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 |
| Orthodox Good Friday - Orthodox Christianity | |
| 11 | Holy Saturday (E) - Christianity |
| 12 | Pascha (E) - Christianity |
| Orthodox Easter - Orthodox Christianity | |
| 13 | Saka New Year - Buddhism |
| Eve of Yom HaShoah - Judaism | |
| 14 | Yom HaShoah - Judaism |
| Solar New Year - Hinduism | |
| Vaisakhi - Sikhism | |
| 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 |