This calendar of the major religious festivals in 2010 has been produced by the East of England Faiths Council based on information from representatives of the nine faiths currently in membership. The faiths involved have selected the dates and other information they wish to share, with the purpose of assisting the planning of meetings and consultations.

The practice of no-work days varies within faiths and from culture to culture: some basic guidelines can be found beside the calendar.

We’ve also prepared this calendar in a form suitable for downloading and printing. This is available as two pages of A4 or one page of A3.

January 2010
5		Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh	Sikh
6		Epiphany	Christian
14		Losar	Buddhist
14		Makar Sankrant	Hindu
14		Maghi	Sikh
17		World Religion Day
19		Shahrevar roj Parab	Zoroastrian
20		Vasant Panchami	Hindu
27		Holocaust Memorial Day
30		Magha Puja	Buddhist
30		Mahayana New Year	Buddhist
30		Tu Bishvat	Jewish
30		Jashn-e Sadeh	Zoroastrian
31		Birthday of Guru Har Rai	Sikh
February 2010
8		Parinirvana — Nirvana Day	Buddhist
12		Mahashivratri	Hindu
14		Losar (3 days)	Buddhist
15		Nirvana Day (alternative date)	Buddhist
17		Ash Wednesday	Christian
17		Lent	Christian
25		Fast of Esther	Jewish
26		Milad un Nabi (Prophet’s Birthday)	Islam
26	–Mar 1	Intercalary Days (Preparation for Fast)	Baha’i
28		Purim	Jewish
March 2010
1		Sushan Purim	Jewish
1		Holi	Hindu
1		Hola Mohalla (3 days)	Sikh
2		Meher roj Parab	Zoroastrian
2	–20	Fasting Period	Baha’i
3		Milad un Nabi (Shia)	Islam
8		Aadinath Jayanti	Jain
14		Mothering Sunday	Christian
16		Bikarami Samvat — Varsha Pratipada	Hindu
20		Hamaspathmaedaya	Zoroastrian
21		Naw-Ruz (New Year)	Baha’i
21		Jamsheedi NoRuz	Zoroastrian
24		Rama Navami	Hindu
24		Swaminarayan Jayanti	Hindu
26		Ava roj Parab	Zoroastrian
26		Khordad Sal	Zoroastrian
28		Palm Sunday	Christian
28		Mahavira Jayanti	Jain
29		First night of Passover (Fast of the Firstborn)	Jewish
30	–31	First and Second Day of Pesach (Passover)	Jewish
30		Theravada New Year	Buddhist
30		Hanuman Jayanti	Hindu
30		Magha Puja (Sangha Day)	Ther Budd
April 2010
1	–4	Intermediate Days of Pesach	Jewish
1		Maundy Thursday	Christian
2		Good Friday	Christian
4		Easter Sunday	Christian
5	–6	Seventh and Eighth Days of Pesach (Passover)	Jewish
9		Chaitri Poonam — Patta Darsham	Jain
12		Yom Hashoah	Jewish
13		Vaisakhi (Baisakhi)	Sikh
14		Birthday of Guru Nanak	Sikh
17		Akhatrij (Akshay Tritiya)	Jain
18		Yom HaZikaron	Jewish
18		Birthday of Guru Angad Dev	Sikh
18		Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur	Sikh
19	–20	Yom Ha’Atzma’ut	Jewish
21		First Day of Ridvan (12 day Festival)	Baha’i
24		Adar roj Parab	Zoroastrian
28	–May 1	Theravada New Year	Ther Buddhist
29		Ninth Day of Ridvan	Baha’i
May 2010
2		Last Day of Ridvan	Baha’i
2		Lag B’Omer	Jewish
2		Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev	Sikh
12		Yom Yerushalayim	Jewish
13		Ascension of Christ	Christian
16		Dae Mah Roj Hormazd	Zoroastrian
19	–20	Shavuot	Jewish
22		Shantinath Jayanti	Jain
23		Declaration of the Bab	Baha’i
23		Pentecost — Whit Sunday	Christian
23		Birthday of Guru Amar Das	Sikh
26		Zarthosht-no-Diso	Zoroastrian
27		Vesak or Buddha Day	Buddhist
29		Ascension of Baha’u’llah	Baha’i
30		Trinity Sunday	Christian
June 2010
16		Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev	Sikh
16		Bahman roj Parab	Zoroastrian
29		Fast of Tammuz	Jewish
July 2010
1		Jashn-e Tirgan	Zoroastrian
5		Birthday of Guru Hargobind	Sikh
8		Lailat al Miraj	Islam
9		Martyrdom of the Bab	Baha’i
19		Aspandarmad roj Parab	Zoroastrian
19		Qadimi Navroze	Zoroastrian
20		Tisha B’Av	Jewish
23		Birthday of Guru Har Krishen	Sikh
24		Khordad Sal (Qadimi)	Zoroastrian
26		Asala — Dharma Day	Buddhist
26		Lailatul-Bara’at	Islam
August 2010
9	–18	Muktads	Zoroastrian
11		Ramadan (start)	Islam
15		Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary	Christian
19		Shahenshai Navroze	Zoroastrian
24		Raksha Bandhan	Hindu
24		Khordad Sal	Zoroastrian
September 2010
2		Janmashtami (Krishna Janma)	Hindu
5		Lailatul-Qadr	Islam
5		Digambara Paryushan (10 days)	Jain
6		Fravardin roj Parab	Zoroastrian
9	–10	Rosh Hashanah	Jewish
10		Eid-Ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan)	Islam
11		Ganesh Chaturthi	Hindu
12		Fast of Gedaliah	Jewish
18		Yom Kippur	Jewish
20		Ardibehest roj Parab	Zoroastrian
23	–24	First and Second Days of Sukkot	Jewish
25	–29	Intermediate Days of Sukkot	Jewish
30		Shemini Atzeret	Jewish
October 2010
1		Simchat Torah	Jewish
1		Jashn-e Mehergan	Zoroastrian
8		Navaratri (9 nights)	Hindu
9		Birthday of Guru Ram Das	Sikh
14		Saraswati Puja	Hindu
17		Dussera	Hindu
20		Birth of the Bab	Baha’i
20		Guru Granth Sahibji	Sikh
23		Khordad roj Parab	Zoroastrian
November 2010
1		All Saints’ Day	Christian
2		All Souls’ Day	Christian
5		Diwali	Hindu
5		Diwali	Jain
5		Diwali	Sikh
6		New Year Day	Hindu
7		New Year Day	Jain
10		Gyan-Panchami (Laabh Pancham)	Jain
12		Birth of Baha’u’llah	Baha’i
15		Hajj	Islam
16		Eid-Ul-Adha	Islam
21		Kartiki Poonam — Patta Darsham	Jain
21		Birthday of Guru Nanak	Sikh
24		Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur	Sikh
26		Day of the Covenant	Baha’i
28		Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha	Baha’i
28		Advent Sunday	Christian
29		Tir roj Parab	Zoroastrian
December 2010
2		First Day of Hanukkah	Jewish
7		Al-Hijira (Islamic New Year)	Islam
8		Bodhi Day	Buddhist
11		Parchvanath Jayanti	Jain
16		Ashura	Islam
17		Fast of Ten of Tevet	Jewish
20		Shab-e Yalda	Zoroastrian
23		Amardad Parab	Zoroastrian
25		Christmas Day	Christian
26		Zarthost-no-Diso	Zoroastrian