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Inclusive Holidays & Events Calendar

September 2015 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5

Leaves Turning Colour Moon- Waabagaa Dibiki Giizis (this month, Anishinaabe)

August 31

LPS PA Day: Elementary &

Secondary

First Parkash/ Installation of Holy Scriptures of Guru Granth Sahib (Sikhism)

LPS First Day of

School for All Students

Sri Krishna Jayanti/ Janmashtami (Hinduism)

International Day of Charity (UN)

Farvardegan (Fasli Zoroastrianism)

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Birth of H.H. Sakya Trizin (Buddhism)

Labour Day (Canada)

International Literacy Day (UN)

‘Izzat (Baha’i)

Enkutatash (Ethopian New Year)

Nayrouz (Orthodox Christianity)

Paryvshan-parva (ends 18th – Jainism)

Ghamber Paitishem begins (Zarathushti/ Zorostrianism)

Tatsunokuchi (Buddhism)

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Eve of Rosh Hashanah (begins at sundown, Judaism)

Auditor’s Day (Scientology)

New Moon

Rosh Hashanah (Judaism)

Holy Cross Day (Christianity)

International Day of Democracy (UN)

Rosh Hashanah (Judaism)

Ghambar Paitishem ends (Zarathushti/ Zorostrainism)

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (UN)

Death of Guru Amar Das, Ascension of Guru Ramdas, Death of Guru Arjan (Sikhism)

Ganesh/ Vinayak Chauth (Hinduism)

Samvatsari / Dashalakshani-parva begins (Jainism)

Ascension of Guru Angad (Sikhism)

Powley Day (Aboriginal - Métis)

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

International Day of Peace (UN)

Eihei Dogen Kigen Memorial (Buddhism)

Death of Guru Nanak (Sikhism)

Waqfatu’Arafat (Islamic)

Fall Harvest (CCUPCY)

Shuhun-no-hi (Shinto)

Harvestide / Mabon (Wicca)

Yom Kippur (Judaism)


Fall Equinox


Eid-ul Adha (Islamic)

International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (UN)

Anant Chaturdashi (Hinduism)

27 28 29 30

Anant Chaturdashi (Jainism)

Harvest Moon Festival (China)

Sukkot begins (Judaism)

Mashiyyat (Baha’i)

Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse

Ksamavani / Dashalakshani-parva ends (Jainism)

Ally Week (LGBTQ)

Kathina (ends Nov. 5 – Buddhism)

World Maritime Day (UN)

Terry Fox Run (Canada, Thunder Bay)

Orange Shirt Day (National Indian Residential School Remembrance)


October 2015 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 Leaves Falling Moon – Binaakiwii Dibiki Giizis (Month, Anishinaabe)

LBGTQ History Month

Women’s History Month (Canada)

International Day of Older Persons (UN)

Mehragan (Zoroastrianism)

International Day of Non-Violence (UN)

Ally Week ends (LGBTQ)

Day of German Unity (Germany)

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 World Communion Sunday (Christianity)

Sukkot ends (Judaism)

World Space Week (UN)

Shemini Atzeret (Judaism)

World Habitat Day (UN)

World Teachers Day (UN)

Simchat Torah (Judaism)

International Association of Scientologists Day (Scientology)

Birth of Guru Ramdas (Sikhism)

World Post Day (UN)

World Mental Health Day (WHO UN)

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 International Day of the Girl Child (UN)

Coming Out Day (LGBTQ)

Thanksgiving Day (Canada)

Ghambar Ayathrem begins (lasts to the 16th, Zarathushti/ Zorostrainism)

Solar Eclipse New Moon

Navaratri begins (Hinduism)

International Day for Disaster Reduction (UN)

First Day of Muharram, Al-Hijra (New Year, Islamic)

World Sight Day (UN)

International Day of Rural Women (UN)

World Food Day (UN)

‘IIm (Baha’i)

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (UN)

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Durga Puja begins

(Hindu)

Birth of the Bab (Baha’i)

Installation of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (Sikhism)

Durga Puja (Hinduism)

Navaratri ends (Hinduism)

Chung Yeung Festival (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan)

Death of Guru Gobind Singh (Sikhism)

Dassehra (Hinduism)

Durga Puja ends (Hindu)

Ashura (Islam)

World Development Information Day (UN)

Tenth day of Muharram Ashura (Islamic)

United Nations Day (UN)

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Kathina / Pavarana

Day (Buddhism)

Lunar Eclipse Full Moon

National Day ‘Ochi’ (Greece)

Karva Chauth (Hinduism)

Samhain (Wicca)

Halloween (Canada)

Reformation Day (Protestant Christianity)

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva’s Pravraiya / The Buddhist Joy Day (Buddhism)

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November 2015 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 All Saints Day (Christianity)

Samhain (Wicca)

Daylight Savings Time ends (at 2am USA, Canada)

All Souls Day (Catholic Christianity)

Dia De Los Muertos (Mexico)

Dia De Finades (Portugal)

Bunka No Hi (Culture Day, Japan)

Qudrat (Baha’i)

Take Our Kids To Work (Canada)

Kathina ends (Buddhism)

Guy Fawkes Day (UK, England)

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict (UN)

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Kristallnacht (1938 Commemoration)

Diwali (begins at sundown, Hinduism)

World Science Day for Peace and Development (UNESCO)

Diwali (Hinduism, Jainism)

Mahavira Nirvana (Jainism)

Remembrance Day (Canada)

Bandi Chhor Divas (Sikhism)

Armistice Day (France)

New Moon

Birth of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)

Skanda Shashti Vratham (New Year, until Nov. 16th, Hinduism)

Enlightenment day of Gautamswami / New Year (Jainism)

International World Kindness Day (International)

World Diabetes Day (UN)

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week (ON)

Advent begins (Christmas Fast; E-Old Calendar)

Nativity Fast (ends Dec. 24; Orthodox Christianity)

National Addictions Week (Canada)

Louis Riel Day (Métis – Aboriginal)

International Day for Tolerance (UN)

Jnana Panchami (Jainism)

Anti-Bullying Week

International Students’ Day (UN)

World Philosophy Day (UN)

Universal Children’s Day (UN)

Transgendered Day of Remembrance (LGBTQ)

LPS PA/Report Card Day: Elementary & Secondary

World Television Day (UN)

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Qawl (Bahi’i) Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadar Ji (Sikhism)

Adargan (Zoroastrianism)

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (UN)

Birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Sikhism)

Full Moon

Day of the Covenant (Baha’i)

Dev Diwali (Jainism)

Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Baha’i)

29 30 First Sunday of Advent (Christianity)

St. Andrew’s Day (Scotland, Christianity)

National Native

American Heritage Month (USA)

Freezing Moon – Baashkaakodin Dibiki Giizis (Month, Anishinaabe)


December 2015 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 Little Spirit Moon – Manidoo Giiz’soons (Month, Anishinaabe)

Universal Human Rights Month (UN)

World AIDS Day (UN)

Rosa Parks Day (USA)

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (UN)

International Day of Persons with Disabilities (UN)

International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development (UN)

World Soil Day (UN)

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Eve of Hanukkah (begins at sundown, Judaism)

St. Nicholas Day (Christianity)

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, White Ribbon Day (Canada)

Hanukkah begins (Judaism)

Pearl Harbor Day (USA)

International Civil Aviation Day (UN)

Rohatsu/Awakening Day/Bodhi Day (Buddhism)

Feast of Immaculate Conception (Christianity)

International Anti-Corruption Day (UN)

Human Rights Day (UN)

International Mountain Day (UN)

New Moon

Advent Fast (Christmas Fast; Orthodox Christianity)

Masa’il (Baha’i)

Jamhuri (Independence Day, Kenya)

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Aga Khan’s Birthday (Islamic)

Luciadagen (Sweden)

Hanukkah ends (Judaism)

Jashan-e-Sadeh (Fasli Zoroastrianism)

International Migrants Day (UN)

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 International Human Solidarity Day (UN)

Maunajiyaras (Jainism)

Martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singhs Eldest two sons (Sikhism)

Manu-agiyaras (Jainism)

LPS Winter Holidays (Dev. 21-

January 1)

Tohji-taisai (Shinto)

Yule / Winter Solstice (Wicca)

Yalda/Shab-e-Yalda (Zoroastrainism)

December Solstice

Joseph Smith’s Birthday (Mormon)

Mawlid Al-Nabi (Islamic)

Eid-Maulad-un-Nabi (Islamic)

Christmas Day (Christianity)

Sanghamitta Day (Buddhism)

Full Moon

Death of Prophet Zarathustra (Zarathushti/ Zoroastrainism)

Martyrdom Guru Gobind Singhs Youngest two sons (Sikhism)

Kwanzaa (African-Canadian, until January 1)

Boxing Day (Canada)

St. Stephen’s Day (Ireland)

Junkanoo (Bahamas)

27 28 29 30 31 Amitabha Buddha’s Birthday (Buddhism)

Wounded Knee Day (Lakota Sioux Massacre in South Dakota 1890, USA)

Rizal Day (Phillipines)

Ghambr Maidyarem begins (until Jan. 4, Zarathushti/ Zoroastrainism)

Sharaf (Baha’i)

Omisoka (Japan)

Hogmanay (Scotland)

New Year’s Eve (International)


January 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 Spirit Moon – Manidoo Dibiki Giizis (Month, Anishinaabe)

New Year’s Day (International)

Temple Day (Buddism)

Shogatsu (Shinto)

Feast of St. Basil (Orthodox Christianity)

Gantan-Sai begins (Shinto)

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

LPS School Resumes Tomorrow Jan. 4th

Milad-al-Nabi (Islamic)

World Braille Day (International)

Birth of Sri Guru Gobind Singh (Sihkism)

Gattan-Sai ends (Shinto)

Twelfth Night (Christianity)

Epiphany (Christianity)

Feast of the Theophany (Orthodox Christianity)

Feast of the Nativity/Christmas (Orthodox Christianity)

New Moon

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Baptism of the Lord (Christianity)

Seijin Shiki (Adults’ Day, Shinto)

Maghi (Sikhism)

Lohri (Hinduism)

Makar Sankranti /Pongal (Hinduism)

New Year’s Day (Orthodox Christianity)

LPS

PA/Report Card Day:

Elementary ONLY

Religious Freedom Day (UN)

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 World Religion Day (UN, Baha’i)

Sakyamuni Buddha’s Enlightenment (Buddhism)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (USA)

Timkat (Ethopian Orthodox Christianity)

Epiphany (Orthodox Christianity)

Tailang Swami Jayanti (Hinduism)

Timkat (Ethopian Orthodox Christianity)

LPS Secondary Exams

LPS Secondary Exams

Full Moon

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Mahayana New Year (ends 27th, Buddhist)

Aban Ruz (Zoroastrianism)

Tu B’Shvat (Judaism)

Conversion of St. Paul (Christianity)

LPS Secondary

Exams

LPS Secondary Exams

International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (UN)

Family Literacy Day (Canada)

LPS Secondary Exams

LPS PA/Report Card Day:

Secondary ONLY

LPS PA/Report Card Day:

Secondary ONLY

31

Birth of Guru Har Rai (Sikhism)

Swami Vivekananda Jayanti (Hinduism)


February 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 6 Bear Moon – Makwa Dibiki Giizis (Month, Anishinaabe)

Black History Month (USA)

Clean Monday/Lent begins (Orthodox Christianity)

World Interfaith Harmony Week (UN)

First Day of

Semester 2 for LPS Secondary

Groundhog Day (Canadian, USA)

Candlemas (Christianity)

Imbolc (Wicca)

World Wetlands Day (UN)

Rissun/Setsubun-sai (Shinto)

World Cancer Day (WHO, UN)

International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (UN)

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week (UN)

Lunar New Year (Vietnamese, Korean, Buddhism)

Chinese New Year (Chinese)

New Moon

Mardi Gras / Fat Tuesday / Shrove Tuesday (USA, International, Christianity)

Ash Wednesday (Christianity)

Vasant Panchami (Hinduism)

Darwin Day (Atheist, Humanist)

Triodion begins (Orthodox Christianity)

LPS PA/Report

Card Day: Elementary ONLY

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Valentine’s Day (Canada, USA, Catholicism)

Family Day (ON)

Parinirvana/Nirvana Day ( Buddhism)

World Day of Social Justice (UN)

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 International Mother Language Day (UN)

Magha Puja Day / Lantern Festival (Buddhism)

Guru Ravidas Jayanti (Hinduism)

Full Moon

Pink Shirt Day (LGBT, Canada)

Intercalary Days (begins at sundown, lasts to March 1 - Bahá’i)

28 29

Equity & Inclusion Working Committee

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March 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 Snow Crust Moon – Naabdin Dibiki Giizis (Month, Anishinaabe)

Intercalary Days end (Bahá’i)

Zero Discrimination Day (UN)

Baha’I Nineteen Day Fast (to March 20 - Bahá’i)

Hina Matsuri Festival of the Dolls (Shinto)

World Wildlife Day (UN)

Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti (Hinduism)

Birth of Taoist Lao-Tzu (Shinto)

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Maha Shivaratri (Hinduism)

International Women’s Day (UN)

Maha Shivaratri / Shiva Ratri (Hinduism)

New Moon

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 L. Rob Hubbard Birthday (Scientology)

March Break 14-18 (LPS Elementary and Secondary)

Sikh New Year’s Day (Sikhism)

Gambar Hamaspathmaedem (until 20th, Zoroastrianism)

St. Patrick’s Day (Canada, USA)

Earth Hour (8:30-9:30 pm, International)

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Ostara, Lady Day (Wicca)

Palm Sunday (Christianity)

Parsi New Year (Hinduism)

Spring Ohigon (Buddhism)

International Day of Happiness (UN)

Journee de la Francophonie (Canada)

Spring Equinox

First Day of Spring

Naw Ruz/Now Ruz/Navroz (New Year, Baha’i, Fasli Zoroastrianism, Islamic)

Jamshedi Noruz (Fasli Zoroastrian)

Shunki-Korei-Sai (Shinto)

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN)

World Poetry Day (UN)

World Down Syndrome Day (UN)

International Day of Forests (UN)

World Water Day (UN)

Holi (Hinduism)

Lantern Festival Magha Puja Day (Buddhism)

Lord’s Evening Meal (Jehovah’s Witness)

Fast of Esther (Judaism)

World Meteorological Day (UN)

Sakyamuni Buddha’s Nirvana Day (Buddhism)

Full Moon

Purim (Judaism)

Holy/Maundy Thursday (Christianity)

Death of Guru Hargobind (Sikhism)

Hola Mohalla (Sikh New Year, Sikhism)

World Tuberculosis Day (UN)

Good Friday (Christianity, Canadian Holiday)

Annunciation (Christianity)

Shushan Purim (Judaism)

International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (UN)

Shivaji Jayanti (Hinduism)

Khordad Sal (Zoroastrianism)

27 28 29 30 31 Easter Sunday (Christianity)

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva’s Birthday (Buddhism)

Easter Monday (Christianity, Canadian Holiday)

Khordad Sal (Fasli Zoroastrian)

Birth of Prophet Zarathustra (Zoroastrainism)

National Aboriginal Language Day (Canada)


April 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 Maple Sugar Moon – Ziisbaakdoke Dibiki Giizis (Month, Anishinaabe)

April Fool’s Day (Canada, USA)

World Autism Day (UN)

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Yom HaShoah (Judaism)

International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (UN)

National Tartan Day (Canada)

Navaratri (until 15th, Hinduism)

World Health Day (UN)

New Moon

Gudi Padwa (New Year, Hinduism)

Ramayana begins (until 15th, Hinduism)

Farvardegan (Fasli Zoroastrianism)

Jhulelal Jayanti (Hinduism)

Vimy Ridge Day (Canada)

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Birth of Guru Arjan (Sikhism)

Yom Ha’Atzamaut (begins at sundown, Judaism)

International Day of Human Space Flight (UN)

Saka New Year (Buddhism)

Day of Pink (LGBTQ, Canada)

Theravada New Year (Buddhism)

Vaisakhi (Hinduism)

Vaisakhi (Sikhism)

Chaitra New Year (Hinduism)

Ramanavami begins (Hinduism)

Day of Silence (LGBTQ)

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Equality Day (Canada)

Birth of Guru Angad, Birth of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikhism)

Mahavir Jayanti (Jainism)

Ridván (begins at sundown, until May 2, Bahá’i)

Hanuman Jayanti (Hinduism)

Theravadin Buddhist New Year (Buddhism)

Earth Day (Canada)

Full Moon

LPS PA/Report Card Day: Elementary and

Secondary

Theravadin Buddhist New Year (Buddhism)

Pesach/ Passover (until 30th, Judaism)

Lazarus Saturday (Orthodox Christianity)

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Palm Sunday (Orthodox Christianity)

Zarathosht-no-Diso (Qadimi Zoroastrianism)

World Immunization Week (WHO)

National Day of Mourning (Canada)

Ninth Day of Ridván (Bahá’i)

Holy Friday (Orthodox Christianity)

International Jazz Day (UN)




May 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pascha Easter (Orthodox Christianity)

Beltane (Wicca)

International Family Equity Day (UN)

Easter Monday (Orthodox Christianity)

Twelfth Day of Ridván (Bahá’i)

Vallabhacharya Jayanti (Hinduism)

Birth of Guru Amar Das (Sikhism)

World Press Freedom Day (UN)

Isra and Mi’raj /Lailat al-Miraj (Islamic)

Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day, Judaism)

Ascension (Christianity)

New Moon

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Mother’s Day (Canada, USA)

Dianetics (Scientology)

World Migratory Bird Day (UNEP)

Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Judaism)

Sakyamuni Buddha’s Birthday (Buddhism)

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Visakha Puja (Buddhism)

Pentecost (Christianity)

International Day of Families (UN)

International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (LGBTQ, UN)

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (UN)

Buddha Purnima (Hinduism)

Lailat al-Bara’ah (Islamic)

International Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (UN)

Wesak/Buddha Day (Buddhism)

Full Moon

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 International Day for Biological Diversity (UN)

Trinity Sunday (Christianity)

Victoria Day (Canadian Holiday)

Declaration of the Bab (Baha’i)

Nisfu Shaban (Islamic)

Aboriginal Awareness Week (Canada)

Zarthost-no-Diso (Shenshahi Zoroastrianism)

Lag BaOmer (Judaism)

Corpus Christi (Catholic Christianity)

29 30 31 Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh (Bahá’i)

International Day of UN Peacekeepers (UN)

World No Tobacco Day (UN)

Sucker Moon – Namebine Dibiki Giizis (Month, Anishinaabe)




June 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 Flower Blooming Moon – Waabigoni Dibiki Giizis (Month, Anishinaabe)

Italian Heritage Month (ON) National Aboriginal History Month (Canada)

Pride Month (Canada) Senior’s Month (ON)

Global Day of Parents (UN)

Ascension (Orthodox Christianity)

LPS PA/Report Card Day for Elementary

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (UN)

New Moon

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Yom Yerushalayim (Judaism)

World Environment Day (UN)

First Day of Ramadan (Islamic)

Freewinds (Scientology)

World Ocean’s Day (UN)

Ascension of Guru Hargobind (Sikhism)

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Shavuot (Judaism)

World Day Against Child Labour (UN)

Race Unity Day (Bahá’i)

Shavuot (Judaism)

World Albinism Day (UN)

World Blood Donor Day (UN)

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (UN)

Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji (Sikhism)

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (UN)

LPS Secondary Exams

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 National Aboriginal Week (Aboriginal Canadian)

Pentecost (Orthodox Christianity)

Juneteenth (commemoration of the ending of slavery in the US in 1865)

Father’s Day (Canada, USA)

Litha/Midsummer (Wicca)

World Refugee Day (UN)

Kabirdas Jayanti (Hinduism)

LPS Secondary Exams

Summer Solstice Full Moon

National Aboriginal Day (Canada)

International Day of Yoga (UN)

LPS Secondary

Exams

National Aboriginal Day, Education Day (Thunder Bay)

LPS Secondary

Exams

LPS Secondary Exams

Final Day of School

for Secondary Students

St. Jean Baptiste Day (Quebec)

Final Day of School for Elementary

Students

LPS PA/Report

Card Day for Secondary

26 27 28 29 30 All Saints Day (Orthodox Christianity)

International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (UN)

Ghambar Maidyoshem (until July 3, Zoroastrianism)




July 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 Berry Moon – Miin Dibiki Giizis (Month, Anishinaabe)

Lailat al Qadr begins at sundown (Islamic)

Jumatul Widha (Islamic)

Canada Day (Canadian Holiday)

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ghambar Maidyoshem ends (Zoroastrianism)

New Moon Birth of Guru Hargobind (Sikhism)

Eid-al-Fitr (Islamic)

Jagannath Rathyatra (Hinduism)

Ramadan ends (Islamic)

Jaisa Salana (to 10th, Islamic)

Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha’i)

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Imamat Day

(Islamic)

World Population Day (UN)

Obon (until 15th, Buddhism, Shinto)

World Youth Skills Day (UN)

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Nelson Mandela

International Day (UN)

Navroze (New Year – Qadimi Zoroastrianism)

Poson/ Wassana /Asalha Puja Day (Buddhism)

Guru Purnima (Hinduism, Jainism)

Full Moon

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva’s Enlightenment/ The Buddhist Joy-Day (Buddhism)

Birth of Guru Harkrishan (Sikhism)

Khordad Sal (Qadimi Zoroastrianism)

Emperor Haile Selassi Birthday (Rastafari)

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Pioneer Day (Mormon Christianity, USA)

St. James the Great Day (Chrisitianity)

International Day of Friendship (UN)

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August 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 6 Grain Moon – Mnoomni Dibiki Giizis OR Blueberry Moon - Miinan Dibiki Giizis (Month, Anisinaabe)

Civic Holiday (Canadian Holiday)

Lammas (Christianity)

Lughnassad (Wicca)

Fast in Honour of Mother of Hesus (Orthodox Christianity)

New Moon

Farvardegan (Qadimi Zoroastrianism)

Ganesh Chathurthi (Hinduism)

Transfiguration of the Lord (Orthodox Christianity)

Hiroshima Day (remembrance day of the first atomic bomb dropped in Japan on August 6, 1944)

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 International Day of

the World’s Indigenous Peoples (UN)

Tulsidas Jayanti (Hinduism)

Paryushan Parva begins (Jainism)

International Youth Day (UN)

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Tisah B’Av begins at sundown (Judaism)

Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary (Catholicism)

Dormition of the Theotokis (Orthodox Christianity)

Dharma Day / Ullambana (Buddhism)

Raksha Bandhan (Hinduism)

Navroze New Year (Shenshahi Zoroastrianism)

Raksha Bandhan (Hinduism)

Full Moon

World Humanitarian Day (UN)

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Khordad Sal

(Shenshahi Zoroastrianism)

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition (UN)

Sri Krishna Janmashtami (Hinduism)

28 29 30 31 International Day

Against Nuclear Tests (UN)



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