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This is a more-or-less complete list of holidays and observances that may be included in any of the subpages of [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries]]. The purpose of this list is to help editors keep track of when the days should be listed, especially those whose dates vary from year to year. Note that the listings may be omitted from the various subpages because of article quality concerns.

==Fixed-date and fixed day-of-week==
===January===
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|'''[[New Year's Day]]''' in the [[Gregorian calendar]]; '''[[List of national independence days|Independence Day]]''' in [[Brunei]] ([[1984]]), [[Haiti]] ([[1804]]), and [[Sudan]] ([[1956]]); '''[[Constitution Day]]''' in [[Italy]] ([[1948]]); '''[[Public holidays in the Republic of China|Founding Day]]''' in the [[Republic of China]] ([[1912]])
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|'''[[Public holidays in Haiti|Ancestry Day]]''' in [[Haiti]]
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|''none''
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|'''[[Public holidays in Angola|Day of the Fallen against the Colonial Repression]]''' in [[Angola]]; [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Burma]]''' ([[1948]])
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|'''[[Twelfth Night (holiday)|Twelfth Night]]''' ([[Western Christianity]])
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|'''[[Epiphany (Christian)|Epiphany]]''' ([[Gregorian calendar]]); '''[[Armed Forces Day]]''' in [[Iraq]]
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|'''[[Christmas]]''' ([[Julian calendar]]); '''[[Public holidays in Cambodia|Victory Day]]''' in [[Cambodia]] ([[1979]]); '''[[Flag of Italy|Flag Day]]''' in [[Italy]] ([[1797]])
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|'''[[Kim Jong-un|Kim Jong-un's Birthday]]''' in [[North Korea]]
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|'''[[Martyrs' Day (Panama)|Martyrs' Day]]''' in [[Panama]] ([[1964]]); '''[[Black Nazarene|Feast of the Black Nazarene]]''' in the [[Philippines]]; [[Republic Day#January 9 in Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|Republic Day]] in '''[[Republika Srpska]]''' ([[1992]])
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|'''[[Public holidays in Benin|Traditional Day]]''' in [[Benin]]
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|'''[[Declaration of independence|Proclamation of Independence]]''' in [[Morocco]] ([[1944]]); '''[[Eugenio María de Hostos|Eugenio María de Hostos Day]]''' in [[Puerto Rico]] ([[1839]])
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|'''[[National Youth Day (India)|National Youth Day]]''' in [[India]]; '''[[Zanzibar Revolution|Zanzibar Revolution Day]]''' in [[Tanzania]] ([[1964]]); '''[[Public holidays in Turkmenistan|Memorial Day]]''' in [[Turkmenistan]] ([[1881]])
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|'''[[St. Knut's Day]]''' ([[Christianity]]–[[Scandinavia]])
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|'''[[Old New Year|New Year]]''' in the [[Julian calendar]]; '''[[Makar Sankranti]]''' in [[India]]; '''[[Public holidays in Thailand|National Forest Conservation Day]]''' in [[Thailand]]
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|'''[[Armed Forces Day#India|Army Day]]''' in [[India]]; '''[[John Chilembwe|John Chilembwe Day]]''' in [[Malawi]]; '''[[Armed Forces Day#Nigeria|Armed Forces Day]]''' in [[Nigeria]]; '''[[Hangul Day|Korean Alphabet Day]]''' in [[North Korea]];
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|'''[[Flag Day|Magen David Day]]''' in [[Israel]]; '''[[Teachers' Day]]''' in [[Thailand]]; '''[[National Religious Freedom Day]]''' in the [[United States]]
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|[[National Day]] in '''[[Minorca]]''' ([[1287]])
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|The '''[[Week of Prayer for Christian Unity]]''' begins; '''[[Armed Forces Day#Thailand|Royal Thai Armed Forces Day]]''' in [[Thailand]]; '''[[Paryaya|Paryaya Festival]]''' at [[Udupi City]]
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|'''[[Epiphany (holiday)|Theophany]]''' ([[Julian calendar]])
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|'''[[Black January|Martyr's Day]]''' in [[Azerbaijan]] ([[1990]]); '''[[Public holidays in Mali|Armed Forces Day]]''' in [[Mali]]
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|'''[[Errol Barrow|Errol Barrow Day]]''' in [[Barbados]]; '''[[Día de la Altagracia|Day of Our Lady of Altagracia]]''' in the [[Dominican Republic]]; '''[[Flag of Quebec|Flag Day]]''' in [[Quebec]]; '''[[National Hug Day]]''' in the [[United States]]
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|'''[[Act Zluky|Reunion Day]]''' in [[Ukraine]] ([[1919]])
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|''none''
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|'''[[Public holidays in Romania|Unification Day]]''' in [[Romania]] ([[1849]])
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|'''[[Tatiana Day]]''' in [[Russia]]; '''[[Burns supper|Burns Night]]''' in [[Scottish culture|Scots culture]]; '''[[Dydd Santes Dwynwen]]''' in [[Wales]]
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|'''[[Australia Day]]''' ([[1788]]); '''[[Juan Pablo Duarte|Duarte Day]]''' in the [[Dominican Republic]] ([[1813]]); '''[[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]]''' in [[India]] ([[1950]]); '''[[Liberation Day]]''' in [[Uganda]] ([[1986]])
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|'''[[Holocaust Memorial Days|Various commemorations]]''' of [[Auschwitz concentration camp|the liberation of Auschwitz]] ([[1945]])
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|'''[[Public holidays in Armenia|Army Day]]''' in [[Armenia]]
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|'''[[Constitution Day]]''' in [[Gibraltar]]
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|'''[[School Day of Non-violence and Peace]]'''; '''[[Martyrs' Day (India)|Martyrs' Day]]''' in [[India]]
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|[[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Nauru]]''' ([[1968]])
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|2nd Monday
|'''[[Coming of Age Day]]''' in [[Japan]]
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|2nd Saturday
|'''[[Children's Day]]''' in [[Thailand]]
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|3rd Monday
|'''[[Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]]''' in the [[United States]]
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===February===
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|'''[[Imbolc]]''' in the [[Northern Hemisphere]]; '''[[Lughnasadh]]''' in the [[Southern Hemisphere]]; '''[[Federal Territory Day]]''' in the [[Federal Territory (Malaysia)|Federal Territories]] of [[Malaysia]]; '''[[National Freedom Day]]''' in the [[United States]]
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|'''[[World Wetlands Day]]'''; '''[[Presentation of Jesus at the Temple|Candlemas]]''' in [[Western Christianity]]; '''[[Groundhog Day]]''' in [[Canada]] and the [[United States]]; [[Public holidays in the Philippines|Constitution Day]] in the '''[[Philippines]]''' ([[1987]])
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|'''[[Setsubun]]''' in [[Japan]]; '''[[Heroes' Day]]''' in [[Mozambique]]; '''[[Public holidays in São Tomé and Príncipe|Martyrs' Day]]''' in [[São Tomé and Príncipe]]; '''[[Four Chaplains|Four Chaplains' Day]]''' in the [[United States]]
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|'''[[World Cancer Day]]'''; '''[[Public holidays in Angola|Day of the Armed Struggle]]''' in [[Angola]] ([[1961]]); [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Sri Lanka]]''' ([[1948]])
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|'''[[Constitution Day]]''' in [[Mexico]] ([[1917]]); [[Public holidays in Pakistan|Kashmir Day]] in '''[[Pakistan]]'''
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|'''[[Sami National Day]]''' in [[Finland]], [[Norway]], [[Russia]] and [[Sweden]] ([[1917]]); '''[[Waitangi Day]]''' in [[New Zealand]] ([[1840]])
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|[[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Grenada]]''' ([[1974]])
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|'''[[Prešeren Day]]''' in [[Slovenia]] ([[1949]])
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|''none''
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|'''[[Battle of Massawa (1990)|Fenkil Day]]''' in [[Eritrea]] ([[1990]]); '''[[Foibe killings|National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe]]''' in [[Italy]]
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|'''[[World Day of the Sick]]''' ([[Roman Catholic Church]]); '''[[Youth Day]]''' in [[Cameroon]]; '''[[Iranian Revolution|Victory of the Revolution]]''' in [[Iran]] ([[1979]]), '''[[National Foundation Day]]''' in [[Japan]] ([[660s BC|660 BC]]); '''[[Inventors' Day|National Inventors' Day]]''' in the [[United States]]
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|'''[[Darwin Day]]'''; '''[[Red Hand Day]]'''; '''[[Panglong Agreement|Union Day]]''' in [[Burma]] ([[1947]]); '''[[Lincoln's Birthday]]''' in parts of the [[United States]]; '''[[Youth Day]]''' in [[Venezuela]] ([[1814]])
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|''none''
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|'''[[Valentine's Day]]'''; [[Statehood Day]] in '''[[Arizona]]''' ([[1912]]) and '''[[Oregon]]''' ([[1859]])
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|'''[[Parinirvana Day|Nirvana Day]]''' ([[Mahayana|Mahayana Buddhism]]); '''[[Presentation of Jesus at the Temple|Candlemas]]''' ([[Eastern Christianity]]); '''[[Flag Day (Canada)|Flag Day]]''' in [[Canada]]; [[National Day]] in '''[[Serbia]]'''; '''[[Total Defence (Singapore)|Total Defence Day]]''' in [[Singapore]]; '''[[Susan B. Anthony|Susan B. Anthony Day]]''' in the [[United States]]
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|[[National Day|Statehood Day]] in '''[[Lithuania]]''' ([[1918]]); '''[[Kim Jong-il|Kim Jong-il's Birthday]]''' in [[North Korea]]
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|[[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Kosovo]]''' ([[2007]])
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|[[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[The Gambia]]''' ([[1965]])
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|'''[[Vasil Levski|Commemoration of Vasil Levski]]''' in [[Bulgaria]]; [[Armed Forces Day]] in '''[[Mexico]]'''; '''[[Flag Day]]''' in [[Turkmenistan]]
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|'''[[World Day of Social Justice]]'''
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|'''[[International Mother Language Day]]'''; '''[[Language Movement Day]]''' in [[Bangladesh]]
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|[[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Saint Lucia]]''' ([[1979]])
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|[[National Day]] in '''[[Brunei]]''' ([[1984]]); '''[[Mashramani|Republic Day/Mashramani]]''' in [[Guyana]] ([[1970]]); '''[[Defender of the Fatherland Day]]''' in [[Russia]] and several other former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] republics
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|[[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Estonia]]''' ([[1918]]); '''[[Flag Day in Mexico|Flag Day]]''' in [[Mexico]]; '''[[Dragobete]]''' in [[Romania]]; '''[[National Artist of Thailand|National Artist Day]]''' in [[Thailand]]
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|'''[[Soviet Occupation Day, Georgia|Soviet Occupation Day]]''' in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] ([[1921]]); [[National Day]] in '''[[Kuwait]]''' ([[1950]]); '''[[People Power Revolution|EDSA Revolution Anniversary]]''' in the [[Philippines]] ([[1986]])
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|[[Liberation Day]] in '''[[Kuwait]]''' ([[1991]]); '''[[Ayyám-i-Há]]''' begins ([[Baháʼí calendar]]); '''[[Saviours' Day]]''' in the [[Nation of Islam]]
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|[[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in the '''[[Dominican Republic]]''' ([[1844]])
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|'''[[Rare Disease Day]]'''; '''[[Teachers' Day]]''' in [[Arab world|Arab countries]]; '''[[Kalevala|Kalevala Day]]''' in [[Finland]]; '''[[National Science Day]]''' in [[India]]; '''[[228 Incident|Peace Memorial Day]]''' in [[Republic of China|Taiwan]] ([[1947]])
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|''none''
|[[Leap day]] redirects to [[February 29]]
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|3rd Monday
|'''[[Family Day (Canada)|Family Day]]''' in various regions of [[Canada]]; '''[[Washington's Birthday|Washington's Birthday/Presidents Day]]''' in the [[United States]]
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===March===
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|'''[[Self-injury Awareness Day]]'''; [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]''' ([[1992]]); '''[[Martenitsa]]''' in [[Bulgaria]]; '''[[Prohibition in Iceland|Beer Day]]''' in [[Iceland]]; '''[[Mărţişor]]''' in [[Romania]] and [[Moldova]]; '''[[March 1st Movement|Samiljeol]]''' in [[South Korea]]; '''[[Saint David's Day]]''' in [[Wales]];
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|The '''[[Nineteen Day Fast]]''' begins ([[Baháʼí Faith]]); '''[[Public holidays in Burma|Peasants Day]]''' in [[Burma]]; '''[[Battle of Adwa|Victory at Adwa Day]]''' in [[Ethiopia]]; '''[[Texas Independence Day|Independence Day]]''' in [[Texas]] ([[1836]])
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|[[Liberation Day]] in '''[[Bulgaria]]''' ([[1878]]); '''[[Public holidays in Egypt|Sportsmen's Day]]''' in [[Egypt]]; '''[[Mother's Day]]''' in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]; '''[[Hinamatsuri|Girls' Day]]''' in [[Japan]]
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|'''[[Saint Casimir's Day]]''' in [[Lithuania]] and [[Poland]]
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|'''[[St Piran's Day]]''' in [[Cornwall]] ([[United Kingdom]]); '''[[Arbor Day|National Tree Planting Day]]''' in [[Iran]]; '''[[Lei Feng|Lei Feng Day]]''' in the [[People's Republic of China]]
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|[[Independence Day]] in '''[[Ghana]]''' ([[1957]]); '''[[History of Norfolk Island|Foundation Day]]''' in [[Territory of Norfolk Island|Norfolk Island]] ([[Australia]]); '''[[Battle of the Alamo|Alamo Day]]''' in [[Texas]]
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|'''[[Teachers' Day]]''' in [[Albania]]
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|'''[[International Women's Day]]'''; '''[[Mother's Day]]''' in various European countries; '''[[Public holidays in Syria|Revolution Day]]''' in [[Syria]]
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|'''[[Teachers' Day]]''' in [[Lebanon]]
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|'''[[Tibetan Uprising Day]]'''
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|'''[[Moshoeshoe I|Moshoeshoe Day]]''' in [[Lesotho]]; [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Lithuania]]''' ([[1990]])
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|'''[[World Day Against Cyber Censorship]]'''; '''[[Arbor Day]]''' in [[People's Republic of China|China]] and [[Republic of China|Taiwan]]; [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Mauritius]]''' ([[1968]]); '''[[Youth Day]]''' in [[Zambia]]
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|'''[[Nanakshahi calendar|New Year's Day]]''' ([[Sikhism|Sikhs]]); '''[[White Day]]''' in various East Asian countries; '''[[Constitution Day]]''' in [[Andorra]] ([[1993]]); '''[[Estonian language|Mother Tongue Day]]''' in [[Estonia]]; '''[[Heroes' Day]]''' in [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]; '''[[Pi Day]]'''
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|'''[[Ides of March]]'''; '''[[Consumers International#World Consumer Rights Day|World Consumer Rights Day]]'''; '''[[World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film]]'''; '''[[Constitution Day]]''' in [[Belarus]]; [[National Day]] in '''[[Hungary]]''' ([[1848]]); '''[[Hōnen Matsuri]]''' in [[Japan]]
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|'''[[Finnish mythology#Saint Urho|Saint Urho's Day]]''' ([[Finnish American]]s); '''[[Remembrance day of the Latvian legionnaires]]'''; '''[[Lithuanian book smugglers|Day of the Book Smugglers]]''' in [[Lithuania]]
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|'''[[Saint Patrick's Day]]'''; '''[[Muay Thai#Folklore|Boxer's Day]]''' in [[Thailand]]
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|'''[[Flag Day]]''' in [[Aruba]]; '''[[Public holidays in Mongolia|Men's and Soldiers' Day]]''' in [[Mongolia]]
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|'''[[Saint Joseph's Day]]''' ([[Western Christianity]]); '''[[Father's Day]]''' in various countries
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|'''[[International Francophonie Day]]'''; [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Tunisia]]''' ([[1956]])
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|'''[[International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination]]'''; '''[[World Down Syndrome Day]]'''; '''[[World Poetry Day]]'''; '''[[Baháʼí Naw-Rúz|Naw-Rúz]]''' ([[Baháʼí calendar]]); '''[[Mother's Day]]''' in [[Arab world|Arab countries]]; '''[[Harmony Day]]''' in [[Australia]]; [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Namibia]]''' ([[1990]]); '''[[Truancy|Truant's Day]]''' in [[Poland]]; '''[[Human Rights Day]]''' in [[South Africa]]; '''[[Youth Day]]''' in [[Tunisia]]
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|'''[[World Water Day]]'''; '''[[Emancipation Day]]''' in [[Puerto Rico]]
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|'''[[World Meteorological Organization#World Meteorological Day|World Meteorological Day]]'''; '''[[Pole and Hungarian cousins be|Day of Hungarian–Polish Friendship]]''' in [[Hungary]] and [[Poland]]; '''[[Republic Day (Pakistan)|Republic Day]]''' in [[Pakistan]] ([[1956]])
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|'''[[World Tuberculosis Day]]'''; '''[[1976 Argentine coup d'état|Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice]]''' in [[Argentina]] ([[1976]])
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|'''[[Annunciation|Feast of the Annunciation]]''' ([[Christianity]]); '''[[Freedom Day (Belarus)|Freedom Day]]''' in [[Belarus]] ([[1918]]); [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Greece]]''' ([[1821]]); '''[[Maryland Day]]''' in [[Maryland]] ([[1634]]); '''[[Candle demonstration in Bratislava|Struggle for Human Rights Day]]''' in [[Slovakia]] ([[1988]]); '''[[Mother's Day]]''' in [[Slovenia]]; '''[[Waffle Day]]''' in [[Sweden]]; '''[[Tolkien Reading Day]]'''
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|'''[[Gabriel|Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel]]''' ([[Eastern Christianity]]); '''[[Bangladeshi Independence Day|Independence Day]]''' in [[Bangladesh]] ([[1971]]); '''[[Prince Kūhiō Day]]''' in [[Hawaii]] ([[1871]])
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|'''[[Armed Forces Day|Tatmadaw Day]]''' in [[Burma]]
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|'''[[Teachers' Day]]''' in the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]]; '''[[Serfs Emancipation Day]]''' in [[Tibet]]
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|'''[[Barthélemy Boganda|Boganda Day]]''' in the [[Central African Republic]] ([[1959]]); '''[[Day of the Young Combatant]]''' in [[Chile]] ([[1985]]); '''[[Youth Day]]''' in the [[Republic of China|Republic of China (Taiwan)]] ([[1911]])
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|'''[[Land Day]]''' ([[Palestinian people|Palestinians]]); '''[[Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day]]''' in [[Trinidad and Tobago]]; '''[[National Doctors' Day]]''' in the [[United States]]
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|'''[[Freedom Day (Malta)|Freedom Day]]''' in [[Malta]]; '''[[Thomas Mundy Peterson|Thomas Mundy Peterson Day]]''' in [[New Jersey]] ([[1870]]); '''[[Jessadabodindra|King Nangklao Memorial Day]]''' in [[Thailand]] ([[1787]]); '''[[César Chávez Day]]''' in various U.S. states ([[1927]]); '''[[Transfer Day]]''' in the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]]
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|1st Monday
|'''[[Casimir Pulaski Day]]''' in [[Illinois]]
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|2nd Monday
|'''[[Canberra Day]]''' in the [[Australian Capital Territory]]; '''[[Commonwealth Day]]''' in the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]
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|'''[[Equinox|March Equinox]]'''; '''[[World Storytelling Day]]'''; '''[[Nowruz]]''' ([[Iranian diaspora|Iranians]], [[Kurdish population|Kurds]] and [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrians]]); '''[[Vernal Equinox Day]]''' in [[Japan]]
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|3rd Monday
|'''[[Benito Juárez|Benito Juárez Day]]''' in [[Mexico]]
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|last Saturday
|'''[[Earth Hour]]''' (20:30 local time in various areas)
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|last Monday
|'''[[Seward's Day]]''' in [[Alaska]]
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===April===
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| '''[[April Fools' Day]]'''; '''[[Kha b-Nisan|Assyrian New Year]]'''; [[National Day]] in '''[[Iran]]''' ([[1979]]); '''[[Edible Book Day]]'''
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| '''[[World Autism Awareness Day]]'''; '''[[Malvinas Day]]''' in [[Argentina]]
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| '''[[Public holidays in Angola|Day of Peace and Reconciliation]]''' in [[Angola]]; '''[[List of national independence days|Independence Day]]''' in [[Senegal]] ([[1960]]); '''[[Children's Day]]''' in Taiwan and Hong Kong
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| ''none''
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| '''[[Tartan Day]]''' in [[Canada]] and the United States; '''[[Public holidays in Thailand|Chakri Memorial Day]]''' in [[Thailand]] ([[1782]]); '''[[New Beer's Eve]]''' in the United States
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| '''[[World Health Day]]'''; '''[[Public holidays in Rwanda|Genocide Memorial Day]]''' in [[Rwanda]]; '''[[Abeid Karume|Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume Day]]''' in [[Tanzania]] ([[1972]])
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| '''[[International Romani Day]]'''; '''[[Buddha's Birthday#Japan|Hanamatsuri]]''' in Japan; '''[[DABDay|Draw a Bird Day]]'''
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| '''[[Vimy Ridge Day]]''' in Canada; '''[[Public holidays in Denmark|Occupation of Denmark Remembrance Day]]''' in Denmark; '''[[Mikael Agricola|Day of the Finnish Language]]''' in Finland; '''[[Public holidays in Georgia|Day of National Unity]]''' in Georgia ([[1989]]); '''[[Araw ng Kagitingan]]''' in the Philippines
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| '''[[Juan Santamaría|Juan Santamaría Day]]''' in Costa Rica
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| '''[[Global Day of Action on Military Spending]]'''; '''[[Yuri's Night]]'''; '''[[Cosmonautics Day]]''' in Russia
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| '''[[Songkran]] begins''' in Thailand; '''[[Jefferson's Birthday]]''' in the United States
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| '''[[N'Ko alphabet|N'Ko Alphabet Day]]''' in [[West Africa]]; '''[[1978 Georgian demonstrations|Day of the Georgian language]]''' in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] ([[1978]])
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| '''[[Father Damien|Father Damien Day]]''' in [[Hawaii]]; '''[[Kim Il-sung|Birthday of the Great Leader]]''' in [[North Korea]]'''; [[Tax Day]]''' in the [[United States]]
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| '''[[Margrethe II of Denmark|Queen Margrethe II's birthday]]''' in [[Denmark]]; '''[[Emancipation Day]]''' in [[Washington, D.C.]]
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| [[National Day]] in the '''[[People's Republic of China]]''' ([[1949]]); [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Cyprus]]''' and '''[[Nigeria]]''' (both [[1960]]), '''[[Tuvalu]]''' ([[1978]]) and '''[[Palau]]''' ([[1994]])
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|'''[[Thanksgiving (Canada)|Thanksgiving]]''' in [[Canada]]; '''[[Health and Sports Day]]''' in [[Japan]]; '''[[Columbus Day]]''' in the [[United States]]
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|4th Monday
|'''[[Labour Day]]''' in [[New Zealand]]
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|'''[[Holodomor|Holodomor Remembrance Day]]''' in [[Ukraine]]
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==Moveable days==

{{Hatnote|See also [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/moveable feasts]] for dates based around Easter in Western Christianity.}}

Listed in order of the first possible day.
{|class="wikitable"
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!When
!Listings
!Notes
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|First week of January
|'''[[Apsis|Perihelion]]'''
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|around January 13 to 15
|'''[[Thai Pongal|Pongal]]''' for [[Tamil people|Tamils]]
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|anywhere from January through February
|'''[[Tu Bishvat]]''' in [[Judaism]]
|15th of [[Shevat]]
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|anywhere from late January through mid-February
|'''[[Lunar New Year]]''' in the [[Chinese calendar]]
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|between January 29 and March 4
|'''[[Fat Thursday]]'''
|52 days before Easter
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|first week of February
|'''[[Sapporo Snow Festival]]''' in [[Japan]] begins
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|between February 2 and March 8
|'''[[Shrove Monday]]'''/'''[[Lundi Gras]]'''
|48 days before Easter
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|between February 3 and March 9
|'''[[Shrove Tuesday]]'''/'''[[Mardi Gras]]'''
|47 days before Easter
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|between February 4 and March 10
|'''[[Ash Wednesday]]'''
|46 days before Easter
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|between February 8 and March 14
|'''[[Feast of Orthodoxy]]''' ([[Eastern Christianity]])
|42 days before Easter
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|between February 9 and March 15
|'''[[Clean Monday]]'''/First day of '''[[Great Lent]]''' ([[Eastern Christianity]])
|41 days before Easter
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|anywhere from mid-February to early March
|'''[[Lantern Festival]]''' ([[Chinese calendar]])
|15 days after Lunar New Year
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|late February to mid-March
|'''[[Fast of Esther]]''' ([[Judaism]])
|13th of [[Adar]]; if this is a Saturday, then it is observed on the preceding Thursday
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|late February to mid-March
|'''[[Purim]]''' ([[Judaism]])
|14th of Adar (begins at sundown on the 13th)
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|late February to mid-March
|'''[[Purim#Shushan Purim|Shushan Purim]]''' in [[Jerusalem]] and [[Susa]] ([[Judaism]])
|15th of Adar
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|late February to mid-March
|'''[[Holi]]''' ([[Hinduism]])
|last full day of [[Phalguna]]
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|between March 1 and April 4
|'''[[Laetare Sunday]]''' ([[Western Christianity]]); '''[[Mothering Sunday]]''' in the [[United Kingdom]]
|4th Sunday of [[Lent]]
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|between March 8 and April 11
|'''[[Passion Sunday]]''' ([[Anglicanism]])
|5th Sunday of Lent
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|between March 14 and April 17
|'''[[Lazarus Saturday]]/Start of [[Holy Week]]''' ([[Eastern Christianity]])
|one day before Palm Sunday
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|between March 15 and April 18
|'''[[Palm Sunday]]''' ([[Christianity]])
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|between March 19 and April 22
|'''[[Maundy Thursday]]''' ([[Christianity]])
|Thursday before Easter
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|between March 21 and April 24
|'''[[Holy Saturday]]''' ([[Christianity]])
|one day before Easter
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|between March 22 and April 25
|'''[[Easter]]''' ([[Christianity]])
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|between March 23 and April 26
|'''[[Easter Monday]]''' ([[Christianity]]); '''[[Sham el-Nessim]]''' in [[Egypt]]; '''[[Family Day]]''' in [[South Africa]]
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|late March to mid-April
|'''[[Gudi Padwa]]''' and '''[[Ugadi]]''' in various parts of India
|1st day of [[Chaitra]]
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|late March to mid-April
|'''[[Cheti Chand]]''' ([[Sindhi people|Sindhis]])
|2nd day of Chaitra
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|late March to mid-April
|'''[[Rama Navami]]''' ([[Hinduism]])
|9th day of Chaitra
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|between March 28 and May 2
|'''[[Easter Saturday]]''' (Western Christianity)
|Saturday after Easter
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|between March 29 and May 9
|'''[[Divine Mercy Sunday]]''' (Roman Catholicism); '''[[Octave of Easter|Antipascha]]''' (Eastern Christianity)
|1 week after Easter
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|around April 5
|'''[[Qingming Festival]]''' ([[Chinese calendar]]); '''[[Cold Food Festival#Korea|Hansik]]''' in South Korea
|15 days after the equinox
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|April 13, 14, or 15
| '''[[Visakhi]]''' ([[Sikhism]]); '''[[Pohela Boishakh|Bengali New Year]]'''; '''[[Puthandu|Tamil New Year]]''';
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|mid-April to early May
|'''[[Mazu (goddess)|Festival of Mazu]]''' ([[Chinese calendar]])
|23rd day of 3rd lunar month
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|mid-April to mid-May
|'''[[Yom Hazikaron]]''' in Israel
|4th of [[Iyar]]; if this is a Thursday or Friday, then this is observed on Wednesday; if this is a Sunday, then it is moved to Monday
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|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
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|late-April to early-June
|'''[[Vesak]]''' ([[Buddhism]])
|Full moon of the month Vesākha
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|mid-September to mid-October
|'''[[Double Ninth Festival]]''' ([[Chinese calendar]])
|9th day of 9th lunar month
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|mid-September to mid-October
|'''[[Vijayadashami]]''' ([[India]] and [[Nepal]]);
|10th of [[Ashvin]]
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|mid-September to mid-October
|'''[[Yom Kippur]]''' ([[Judaism]])
|10th of [[Tishrei]]
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|mid-September to late October
|'''[[Sukkot]]''' ([[Judaism]])
|begins 15th of Tishrei (7 days long)
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|late September to late October
|'''[[Shemini Atzeret]]''' ([[Judaism]])
|22nd of Tishrei
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|late September to late October
|'''[[Simchat Torah]]''' ([[Judaism]])
|23rd of Tishrei
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|mid-October to mid-December
|'''[[Diwali]]''' ([[Hindu]])
|A new moon night
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|mid-November to mid-December
|'''[[Bodhi Day]]''' ([[Buddhism]])
|8th day of the 12th month in the [[Chinese calendar]]
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|between November 20 and 26
|'''[[Feast of Christ the King]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]])
|Sunday before Advent begins
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|between November 27 and December 3
|'''[[Advent]]''' begins ([[Western Christianity]])
|4th Sunday before December 25
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|late November to mid-December
|'''[[National Day]]''' in [[Burma]]
|10th day following the full moon of the month of [[Traditional Burmese calendar|Tazaungmone]]
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|December
|'''[[Hanukkah]]''' ([[Judaism]])
|begins 25th of [[Kislev]] (8 days long)
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|mid-December to mid-January
|'''[[Tenth of Tevet]]''' ([[Judaism]])
|10th of [[Tevet]]
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|December 20 to 22
|''[[December solstice]]''' ([time] [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]], [year]); '''[[Dongzhi Festival|Dongzhi]]''', '''[[Yalda]]''', '''[[Yule]]''', and other '''[[Winter solstice|winter solstice festivals]]''' ([[Northern Hemisphere]], year); '''[[Midsummer|Midsummer festivities]]''' ([[Southern Hemisphere]], year)
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===Islamic holidays===
The [[Islamic calendar]] is shorter than the Gregorian year, so each observance will occur earlier in the Gregorian calendar every year by about 10–12 days.

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|Jan 25
|Jan 14
|'''[[Arba'een]]''' in [[Shi'a Islam]]
|20th of [[Safar]] (40 days after [[Day of Ashura]])
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|Feb 15
|Feb 4
|'''[[Mawlid]]''' in [[Sunni Islam]]
|12th of [[Rabi'-ul-Awwal]]
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|Feb 20
|Feb 11
|'''[[Mawlid]]''' in [[Shi'a Islam]]
|17th of Rabi'-ul-Awwal
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|Jun 29
|Jun 17
|'''[[Isra and Mi'raj]]''' ([[Islam]])
|27th day of [[Rajab]]
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|Jul 19
|Jul 7
|'''[[Laylat al Bara'at]]''' ([[Islam]])
|15th day of [[Sha'aban]]
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|Aug 1
|Jul 20
|'''[[Ramadan|1 Ramadan]]''' ([[Islam]])
|1st of [[Ramadan (calendar month)|Ramadan]]
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|Aug 17
|Aug 6
|'''[[Muhammad's first revelation]]''' ([[Islam]])
|17th / 21st of Ramadan
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|Aug 27
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|'''[[Laylat al-Qadr]]''' ([[Islam]])
|27th day of Ramadan
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|Aug 30
|Aug 19
|'''[[Eid ul-Fitr]]''' ([[Islam]])
|1st of [[Shawwal]]
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|Nov 4
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|First day of '''[[Hajj]]''' ([[Islam]])
|begins 8th of [[Dhu al-Hijjah]] (3 days)
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|Nov 5
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|'''[[Day of Arafa]]''' ([[Islam]])
|9th of Dhu al-Hijjah
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|Nov 6
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|'''[[Eid al-Adha]]''' ([[Islam]])
|begins 10th of Dhu al-Hijjah (3 days)
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|Nov 14
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|'''[[Eid al-Ghadeer]]''' ([[Islam]])
|18th of Dhu al-Hijjah
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|Nov 20
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|'''[[Eid al-Mubahila]]''' ([[Islam]])
|24th of Dhu al-Hijjah
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|Nov 26
|
|'''[[Islamic New Year]]'''; '''[[Mourning of Muharram]]''' begins
|1st of [[Muharram]]
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|Dec 5
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|'''[[Day of Ashura]]''' ([[Islam]])
|10th of Muharram
|}

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