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2004 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009
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| January |
21* |
Friday |
Eid Ul Adha (Feast of sacrifice, ending Hajj) (3 Days) |
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| March |
21 |
Monday |
Naw-Ruz (Baha'i New Year) (follows fasting March 2-20) |
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| March |
25 |
Friday |
Good Friday (Crucifixion of Jesus) |
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| March |
27 |
Sunday |
Easter (western) (Resurrection of Jesus) |
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| April |
21 |
Thursday |
Ridvan begins (Festival commemorates declaration
of Baha'u'llah in garden of Ridvan in Baghdad 1863) (12 days) |
|
| April |
24 |
Sunday |
Passover (Slavery to Freedom) (1st of 8 days) |
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| May |
1 |
Sunday |
Orthodox Easter (Resurrection of Jesusu) |
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| June |
13 |
Monday |
Shavuot (Moses receives Ten Commandments) (1st day of 2) |
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| October |
4 |
Tuesday |
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) (1st day of 2) |
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| October |
4 (or 5)* |
Tuesday/(Wed) |
Ramadan begins (Month of Fasting) (30 days) |
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| October |
13 |
Thursday |
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) |
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| October |
18 |
Tuesday |
Sukkot (Celebrate harvest in small booths in desert) (1st of 7) |
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| November |
1 or (?)# |
Tuesday/(?) |
Diwali (Festival of Lights; Coronation of Lord Rama; worship of
Mahalakshmi) |
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| November |
3 (or 4)* |
Thursday/(Friday) |
Eid al-Fitr (Feast of Fast-breaking) Ramadan ends |
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| November |
12 |
Saturday |
Birth of Baha'u'llah (Prophet-founder of Baha'i faith, b. 1817) |
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| December |
25 |
Sunday |
Christmas (Birth of Jesus) |
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| December |
26 |
Monday |
Hanukkah begins (Festival of Lights) (1st of 8 days) |
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| December |
26 |
Monday |
Kwanzaa (African-American cultural celebration)(1st day of 7) |
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