Interfaith Calendar

Please note: This page is out of date however many of the celebrations may be related to the calendar in following years, as such it will remain in the current state until volunteers become abailable to keep it up to date.

Some faiths and religions hold that all of life is sacramental and as such do not mark specific days as more sacred or significant than others. These beliefs are not represented in the below calendar, however we would like to express our respect and admiration of these traditions. The Interfaith Church also seeks to promote this line of thought.

All dates are adjusted for the Southern Hemisphere, GMT+10. Some dates are seasonal or based on calendars other than the western calendar in use in Australia, minor variations may occur due to differences in calendars, moon phases, location or specific observances within sects or localities.
Please contact us if you feel there are any errors or omissions.

Key:

Australian Public Holidays Aboriginal Baha'i Buddhist Christian Confucian Dao/ Tao

Hindu Islamic Interfaith Jain Jewish Pagan Rastafari

Scientology Shinto Sikh Wiccan Zoroastrian

2012

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January		February
1	New Years Day Shogatsu Mary, Mother of God [Catholic] Feast of St Basil [Greek Orthodox] Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus [Orthodox]	1	World Interfaith Harmony Week [United Nations](to Feb 7)
2	New Years Day Holiday	2	Candlemas Presentation of Christ in the Temple [Anglican; Greek Orthodox] Triodion begins [Greek Orthodox] Lughnasadh/ Lammas [Traditional]
3		3	Rissun [Setsubun-sai] Birthday of Maitreya Buddha [Mahayana]
4		4	Mawlid/ Milad un Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Muhammad) [Sunni] Lughnasadh/ Lammas [Astrological]
5	Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Fast of 10 Tevet	5	Four Chaplains Sunday Vishwakarma Jayaanti
6	Epiphany Theophany [Greek Orthodox]	6
7	Feast of the Nativity [Orthodox] Nativity of Our Lord [Slavic Orthodox] Christmas [Orthodox]	7	World Interfaith Harmony Week ends Magha Puja Day/ Sangha Day [Theravada]
8	Baptism of the Lord Jesus	8	Tu B'Shevat Full Moon
9	Mahayana New Year (to 12 Jan) Baptism of the Lord [Catholic] Full Moon	9	Mawlid/ Milad un Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Muhammad) [Shia]
10		10
11		11	Our Lady of Lourdes
12		12
13	Maghi	13
14	Makar Sankranti New Year [Slavic Orthodox]	14
15	World Religion Day Seijin Shiki	15	Parinirvana/ Nirvana Day Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple [Slavic Orthodox]
16		16
17		17
18	Epiphany of Our Lord [Slavic Orthodox]	18
19		19	Meatfare Sunday [Greek Orthodox] Transfiguration
20		20	Maha Shiv Ratri
21		21
22		22	Ash Wednesday Lent begins Losar Tibetan New Year [Tibetan]
23	Chinese New Year/ Asian Lunar New Year	23
24		24
25	Conversion of St Paul (St Paul's Day)	25
26	Australia Day Survival Day/ Invasion Day	26	Intercalary Days (to 1 Mar) Cheesefare Sunday [Orthodox] Forgiveness Sunday [Slavic Orthodox]
27		27	Clean Monday, Great Lent begins [Orthodox]
28	Vasant Panchami	28
29		29
30
31	Birthday of Guru Har Rai

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March		April
1	Intercalary Days end	1	Palm Sunday Ramanavami Swaminarayan Jayanti Ramayana (Shri Ram Naumi) ends
2	Nineteen Day Feast Starts (to 21 Mar)	2
3	Hina Matsuri/ Festival of dolls	3
4	Orthodox Sunday [Orthodox]	4
5	Labour Day [WA] The Triumph of Orthodoxy Sunday [Slavic Orthodox]	5	Maundy Thursday/ Holy Thursday
6		6	Good Friday Theravadin New Year Good Friday Lord's Evening Meal [Jehovah's Witness] Hanuman Jayanti Mahavir Jayanti Fast of the Firstborn
7	Fast of Esther (Taanit Esther)	7	Easter Saturday Lazarus Saturday [Orthodox] Holy Saturday [Catholic] Pesach (Passover) (to 14 Apr) Full Moon
8	Purim Holi Festival Full Moon	8	Easter Sunday Easter/ Pascha Palm Sunday [Orthodox]
9	Hola Mohalla Shushan Purim	9	Easter Monday
10		10
11		11
12	Canberra Day [ACT] Eight Hours Day [Tas] Labour Day [Vic]	12
13	Birthday of L. Ron Hubbard	13	Holy Friday [Orthodox]
14		14	Pesach (Passover) ends Vaisakhi (New Year)
15		15	Easter/ Pascha [Orthodox]
16		16
17		17
18		18	Birthday of Gurus Tegh Bahadur and Angad Dev
19	St Joseph's Day	19	Yom HaShoah
20	Mabon [Astrological] Autumnal Equinox	20
21	Naw Ruz (New Year) Nineteen Day Feast ends Shubun-sai (Equinox Day) Mabon [Tradtional] Jamshedi Noruz (New Year)	21	Declaration of Baha'u'llah First Day of Ridvan
22		22
23	Birthday of Guan Yin (Compassion) Avalokiteshvara [Mahayana] Ugadi/ Samvatsaradi (New Year) Ramayana (Shri Ram Naumi) (to 1 Apr)	23
24		24
25	Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary	25	ANZAC Day Yom Hazikaron
26	Khordad Sal (Anniversary of the birth of Zoroaster)	26	Yom Ha'Atzmaut Shankaracharya Jayanti
27		27
28		28	Buddha Purnima
29		29	Ninth Day of Ridvan
30		30	St James the Great Day All Orthodox Lazarus Saturday Janaki Jayanti Samhain [Traditional]/ All Hallows Eve
31

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May		June
1	St. James' Day	1
2	Twelfth Day of Ridvan Birthday of Sri Guru Arjan Dev	2
3	National Day of Prayer [USA]	3	Mabo Day National Reconciliation Week ends NAIDOC Week (to July 10) Trinity Sunday
4		4	Foundation Day [WA] Full Moon
5	Buddha Day/ Vesak Samhain [Astrological]	5
6	Full Moon	6
7	Labour Day [Qld] May Day [NT]	7
8		8
9		9
10	Lag B'Omer	10	NAIDOC Week ends All Saints Day [Greek Orthodox] Corpus Christi [Catholic]
11		11	Queens Diamond Jubilee [Qld 2012 Only] Queens Birthday [ACT, NSW, NT, SA, Tas, Vic] Commencement of the Fast of the Apostles [Slavic Orthodox]
12		12
13		13
14		14
15		15	Sacred Heart of Jesus [Catholic]
16		16	Guru Arjan Dev's Martyrdom Lailat al Miraj (The Prophet's Ascension)
17	Ascension Day [Catholic]	17
18		18
19		19
20	Ascension Day Yom Yerushalayim	20
21	St. Konstantine and Helen [Greek Orthodox]	21	Yule/ Winter Solstice
22		22
23	Declaration of the Bab Birthday of Guru Amar Das	23
24	Ascension of Jesus [Orthodox]	24	St. John the Baptist
25		25
26	National Sorry Day	26
27	National Reconciliation Week (to June 3) Shavuot (to 28 May) Pentecost (Whitsunday)	27
28	Shavuot ends	28
29	Ascension of Baha'u'llah	29	Saints Peter and Paul's Day
30		30
31

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July		August
1		1	Loaf Mass Day Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus [Greek Orthodox] Imbolc/ Candlemas/ Lupercalia/ Oimelc [Traditional]
2		2	Raksha Bandhan Full Moon
3	Asalha Puja Day Guru Purnima Lailat al Bara'ah	3	Shri Krishna Asthami (to 10 Aug)
4	Full Moon	4	National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day
5	Birthday of Guru Hargobind	5
6	Birthday of Tenzin Gyatso (14th Dalai Lama)	6	Bank Holiday [NSW] Picnic Day [NT] Transfiguration of the Lord
7		7	Imbolc/ Candlemas/ Lupercalia/ Oimelc [Astrological]
8	Fast of 17th Tammuz	8
9	Martyrdom of the Bab	9	International Day of the Worlds Indigenous People Children's Day
10		10	Shri Krishna Asthami ends Janmashtami-Kristna Jayanti (Birth of Krishna)
11		11
12	Saints Peter and Paul [Slavic Orthodox]	12
13	Obon	13
14		14	Commencement of the Dormition Fast [Slavic Orthodox] Lailat al Qadr (Night of Destiny)
15	Wan Khao Phansa (Entering Rains Retreat) [Theravada] St. Vladimir Day [Greek Orthodox]	15	Royal Qld Show Day [Brisbane area only] Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary [Catholic/ Anglican] Dormition of the Theotokos [Greek Orthodox]
16		16
17		17	Birthday of Marcus Garvey
18		18	Jamshedi Noruz [Shenshai]
19	Avalokitesvara (Enlightenment Day of Guan Yin) [Mahayana] Jamshedi Noruz [Qadimi]	19	Eid-Ul-Fitr (Ramadan ends) Transfiguration of Our Lord [Slavic Orthodox]
20	Ramadan begins (to 19 Aug)	20
21		21
22	Feast of St. Mary Magdalene [Catholic/ Anglican]	22
23	Birthday of Emperor Haile Selassie I Birthday of Guru Har Krishan	23	Khordad Sal
24	Pioneer Day [Mormon] Khordad Sal [Qadimi]	24	St. Bartholomew's Day
25		25
26		26
27		27
28	St. Vladimir Day [Slavic Orthodox]	28	The Dormition of the Mother of God [Slavic Orthodox]
29	Tisha B'Av	29
30		30
31		31	Full Moon

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September		October
1	Ecclesiastical New Year [Greek Orthodox]	1	Queens Birthday [Qld, WA] Labour Day [ACT, NSW, SA] Sukkot (to 7 Oct)
2		2	Feast of the Guardian Angels
3		3
4		4	St. Francis Day [Catholic]
5		5
6		6	Holy Apostle St Thomas Day [Greek Orthodox]
7		7	Sukkot ends Hoshanah Rabbah
8	Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Feast of Nativity of the Theotokos [Greek Orthodox]	8	Family & Community Day [ACT] Shemini Atzeret
9		9	Shemini Atzeret Birthday of Guru Ram Das
10		10
11		11
12		12	Pavarana Day (End of Rains) [Theravada] Kathina Ceremony (Robe Offering) [Theravada]
13		13
14	Elevation of the Life Giving Cross [Greek Orthodox] The Triumph of the Cross	14
15		15	Renunciation Day of Guan Yin (Compassion) Avalokiteshvara [Mahayana]
16		16	Navaratri (to 24 Sep)
17	Rosh Hashana	17
18	Rosh Hashana	18
19	Ganesh Chaturthi Fast of Gedalliah	19
20	Paryushana Parva (to 29 Sep)	20	Birth of the Bab Durga Puja festival starts Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth
21	Nativity of the Mother of God [Slavic Orthodox] Ostara/ Eostre [Traditional]	21
22		22
23	Ostara/ Eostre/ Vernal Equinox/ Spring Equinox [Astrological]	23
24		24	Dasera (Vijaya Dashmi) Durga Puja festival ends Navaratri ends
25		25	Christ the King [Catholic] Waqf al Arafa, Hajj Day Eid-Ul-Adha, Qurban (Festival of Sacrifice)
26	Yom Kippur	26	St. Dimitrios [Greek Orthodox]
27	Exaltation of the Life Giving Cross [Slavic Orthodox]	27
28		28	Milvian Bridge Day [Greek Orthodox] Reformation Day [Protestant]
29	Michael and All Angels	29	Lakshmi Puja
30	Pitra Paksha(to 15 Oct) Full Moon	30	Full Moon
		31	Beltaine/ Walpurgisnacht [Traditional]

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November		December
1	All Saints' Day	1
2	All Souls' Day Coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I	2	First Sunday of Advent
3		3
4		4	The Entrance of the Virgin Mary into the Temple [Slavic Orthodox]
5		5
6	Melbourne Cup Day [Vic]	6	St. Nicholas Day
7	Beltaine/ Walpurgisnacht [Astrological]	7
8	St Michael the Archangel & All the Heavenly Host [Greek Orthodox]	8	Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary [Catholic] Hanukkah (to 15 Dec)
9		9	Second Sunday of Advent
10		10
11	Deepavali [to 15 Nov]	11	Birthday of Amitaba Buddha [Mahayana]
12	Birth of Baha'u'llah Lakshmi Pujan	12	Feast Day - Our Lady of Guadalupe [Catholic]
13	Diwali Bandi Chhor Divas	13	St Lucy's Day
14	New Year	14
15	Nativity Fast begins [to Dec 24] [Greek Orthodox] Hijra - New Year Shichigosan	15	Hanukkah ends
16		16	Third Sunday of Advent
17		17
18		18
19		19
20		20
21		21	Litha/ Midsummer/ Summer Solstice
22		22
23	Niinamesei	23	Fourth Sunday of Advent Fast of 10 Tevet
24	Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom Ashura	24	Nativity Fast ends
25	Christ the King	25	Christmas Day Christmas Feast of the Nativity [Greek Orthodox]
26	Day of the Covenant	26	Boxing Day St Stephen, Deacon and Martyr Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathustra)
27		27	St John, Apostle and Evangelist [Anglican]
28	Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha Commencement of the Advent Fast [Slavic Orthodox] Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Ji	28	Holy Innocents Full Moon
29	Full Moon	29
30	St. Andrew's Day	30	Feast of the Holy Family [Catholic]
		31	Watch Night Omisoka

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