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The following are provided for information about religious days for various faiths and also religious festivals held throughout the year.
Rather than try to include a full listing of our own, we have used the work of others which we believe to be accurate and self-explanatory.
If you are aware of other sites worth adding to these, please forward details to the webmasters for possible inclusion.
Religious Days
- A Global World
‘An international, global world calendar with Chinese, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Islamic and Orthodox world religions and countries’ national holidays around the world, plus area codes, dialling codes, metric conversions and time zone maps.’
This is fee-based but quite reasonable. - Calendar of Cultural and Religious Dates
This Australian Government calendar ‘aims to raise awareness of key cultural and religious events, festivals and national days.’ Listed by day/month for religious and other special days. Click on the icon for further details about individual inclusions. - Calendars and Holidays
[Of the World’s Religions]
Provides listings for 8 major groups, covering several years. - Holy Days and Festivals Calendar
[BBC Religion & Ethics]
You can select from one of 12 major religions/beliefs or by year/month. - Interfaith Calendar
[Primary Sacred Times for World Religions]
Covers the major religions from Buddhism to Zoraostrianism and not only for 2010, but for several years into the future as well. Each year done by month/day listing.
Highly Recommended ! - Religious Seasonal Days
[Of Celebration and Holy Days]
‘Included are days for the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Baha’i, and Wiccan religions’. Compiled by Religious Tolerance.org. There are links to more information about a range of religions and beliefs.
In addition, further links for several major, individual religions are provided below.
Buddhism
- Buddhist Festivals and Holidays
Descriptors are provided for a range of these, some including indicators of the actual date on which they are to be celebrated. - Buddhist Holiday Calendar
[Holiday Dates for the Major Celebrations of Buddhism]
Covers the period 2008-2010. - Buddhist Holidays
From Wikipedia. There are 36 listed, each with a page of explanation, further links, references and more. Some pages provides dates as far ahead as 2015.
Christianity
- Calendar for the Christian Year
Provides exact dates, with brief descriptions, [in month/day format] for all years from 2007 to 2010. - Christian Festivals and Holy Days
From Wikipedia. There are 7 subcategories for periods such as Christmas and Easter, as well as 130 links to other specific days. Each covers information about the specific day, plus at least an indicator of the date, if not an exact nomination. Tied in many ways to the Liturgical Calendar [see below]. - Coptic Orthodox Calendar
‘To learn about the historic origins of the Coptic Calendar please read the article below tracing the Coptic Calendar to the ancient Egyptians. We have put up a program that calculates the date of all major Coptic holidays including the Orthodox Easter for any year after 1902 A.D. and also calculates a few other Church Holidays.’ - Eastern Orthodox Liturgical Calendar
Covers, Feasts, Movable Feasts, Great Feasts, Liturgical Seasons, Printed calendars, References and links to further information. From Wikipedia. - Liturgical Year
‘The liturgical year, also known as the Christian year, consists of the cycle of liturgical seasons in Christian churches which determines when Feasts, Memorials, Commemorations, and Solemnities are to be observed.’ Covers both western and Orthodox Christian days/dates. Most specific dates are provided, but you will need to read the contents to access these on many occasions.
A Roman Catholic Liturgical Calendar with dates up to and including 2010, can be found here. - Orthodox Calendar
[Greek Orthodox]
Follow the calendar by selecting the Month and then the Year from the relevant boxes. Considerable detail for each date. Note the explanation for the icons used, at the bottom of the page. - Russian Orthodox Calendar
Opens for the current day, but you can select the Month and Year using the controls at the top, right. Covers Fixed and Movable Great Feasts, Traditional days of remembrance, Fasting days and Seasons and more.
Hinduism
- Hindu Festivals & Holidays
From About.com. Provides linked sections covering these in some detail. There are also links to specific areas. - Hindu Holidays
Lists each under the question ‘When is … ’, then provides a brief description and dates till 2010. - Hindu Holidays 2009
A listing by month, with date and title provided. Many have a link to further information, sometimes quite extensive.
Islam
- Important Religious Dates
[Unified Islamic Calendar]
Provides events, names and dates from 2006 to 2017. - Islamic Holidays
‘Muslims have two major religious observances each year, and corresponding holidays connected with each one : Ramadan, Eid-al-Fitr, Hajj, and Eid-al-Adha. Some Muslims acknowledge other events from Islamic history, which are considered holidays by some but not all Muslims.’ - Muslim Holidays
Lists each under the question ‘When is … ’, then provides a brief description and dates till 2016.
Judaism
- Jewish Calendar Tools
Use this site to convert dates between Hebrew and Gregorian formats, create an Interactive Calendar for the month of your choice [and export it to several other programs], get dates for Jewish holidays for a number of years, get Candle Lighting Times and more. Easy to use. - Jewish Holidays - 1998-2017
General information plus the listing by years for the above period. Includes Jewish years as well as Gregorian. - The Jewish Calendar [Chabad]
Quite a detailed and extensive presentation for those who really want to know about it. View by day, week, month, year, convert dates, Candle Lighting, holidays, Daily Torah Study and more. There are also sections, related to Judaism, on non-calendar matters. - The Jewish Calendar [Judaism 101]
Includes information about background, history and structure of The Jewish Year. Jewish Holidays provides background relating to the major holidays, while you can go to a Current Calendar listed in Jewish months with corresponding Gregorian dates. information and other links. Don’t forget to use the Next page link at the bottom for further information about several of these topics.