The sacred calendar
A year of meaning.
Festivals, fasts and celebrations across the world's traditions. Discover what's coming in the next three months, and the stories behind each day.
Coming up
October 2026
- Durgā PūjāThrough Tue 20 Oct · দুর্গাপূজাShaktism
- Vijayadaśamī (Dussehra) · विजयादशमीHinduism
- Pavāraṇā (end of Vassa)Theravāda
- Kaṭhina seasonThrough Tue 24 NovTheravāda
- SamhainThrough Sun 1 Nov · SamainCeltic religion
- Reformation DayProtestantism
- SamhainThrough Sun 1 NovWicca
November 2026
- All Saints' DayCatholicism
- Coronation DayRastafari
- Diwali · दीपावलीHinduism
- Dīvālī (Mahāvīra's nirvāṇa) · दीवालीJainism
- Kālī Pūjā · কালীপূজাShaktism
- Bandi Chhor Divas (Diwali) · ਬੰਦੀ ਛੋੜ ਦਿਵਸSikhism
- Twin Holy BirthdaysThrough Wed 11 Nov · from the evening beforeBahá'í Faith
- Shichigosan · 七五三Shinto
- Kārttikai Dīpam · கார்த்திகை தீபம்Shaivism
- Guru Nanak's Gurpurab · ਗੁਰਪੁਰਬSikhism
December 2026
- HanukkahThrough Sat 12 Dec · חֲנֻכָּה · from the evening beforeRabbinic Judaism
- Rōhatsu (Japan) · 臘八Mahāyāna
- Şeb-i Arûs · شب عروسSufism
- YuleHeathenry
- YuleWicca
- Dongzhi (Winter Solstice) · 冬至Chinese folk religion
- ChristmasCatholicism
- ChristmasChristianity
- Yaldā (Nativity) · ܝܠܕܐChurch of the East
- Nativity of ChristEastern Orthodoxy
- ChristmasLatter Day Saint movement
- ChristmasProtestantism
- Zartosht No-Diso · زرتشت نو دیسوZoroastrianism
- Great Purification (year's end) · 年越の大祓Shinto
January 2027
- New Year and first shrine visitThrough Sun 3 Jan · 正月・初詣Shinto
- Isrāʾ and Miʿrāj · الإسراء والمعراج · from the evening beforeIslam
- EpiphanyChristianity
- Theophany · ΘεοφάνειαEastern Orthodoxy
- Armenian Christmas and Epiphany · Սուրբ ԾնունդOriental Orthodoxy
- Christmas (Julian calendar)Christianity
- Yaldā (Ancient Church of the East) · ܝܠܕܐChurch of the East
- Nativity of Christ (Julian calendar)Eastern Orthodoxy
- Coptic Christmas · ⲡⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲓⲥⲓOriental Orthodoxy
- Genna (Ethiopian Christmas) · ገናOriental Orthodoxy
- Ethiopian ChristmasRastafari
No upcoming celebrations match. Try another name or tradition.
Dates are computed from each calendar's rules; where a date depends on sighting the moon, or differs by region, it may move by a day.
Behind the celebration
Stories of the sacred.
All Saints' DayCatholicism
ArbaʿīnShia Islam
Ascension of Bahá'u'lláhBahá'í Faith
AshuraIslam · Shia Islam · Sunni Islam
Assumption of MaryCatholicism
Ayyám-i-HáBahá'í Faith
BeltaneCeltic religion · Wicca
Bodhi Day (Laba and Rōhatsu)Mahāyāna
Lunar New YearChinese folk religion · Confucianism
ChristmasCatholicism · Christianity · Church of the East
ChuseokConfucianism
Birthday of ConfuciusConfucianism
Coronation DayRastafari
Day of ʿArafahIslam
Declaration of the BábBahá'í Faith
DiwaliHinduism · Jainism · Sikhism
DongzhiChinese folk religion
Dragon Boat FestivalChinese folk religion
Durgā PūjāShaktism
His Majesty's EarthdayRastafari
EasterCatholicism · Christianity · Eastern Orthodoxy
Eid al-AdhaIslam · Shia Islam · Sunni Islam
Eid al-FitrIslam · Shia Islam · Sunni Islam
Eid al-GhadīrShia Islam
EnkutatashOriental Orthodoxy · Rastafari
Epiphany and TheophanyChristianity · Eastern Orthodoxy
Gaṇeśa CaturthīHinduism
General ConferenceLatter Day Saint movement
The Ghost Festival (Ullambana, Zhongyuan, Obon)Buddhism · Chinese folk religion · Mahāyāna
Good FridayCatholicism · Christianity · Protestantism
Groundation DayRastafari
Guru Nanak's GurpurabSikhism
HanukkahRabbinic Judaism
Ugādi and Guḍī PāḍvāHinduism
Hola MohallaSikhism
HoliHinduism
ImbolcCeltic religion · Wicca
Ìṣẹ̀ṣe DayYoruba religion
Islamic New YearIslam
Isrāʾ and MiʿrājIslam
Birthday of the Jade EmperorTaoism
Kālī PūjāShaktism
Pavāraṇā and KaṭhinaTheravāda
Khordad SalZoroastrianism
Kṛṣṇa JanmāṣṭamīHinduism · Vaishnavism
Lantern FestivalChinese folk religion
Birthday of Lord LaoTaoism
Laylat al-QadrIslam · Sunni Islam
LentCatholicism · Christianity · Eastern Orthodoxy
LosarVajrayāna
LughnasadhCeltic religion · Wicca
MabonWicca
Māgha PūjāTheravāda
MahāśivarātriHinduism · Shaivism
Mahāvīr JayantīJainism
Makar SaṅkrāntiHinduism
Martyrdom of the BábBahá'í Faith
Mawlid al-NabīIslam · Shia Islam · Sunni Islam
MehreganZoroastrianism
MeskelOriental Orthodoxy
Mid-Autumn FestivalChinese folk religion
Midsummer and LithaHeathenry · Wicca
Monlam ChenmoVajrayāna
NavarātriHinduism
Naw-RúzBahá'í Faith
The Nineteen-Day FastBahá'í Faith
Rogation of the NinevitesChurch of the East
NowruzZoroastrianism
The Great PurificationShinto
OstaraWicca
Palm SundayCatholicism
ParyuṣaṇaJainism
PassoverRabbinic Judaism
PentecostCatholicism · Christianity · Eastern Orthodoxy
Pioneer DayLatter Day Saint movement
PurimRabbinic Judaism
QingmingChinese folk religion · Confucianism
Rakṣā BandhanHinduism
Rāma NavamīHinduism · Vaishnavism
RamadanIslam
RathayātrāVaishnavism
Reformation DayProtestantism
Festival of RiḍvánBahá'í Faith
Rosh HashanahRabbinic Judaism
Jashn-e SadehZoroastrianism
Saga Dawa DüchenVajrayāna
SamhainCeltic religion · Wicca
Şeb-i ArûsSufism
SetsubunShinto
ShavuotRabbinic Judaism
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat TorahRabbinic Judaism
ShichigosanShinto
Shōgatsu and HatsumōdeShinto
SukkotRabbinic Judaism
Sunday of OrthodoxyEastern Orthodoxy
TimkatOriental Orthodoxy
Tisha B'AvRabbinic Judaism
Tu BiShvatRabbinic Judaism
The Twin Holy BirthdaysBahá'í Faith
VaisakhiSikhism
Vassa and Āsāḷha PūjāTheravāda
Vesak, the Buddha's BirthdayBuddhism · Mahāyāna · Theravāda
Chilmeoridang YeongdeunggutKorean shamanism (Muism)
Yom KippurRabbinic Judaism
YuleHeathenry · Wicca
Zartosht No-DisoZoroastrianism