanukkah begins * - Jewish
• 25
  • Christmas - Christian
• 26
  • Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra Zoroastrian
• 27
  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 28
  • Holy Innocents - Christian
• 31
  • Watch Night - Christian

Definitions

Updated on July 3, 2006

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