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"