Global Holidays and Observances 2023
| Date | Weekday | Holiday or Observance | Calendar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Western New Year | ||
| Friday | Epiphany | ||
| Saturday | Orthodox Christmas | orthodox | |
| Saturday | Orthodox New Year | orthodox | |
| Sunday | Tamil Thai Pongal Day | solar | |
| Tuesday | Thaipusam | hindu solar | |
| Friday | Aquarius (UTC) | solar | |
| Jan 22 | Sunday | Chinese New Year / Spring Festival | chinese lunar |
| Jan 22 | Sunday | Seol-nal / Korean New Year | korean lunar |
| Sunday | Tet Nguyen Dan / Vietnamese New Year | vietnamese lunar | |
| Saturday | Pisces (UTC) | solar | |
| Saturday | Lailat al Miraj / The Prophet’s Ascension (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Saturday | Maha Shivaratree | hindu lunar | |
| Feb 21 | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday / Carnival | easter |
| Feb 21 | Tuesday | Tsagaan Sar / Mongolian New Year (Year of the Water Tiger) | mongolian lunar |
| Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | easter | |
| Feb 21 | Tuesday | Dangpa Losar / Bhutanese New Year (Year of the Male Water Tiger) | bhutanese lunar |
| Feb 21 | Tuesday | Losar / Tibetan New Year | tibetan lunar |
| Feb 28 | Tuesday | Orthodox Shrove Tuesday | orth. easter |
| Feb 27 | Monday | Orthodox Clean Monday | orth. easter |
| Wednesday | International Women’s Day | ||
| 1 | Wednesday | Orthodox Ash Wednesday | orth. easter |
| Tuesday | Purim | jewish | |
| 7 | Tuesday | Holi Phagwa | hindu lunar |
| 7 | Tuesday | Lailat al Bara’a / Night of Emancipation (Umm al-Qura) | muslim |
| Monday | Aries (UTC) | solar | |
| Monday | Vernal Equinox / Spring (UTC) | solar | |
| 16 | Thursday | Mi-Carême / Mid-Lent | easter |
| Wednesday | Ougadi / Ugaadi | hindu lunar | |
| 2 | Thursday | Start of Ramadan (Umm al-Qura) | muslim |
| Wednesday | Qing Ming Jie / Tomb Sweeping Day | chinese solar | |
| 2 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | easter |
| 30 | Thursday | Ram Navami | hindu lunar |
| Thursday | Laotian New Year | ||
| Friday | Cambodian New Year | solar | |
| Tuesday | Mahavir Jayanti / Janma Kalyanak | hindu lunar | |
| Thursday | Maundy Thursday | easter | |
| Friday | Good Friday | easter | |
| Thursday | Pesach / Jewish Passover | jewish | |
| Monday | Burmese New Year | ||
| 9 | Sunday | Easter | easter |
| 0 | Monday | Easter Monday | easter |
| Saturday | Nuzul Quran / Revelation of the Qur’an (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Thursday | Taurus (UTC) | solar | |
| 14 | Friday | Orthodox Good Friday | orth. easter |
| Saturday | Orthodox Holy Saturday | orth. easter | |
| 16 | Sunday | Orthodox Easter | orth. easter |
| 17 | Monday | Orthodox Easter Monday | orth. easter |
| Tuesday | Lailat al Qadr / Night of Destiny (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| 14 | Friday | Jumatul Bidah / Friday of Farewell (Umm al-Qura) | muslim |
| Monday | International Labour Day | ||
| Friday | Eid al Fitr / End of Ramadan (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Friday | Great Prayer Day | easter | |
| Sunday | Gemini (UTC) | solar | |
| 18 | Thursday | Ascension Day | easter |
| 22 | Thursday | Duan Wu Jie / Dragon Boat Festival | chinese lunar |
| Friday | Shavuot | jewish | |
| May 28 | Sunday | Whit Sunday / Pentecost | easter |
| May 29 | Monday | Whit Monday | easter |
| June 5 | Monday | Orthodox Pentecost Monday | orth. easter |
| 8 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | easter |
| Wednesday | Cancer (UTC) | solar | |
| Wednesday | Summer Solstice / Summer (UTC) | solar | |
| June 27 | Tuesday | Arafat Day (Umm al-Qura) | muslim |
| June 28 | Wednesday | Eid al Adha / Feast of Sacrifice (Umm al-Qura) | muslim |
| Sunday | Leo (UTC) | solar | |
| Wednesday | Islamic New Year / Hijra New Year (1444) (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| July 28 | Friday | Ashura (Umm al-Qura) | muslim |
| Tuesday | Assumption | ||
| Wednesday | Parsi New Year | zoroastrian | |
| Wednesday | Virgo (UTC) | solar | |
| Tuesday | Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi / Chaturthi Paksha | hindu lunar | |
| Tuesday | Onam / Thiruonam | hindu solar | |
| Friday | Zhong Qu Jie / Mid Autumn Festival | chinese lunar | |
| Sunday | Magal de Touba (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Saturday | Autumnal Equinox / Fall (UTC) | solar | |
| Saturday | Libra (UTC) | solar | |
| Saturday | Rosh Hashanah / Jewish New Year (5783) | jewish | |
| Tuesday | Dassain | hindu lunar | |
| Monday | Yom Kippur | jewish | |
| Wednesday | Mawlid an Nabi / The Prophet’s Birthday (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| 9 | Monday | Canadian Thanksgiving | |
| Saturday | Sukkot | jewish | |
| Wednesday | Baptism of the Prophet (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Monday | Scorpio (UTC) | solar | |
| Sunday | Northern Deepavali / Diwali Amavasya | hindu lunar | |
| Sunday | Southern Deepavali / Diwali Krisna Chaturdasi | hindu lunar | |
| Tuesday | Reformation Day | ||
| Wednesday | All Saints’ Day | ||
| Thursday | All Souls’ Day | ||
| Nov 27 | Monday | Guru Nanak Jayanti | hindu lunar |
| Wednesday | Sagittarius (UTC) | solar | |
| Thursday | US Thanksgiving | ||
| 3 | Sunday | First Sunday in Advent | |
| 0 | Sunday | Second Sunday in Advent | |
| Friday | Immaculate Conception | ||
| 7 | Sunday | Third Sunday in Advent | |
| Sunday | Fourth Sunday in Advent | ||
| Friday | Capricorn (UTC) | solar | |
| 2 | Friday | Winter Solstice / Winter (UTC) | solar |
| Monday | Western Christmas | ||
| Tuesday | Boxing Day / Saint Stephen’s Day | ||
| Sunday | Western New Year’s Eve |
| Date | Weekday | Holiday or Observance | Calendar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Western New Year | ||
| Friday | Epiphany | ||
| Saturday | Orthodox Christmas | orthodox | |
| Saturday | Orthodox New Year | orthodox | |
| Sunday | Tamil Thai Pongal Day | solar | |
| Friday | Aquarius (UTC) | solar | |
| Sunday | Chinese New Year / Spring Festival | chinese lunar | |
| Sunday | Seol-nal / Korean New Year | korean lunar | |
| Sunday | Tet Nguyen Dan / Vietnamese New Year | vietnamese lunar | |
| Saturday | Thaipusam | hindu solar | |
| Saturday | Lailat al Miraj / The Prophet’s Ascension (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Saturday | Maha Shivaratree | hindu lunar | |
| Saturday | Pisces (UTC) | solar | |
| Tuesday | Dangpa Losar / Bhutanese New Year (Year of the Female Water Rabbit) | bhutanese lunar | |
| Tuesday | Losar / Tibetan New Year | tibetan lunar | |
| Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday / Carnival | easter | |
| Tuesday | Tsagaan Sar / Mongolian New Year (Year of the Black Female Rabbit) | mongolian lunar | |
| Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | easter | |
| Monday | Orthodox Clean Monday | orth. easter | |
| Tuesday | Orthodox Shrove Tuesday | orth. easter | |
| Wednesday | Orthodox Ash Wednesday | orth. easter | |
| Tuesday | Holi Phagwa | hindu lunar | |
| Tuesday | Lailat al Bara’a / Night of Emancipation (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Tuesday | Purim | jewish | |
| Wednesday | International Women’s Day | ||
| Thursday | Mi-Carême / Mid-Lent | easter | |
| Monday | Aries (UTC) | solar | |
| Monday | Vernal Equinox / Spring (UTC) | solar | |
| Wednesday | Ougadi / Ugaadi | hindu lunar | |
| Thursday | Start of Ramadan (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Thursday | Ram Navami | hindu lunar | |
| Sunday | Palm Sunday | easter | |
| Tuesday | Mahavir Jayanti / Janma Kalyanak | hindu lunar | |
| Wednesday | Qing Ming Jie / Tomb Sweeping Day | chinese solar | |
| Thursday | Maundy Thursday | easter | |
| Thursday | Pesach / Jewish Passover | jewish | |
| Friday | Good Friday | easter | |
| Saturday | Nuzul Quran / Revelation of the Qur’an (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Sunday | Easter | easter | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | easter | |
| Thursday | Laotian New Year | ||
| Friday | Cambodian New Year | solar | |
| Friday | Jumatul Bidah / Friday of Farewell (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Friday | Orthodox Good Friday | orth. easter | |
| Saturday | Orthodox Holy Saturday | orth. easter | |
| Sunday | Orthodox Easter | orth. easter | |
| Monday | Burmese New Year | ||
| Monday | Orthodox Easter Monday | orth. easter | |
| Tuesday | Lailat al Qadr / Night of Destiny (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Thursday | Taurus (UTC) | solar | |
| Friday | Eid al Fitr / End of Ramadan (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Monday | International Labour Day | ||
| Friday | Great Prayer Day | easter | |
| Thursday | Ascension Day | easter | |
| Sunday | Gemini (UTC) | solar | |
| Friday | Shavuot | jewish | |
| Sunday | Whit Sunday / Pentecost | easter | |
| Monday | Whit Monday | easter | |
| Monday | Orthodox Pentecost Monday | orth. easter | |
| Thursday | Corpus Christi | easter | |
| Wednesday | Cancer (UTC) | solar | |
| Wednesday | Summer Solstice / Summer (UTC) | solar | |
| Thursday | Duan Wu Jie / Dragon Boat Festival | chinese lunar | |
| Tuesday | Arafat Day (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Wednesday | Eid al Adha / Feast of Sacrifice (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Wednesday | Islamic New Year / Hijra New Year (1445) (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Sunday | Leo (UTC) | solar | |
| Friday | Ashura (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Tuesday | Assumption | ||
| Wednesday | Parsi New Year | zoroastrian | |
| Wednesday | Virgo (UTC) | solar | |
| Tuesday | Onam / Thiruonam | hindu solar | |
| Sunday | Magal de Touba (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Saturday | Rosh Hashanah / Jewish New Year (5784) | jewish | |
| Tuesday | Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi / Chaturthi Paksha | hindu lunar | |
| Saturday | Autumnal Equinox / Fall (UTC) | solar | |
| Saturday | Libra (UTC) | solar | |
| Monday | Yom Kippur | jewish | |
| Wednesday | Mawlid an Nabi / The Prophet’s Birthday (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Friday | Zhong Qu Jie / Mid Autumn Festival | chinese lunar | |
| Saturday | Sukkot | jewish | |
| Wednesday | Baptism of the Prophet (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Monday | Canadian Thanksgiving | ||
| Monday | Scorpio (UTC) | solar | |
| Tuesday | Dassain | hindu lunar | |
| Tuesday | Reformation Day | ||
| Wednesday | All Saints’ Day | ||
| Thursday | All Souls’ Day | ||
| Sunday | Northern Deepavali / Diwali Amavasya | hindu lunar | |
| Sunday | Southern Deepavali / Diwali Krisna Chaturdasi | hindu lunar | |
| Wednesday | Sagittarius (UTC) | solar | |
| Thursday | US Thanksgiving | ||
| Monday | Guru Nanak Jayanti | hindu lunar | |
| Sunday | First Sunday in Advent | ||
| Friday | Immaculate Conception | ||
| Sunday | Second Sunday in Advent | ||
| Sunday | Third Sunday in Advent | ||
| Friday | Capricorn (UTC) | solar | |
| Friday | Winter Solstice / Winter (UTC) | solar | |
| Sunday | Fourth Sunday in Advent | ||
| Monday | Western Christmas | ||
| Tuesday | Boxing Day / Saint Stephen’s Day | ||
| Sunday | Western New Year’s Eve |
