A to Z Pagan Holidays

Here we have a very long A to Z listing of all the festivals, feast days, holy days, and holidays that I have posted information about here on the Pagan Calendar.

A

• A Day of Silence – Dates vary
• A Day Out of Time – July 25
• A day sacred to all deities of the crossroads – October 22
• A-ma Festival – April 9
• Advent – Dates vary
• Advent of Isis – January 2
• Aegir’s Day – March 3
• Agathos Daimon – 2nd day after the new moon
• Agonalia – January 9
• Alasitas – Festival of Ekeko – January 24 (also in September)
• Alder Month – March 18 thru April 14 (Celtic Oghum Calendar)
• Alder Moon – Full moon occurring in March or April during the Celtic Month of the Alder Tree
• All Fools Day – April 1
• All Saints Day – November 1
• All Souls Day – November 2
• Almanac – Links to a page of the astronomical events occurring during the current year, which includes meteor showers, full moons, solar and lunar eclipses, and etc.
• A-ma Festival – Dates vary
• Ambarvalia – May 29
• Andrzejki – November 30
• Anastenaria – May 21 – 23
• Ancient Egyptian Festival Calendar
• Anestheria – March 4
• Annunciation Day – March 25
• Anthesteria – February 11 thru 13
• Aphrodesia – February 6
• Apple Gifting Day – January 1
• April Fools Day – April 1
• Ash Month – February 18 thru March 17 (Celtic Oghum Calendar)
• Ash Moon – Full moon occurring in February or March during the Celtic Month of the Ash Tree
• Autumn Equinox – September 21, 22 or 23

B

• Baba Yaga’s Feast Day – November full moon
• Babylonian Calendar
• Bacchanalia – March 16 and 17
• Bald Eagle Day – June 20
• Barley Moon – September full moon
• Bastille Day – July 14
• Bawming Day – 3rd Saturday in June
• Bear Wakes Up – February 2
• Beltane – April 30 – May 1
• Beltane Fire Festival – April 30
• Bendideia of Bendis – June 6 or full moon before or closest to the solstice
• Big Winter Moon – December full moon
• Bill of Rights Day – December 15
• Birch Month – December 24 – January 20 (Celtic Oghum Calendar)
• Birch Moon – Full moon occurring in December or January during the Celtic Month of the Birch Tree
• Birthdays – Link to a listing of significant birthdays occurring throughout the year
• Birthday of Mother Earth – March 8
• Birth of the Unconquered Sun – December 24
• Black Christ Festival – January 15
• Blessing of the Animals – September 4
• Blessing of the Sea – 1st Sunday in August
• Blessing of the Waters – Late January or May 21 – 23
• Blood Moon – October full moon
• Blue Moon – Dates vary
• Bodhi Day – 8th day of the 12th lunar month
• Bona Dea – Spring Festival – May 1
• Bona Dea – Winter – December 4
• Bonfire Night – Various dates
• Bonfires of St John – June 24
• Boryeong Mud Festival – Dates vary
• Borrowing Days – March 29 – 31
• Boxing Day – December 26
• Break The Cakes Day – January 2
• Bringing In The Boar – December 30
• Broken Needles Festival – February 8
• Brumalia – November 24 – December 24
• Buck Moon – July full moon
• Buddha Day – May 19
• Bun Day – Two days before Lent
• Burning the Hom Strom – First Saturday in February
• Burns Night – January 25
• Button Day – November 16

C

• Canada Day – July 1
• Candlemas – February 2
• Carmentalia – January 11 and 15
• Cat Nights – August 17
• Celebration of the Tao – May 25
• Celtic Calendar
• Celtic Sea Festival – March 3
• Chakri Day – April 6
• Charming of the Plow – February 2
• Childermass – December 28
• Chinese Lunar Calendar – Links to information about the Chinese Zodiac,  and dates for the current year,
• Chinese Moon Festival – Full moon nearest the autumnal equinox
• Chinese New Year – Dates vary
• Christ the King – Last Sunday in October (alternative dates November 20 thru November 26)
• Christian New Year – March 25
• Cinco de Mayo – May 5
• Cold Food Festival – April 4 – 6
• Cold Sophie – May 15
• Coming of Sopdet – July 19
• Compitalia – January 12
• Constitution Day – September 17
• Corn Moon – October full moon
• Crossroads Day – October 22

D

• Daeboreum – First full moon of the new year of the lunar Korean calendar
• Daedala – March 10 (approx)
• Daisy Day – January 28
• Dakini Day – 25th day of each lunar month
• Damballa’s Day – March 17
• Dance of the Devils – October 31 or November 1
• Day of Aegir and Ran – July 25
• Day of Artisans – March 23
• Day of Bad Omens – July 18, October 6
• Day of Blood – March 24
• Day of the Covenant – Dates vary
• Day of the Daemon – June 27
• Day of the Dead – November 1st
• Day of Hecate – August 13
• Day of Hel – July 10
• Day of the Ovens– Anytime between February 5 and February 17
• Day of Remembrance – May 9, 11, 13
• Day of Unn – July 9
• Day of the Wren – December 26
• Death of Tammuz – December 21
• Depina Hekates – November 16
• Dia de los Reyes – January 6
• Dia do Saci – October 31
• Disablot– January 31
• Disfest – January 31
• Distaff Day – January 7
• Disting – February 2
• Dog Days of Summer – July 3 thru August 11
• Dondoyaki – January 14 and 15
• Dōngzhì Festival – Winter Solstice
• Dōsojin Matsuri – Japanese Fire Festival – Dates may vary
• Durdevan – May 6
• Dyngus Day – Easter Monday
• Dyzymas Day – December 28

E

• Earth Day – April 21 or Vernal Equinox
• Einherjar Day – Same as Memorial Day
• Ekadashi Days – The eleventh lunar day of each lunar month
• Elder Month – November 24 thru December 22 (Celtic Oghum Calendar)
• Elder Moon – Full moon occurring in November or December during the Celtic Tree Month of the Elder
• Emancipation Day – June 19
• Epagomenal Days – July 27 thru July 31
• Epiphany – January 6
• Epulum Jovis – September 13 and November 13
• Eve of St Agnes – January 22
• Evergreen Day – January 4
• Everyman’s Birthday – 7th day of the Chinese New Year
• Expulsion of the Demons of Bad Luck – March 29

F

• Fall Equinox – September 21, 22, or 23, also known as the Autumn Equinox
• Fatal Days – Days occuring throughout the year that are reputed to be deadly.
• Faunalia – December 5
• Februalia – January 30 – February 2
• Feast of Aphrodite – February 6
• Feast of Baba Yaga – November full moon
• Feast of Baron Samedi – November 2
• Feast of the Charites – Dates vary widely  – January 30 – 31,  January 17 – 18, April 18 – 19, May 26, July 9 – 10, or October 13.
• Feast of the Dews – June 24
• Feast of the Divine Life – September 21
• Feast of the Einherjar – Weekend nearest November 1
• Feast of Expectant Mothers – July 2
• Feast of Fools – December 29
• Feast of the Hand of the God – March 16
• Feast of the Holy Innocents – December 28
• Feast of the Lemures – May 9, 11, and 13
• Feast of the Old Roman Goddess Befana – January 5
• Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe – December 12
• Feast of the Queen of Heaven – May 30
• Feast of Shesmu – February 17
• Feast of St Agnes – January 22
• Feast of St Anne – July 26
• Feast of St Basil – January 2 (alternative dates include – January 1, January 10, January 14 or 15, January 30, June 14)
• Feast of St Bernadette – April 16
• Feast of St John – June 24
• Feast of Stolen Fire – November 7, alternatively the 8th day after the dark moon in November.
• Feast of Ullr – November 27
• Feriae Marti– March 1
• Feriae Sementivae – January 24
• Feralia – February 21
• Festival Calendar of Ancient Egypt – A listing of days and dates for the year
• Festival for The Pales – April 21, July 7
• Festival of Bast – April 15
• Festival of Bellona – June 3
• Festival for the Broken Needles – February 8
• Festival of Carna – June 1
• Festival of Cats – dates vary
• Festival of Consus – August 21 and December 15
• Festival of Cerridwen – July 3
• Festival of Ekeko – Anasitas – January 24 (also in September)
• Festival of Fata – June 24
• Festival of Feronia – November 13 or 15
• Festival of the Handmaidens – July 7
• Festival of Holy Marys – May 24
• Festival of Juno – June 1 and 2
• Festival of Knut the Reaper – July 10
• Festival of Kore – January 5 or 6
• Festival of Lares Compitales – January 5
• Festival of Lugh – August 1
• Festival of Mater Matuta – June 11
• Festival of Mens – May 8 – see also, Quinquatria
• Festival of Mercury – May 4 or May 15
• Festival of Navigation – March 5
• Festival of Odin – November 12
• Festival of Poseidon – December 1
• Festival of Saint Agatha – February 3 thru 5
• Festival of Salii – March 21 – 23
• Festival of Salus – March 30
• Festival of the Spirits of the Oak Tree – June 7
• Festival of Terminus – February 23
• Festival of the Tooth – Full moon in August and the week before
• Festival of Torches – August 13 thru August 15
• Fête of the Little Boats – April 6
• First Footing – December 31 thru January 1
• Flag Day – June 14
• Floralia – April 28 thru May 1
• Flores de Mayo – May 1 thru 31
• Fordicia – Festival of Tellus – April 15
• Forgiveness Sunday – Dates vary
• Fornacalia – February 5 thru February 17
• Four Twenty (420) – April 20
• Fox Wedding Festival – November 3
• Freyfaxi – Dates vary widely, usually sometime in August
• Frey’s Blott – Dates vary widely, usually sometime in August
• Friday the 13th – Dates vary
• Furinalia – July 25
• Furry Dance – May 8 (dates may vary)

G

• Ganesh Chaturthi – Dates vary
• Gantan-sai – January 1
• Genna – January 7
• Geranium Day – Dates vary
• Ghede – N0vember 2
• Ghost Festival – Dates vary
• Ghost Month – Dates vary
• Go Fly A Kite Day – 3rd Sunday in April
• Gold Rush Day – January 24
• Good Luck Day – January 17
• Great Fifteenth – 1st full moon of the new year of the lunar Korean calendar
• Green Corn Ceremony – Late July or early August, determined locally by the ripening of the corn crops.
• Groundhog Day – February 2
• Guy Fawkes Day – November 5

H

• Hlæfæst – Dates vary widely, usually sometime in August
• Halcyon Days – December 14 thru 28
• Halloween – October 31
• Haloa – January 8 and 9th
• Hana-Matsuri – April 8
• Handsel Monday – First Monday in January
• Hanukkah – dates vary
• Hare’s Moon – May full moon
• Harvest Moon – Full moon nearest Autumn Equinox
• Harvest Tide – Held sometime in September as the first part of the Winter Finding Celebrations
• Hawthorn Month: May 13 thru June 9 (Celtic Oghum Calendar)
• Hawthorn Moon: Full moon in May or June occurring during the Celtic Month of the Hawthorn Tree
• Hekate Supper – When the first sliver of the new moon is visible; (alternatively) on the night before the dark moon
• Hemis Festival – Dates vary
• Herb Harvesting Day – June 29
• Hidrellez – May 6
• Hilaria – Day after the Vernal Equinox
• Hogmanay – December 31
• Hola Mohalla – Dates vary
• Holi – During the full moon in the Hindu month of Phagan
• Holiday of the Happy Gnomes – June 11
• Holy Wells Day – March 2
• Honey Moon – June full moon
• Hong Kong Well Wishing Festival – Dates vary
• Honor Your Guardian Angel Day – October 2
• Honoring The Thunder God – July 29
• Humane Day – 1st Sunday in May
• Hunter’s Moon – October full moon
• Hygeia’s Day – February 26

I

• Icemen Days – May 11 thru 13
• Ides of March – March 15
• Imbolc – February 2
• Independence Day – July 4
• Insect Hearing Festival – May 28
• Inti Raymi, Peruvian Festival of the Sun – June 24
• Iroquois Mid-Winter Ceremony –  When the first new moon arrives while both the Ursa Major and Ursa Minor constellations are visible
• Ivan Kupala Night – June 23 and 24 (Julian Calendar), July 6 and 7 (Gregorian Calendar)
• Ivy Month: September 30 – October 27 (Celtic Oghum Calendar)
• Ivy Moon: Full moon in September or October occurring during the Celtic Month of the Ivy

J

• Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord Krishna –  8th day of the dark fortnight in the month of Bhadon.
• Japanese Flower Festival– April 8
• Johnny Appleseed Day – March 11

K

• Kakava Spring Festival – May 5 and 6
• Kalends of January – January 1 thru 3
• Kalevala Day – February 28
• Kallyntaria – May 19 thru 28
• Khordad Sal – 6th day of the first Parsi month, Farvardin.
• King Frost Day – February 4
• King Kamehameha Day – June 11
• Kitchen God Festival – Approx. a week before the Chinese New Year.
• Kite Flying Day – February 8
• Krishna Janmashtami  –  8th day of the dark fortnight in the month of Bhadon.
• Kupala Night – June 23 to 24 (Julian Calendar), July 6 and 7 (Gregorian Calendar).

L

• La Tomatina – Last Wednesday in August.
• Loaf Fest – Dates vary widely, usually sometime in August.
• Labor Day – First Monday in September.
• Lady Day – March 25
• Lady Godiva Day – July 10
• Lady Luck Day – April 5
• Là Fhèill Brìghde – February 1
• La Mas Ubhal – November 1
• Lammas – August 1
• Lemuria – May 9, 11, and 13
• Li Chun – Eve of Chinese New Year – Dates vary
• Litha  –  June 20, 21, or 22
• Look Up At The Sky Day – April 14
• Lucky Days – Listing of the various lucky days occurring throughout the year.
• Ludi Cereales– April 12 thru April 19
• Ludi Piscatari – June 17
• Ludi Plebeii – November 4 thru 17
• Lughnasadh – August 1
• Lunantishees Day – November 11
• Lunar Calendar – General information on lunar calendars.
• Lunar Days – General information about and links to the 30 lunar days.
• Lunar Eclipse – Dates vary.
• Lupercalia – February 15

M

• Mabon – September 21, 22, or 23
• Mardi Gras –  Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
• Marduk’s Feast Day – March 12
• Martes y Trece – Tuesday the 13th
• Martinmas – November 11
• Maslenitsa – dates vary
• Matronalia – March 1
• Mauni Amavasya – New moon in the Hindu month of ‘Magha’
• Mawlid an Nabi – Dates vary
• May Day Eve– April 30
• Méan Earraigh – On the Vernal Equinox
• Megalesia – April 4 thru April 10
• Memorial Day – last Monday in May
• Mercuralia – May 4 or May 15
• Mice Wedding Day – October 27 or November 8
• Michaelmas – September 29
• Midsummer – On or near the Summer Solstice
• Midwives Day – January 8
• Mother March – March 1
• Mother Night – December 27
• Mothers of Arles – May 24 – 28
• Mothering Sunday – Dates vary
• Mothman Festival – 3rd weekend in September
• Mourning Moon – November full moon
• Music Day – March 21

N

• Naadam Festival – July 11 – 13
• National Tartan Day – April 6
• National Unicorn Day – April 9
• Nativity Fast – November 15 thru December 24
• Navigium Isidis – March 5
• Nemesia – August 23
• Nemoralia – August 13 thru 15 (alternatively during the August full moon)
• Never Again Day – June 19
• New Moon – Dates vary
• New Year’s Eve – December 31
• New Year’s Day – January 1
• New Year of the Trees – 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat
• Night of Hekate Suppers – Last night of the waning moon
• Night of the Crossroads – November 16
• Night of a Teardrop – June 16
• Noah Webster’s Birthday – October 16
• Nagoshi-no-Oharai – June 30
• Noumenia – Day after the new moon
• Nunavut Day – July 9
• Nyepi Day – Falls on the day following the dark moon of the spring equinox.

O

• Oak Month – June 10 thru July 7 (Celtic Oghum Calendar)
• Oak Moon – Full moon occurring in June or July during the Celtic Month of the Oak Tree
• O-Bon Festival – August 13 thru 15, or July 13 thru 15
• Opalia – August 10
• Opening of the Year – July 19
• Opiconsivia – August 25
• Ostara – Vernal Equinox

P

• Palm Sunday – Dates vary
• Pancake Day – Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
• Parilia– April 21, July 7
• Patriot Day – September 11
• Pharmakos – June 3
• Pioneer Day – July 24
• Plant A Turnip Seed Today – July 25
• Plough Monday – First Monday after January 6
• Plowing Day – March 26
• Plynteria – May 19 – 28
• Pomona’s Day – August 13 or November 1
• Popcorn Day – January 19
• Poplifugia – July 5
• Poseidonia of Aegina – A Midwinter Festival lasting as long as 2 months
• Powamu Festival – Late January or early February
• Purification Feast – March 13

Q

• Quickening Moon –  February full moon
• Quinquatria – March 19 – 23

R

• Raud the Strong’s Day – January 9
• Red Carnation Day – January 29
• Reed Month – October 28 through November 23 (Celtic Oghum Calendar)
• Reed Moon – Full moon in October and November that occurs during the Celtic Month of the Reed.
• Reindeer Race – Dates vary
• Rishi Stars Appear – September 9 to September 15
• Ritual for Mother Cotton – Dates vary
• Robigalia – April 25
• Rose of the World Day – July 3
• Rosalia – May 10 and 31
• Rosh HaShanah – The 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat
• Rowan Month – January 21 through February 17 (Celtic Oghum Calendar)
• Rowan Moon – Full moon occurring in January or February during the Celtic Month of the Rowan Tree
• Rural Dionysia – November 28
• Russian Butter Festival – Dates vary
• Russian Christmas – January 7

S

• Saci Day – October 31
• Saint Days – Listing the days dedicated to various Saints occurring throughout the year
• Samhain – November 1
• Samjinnal – March 30
• Sânziene – June 24
• Saturnalia – December 17
• Seasonal Recipes – Links to a list of recipes for various celebrations that occur throughout the year
• See A Real Fox Wedding – 10th day of the 10th lunar month
• Sementivae (Second festival of Tellus) – December 13
• Setsubun – February 3 or 4
• Seven Sleepers Day – June 27
• Sham el-Nessim – April 17
• Shichi Fukujin – Seven Deities of Luck – January 1
• Sign of the Oak Tree – March 21
• Slap Your Coworker Day – October 23
• Smell the Breeze Day – March 27
• Snake Saturday – Saturday before St Patrick’s Day
• Snake Sunday – Sunday before St Patrick’s Day
• Snow Day – January 3
• Snow Moon – November full moon
• Solar Eclipse – Dates vary
• Songkran – April 13 thru 16
• Sothic New Year – July 19
• Spring Equinox –  March 20 to 22 (also known as the Vernal Equinox)
• St Agatha’s Day – February 5
• St Agathias Day – May 7
• St Andrew’s Day – November 30
• St Anne’s Eve (see Feast of St Anne) – July 25
• St Basil’s Day – January 2 (alternative dates include – January 1, January 10, January 14 or 15, January 30, June 14)
• St Columba’s Day – June 9
• St Dustan’s Day – May 19
• St Dwynwen’s Day – January 25
• St Erasmus of Formia’s Day – June 2
• St George’s Day – April 23 or May 6
• St Knut’s Day – January 13
• St Lawrence Day – August 10
• St Luke’s Little Summer – Summer-like days around October 18
• St Nicholas Day – December 6
• St Paul’s Day – January 25
• St Saturnina’s Day – June 4
• St Stephen’s Day – December 26
• St. Swithin’s Day – July 15
• St Vitus Day – June 15 or 28
• Stonehaven Fireball Ceremony – December 31
• Storm Moon  – March full Moon
• Stir Up Sunday – Last Sunday before Advent
• Summer Solstice –  June 20 – 22
• Sunshine Day – April 19

T

• Thanksgiving Day -Last Thursday in November
• Thargelia: May 24
• Thomas Roy’s Calendar – A cute tongue in cheek calendar of days for the year.
• Thorrablot (Þorrablót) – The Friday after January 19
• Three Kings Day – January 6
• Timkat – January 19
• Tubilustrium – March 23, May 23
• Tomb Sweeping Day – April 4 or 5
• Trinity Sunday – Dates vary
• Tu B’shvat – New Year for Trees – 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shvat
• Twelfth Night – January 5

U

• Unicorn Day – April 9
• Unlucky Days – Various days throughout the year
• Up Helly Aa – Last Tuesday in January
• Uruz

V

• Valentine’s Day – February 14
• Vat Purnima – Dates vary
• Veneralia – April 1
• Vernal Equinox –  March 20 to 22, Moment in the year when the Sun is exactly above the Equator and day and night are of equal length, and spring officially begins.
• Veteran’s Day – November 11
• Vetrablot – Oct 14, (Dates may vary widely, could be held anytime between September and  November or as an alternative to a  Samhain or Autumn Equinox celebration.)
• Vetrnætr or Veturnætur – Oct 14, (Dates may vary widely, could be held anytime between September and November or as an alternative to a  Samhain or Autumn Equinox celebration.)
• Victoria Day – The Monday preceding May 25
• Vidar’s Day – June 14
• Vidovdan – June 28
• Visakha Puja – Dates vary

W

• Walpurgisnacht – April 30
• Well Wishing Festival – Dates vary
• Wheel of the Year – Traditional pagan and/or wiccan seasonal celebrations occurring throughout the year.
• Whitby Goth Weekend – Dates vary
• Willow Month – April 15 thru May 12 (Celtic Oghum Calendar)
• Willow Moon – Full moon in April or May occurring during the Celtic Month of the Willow
• Wind Moon – April full moon
• Winter Day – Oct 14, (Dates may vary widely, could be held anytime between September and November or as an alternative to Samhain or Autumn Equinox celebrations.)
• Winter Finding – Oct 14, (Dates may vary widely, could be held anytime between September and November or as an alternative to Samhain or Autumn Equinox celebrations.)
• Winterfylleth – Oct 14, (Dates may vary widely, could be held anytime between September and November or as an alternative to  Samhain or Autumn Equinox celebrations.)
• Winter Solstice – December 21 or 22
• Wipe The Slate Clean Day – August 1
• Witches Thanksgiving – Autumn Equinox, Mabon
• Wolf Moon – January Full Moon
• Women’s Equality Day – August 26
• World Dracula Day – May 26
• World Environment Day – June 5
• World Oceans Day – June 8
• World UFO Day – July 2 (sometimes celebrated June 24)

Y

• Yggdrasil Day – April 22, or last Saturday in April
• Yule – December 21, the Winter Solstice, or as a long celebration season lasting from December 21 thru January 1, also sometimes celebrated on December 25 as a pagan alternative to Christmas.

Z

• Zeus’ Day – June 12