Global Holidays and Observances 2021
| Date | Weekday | Holiday or Observance | Calendar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Western New Year | ||
| Saturday | Epiphany | ||
| Sunday | Orthodox Christmas | orthodox | |
| Sunday | Orthodox New Year | orthodox | |
| Monday | Tamil Thai Pongal Day | solar | |
| Saturday | Aquarius (UTC) | solar | |
| Thursday | Thaipusam | hindu solar | |
| Thursday | Lailat al Miraj / The Prophet’s Ascension (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Saturday | Chinese New Year / Spring Festival | chinese lunar | |
| Saturday | Dangpa Losar / Bhutanese New Year (Year of the Male Wood Dragon) | bhutanese lunar | |
| Saturday | Losar / Tibetan New Year | tibetan lunar | |
| Saturday | Seol-nal / Korean New Year | korean lunar | |
| Saturday | Tet Nguyen Dan / Vietnamese New Year | vietnamese lunar | |
| Saturday | Tsagaan Sar / Mongolian New Year (Year of the Wood Male Dragon) | mongolian lunar | |
| Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday / Carnival | easter | |
| Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | easter | |
| Monday | Pisces (UTC) | solar | |
| Sunday | Lailat al Bara’a / Night of Emancipation (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Thursday | Mi-Carême / Mid-Lent | easter | |
| Friday | International Women’s Day | ||
| Friday | Maha Shivaratree | hindu lunar | |
| Monday | Start of Ramadan (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Monday | Orthodox Clean Monday | orth. easter | |
| Tuesday | Orthodox Shrove Tuesday | orth. easter | |
| Wednesday | Aries (UTC) | solar | |
| Wednesday | Orthodox Ash Wednesday | orth. easter | |
| Wednesday | Vernal Equinox / Spring (UTC) | solar | |
| Sunday | Palm Sunday | easter | |
| Sunday | Purim | jewish | |
| Monday | Holi Phagwa | hindu lunar | |
| Wednesday | Nuzul Quran / Revelation of the Qur’an (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Thursday | Maundy Thursday | easter | |
| Friday | Good Friday | easter | |
| Sunday | Easter | easter | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | easter | |
| Thursday | Qing Ming Jie / Tomb Sweeping Day | chinese solar | |
| Friday | Jumatul Bidah / Friday of Farewell (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Saturday | Lailat al Qadr / Night of Destiny (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Tuesday | Ougadi / Ugaadi | hindu lunar | |
| Wednesday | Eid al Fitr / End of Ramadan (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Saturday | Cambodian New Year | solar | |
| Saturday | Laotian New Year | ||
| Wednesday | Burmese New Year | ||
| Wednesday | Ram Navami | hindu lunar | |
| Friday | Taurus (UTC) | solar | |
| Sunday | Mahavir Jayanti / Janma Kalyanak | hindu lunar | |
| Tuesday | Pesach / Jewish Passover | jewish | |
| Friday | Great Prayer Day | easter | |
| Wednesday | International Labour Day | ||
| Friday | Orthodox Good Friday | orth. easter | |
| Saturday | Orthodox Holy Saturday | orth. easter | |
| Sunday | Orthodox Easter | orth. easter | |
| Monday | Orthodox Easter Monday | orth. easter | |
| Thursday | Ascension Day | easter | |
| Sunday | Whit Sunday / Pentecost | easter | |
| Monday | Gemini (UTC) | solar | |
| Monday | Whit Monday | easter | |
| Thursday | Corpus Christi | easter | |
| Monday | Duan Wu Jie / Dragon Boat Festival | chinese lunar | |
| Wednesday | Shavuot | jewish | |
| Saturday | Arafat Day (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Sunday | Eid al Adha / Feast of Sacrifice (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Thursday | Cancer (UTC) | solar | |
| Thursday | Summer Solstice / Summer (UTC) | solar | |
| Monday | Orthodox Pentecost Monday | orth. easter | |
| Sunday | Islamic New Year / Hijra New Year (1446) (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Tuesday | Ashura (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Monday | Leo (UTC) | solar | |
| Thursday | Assumption | ||
| Thursday | Parsi New Year | zoroastrian | |
| Thursday | Magal de Touba (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Thursday | Virgo (UTC) | solar | |
| Saturday | Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi / Chaturthi Paksha | hindu lunar | |
| Sunday | Mawlid an Nabi / The Prophet’s Birthday (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Sunday | Onam / Thiruonam | hindu solar | |
| Tuesday | Zhong Qu Jie / Mid Autumn Festival | chinese lunar | |
| Sunday | Autumnal Equinox / Fall (UTC) | solar | |
| Sunday | Baptism of the Prophet (Umm al-Qura) | muslim | |
| Sunday | Libra (UTC) | solar | |
| monday | national day for truth and reconciliation (UTC) | solar | |
| Thursday | Rosh Hashanah / Jewish New Year (5785) | jewish | |
| Saturday | Dassain | hindu lunar | |
| Saturday | Yom Kippur | jewish | |
| Monday | Canadian Thanksgiving | ||
| Thursday | Sukkot | jewish | |
| Tuesday | Scorpio (UTC) | solar | |
| Thursday | Reformation Day | ||
| Thursday | Southern Deepavali / Diwali Krisna Chaturdasi | hindu lunar | |
| Friday | All Saints’ Day | ||
| Friday | Northern Deepavali / Diwali Amavasya | hindu lunar | |
| Saturday | All Souls’ Day | ||
| Friday | Guru Nanak Jayanti | hindu lunar | |
| Thursday | Sagittarius (UTC) | solar | |
| Thursday | US Thanksgiving | ||
| Sunday | First Sunday in Advent | ||
| Sunday | Immaculate Conception | ||
| Sunday | Second Sunday in Advent | ||
| Sunday | Third Sunday in Advent | ||
| Saturday | Capricorn (UTC) | solar | |
| Saturday | Winter Solstice / Winter (UTC) | solar | |
| Sunday | Fourth Sunday in Advent | ||
| Wednesday | Western Christmas | ||
| Thursday | Boxing Day / Saint Stephen’s Day | ||
| Tuesday | Western New Year’s Eve |
