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2022 Calendar

Date Religious and Cultural Observances
1 Shogatsu/Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian

5

Twelfth Night - Christian
Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh

6

Epiphany - Christian
Feast of the Epiphany (Theophany) - Orthodox Christian
Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) - Christian

7

Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian
Nativity of Christ - Orthodox Christian
Christmas Day - Rastafarian
13 Maghi - Sikh
 17 Tu BiShvat - Judaism
18 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
30 Mahayana New Year 3 days - Buddhism
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
1 Lunar New Year

2

Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Christian
Imbolc-Lughnassad - Wicca/Neo Pagan
 3 Setsebun (beginning of spring) - Shinto
5 Vasant Panchami - Hindu
15 Nirvana Day - Buddhist - Jain

16

Magha Puja Day - Buddhist
27 Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
 1 Maha Shivaratri - Hindu
Shrove Tuesday - Christian

2

Ash Wednesday - Christian
Lent Begins - Christian
6 Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian

7

Great Lent - Clean Monday - Orthodox Christian
Lent Begins - Orthodox Christian
16 Purim - Judaism
18 Holi - Hindu
20 Ostara - Vernal Equinox - Wicca/Neo Pagan
Norooz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
Naw-Rúz (New Year) - Baha'i
 21 Ostara - Mabon - Wicca/Neo Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
26 Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra) Zoroastrian
Date Religious and Cultural Observances

1

Hindi New Year - Hindu
2 Ramadan begins - Islam

10

Palm Sunday - Christian
Ramanavami - Hindu

14

Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) - Sikh
Lent Ends - Christian
Maundy Thursday - Christian
15 Good Friday - Christian
Passover begins- Judaism

16

Theravadin New Year 3 days - Buddhism
Hanuman Jayanti - Hindu
Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
Pesach Begins - Judaism

17

Easter (Western) - Christian
Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
20 First Day of Ridvan - Baha'i
22 Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
 23 Passover ends- Judaism
24 Easter (Pascha) - Orthodox Christian
27 Yom HaShoah - Judaism
29 Ninth Day of Ridvan - Baha'i
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
1 Beltane - Samhain - Wicca/Neo Pagai Northern and Southern hemispheres
Ramadan finishes - Islam

2

 

Twelfth Day of Ridvan - Baha'i
Eid al Fitr - Islam
4 Yom Ha Zikaron - Judaism
Yom Ha'Atzmaut - Judaism
16 Visakha Puja - Buddha Day - Buddhism
18 Lag B'Omer - Judaism
24 Declaration of the Bab - Baha'i
26 Ascension of Jesus - Christian
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
2 Ascension of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
4 Shavout begins- Judaism

5

Pentecost - Christian
6 Shavuotends - Judaism

12

Pentecost - Orthodox Christian
Trinity Sunday - Christian
15 St. Vladimir - Christian

16

Guru Arjan martyrdom - Sikh
Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian

19

New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
All Saint's Day - Orthodox
21

 

Litha - Summer Solstice - Wicca/Neo Pagan
National Indigenous Peoples Day
Litha Summer Solstice - Wicca/Neo Pagan
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
8-12 Eid al-Adha - Islam
9 Martyrdom of the Bab - Baha'i
12 Obon (Ulambana) - Buddhist/Shinto
13 Asalha Puja Day (Dhamma Day) - Buddhism
17 Ramayana Begins - Hindu
23 Emperor Haile Selassie birthday -Rastafarian
24 Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
Date Religious and Cultural Observances

1

Lammas - Christian
Lughnassad (Lammas) - Wicca/Neo Pagan
5 Tish'a B'av - Judaism
6 Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
11 Raksha Bandhan - Hindu

15

Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
18 Krishna Janmashtami - Hindu
31 Ganesh Chaturthi - Hindu
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
1 Religious year begins - Orthodox Christian
11 Ethiopian New Year - Rastafarian
23 Fall Equinox - Wicca/Neo Pagan
25 Rosh Hashanah begins-Judaism
26 Navaratri Begins - Hindu
27 Rosh Hashanah ends - Judaism
30 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Orange Shirt Day
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
4 Yom Kippur - Judaism
 5 Navaratri ends - Hindu
9 Sukkot begins - Judaism
16 Sukkot ends - Judaism
16-18 Shemini Atzeret - Judaism
17 - 18 Simchat Torah - Judaism
20 Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
24 Diwali (Deepavali) - Hindu
Deep Diwali - Jain
25 Vikram New Year - Hindu

25-26

Birth of Baha'u'llah - Baha'i
 31 Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
Samhain - Wicca/Neo Pagan
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
1 All Saints Day - Christian
 2 Crowning of Emperor Haile Selassie - Rastafarian
15 Nativity Fast begins - ends Dec. 24 - Orthodox Christian
24 Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur - Sikh
26 Day of the Covenant - Baha'i
28 Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha - Baha'i
Date Religious and Cultural Observances

8

Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) - Buddhism
18 Hanukkah Begins - Judaism

21

Yule - Christian

25

Christmas - Christian
Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian

26

Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) Zoroastrian
Hanukkah Ends - Judaism
31 Watch Night - Christian