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Diwali to Christmas: List of religious holidays in 2022
- There are some religious holidays that depend on the lunar calendar
- Jewish and Islamic holidays begin at sunset on the previous evening
Although we remember most holidays by the date, there are some religious holidays that depend on the lunar calendar. So, here is a list of religious holidays in 2022.
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Christian holidays 2022:
January 6, Thursday: Epiphany
January 9, Sunday: Baptism of Jesus
February 2, Wednesday: Candlemas
February 14, Monday: St. Valentine’s Day
March 2, Wednesday: Ash Wednesday
March 17, Thursday: St. Patrick’s Day
March 19, Saturday: St. Joseph’s Day
April 10, Sunday: Palm Sunday
April 14, Thursday: Maundy Thursday
April 15, Friday: Good Friday
April 17, Sunday: Easter
April 18, Monday: Easter Monday
April 23, Saturday: St. George’s Day
May 26, Thursday: Ascension of Jesus
June 5, Sunday: Pentecost
June 12, Sunday: Trinity Sunday
June 16, Thursday: Corpus Christi
June 29, Wednesday: Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
July 25, Monday: St. James the Great Day
August 1, Monday: Lammas
August 15, Monday: The Assumption of Mary
September 14, Wednesday: Holy Cross Day
September 29, Thursday: Michaelmas
October 31, Monday: All Hallows Eve
November 1, Tuesday: All Saints’ Day
November 2, Wednesday: All Souls’ Day
November 27, Sunday: Advent
November 30, Wednesday: St. Andrew’s Day
December 6, Tuesday: St. Nicholas Day
December 24, Saturday: Christmas Eve
December 25, Sunday: Christmas
December 28, Wednesday: Holy Innocents
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Jewish holidays 2022:
Jan. 16, Sunday: Tu B’Shevat
March 16, Wednesday: Purim
April 15, Friday: Passover
April 23, Saturday: Passover – Final Day
April 27, Wednesday: Yom Hashoah
May 3, Tuesday: Yom HaZikaron
May 4, Wednesday: Yom HaAtzma’ut
May 18, Wednesday: Lag B’Omer
May 28, Saturday: Yom Yerushalayim
June 4, Saturday: Shavuot
August 5, Saturday: Tish’a B’Av
September 25-27: Rosh Hashanah
September 28, Wednesday: Fast of Gedaliah
October 4, Tuesday: Yom Kippur
October 9, Sunday: Sukkot
December 18-26: Chanukah or Hanukkah
Islamic holidays 2022:
March 1, Tuesday: Lailat al Miraj
March 18, Friday: Lailat al Bara’ah
April 2, Saturday: Start of Ramadan
April 29, Friday: Laylat al Qadr
May 2, Monday: Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)
July 8, Friday: Waqf al Arafa – Hajj
July 9, Saturday: Eid al-Adha
August 2, Tuesday: Ashura/Muharram
August 19, Thursday: Hijra (Islamic New Year)
October 7, Friday: Milad un Nabi
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Buddhist holidays 2022:
January 10, Monday – Bodhi Day
January 18, Tuesday: Mahayana New Year
February 1, Tuesday: Chinese New Year
February 15, Tuesday: Nirvana Day
February 16, Wednesday: Magha Puja/Sangha Day
April 16, Saturday: Theravada New Year
May 16, Monday: Wesak or Buddha Day
August 13, Saturday: Obon
Sikh holidays 2022:
January 13, Thursday: Maghi – Lohri
March 18-20: Hola Mohalla
April 14, Thursday: Vaisakhi
November 8, Tuesday: Guru Nanak Birthday
November 24, Thursday: Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib
Hindu holidays 2022:
January 14, Friday: Makar Sankranti/Pongal
January 18, Tuesday: Thaipusam
February 16, Tuesday: Vasant Panchami
March 1, Tuesday: Maha Shivaratri
March 17, Thursday: Holika Dahan
March 18, Friday: Holi
April 2, Saturday: Gudi Padwa (Hindi New Year)
April 2, Saturday: Ugadi (Kannada, Telugu New Year)
April 14, Thursday: Puthandu (Tamil New Year)
April 10, Sunday: Rama Navami
April 14, Thursday: Vaisakhi/Baisakhi/Vishu/Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year)
April 16, Saturday: Hanuman Jayanti
May 3, Tuesday: Akshaya Tritiya
July 1, Friday: Puri Ratha Yatra
July 13, Wednesday: Guru Purnima
August 2, Tuesday: Nag Panchami
August 11, Thursday: Raksha Bandhan
August 18, Thursday: Krishna Janmashtami
August 31, Wednesday: Ganesh Chaturthi
September 17, Saturday: Vishwakarma Puja
September 25, Sunday: Mahalaya Amavasya
September 24-Oct. 4: Navaratri
October 5, Wednesday: Dusshera
October 9, Sunday: Sharad Purnima
October 13, Thursday: Karwa Chauth
October 23, Sunday: Dhanteras
October 24, Monday: Diwali
October 26, Wednesday: Bhai Dooj
October 30, Sunday: Chhath Puja
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