Event

2009 Date

New Year's Day

1 January

Epiphany

6 January

Burns Night

25 January

Chinese New Year

26 January

St Valentine's Day

14 February

Shrove Tuesday

24 February

Ash Wednesday

25 February

St Patrick's Day

17 March

Mother's Day (UK, Ireland)

22 March

British Summer Time begins

29 March

Palm Sunday

5 April

Maundy Thursday

9 April

Good Friday

10 April

Easter Sunday

12 April

Easter Monday

13 April

Victory in Europe Day

8 May

Mother's Day (USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand)

10 May

Ascension

21 May

Whit Sunday (Pentecost)

31 May

Whit Monday

1 June

Corpus Christi

11 June

Summer Solstice

21 June

Bastille Day

14 July

Assumption

15 August

Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)

19 September

Autumnal Equinox

22 September

Diwali - Festival of Light

17 October

British Summer Time ends

25 October

Hallowe'en

31 October

All Saints Day

1 November

All Souls' Day

2 November

Armistice Day

11 November

Immaculate Conception

8 December

Hanukkah (Holiday of Lights)

12 December

Winter Solstice

21 December

Christmas Eve

24 December

Christmas Day

25 December

St Stephen's Day / Boxing Day

26 December

New Year's Eve

31 December