| When | Listings | Notes |
|---|
| First week of January | Perihelion | |
| around January 13 to 15 | Pongal forTamils | |
| anywhere from January through February | Tu Bishvat inJudaism | 15th ofShevat |
| anywhere from late January through mid-February | Lunar New Year in theChinese calendar | |
| between January 29 and March 4 | Fat Thursday | 52 days before Easter |
| first week of February | Sapporo Snow Festival inJapan begins | |
| between February 2 and March 8 | Shrove Monday/Lundi Gras | 48 days before Easter |
| between February 3 and March 9 | Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras | 47 days before Easter |
| between February 4 and March 10 | Ash Wednesday | 46 days before Easter |
| between February 8 and March 14 | Feast of Orthodoxy (Eastern Christianity) | 42 days before Easter |
| between February 9 and March 15 | Clean Monday/First day ofGreat Lent (Eastern Christianity) | 41 days before Easter |
| anywhere from mid-February to early March | Lantern Festival (Chinese calendar) | 15 days after Lunar New Year |
| late February to mid-March | Fast of Esther (Judaism) | 13th ofAdar; if this is a Saturday, then it is observed on the preceding Thursday |
| late February to mid-March | Purim (Judaism) | 14th of Adar (begins at sundown on the 13th) |
| late February to mid-March | Shushan Purim inJerusalem andSusa (Judaism) | 15th of Adar |
| late February to mid-March | Holi (Hinduism) | last full day ofPhalguna |
| between March 1 and April 4 | Laetare Sunday (Western Christianity);Mothering Sunday in theUnited Kingdom | 4th Sunday ofLent |
| between March 8 and April 11 | Passion Sunday (Anglicanism) | 5th Sunday of Lent |
| between March 14 and April 17 | Lazarus Saturday/Start ofHoly Week (Eastern Christianity) | one day before Palm Sunday |
| between March 15 and April 18 | Palm Sunday (Christianity) | |
| between March 19 and April 22 | Maundy Thursday (Christianity) | Thursday before Easter |
| between March 21 and April 24 | Holy Saturday (Christianity) | one day before Easter |
| between March 22 and April 25 | Easter (Christianity) | |
| between March 23 and April 26 | Easter Monday (Christianity);Sham el-Nessim inEgypt;Family Day inSouth Africa | |
| late March to mid-April | Gudi Padwa andUgadi in various parts of India | 1st day ofChaitra |
| late March to mid-April | Cheti Chand (Sindhis) | 2nd day of Chaitra |
| late March to mid-April | Rama Navami (Hinduism) | 9th day of Chaitra |
| between March 28 and May 2 | Easter Saturday (Western Christianity) | Saturday after Easter |
| between March 29 and May 9 | Divine Mercy Sunday (Roman Catholicism);Antipascha (Eastern Christianity) | 1 week after Easter |
| around April 5 | Qingming Festival (Chinese calendar);Hansik in South Korea | 15 days after the equinox |
| early April to early May | Yom HaShoah (Judaism) | 27 ofNisan |
| April 13, 14, or 15 | Visakhi (Sikhism);Bengali New Year;Tamil New Year; |
| mid-April to early May | Festival of Mazu (Chinese calendar) | 23rd day of 3rd lunar month |
| mid-April to mid-May | Yom Hazikaron in Israel | 4th ofIyar; if this is a Thursday or Friday, then this is observed on Wednesday; if this is a Sunday, then it is moved to Monday |
| mid-April to mid-May | Yom Ha'atzmaut in Israel | 5th of Iyar; if this is a Friday or Saturday, then this is observed on Thursday; if this is a Monday, then it is moved to Tuesday |
| late-April to early-June | Vesak (Buddhism) | Full moon of the month Vesākha |
| mid-September to mid-October | Double Ninth Festival (Chinese calendar) | 9th day of 9th lunar month |
| mid-September to mid-October | Vijayadashami (India andNepal); | 10th ofAshvin |
| mid-September to mid-October | Yom Kippur (Judaism) | 10th ofTishrei |
| mid-September to late October | Sukkot (Judaism) | begins 15th of Tishrei (7 days long) |
| late September to late October | Shemini Atzeret (Judaism) | 22nd of Tishrei |
| late September to late October | Simchat Torah (Judaism) | 23rd of Tishrei |
| mid-October to mid-December | Diwali (Hindu) | A new moon night |
| mid-November to mid-December | Bodhi Day (Buddhism) | 8th day of the 12th month in theChinese calendar |
| between November 20 and 26 | Feast of Christ the King (Roman Catholic Church) | Sunday before Advent begins |
| between November 27 and December 3 | Advent begins (Western Christianity) | 4th Sunday before December 25 |
| late November to mid-December | National Day inBurma | 10th day following the full moon of the month ofTazaungmone |
| December | Hanukkah (Judaism) | begins 25th ofKislev (8 days long) |
| mid-December to mid-January | Tenth of Tevet (Judaism) | 10th ofTevet |
| December 20 to 22 | December solstice' ([time] UTC, [year]);Dongzhi,Yalda,Yule, and otherwinter solstice festivals (Northern Hemisphere, year);Midsummer festivities (Southern Hemisphere, year) | |
