NOTE: The Islam dates are dependent on moon sightings
JANUARY 2021
6th JANUARY (Held on 3rd January) Epiphany Christian
26th JANUARY Soka Gakkai International founded in 1975 Buddhist
FEBRUARY 2021
17th FEBRUARY Ash Wednesday Christian
17th FEBRUARY to MONDAY 29th MARCH Lent Christian
24th FEBRUARY Purim Jewish
MARCH 2021
16th MARCH Responsibility for World Peace passed on to Youth Buddhist
20th MARCH Naw-Rúz Bahá’í New Year Bahá’í
27th MARCH Pesach (Passover) Jewish
28th MARCH Palm Sunday Christian
29th MARCH Holi Hindu
APRIL 2021
1st APRIL Maundy Thursday Christian
2nd APRIL Good Friday Christian
4th APRIL Easter Sunday Christian
12th APRIL to 21st APRIL Chaitra Navratri Hindu
16th – 18th APRIL Festival of Vaisakhi 3 day event Sikh
20th APRIL First day of Riḍván Celebration of the Declaration of Bahá’u’lláh Bahá’í
28th APRIL Nichiren Daishonin chants Nam-myoho-renge-kyo publicly for the first time in 1253. Buddhist
13th APRIL – 12th MAY Ramadan Islam
MAY 2021
13th MAY Ascension Day Christian
13th MAY Eid ul-Adha Islam
23rd MAY Pentecost Christian
23rd MAY The Declaration of Bab in Shiraz in 1844 Bahá’í
30th MAY Trinity Sunday Christian
JUNE 2021
6th JUNE Europe Day Buddhist
18th – 20th June Guru Arjan Dev’s Martyrdom Sikh
JULY 2021
17th JULY – 21st JULY 21st Haj Islam
20th JULY Eid ul-Adha Islam
AUGUST 2021
9th AUGUST Islamic New Year (1443 A.H) Islam
12th – 23rd AUGUST Navratri & Dussehra Hindu
SEPTEMBER 2021
6th SEPTEMBER Rosh HaShana (Jewish New Year) Jewish
10th & 11th SEPTEMBER Ganesh Chaturthi Hindu
15th September Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) Jewish
27th September Simchat Torah Jewish
OCTOBER 2021
2nd OCTOBER Soka Gakkai International World Peace Day Buddhist
6th -15th OCTOBER Navratri & Dussehra Hindu
18th NOVEMBER Soka Gakkai Founded in Japan in 1930 Buddhist
19th OCTOBER Mawlid an-Nabi (Prophet Muhammad’s (pbuh) birthday Islam
NOVEMBER 2021
1st NOVEMBER All Saints Day Christian
4th NOVEMBER Festival of Diwali Hindu
Sikhs celebrate as Bandhi Chhor Divas on the same day
6th NOVEMBER The Birth of the Báb in Shiraz in 1819 Bahá’í
7th NOVEMBER The birth of Baháʼu’lláh in Tehran in 1817 Bahá’í
19th – 21st November Guru Nanak’s Birthday Sikh
28th – 30th NOVEMBER Birth of Guru Nanak Founder of Sikhism 3 day event Sikh
28th NOVEMBER – 24th DECEMBER Advent Christian
28th NOVEMBER Chanukah Jewish
DECEMBER 2021
25th DECEMER – 6th JANUARY Christmas Christian