2002 HOLIDAYS

(DESI HOLIDAYS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE)

JANUARY

  • New Year's Day: January 1
  • Three Kings Day (Dia de los Santos Reyes): January 6
  • Martin Luther King, Jr's Birthday: Monday, January 21

FEBRUARY

  • Groundhog Day: February 2
  • Chinese New Near: February 12
  • Lincoln's Birthday: February 12
  • Mardi Gras: Tuesday, February 12
  • Ash Wednesday: Wednesday, February 13
  • Valentine's Day: February 14
  • President's Day: Monday, February 18
  • Washington's Birthday: February 22
  • Eid al-Fitr: February 23
  • Purim (Begins at Sundown*): February 25

MARCH

  • Islamic New Year: March 16
  • St. Patrick's Day: March 17
  • Baha'i New Year (Naw Ruz): March 21
  • Passover (Begins at Sundown*): March 27
  • Easter: Sunday, March 31

APRIL

  • April Fool's Day: April 1
  • Yom Ha Shoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day): Tuesday, April 9
  • Earth Day: April 22

MAY

  • Eastern Orthodox Easter: Sunday, May 5
  • Cinco de Mayo: May 5
  • National Teacher's Day: May 7
  • Mother's Day: Sunday, May 12
  • Shavuot (Begins at Sundown*): May 16
  • Declaration of the Báb (Baha'i holiday): May 23
  • Memorial Day: Monday, May 27
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i holiday): May 29

JUNE

  • Flag Day: June 14
  • Father's Day: Sunday, June 16
  • Juneteenth: June 19
  • Gay Pride Day: Sunday, June 30

JULY

  • US Independence Day: July 4
  • Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha'i holiday): July 9

SEPTEMBER

  • Labor Day: Monday, September 2
  • Rosh Hashanah (Begins at Sundown*): September 6
  • Grandparents Day: September 8
  • Yom Kippur (Begins at Sundown*): September 15
  • Sukkot (Begins at Sundown*): September 20

OCTOBER

  • Columbus Day: October 14
  • Thanksgiving Day (Canada): Monday, October 14
  • Boss' Day: October 16
  • Sweetest Day: October 19
  • Birth of the Bab (Baha'i holiday): October 20
  • Halloween: October 31

NOVEMBER

  • Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead): November 1
  • All Saint's Day: November 1
  • All Soul's Day: November 2
  • Diwali: November 4
  • US Election Day: Tuesday, November 5
  • Ramadan: November 6 (Depends on the sighting of the moon in North America)
  • Veterans Day: November 11
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i holiday): November 12
  • Thanksgiving Day (US): Thursday, November 28
  • Chanukah (Begins at Sundown*): November 29

DECEMBER

  • World Aids Day: December 1
  • Day Without Art: December 1
  • Eid al-Fitr: December 6
  • Bodhi Day: December 8
  • Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary: December 8
  • Yule (Wicca): December 21
  • Christmas Day: December 25
  • Kwanzaa: December 26
  • Boxing Day: December 26

*Because the Jewish day begins and ends at sundown, holidays begin at sundown.


"DESI HOLIDAYS"

1-Jan
New Year's Day
5-Jan
Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
11-Jan
Hanuman Jayanthi
12-Jan
Boghi/Swami Vivekanand Jayanthi
13-Jan
Ayappan Makhara Deepam/Ganga Sagar Mela/Makarsankranti/Maghi
14-Jan
Thai Pongal/Ganga Sagar Mela/Makarsankranti/Maghi
15-Jan
Maatup Pongal/Kaanum Pongal
21-Jan
Martin Luther King Day
26-Jan
India's Republic Day
28-Jan
Thai Poosam
30-Jan
Death Anniversary of Mathma Gandhi
12-Feb
Chinese New Year
13-Feb
Ash Wednesday
14-Feb
Valentine's day
17-Feb
Vasanth Panchami
18-Feb
President's day
19-Feb
Ratha Sapthami
10-Mar
Maha Shiva Rathri
21-Mar
Jamshedji Navroz
24-Mar
Plam Sunday
26-Mar
Mahavir Jayanthi
28-Mar
Panghuni Uttram/Holi/Maundy Thursday/Muharram
29-Mar
Good Friday
31-Mar
Easter
13-Apr
Ugadhi/Vishu/Cheti Chand
13-Apr
Tamil New Year's Day/Baisakhi
21-Apr
Sri Rama Navami
26-Apr
Chitra Purnima/Chitra Paruvam Kavdy/Buddha Purnima
1-May
May Day
12-May
Mother's Day
24-May
Eid-e-Milad
13-Jun
Buddha Jayanthi
27-May
Memorial Day
16-Jun
Gauri Viratham/Father's Day
4-Jul
America's Independence Day
7-Jul
Japan Star Festival
11-Jul
Ratha Yathra
22-Jul
Jawal Mukhi Mela
24-Jul
Guru Purnima
25-Jul
Maha abhishekam & Kalyanotsavam(Melkote-Karnataka)
2-Aug
Aadi Kirthikai
3-Aug
Aadi Perukhoo
8-Aug
Aadi Ammavaasai
10-Aug
Teej/Aadi Pooram
12-Aug
Naga Panchami/Gaurda Panchami
14-Aug
Pakistan's Independence Day
15-Aug
India's Independence Day
16-Aug
Varalakshmi Viratham
22-Aug
Aavani Avitam/Raksha Bandhan
23-Aug
Gayathri Japam
24-Aug
Simhadi
25-Aug
Teejri
26-Aug
Bahula Chaturthi
29-Aug
National Sport's day
31-Aug
Krishna Jayanthi/Gokulastami/Jenmastami
2-Sep
Labor day
5-Sep
Teacher's Day
10-Sep
Vinayaka Chaturthi
11-Sep
Keil Mahurth
17-Sep
Onam
21-Sep
Pitr Paksha
2-Oct
Gandhi Jayanthi
5-Oct
Malaya Ammavasai
6-Oct
Navathri Begins
13-Oct
Durga Astami
14-Oct
Saraswathi Puja
15-Oct
Vijaya Dasami
19-Oct
Valmiki Jayanthi/Sharad Purnima
31-Oct
Halloween
4-Nov
Diwali
5-Nov
Govardhan Puja/Lakshmi Puja
6-Nov
Bhai Duj
8-Nov
Jnana Panchami
11-Nov
Veterans Day/Gurunanak's Birthday
14-Nov
Jawaharlal Nehru's Birthday
20-Nov
Karthikai Deepam/Thiruvanamalai Deepam
25-Nov
Karva Chauth
28-Nov
Thanks Giving Day
25-Dec
Christmas Day
30-Dec
Vaikunta Ekadasi
 
       
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