These dates are representative of the diversity of our community. Many religious holy days begin at sundown the day before the date.

MarchJanuary February April May June

July August September October November December

JainismHinduismBahá'í Judaism SikhismBuddhism IslamAboriginal andTorres Strait Is Christianity

Event details

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5 Birth Guru Gobind Singh7 Nativity of Jesus (East)15 Makar Sankraanti21 Mahayana New Year26 Survival Day26 Australia Day 31 Birth Guru Har Rai

1 Coming of the Light Festival5 Birth Guru Hargobind Sahib7-14 NAIDOC Week10 Martyrdom of the Báb23 Birth Guru Harkrishan Sahib

4 National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day (NAICD)5 Naga Panchami9 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples11 Tisha B’Av12-15 Eid El Adha15 Sangha Day15 Raksha Bandhan24 Krishna Janmastami

1 Ra’s Essana/New Year2 Ganesh Chaturthi4 Indigenous Literacy Day6 Radhastami13 UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples23 Anant Chaturdashi30 Rosh Hashanah/ New Year

4-8 Durga Puja7 Queen’s Birthday (Qld)7 Durga Naomi9 Birth Guru Ram Das 9 Yom Kippur14-20 Sukkot27 Deepawali - Lakshmi Puja27 Bandhi Chhor Divas28 Karwa Chaoth29 Birth of the Báb30 Birth of Bahá’u’lláh

11 Remembrance Day12 Birth Guru Nanak 24 Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur26 Day of the Covenant28 Abdu’l-Bahá Ascension

22-30 Chanukah25 Christmas Day (West)

1-5 World Inter-faith Harmony Week5 Lunar New Year10 Vasant Panchami13 Anniversary of Aust Govt Apology to the Stolen Generation

4 Maha Shivaratri6 Ash Wednesday (West)11 Clean Monday (East)20 National Close the Gap Day21 Hola Mohalla21 Purim21 Naw Rúz - New Year21 Harmony Day21 Holi21 Gaura Purnima21 Parinirvana Day

3 Lailatul Mehraj6 Hindu New Year14 Vaisakhi14 Rama Navami18 Birth Guru Angad Dev19 Good Friday (West)19-21 Theravada New Year19 Hanuman Jayanti21 Laylatulbarâa21 Easter (West)20-27 Pesach/Passover21 First day of Ridván25 Anzac Day26 Great Friday (East)28 Pascha/Easter (East)29 Ninth Day of Ridván

2 Birth Guru Arjan Dev2 Twelfth Day of Ridván6 Ramadan begins6 Labour Day (Qld)12 Buddha Birthday17 Narasimha Jayanti19 Wesak23 Birth Guru Amar Das 24 Declaration of the Báb26 National Sorry Day27 Anniversary 1967 Referendum27 National Reconciliation Week begins29 Bahá’u’lláh Ascension

2-9 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity3 Mabo Day4 Eid al-Fitr - Ramadan ends9 Pentecost9-10 Shavuot16 Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev

Celebrating Cultural Diversity Calendar 2019

Sources:• Faith Communities Council of Victoria• Reconciliation Australia• Encyclopedia Britannica• BBC Religions

Please note that certain Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic holy days cannot be definitely determined in advance as they begin when the new moon is sighted.