Calendar · 2026

Religious Calendar

Feasts, celebrations and commemorations of the world's great spiritual traditions.

January

  • 6 January

    Catholicism

    Epiphany

    Manifestation of Jesus to the Magi.

February

  • 2 February(movable)

    Judaism

    Tu BiShvat

    New year of the trees.

  • 17 February – 19 March(movable)

    Islam

    Ramadan

    Holy month of fasting, prayer and reflection.

  • 18 February(movable)

    Catholicism

    Ash Wednesday

    Beginning of Lent.

March

  • 3 March(movable)

    Judaism

    Purim

    Celebration of the Jewish people's deliverance in Persia.

  • 4 March(movable)

    Hinduism

    Holi

    Hindu festival of colors and spring.

  • 20 March(movable)

    Islam

    Eid al-Fitr

    Festival ending the fast of Ramadan.

  • 29 March(movable)

    Catholicism

    Palm Sunday

    Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Holy Week begins.

April

  • 2 April(movable)

    Catholicism

    Holy Thursday

    Last Supper and institution of the Eucharist.

  • 2–10 April(movable)

    Judaism

    Passover

    Commemoration of the Exodus from Egypt.

  • 3 April(movable)

    Catholicism

    Good Friday

    Passion and death of Jesus on the cross.

  • 5 April(movable)

    Catholicism

    Easter Sunday

    Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The central Christian feast.

May

  • 1 May(movable)

    Buddhism

    Vesak

    Birth, enlightenment and passing of the Buddha.

  • 14 May(movable)

    Catholicism

    Ascension of the Lord

    Jesus ascends to heaven forty days after Easter.

  • 22 May(movable)

    Judaism

    Shavuot

    Giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.

  • 24 May(movable)

    Catholicism

    Pentecost

    Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles.

June

  • 4 June(movable)

    Catholicism

    Corpus Christi

    Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ.

  • 29 June

    Catholicism

    Saints Peter and Paul

    Solemnity of the two founding apostles.

August

  • 15 August

    Catholicism

    Assumption of Mary

    Mary is taken up body and soul into heaven.

September

  • 4 September(movable)

    Hinduism

    Krishna Janmashtami

    Birth of Lord Krishna.

  • 12–14 September(movable)

    Judaism

    Rosh Hashanah

    Jewish New Year.

  • 21 September(movable)

    Judaism

    Yom Kippur

    Day of Atonement. Fasting and repentance.

  • 26 September – 3 October(movable)

    Judaism

    Sukkot

    Feast of Tabernacles.

October

  • 3 October

    Spiritism

    Allan Kardec's Birthday

    Anniversary of the codifier of Spiritism (1804).

  • 11–19 October(movable)

    Hinduism

    Navaratri

    Nine nights devoted to the Divine Mother.

November

  • 1 November

    Catholicism

    All Saints' Day

    Solemnity honoring all the saints in heaven.

  • 2 November

    Catholicism

    All Souls' Day

    Prayer for the souls of the faithful departed.

  • 8 November(movable)

    Hinduism

    Diwali

    Hindu festival of lights. Victory of good over evil.

  • 29 November – 24 December(movable)

    Catholicism

    Advent

    Four weeks of preparation for Christmas.

December

  • 4–12 December(movable)

    Judaism

    Hanukkah

    Jewish festival of lights, eight nights long.

  • 8 December

    Catholicism

    Immaculate Conception

    Solemnity of Mary's sinless conception.

  • 8 December

    Buddhism

    Bodhi Day

    Enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama under the Bodhi tree.

  • 12 December

    Catholicism

    Our Lady of Guadalupe

    Apparition of Mary at Tepeyac, patroness of the Americas.

  • 25 December

    Catholicism

    Christmas

    Birth of Jesus Christ.

Some dates are movable (lunar or computed yearly); the dates shown correspond to 2026.