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2026 Calendar

* Indicates that the dates will be confirmed closer to the month of the specified observance.

Date Religious and Cultural Observances

1
Solar New Year - Buddhism
Gantan-sai - Shinto
3 Mahāyāna New Year - Buddhism
4 Ghambar Maidyarem ends - Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism)
5 Birthdate of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (1666 - 1708) - Sikhism
6 Epiphany (W) - Christianity
Armenian Christmas - Christianity
Theophany (E - New Calendar) - Christianity
 7 Christmas (Old / Julian Calendar) - Orthodox Christianity
10 Linji Memorial - Buddhism
12 Seijin-no-hi - Shinto
13 Maghi - Sikhism
14 Orthodox New Year (Old / Julian Calendar) - Christianity
Makar Sankranti - Hinduism
15 Lailat al Mi‘rāj (beginning at sunset to sunset of the next day) - Islam
17 Baizhang Memorial - Buddhism
18 World Religion Day - Bahá’í Faith
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christianity
Hakuin Ekaku Memorial - Buddhism
Sultán - Bahá’í Faith
Iroquois Midwinter Ceremony - Indigenous Spirituality
19 Eihei Dogen Kigen Birth Date - Buddhism
Theophany (E - Old / Julian Calendar) - Christianity
23 Vasanta Panchami - Hinduism
25 Honen Shonin Memorial - Buddhism
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
1 Magha (Sangha Day) - Buddhism
Eve of Tu B'Shevat - Judaism
2 Imbolc - Wicca
Laylat al Bara’at (beginning at sunset to sunset of the next day) - Islam
Tu B'Shevat - Judaism
3 Setsubun-sai - Shinto
6
Mulk - Bahá’í Faith
15 Nehan-e (Nirvana Day) - Buddhism
16 Mahashivaratri - Hinduism
Nichiren Shonin's Birth Date - Buddhism
17 Shrove Tuesday (W) - Christianity
Losar - Tibetan New Year - Buddhism
Lunar New Year (4724) - Year of the Horse - Buddhism
18 Ash Wednesday (W) - Christianity
19 First day of Ramaḍān- Islam
Ramaḍān begins- Islam
23 Great Fast begins (E) - Christianity
25 Ayyám-i-Há' - Bahá’í Faith
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
1 19-Day Fast begins - Bahá’í Faith
2 Eve of Purim - Judaism
Alá - Bahá’í Faith
3
Purim - Judaism
Holi - Hinduism
4
Hola Mohalla - Sikhism
Shushan Purim - Judaism
6 World Day of Prayer - Christianity
14 Sikh New Year's Day - Sikhism
Memorial of Shan-tao/Zendo Daishi - Buddhism
15 Laylat al-Qadr (beginning at sunset to sunset of the next day) - Islam
16 Ghambar Hamaspathmaedem begins - Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism)
17
Festival of Higan-e - Buddhism
19
Ramayana Week begins - Hinduism
19-Day Fast ends - Bahá’í Faith
Navvarsha - Hinduism
20 Spring Ohigon - Buddhism
Ghambar Hamaspath-maedem ends - Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism)
Īd al-Fiṭr - Islam
Ostara - Wicca
21 Naw-Rúz/Nowruz - Bahá’í Faith, Islam, and Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism)
Bahá - Bahá’í Faith
25 Aymbil Oli (First Half) - Jainism
26 Birth Anniversary of Zarathustra - Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism)
27 Ramanavami - Hinduism
28 Jum'at al-Wada' - Islam
29 Palm Sunday (W) - Christianity
Holy Week begins (W) - Christianity
31 Mahavira Jayanti - Jainism
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
1 Hanuman Jayanti - Hinduism
Eve of Pesach - Judaism
Theravāda New Year - Buddhism
2 Maundy (Holy) Thursday (W) - Christianity
First Day of Pesach - Judaism
3 Good Friday (W) - Christianity
Second day of Pesach - Judaism
4 Third day of Pesach - Judaism
Holy Saturday (W) - Christianity
Lazarus Saturday (E) - Christianity
5 Palm Sunday (E) - Christianity
Easter (W) - Christianity
6
Holy Week begins - Christianity
Birth of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva - Buddhism
Easter Monday (W) - Christianity
7 Shrimad Rajchandra Dehvilay - Jainism
8 Seventh day of Pesach - Judaism
Buddha's Birth Date - Buddhism
9 Eighth (Last) Day of Pesach - Judaism
Jalál - Bahá’í Faith
Holy Thursday (E) - Christianity
10
Holy Friday (E) - Christianity
11 Holy Saturday (E) - Christianity
12 Pascha (E) - Christianity
13 Saka New Year - Buddhism
Eve of Yom HaShoah - Judaism
14 Yom HaShoah - Judaism
Vaisakhi (Solar New Year) - Hinduism
20 Akshaya-tritiya - Jainism
21 First day of the Festival of Riḍván - Bahá’í Faith
28 Jamál - Bahá’í Faith
Nichiren Foundation Day - Buddhism
29 Ninth Day of Riḍván - Bahá’í Faith
30
Ghambar Maidyozarem begins - Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism)
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
1 Beltane - Wicca
Second Passover - Judaism
2 12th day of Riḍván - Bahá’í Faith
4 Eve of Lag Ba’Omer - Judaism
5 National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (Canada) - Observance/Event
Lag Ba’Omer - Judaism
14 Ascension (W) - Christianity
15 Sanja Matsuri (Three Shrine Festival) - Shinto
17 Azamat - Bahá’í Faith
21 Eve of Shavuot - Judaism
Ascension (E) - Christianity
22 First Day of Shavuot - Judaism
23 Second (Last) Day of Shavuot - Judaism
24 Pentecost (W)  - Christianity
Declaration of The Báb - Bahá’í Faith
26 Day of Ḥajj - Islam
27 Īd al-Aḍḥá - Islam
29 Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh - Bahá’í Faith
31 Pentecost (E)  - Christianity
Wesak (Buddha Day) - Buddhism
Trinity Sunday (W) - Christianity
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
4 Saicho Dengyo Daishi Memorial - Buddhism
5 Núr - Bahá’í Faith
7 All Saints Day (E) - Christianity
16 First of Muḥarram (New Year's Day) - Islam
18 Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro Anniversary - Buddhism
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji - Sikhism
21

National Indigenous Peoples Day (Canada) - Indigenous Spirituality

Litha - Wicca
24 Raḥmat - Bahá’í Faith
25 Āshūrā’ - Islam
29 Ghambar Maidyoshem begins - Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism)
Poson - Buddhism
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
2 Fast of the 17th of Tammuz - Judaism
3
Ghambar Maidyoshem ends - Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism)
6
Birth Date of H.H. Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso - Buddhism
10 Martyrdom of The Báb - Bahá’í Faith
13 Kalimát - Bahá’í Faith
22 Eve of Tisha B'Av - Judaism
Fast of Tish'a B'Av - Judaism
23 Fast of Tish'a B'Av - Judaism
29 Asalha Puja (Dhamma Day) - Buddhism
Vassa (Rains Retreat) begins - Buddhism
Chaturmas - Jainism
Guru Purnima - Jainism
30
Oh-harai-taisai - Shinto
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
1 Kamál - Bahá’í Faith
Lammas - Wicca
3 Layman Pang Y'un Memorial - Buddhism
6 Transfiguration W, E - New Calendar) - Christianity
8 Fravardeghan Days begin (Shenshai) - Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism)
18 Nowruz (Shensai) - Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism)
19 Transfiguration (E - Old / Julian Calendar) - Christianity
20 Asmá' - Bahá’í Faith
24 Mawlid al-Nabīy (beginning at sunset to sunset of the next day) - Islam
26 Festival of Ksitigarbha (Jizo) Bodhisattva - Buddhism
27 Raksha Bandhan - Hinduism
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
 1   First Parkash - Sikhism
4 Sri Krishna Jayanti - Hinduism
7 Birth Date of H.H. Sakya Trizin - Buddhism
8 Izzat - Bahá’í Faith
9 Paryushana-parva begins - Jainism
11 Eve of Rosh Hashanah - Judaism
12 Anniversary of the Tatsunokuchi Persecution - Buddhism
Ghambar Paitishem begins - Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism)
Rosh Hashanah - Judaism
15 Ganesh Chaturthi - Hinduism
16 Ghambar Paitishem ends - Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism)
Dashalakshani-parva ends - Jainism
Paryushana-parva ends - Jainism
Samvatsari (Day of Forgiveness) - Jainism
20 Eve of Yom Kippur - Judaism
21 Yom Kippur - Judaism
22 Eihei Dogen Kigen Memorial - Buddhism
Shūbun-no-hi - Shinto
Mabon - Wicca
25 Eve of Sukkot - Judaism
Ananta-chaturdasi - Jainism
26 Dashalakshani-parva ends - Jainism
First Day of Sukkot - Judaism
Ksamavani - Jainism
27 Second Day of Sukkot - Judaism
Mash‎íyyat - Bahá’í Faith
Pitru Paksha - Hinduism
30 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (colloquially called Orange Shirt Day in Canada) - Observance/Event
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
2 Mehragan - Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism)
Last day of Sukkot - Judaism
Eve of Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah - Judaism
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah begins - Judaism
4 Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah ends - Judaism
World Communion Sunday - Christianity
End of Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah - Judaism
5 Bodhidharma Memorial - Buddhism
11 Navaratri begins - Hinduism
12 Birth Date of the Aga Khan - Islam
Ghambar Ayathrem begins - Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism)
13 Nichiren Shonin Memorial - Buddhism
15 Ilm - Bahá’í Faith
16 Ghambar Ayathrem ends - Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism)
18 Aymbil Ori (Second Half) begins - Jainism
Saraswati Puja - Hinduism
19 Navaratri ends - Hinduism
20 Dassehra - Hinduism
Installation of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji - Sikhism
22 Birth of The Báb - Bahá’í Faith
26 Pavarana Day - Buddhism
27 Atmasiddhi Rachna Divas - Jainism
Kathina begins - Buddhism
29 Karwa Chauth - Hinduism
31 Samhain - Wicca
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
1
All Saints Day (W) - Christianity
4 Qudrat - Bahá’í Faith
8 Mahavira Nirvana - Jainism
Diwali (Hindu, Jain and Sikh celebration) - Hinduism
Bandhi Chhor Divas - Sikhism
9 Vikram New Year (2082) - Hinduism
Jain New Year & Day of Enlightenment - Jainism
11 Birth of Bahá'u'lláh - Bahá’í Faith
14 Jnana Panchmi - Jainism
15 Advent begins (Christmas Fast: E - New Calendar) - Christianity
23 Qawl - Bahá’í Faith
24 Kathina ends - Buddhism
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji - Sikhism
Tiantai/Tendai Memorial - Buddhism
Birth Date of Shrimad Rajchandra - Jainism
Birth Date of Guru Nanak Dev Ji - Sikhism
Chaturmas ends - Jainism
Dev Diwali - Jainism
26 Day of the Covenant - Bahá’í Faith
28 Ascension of 'Abdul-Bahá - Bahá’í Faith
30 Advent begins (Christmas Fast: E - New Calendar) - Christianity
Date Religious and Cultural Observances
4 Eve of Ḥanukkah - Judaism
5 First day of Ḥanukkah - Judaism
8 Bodhi / Rōhatsu (Awakening) Day - Buddhism
12 Masá'il - Bahá’í Faith
Last day of Ḥanukkah - Judaism
20 Fast of Tevet 10 - Judaism
Maunajiyaras (Day of Fasting with Vow of Silence) - Jainism
21 Yule - Wicca
Tohji-taisai - Shinto
23 Sanghamitta Day - Buddhism
25 Christmas (W, E - New Calendar) - Christianity
26 Death Anniversary of Zarathustra - Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism)
Kwanzaa - Observance/Event
31 Ghambar Maidyarem begins - Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism)
Sharaf - Bahá’í Faith