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
• Agathos Daimon – 2nd day after the new moon
• Agonalia – January 9
• Alasitas – Festival of Ekeko – January 24 (also in Sept)
• All Fools Day – April 1
• All Saints Day – November 1
• All Souls Day – November 2
• A-ma Festival – dates vary
• Ambarvalia – May 29
• Andrzejki – November 30
• Anastenaria – May 21 – 23
• Anestheria – March 4
• Anthesteria – February 11 thru 13
• Aphrodesia – February 6
• Apple Gifting Day – January 1
• April Fools Day – April 1
• Autumn Equinox – September 21, 22 or 23

B

• Baba Yaga’s Feast Day – November full moon
• Bacchanalia – March 16 – 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
• 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
• Burning the Hom Strom – first Sat in February
• Burns Night – January 25

C

• Canada Day – July 1
• Candlemas – February 2
• Carmentalia – January 11 and 15
• Cat Nights – August 17
• Celebration of the Tao – May 25
• Chakri Day – April 6
• Charming of the Plow – Feb 2
• Childermass – December 28
• 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)
• Cinco de Mayo – May 5
• Cold Food Festival – April 4 – 6
• Cold Sophie – May 15
• 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
• Dasara – September 30
• Day of Aganyu
• Day of Artisans – March 23
• Day of Bad Omens – July 18, October 6
• Day of Bau
• Day of Blood – March 24
• Day of the Covenant – dates vary
• Day of the Dead – November 1st
• Day of Hecate – August 13
• Day of Hel – July 10
• Day of the Ovens
• Day of Rauni – July 15
• Day of Remembrance – May 9, 11, 13
• Day of Selene
• Day of Unn – July 9
• Day of the Wren – December 26
• Death of Tammuz – December 21
• Delphinia
• Depina Hekates – November 16
• Dia de los Reyes – January 6
• Diasia
• Disablot
• Disfest
• Distaff Day – January 7
• Disting – February 2
• Divalia
• Dog Days of Summer – July 3 – August 11
• Dondoyaki – January 14 and 15
• Dōngzhì Festival – Winter Solstice
• Dōsojin Matsuri – Japanese Fire Festival – dates may vary
• Double Ninth Day – Septenber 9
• Durdevan – May 6
• Dyngus Day – Easter Monday
• Dyzymas Day – December 28

E

• Earth Day – April 21 or Vernal Equinox
• Easter Sunday – dates vary
• Egg Rolling Day
• Einherjar Day – same as Memorial Day
• Elder Tree Month
• Emancipation Day – June 19
• Epiphany – January 6
• Eponalia
• Epulum Jovis
• 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 – Sept 21, 22, or 23
• Fast of Thoth – September 19
• Fast in Honor of Holy Mother of Jesus – August 1
• Father’s Day – 3rd Sunday in June
• 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 Holy Innocents – December 28
• Feast day of Illmatar – August 26
• Feast of Kuan Yin – July 19
• Feast of the Lemures – May 9, 11, and 13
• Feast of Mary Magdalene – July 22
• Feast of the Old Roman Goddess Befana – January 5
• Feast of Our Lady of Carmel – July 16
• Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe – December 12
• Feast of the Queen of Heaven – May 30
• Feast of St Agnes – January 22
• Feast of St Anne – July 26
• Feast of St Bernadette – April 16
• Feast of St John – June 24
• Feast of Ullr – November 27
• Feriae Marti– March 1
• Feriae Sementivae – January 24
• Feralia – February 21
• Festival for The Pales – April 21, July 7
• Festival of Amaterasu – July 17
• 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 – 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 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 Sol Indigis – August 9
• Festival of Terminus – February 23
• Festival of Thoth – August 6
• Festival of the Tooth – Full moon in August and the week before
• Festival of Torches – August 15
• Fête of the Little Boats – April 6
• First Footing – December 31 – January 1
• Five Epagomenal Days – July 27 – 31
• Flag Day – June 14
• Flight of the King
• Floralia – April 28 – May 1
• Flores de Mayo – May 1 – 31
• Fordicia – Festival of Tellus – April 15
• Forgiveness Sunday – dates vary
• Fornacalia – February 5 – February 17
• Fox Wedding Festival – November 3
• Freyfaxi – August 23
• Friday the 13th – dates vary
• Frigga Blot
• Furinalia – July 25
• Furukawa Matsuri
• Furry Dance – May 8 (dates may vary)

G

• Ganesh Chaturthi – dates vary
• Gantan-sai – January 1
• Genna – January 7
• Geranium Day – dates vary
• Ghede – N0v 2
• Ghost Festival – dates vary
• Ghost Month – dates vary
• Gold Rush Day
• Good Friday – dates vary
• Good Luck Day – January 17
• Great Fifteenth – 1st full moon of the new year of the lunar Korean calendar
• Groundhog Day – February 2
• Guy Fawkes Day – November 5

H

• Halcyon Days – December 14 – 28
• Halloween – October 31
• Haloa – January 8 – 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
• Hawthorn Moon
• Hazel Moon
• 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
• Herbal Holy Day – August 15
• Hercules’s Day
• Hero’s Day
• 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
• Holly Moon
• Holy Wednesday
• 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 – 13
• Ides of March – March 15
• Imbolc – February 2
• Independence Day – July 4
• Insect Hearing Festival – May 28
• International Day of Peace – September 21
• 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

J

• Japanese Flower Festival
• Johnny Appleseed Day – March 11

K

• Kakava Spring Festival – May 5 – 6
• Kalends of January – January 1 – 3
• Kalevala Day – February 28
• Kallyntaria – May 19 – 28
• King Frost Day – February 4
• King Kamehameha Day – June 11
• Kitchen God Festival – approx. a week before the Chinese New Year
• Kite Flying Day
• Krishna Janmashtami – August 15

L

• Labor Day – First Monday in Sept
• Lady Godiva Day – July 10
• Lady Luck Day – April 5
• Là Fhèill Brìghde – February 1
• La Mas Ubhal – November 1
• Lammas – August 1
• Larentalia
• Lazarus Saturday
• Lemuria – May 9, 11, and 13
• Liberalia
• Li Chun – Eve of Chinese New Year:
• Litha  –  June 20 – 22
• Loki’s Day
• Long Nights Moon – dates vary
• Lucaria – July 19
• Ludi Cereales
• Ludi Piscatari – June 17
• Ludi Plebeii – November 4 – 17
• Ludi Romani – September 4
• Lughnasadh – August 1
• Lunantishees Day – November 11
• Lunar Eclipse – dates vary
• Lupercalia – February 15

M

• Mabon – September 21, 22, or 23
• Mahayana New Year – Starts on the first full moon day in January
• Maidens Fair on Hen Mountain – July 17
• 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
• Méan Earraigh – dates vary
• Meditrinalia
• Megalesia – April 4 – April 10
• Memorial Day – last Monday in May
• Mice Wedding Day – October 27 or November 8
• Michaelmas – September 29
• Midsummer – on or near the Summer Solstice
• Midwives Day – January 8
• Minervalia
• Moon Day – July 20
• Mother March – March 1
• Mother Night – December 27
• Mother’s Day – 2nd Sunday in May
• Mothers of Arles – May 24 – 28
• Mothering Sunday – dates vary
• Mourning Moon – November full moon
• Mundus – August 24
• Music Day – March 21

N

• Naadam Festival – July 11 – 13
• National Tartan Day – April 6
• Nativity of Blessed Mary – September 21
• Nativity Fast – November 15 thru December 24
• Navaratri – September 21 – 29
• Navigium Isidis – March 5
• Nemesia – August 23
• Nemoralia – August 13
• Neptunalia – July 23
• 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
• Nones of the Wild Fig
• Nonae Caprotinae
• Noumenia – Day after the new moon
• Nunavut Day – July 9

O

• Oak Moon
• O-Bon Festival – August 13 – 15, or July 13 – 15
• Opalia – August 10
• Opiconsivia – August 25
• Ostara – Vernal Equinox

P

• Palm Sunday – dates vary
• Pamona’s Day
• Pancake Day – Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
• Parentalis
• Parilia – April 21, July 7
• Passover Begins
• Patriot Day – September 11
• Peppercorn Ceremony
• 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
• Portunalia – August 17
• 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

• Raksha Bandhan – August 7
• Raud the Strong’s Day – January 9
• Red Carnation Day – January 29
• Reindeer Race – Dates vary
• Regifugium
• Ritual for Mother Cotton – dates vary
• Robigalia – April 25
• Rose of the World Day – July 3
• Rosalia – May 10 and 31
• Rosh Hashanah – September 21 – 22
• Rousalii
• Rumilia Festival – July 7
• Rural Dionysia – November 28
• Russian Butter Festival – dates vary
• Russian Christmas – January 7

S

• Samhain – November 1
• Sami Week (Norway) – Dates vary
• Samjinnal – March 30
• Sânziene – June 24
• Saturnalia – December 17
• See A Real Fox Wedding – 10th day of the 10th lunar month
• Sementivae (Second festival of Tellus) – December 13
• Septimontium
• Setsubun – February 3 or 4
• Sham el-Nessim – April 17
• Shichi Fukujin – Seven Deities of Luck – January 1
• Sign of the Oak Tree – March 21
• 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
• St Agatha’s Day – February 5
• St Andrew’s Day – November 30
• St Anne’s Eve – July 23
• St Benedict Day – July 11
• St Dustan’s Day – May 19
• St Dwynwen’s Day – January 25
• St George’s Day – April 23 or May 6
• St James the Great Day – July 25
• St Knut’s Day – January 13
• St Lawrence Day – August 10
• St Nicholas Day – December 6
• St Paul’s Day – January 25
• St Stephen’s Day – December 26
• St. Swithin’s Day – July 15
• St Vitus Day – June 15 or 28
• St Vladimir the Great Day – July 15
• Stikklestad Day – July 29
• Stonehaven Fireball Ceremony – December 31
• Storm Moon  – March full Moon
• Stir Up Sunday – last Sunday before Advent
• Summer Finding
• Summer Solstice –  June 20 – 22

T

• Tako-Age
• Tanabata – July 7
• Tea and Tephi Day
• Thanksgiving Day – last Thurs in November
• Thargalia
• Thorrablot (Þorrablót) – the Friday after January 19
• Three Kings Day – January 6
• Timkat – January 19
• Tish’a B’av – August 1
• Tubilustrium – March 23, May 23
• Tomb Sweeping Day – April 4 or 5
• Transfiguration Sunday –  the final Sunday following Epiphany, and before Lent
• 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
• Up Helly Aa – last Tuesday in January
• Uruz

V

• Valentine’s Day – February 14
• Vat Purnima – dates vary
• Veneralia – April 1
• Vernal Equinox
• Vertumnalia – August 13
• Veteran’s Day – November 11
• Victoria Day – the Monday preceding May 25
• Vidar’s Day – June 14
• Vidovdan – June 28
• Vinalia Rustica – August 19
• Visakha Puja – dates vary
• Volcanalia – August 23
• Volturnalia – August 27

W

• Walpurgisnacht – April 30
• Waqf al Arafa – August 31
• Whale Festival
• Wind Moon – April full moon
• Winter Finding – Sept 21
• Winter Nights
• Winter Solstice – December 21 or 22
• Wipe The Slate Clean Day – August 1
• Wolf Moon – January Full Moon
• Women’s Equality Day – August 26
• World Environment Day – June 5
• World Religions Day – 3rd Sunday in January

Y

• Yom Kippur – September 30
• Yule

Z

• Zeus’ Day – June 12