International Holidays

International Holidays 2013

Bangladesh:

Jan 24th Eid- e-Milad-un Nabi (Birth of the Prophet)

Feb 21st International Mother Language day

Mar 17th Birthday of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Mar 26th Independence Day

Apr 14th Bangla New Year

May 1st Labor Day

June 4th Buddha Purnima

July 1st Bank Holiday

July 6th Shab e-Barat (Ascension of the Prophet)

July 20th Start of Ramadan

Aug 9th Shuva Janmashtami

Aug 15th National Mourning Day

Aug 9th Shab e-Qadr (Evening of Destiny)

Aug 10th Jamatul Wida

Aug 8-11th Eid-al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)

Oct 14th Durga Puja (Dashami)

Oct 15th -16th Eid ul-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice)

Nov 7th National Revolution Day

Nov 4^th Islamic New Year

Nov 11th Ashura

Dec 16th Victory Day

Dec 25th Christmas Day

Dec 31st Bank Holiday

China:

Jan 1st New Years Day

Feb 10th Spring Festival, Chinese New Year

Feb 16th Chinese New Year Ends

Apr 4th Qing Ming (Tomb Sweeping Festival)

May 1st Labor Day

June 12th Dragon Boat Festival

Sep 19th Mid-Autumn Festival

Oct 1st National Day

Burma/Myanmar: 

Jan 4th Independence Day

Feb 12^th Union Day

Mar 2^nd Peasants Day

Mar 26^th Full Moon of Tabaung

Mar 27^th Armed Forces Day

Apr 13^th Maha Thingyan (Water Festival)

Apr 17^th Myanmar New Year

May 1^st Labor Day

May 25^th Full Moon of Kason (Buddha’s Birthday)

July 19^th Martyrs’ Day

July 22^nd Full Moon of Waso (Beginning of Buddhist Lent)

Oct 21^st Full Moon of Thadingyut (End of Buddhist Lent)

Nov 18^th Full Moon of Tazaungmone

Dec 8^th National Day

Dec 25^th Christmas Day

Colombia:

Jan 1st Año Nuevo (New Year’s Day)

Jan 7th Día de los Reyes Magos (Epiphany)

Mar 25th Día de San José (Saint Joseph’s Day)

Mar 28-29^th Jueves Santo (Maundy Thursday) and Viernes Santo (Good Friday)

May 1st Primero de Mayo (Labor Day)

May 13^th Ascensión (Ascension of Jesus)

June 3^rd Corpus Christi

June 10^th Sagrado Corazón

July 1st San Pedro y San Pablo (Saint Peter and Saint Paul)

July 20th Día de la Independencia (Declaration of Independence)

Aug 7th Battle of Boyacá

Aug 19^th La Asunción (Assumption of Mary)

Oct 14^th Día de la Raza (Columbus Day)

Nov 4^th All Saints’ Day

Nov 11^th Independence of Cartagena

Dec 8^th La Inmaculada Concepción (Immaculate Conception)

Dec 25^th Navidad (Christmas)

Egypt:

Jan 7^th Christmas (Old Calendarists)

Jan 25th Egyptian Revolution Day – Celebrates beginning of 2011 Egyptian Revolution

Jan 24^th Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad

May 6^th Sham El Nessim

Apr 25^th Sinai Liberation Day

May 1^st Labour Day

July 23^rd Revolution Day Celebrates the Egyptian Revolution of 1952

Aug 8-9^th Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)

Oct 6th Armed Forces Day

Oct 15-16^th Eid al-Adha

Nov 4^th Islamic New Year

European Union: (There is no official decree for holidays of the European Union, but below is a list of the ones shared by at least most of the countries in the EU)

Jan 1st New Year’s Day

May 1st  Labour Day (excludes UK(First Monday in May) and the Netherlands) (note: while this day is observed in Poland it is intentionally not called Labour Day, but State Holiday (Polish Święto Państwowe); in Bavaria, it’s called May Holiday (German Maifeiertag)

Dec 25^th Christmas Day

Dec 26^th Boxing Day / St. Stephen’s Day / Second Day of Christmas (excludes Belgium, France, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia (Independence and Unity Day celebrated on that day) and Spain, except Catalonia and Balearic Islands)

Various dates Good Friday (excludes Belgium, Czech Republic, France (except Alsace and Moselle), Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, and Slovenia)

Various dates Easter Sunday

Various dates Easter Monday (excludes Estonia, Malta, Portugal, Scotland and most of Spanish regions)

Honduras:

Jan 1st  New Year’s Day

Mar 31st – Apr 1^st Easter Holiday

Apr 14^th Day of the Americas

May 1^st Labor Day

September 15^th Independence Day

September 17^th Teachers Day

Oct 21^st Columbus Day

Oct 28st Armed Forces Day

Dec 25th Christmas

India:

Jan 1 New Year’s Day

Jan 13 Makar Sankranti

Jan 14 Pongal

Jan 18 Guru Govind Singh Jayanti

Jan 25 Milad un-Nabi/Id-e-Milad

Jan 26 Republic Day

Feb 10 Chinese New Year

Feb 14 Valentine’s Day

Feb 15 Vasant Panchami

Feb 19 Shivaji Jayanti

Feb 23 Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti

Mar 10 Maha Shivaratri/Shivaratri

Mar 25 Guru Ravidas Jayanti

Mar 26 First day of Passover

Mar 26 Dolyatra

Mar 27 Holi

Mar 28 Maundy Thursday

Mar 29 Good Friday

Mar 31 Easter Day

Apr 11 Chaitra Sukhladi

Apr 13 Vaisakhi

Apr 14 Ambedkar Jayanti

Apr 14 Mesadi/Vaisakhadi

Apr 19 Rama Navami

Apr 24 Mahavir Jayanti

May 1 May Day

May 8 Birthday of Ravindranath

May 12 Mother’s Day

May 24 Hazarat Ali’s Birthday

May 25 Buddha Purnima/Vesak

June 16 Father’s Day

July 10 Rath Yatra

Aug 2 Jamat Ul-Vida

Aug 4 Friendship Day

Aug 9 Ramzan Id/Eid-ul-Fitar

Aug 15 Thanksgiving Day

Aug 15 Independence Day

Aug 18 Parsi New Year

Aug 20 Raksha Bandhan

Aug 28 Janmashtami

Sep 9 Ganesh Chaturthi

Sep 16 Onam

Oct 2 Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti

Oct 11 Maha Saptami

Oct 12 Maha Navami

Oct 12 Maha Ashtami

Oct 13 Dussehra

Oct 16 Bakri Id/Eid ul-Adha

Oct 18 Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti

Oct 22 Karaka Chaturthi

Oct 31 Halloween

Nov 2 Naraka Chaturdasi

Nov 3 Diwali/Deepavali

Nov 4 Govardhan Puja

Nov 5 Bhai Duj

Nov 8 Chhat Puja (Pratihar Sashthi/Surya Sashthi)

Nov 14 Muharram/Ashura

Nov 17 Guru Nanak Jayanti

Nov 24 Guru Tegh Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day

Nov 28 First Day of Hanukkah

Dec 5 Last day of Hanukkah

Dec 24 Christmas Eve

Dec 25 Christmas

Dec 31 New Year’s Eve

Mexico:

Jan 1 New Year’s Day

Feb 4 Day off for Constitution Day Memorial

Feb 5 Constitution Day Memorial

Mar 18 Day off for Benito Juárez’s Birthday Memorial

Mar 21 Benito Juárez’s Birthday Memorial

May 1 Labor Day / May Day

Sep 16 Independence Day

Oct 12 Columbus Day

Nov 1 All Saints’ Day

Nov 2 All Souls’ Day

Nov 18 Day off for Revolution Day Memorial

Nov 20 Revolution Day Memorial

Dec 12 Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe

Dec 24 Christmas Eve

Dec 25 Christmas Day

Dec 28 Day of the Holy Innocents

Pakistan:

Jan 3 Urs Mubarak of Hazrat Data Gunj Bakhsh

Jan 24 Eid Milad un-Nabi

Feb 5 Kashmir Day

Mar 23 Pakistan Day

May 1 Labor Day

Aug 8 Eid-ul-Fitr

Aug 9 Eid-ul-Fitr

Aug 10 Eid-ul-Fitr

Aug 14 Independence Day

Oct 15 Eid ul-Azha Day 1

Oct 16 Eid ul-Azha Day 2

Nov 9 Birthday of Muhammad Iqbal

Nov 14 Ashura

Dec 25 Christmas Day

Dec 25 Birthday of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Dec 26 Day after Christmas

South Korea:

Jan 1 New Year’s Day

Feb 9 Seollal Holiday Day 1

Feb 10 Seollal Holiday Day 2

Feb 11 Seollal Holiday Day 3

Mar 1 Independence Movement Day

May 5 Children’s Day

May 17 Buddha’s Birthday

June 6 Memorial Day

Aug 15 Liberation Day

Sep 18 Mid-Autumn Festival Day 1

Sep 19 Mid-Autumn Festival Day 2

Sep 20 Mid-Autumn Festival Day 3

Oct 3 National Foundation Day

Dec 25 Christmas Day

Turkey:

Jan 1 New Year’s Day

Apr 23 National Sovereignty and Children’s Day

May 1 Labor and Solidarity Day

May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day

Aug 8 Ramadan Feast

Aug 30 Victory Day

Oct 15 Sacrifice Feast

Oct 29 Republic Day

USA:

Jan 1 New Year’s Day

Jan 21 Martin Luther King Day

Feb 18 Presidents’ Day (Washington’s Birthday)

May 27 Memorial Day

July 4 Independence Day

Sep 2 Labor Day

Oct 14 Columbus Day

Nov 11 Veterans Day

Nov 28 Thanksgiving Day

Dec 25 Christmas Day

Jewish:

Feb 24^th Purim

Mar 26-28, 28-31, 1-2^nd Passover

May 15-16^th Shavout

July 16^th Tish’a B’Av

Sep 5-6th Rosh Hashana

Sep 14th Yom Kippur

Sep 19-20, 21-25th Sukkot

Sep 26^th Shmini Atzeret

Sep 27^th Simchat Torah

Nov 28-Dec 5^th Chanukah

Vietnam:

Jan 1^st New Year

Feb 9 – 14^th Tết (Vietnamese New Year)

Apr 19-21^st Hung Kings Commemorations

Apr 30^th Liberation Day/Reunification Day

May 1^st International Workers’ Day

Sept 2^nd National Day

Dec 22^nd National Defense Day

Dec 25^th Christmas