Special Events Calendar
Florist exchange has compiled this list of very important dates and special religious events so that you never forget to celebrate by sending flowers & gifts to your loved ones ever again.
| Date | Occasion |
|---|---|
| January | |
| 1st | New Years Day |
| 1st | |
| 5th | Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh (Sikh) |
| 5th | Twelfth Night (Christian) |
| 6th | Epiphany (Christian) |
| 7th | Orthodox Christmas (Christian) |
| 10th 13th | Eid-Al-Adha (Id Al-Adha)/ The Festival of Sacrifice (Muslim) |
| 14th | Makar Sankrant / Lohri (Hindu Winter Festival) |
| 14th | Pongal (Hindu) |
| 16th | Shinran Memorial Day (Buddhist) |
| 25th | Burns Night (Scotland) |
| 29th 2007 18th Feb 2008 7th Feb |
Chinese New Year |
| 31st | Al hijra (1 Muharram) / Islamic New Years Day (Muslim) |
| 31st | Hogmanay |
| February | |
| 2nd | Candle Mass ( Christian) |
| 9th | Vasanta Panchami / Saraswati Puji (Hindu) |
| 12th | Teng Chieh / Chinese Lantern Festival |
| 13th | Magha Puji (Buddhist) |
| 13th | Tu B’ Shevat / New Year For Trees (Jewish) |
| 14th | St Valentines Day |
| 26th | Maha Shivratri / Great Shiva Night (Hindu) |
| 28th 2007 20th Feb 2008 5th Feb |
Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day (Christian) |
| March | |
| 1st | St Davids Day / Patron St of Wales (Christian) |
| 1st–April 16th | Lent (Christian) |
| 1st 2007 26th Feb 2008 6th Feb |
Ash Wednesday (Christian) |
| 3rd | Hanamatsuri (Buddhist) |
| 3rd 2007 28th Feb 2008 8th Feb |
Kissing Friday |
| 5th | St Piran’s Day (Cornwall) |
| 13th 2007 12th 2008 10th |
Commonwealth Day |
| 14th | Purim (Jewish) |
| 14th | Holi (Hindu) |
| 14th | Sikh New Year |
| 14th | Hola Mahalla / Sikh Festival of Martial Arts |
| 17th | St Patrick’s Day / Patron St of Ireland (Christian) |
| 20th 2007 21st 2008 20th |
Spring Equinox / First Day of Spring |
| 26th 2007 18th 2008 2nd |
Mothering Sunday / Mother’s Day |
| 26th 2007 25th 2008 30th |
British Summer Time begins/ Clocks Go Forward |
| 29th | Varsha-pratipada / Spring New Year Festival (Hindu) |
| April | |
| 1st | April Fools Day |
| 2nd | Passion Sunday |
| 6th | Ramnavami (Hindu) |
| 9th 2007 1st 2008 16th |
Palm Sunday (Christian) |
| 9th-16th | Holy Week (Christian) |
| 11th | The Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday (Muslim) |
| 13th 2007 5th 2008 20th Mar |
Maundy Thursday (Christian) |
| 13th | Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu) |
| 13th-20th | Passover or Pesach |
| 14th 2007 6th 2008 21st Mar |
Good Friday (Christian) |
| 14th | Baisakhi (Sikh) |
| 16th & 17th 2007 8th & 9th 2008 23rd & 24th Mar |
Easter Sunday followed by Easter Monday |
| 21st | Queens Birthday |
| 23rd | St Georges Day / Patron St of England (Christian) |
| 25th | Yom Ha Shoah (Jewish) |
| May | |
| 1st | May Day (Secular) |
| 4th | Birthday of Buddha (Buddhist) |
| 13th | Vesakha Puja / Wesak / Buddha Day (Buddhists) |
| 16th | Lag B’ Omer (Jewish) |
| 19th | Parinirvana (Buddhists) |
| 25th 2007 17th 2008 1st |
Ascension Day (Christian) |
| June | |
| 2nd | Coronation Day |
| 2nd–3rd | Shavuot / Festival of Weeks/ Pentecost (Jewish) |
| 4th | Pentecost or Whitsun / Whit Sunday (Christian) |
| 11th | Trinity (Christian) & Pentecost (Orthodox Christian) |
| 15th | Corpus Christi (Christian) |
| 16th | Martyrdom of Guru (Sikh) |
| 18th | Fathers Day |
| 20th-24th | Royal Ascot |
| 21st 2007 21st 2008 20th |
Summer Solstice / Mid Summers Day |
| 27th | Ratha Yatra (Hindu) |
| 29th | Feast Day of St Peter and Paul (Christian) |
| July | |
| 5th | Tynwald Day (Isle of man) |
| 11th | Guru Purnima (Hindu) |
| 11th | Asalaha Puja Day (Buddhists) |
| 12th | Orange Men’s Day (Northern Ireland) |
| 15th | St Swithuns Day |
| August | |
| 1st | Lammas (Christian) |
| 3rd | Tisha B’av - day of mourning (Jewish) |
| 4th | Raksha Bandham (Hindu) |
| 16th | Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu) |
| 22nd | Lailat Al Miraj (Muslim) |
| 27th | Ganesa Chaturthi (Hindu) |
| September | |
| 1st | Harvest Festival (Christian) |
| 8th | Nativity of Virgin Mary (Christian) |
| 9th | Lailat Al Bara’ah (Muslim) |
| 23rd | Rosh Hashanah / Jewish New Year (Jewish) |
| 23rd | First Day of Autumn |
| 23rd - October 1st | Navaratri and Durgapuja (Hindu) |
| 24th | Ramadan (Muslim) |
| October | |
| 2nd | Dassehra (Hindu) |
| 2nd | Yom Kippur / Day of Atonement (Jewish) |
| 7th | Pavarana / Sangha Day (Buddhist) |
| 7th-15th | Sukkot / Sukkoth (Jewish) |
| 15th | Simchat Torah (Jewish) |
| 20th | Laylat Ul-Qadr (Muslim) |
| 21st | Diwali (Sikh/Hindu) Hindu New Year |
| 24th | Eid-Ul-Fitr (Muslim) |
| 31st | Halloween (National) |
| November | |
| 1st | All Saints Day (Christian) |
| 2nd | All Souls Day (Christian) |
| 5th | Guy Fawkes / Bonfire Night (National) |
| 5th | Kathina Day (Buddhist) |
| 11th 2007 10th 2008 8th |
Lord Mayors Show |
| 12th 2007 11th 2008 9th |
Remembrance Sunday / Poppy Day (National) |
| 15th | Birthday of Guru Nanak (Sikh) |
| 26th 2007 25th 2008 23rd |
Stir-Up Sunday |
| 30th | St Andrew’s Day / Patron St of Scotland (Christian) |
| December | |
| 3rd 2007 2nd 2008 30th Nov |
Advent / Start of the Christian Year (Christian) |
| 8th | Feast of Immaculate Conception (Christian) |
| 8th | Bodhi Day (Buddhist) |
| 16th-23rd | Hanukkah (Jewish) |
| 21st | Yule / Winter Solstice (Pagan) |
| 24th | Christmas Eve (Christian) |
| 25th | Christmas Day (Christian) |
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