Festivals of 1907
Festivals and holy days of the world's cultures in 1907, each computed from its own calendar.
January 1907
- 6 January 1907 · SundayEpiphanyChristianHoly day
6 January in the Western churches.
- 7 January 1907 · MondayOrthodox ChristmasChristianFestival
25 December of the Julian calendar, 7 January in the Gregorian.
- 19 January 1907 · SaturdayTimkat (Epiphany)EthiopianHoly day
Eleventh day of Tir.
- 21 January 1907 · MondayLaba FestivalChineseFestival
Eighth day of the twelfth lunar month: Laba porridge.
- 23 January 1907 · WednesdayDay of ArafahIslamicHoly day
Ninth day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the high point of the Hajj.
- 24 January 1907 · ThursdayEid al-AdhaIslamicFestival
Tenth day of Dhu al-Hijjah.
- 30 January 1907 · WednesdayTu BiShvatJewishFestival
Fifteenth day of Shevat, the New Year of Trees.
February 1907
- 5 February 1907 · TuesdayLittle New Year (Xiaonian)ChineseFestival
Twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month in the north (24th in the south): seeing off the Kitchen God.
- 12 February 1907 · TuesdayNew Year's Eve (Chuxi)ChineseAncestors
Last day of the lunar year: the reunion dinner and offerings to ancestors.
- 13 February 1907 · WednesdaySpring Festival (Chinese New Year)ChineseNew year
First day of the first lunar month, the most important Chinese festival.
- 13 February 1907 · WednesdayAsh WednesdayChristianFast
Start of Lent, 46 days before Easter.
- 13 February 1907 · WednesdaySeollal (Korean New Year)KoreanNew year
First day of the Korean lunar year, with ancestral rites (charye).
- 14 February 1907 · ThursdayIslamic New YearIslamicNew year
First day of Muharram. Dates follow Umm al-Qura and may differ locally by moon sighting.
- 23 February 1907 · SaturdayAshuraIslamicHoly day
Tenth day of Muharram.
- 27 February 1907 · WednesdayLantern FestivalChineseFestival
Fifteenth day of the first lunar month: lanterns and sweet rice dumplings close the New Year season.
- 28 February 1907 · ThursdayPurimJewishFestival
Fourteenth day of Adar (Adar II in leap years).
March 1907
- 15 March 1907 · FridayDragon Raises Its HeadChineseFestival
Second day of the second lunar month, marking the start of spring farming.
- 22 March 1907 · FridayNowruzPersianNew year
Persian New Year at the spring equinox, on UNESCO's list of intangible heritage.
- 29 March 1907 · FridayGood FridayChristianHoly day
The Friday before Easter.
- 30 March 1907 · SaturdayPassover (Pesach)JewishFestival
Fifteenth day of Nisan.
- 31 March 1907 · SundayEasterChristianFestival
Western Easter (Gregorian computus).
April 1907
- 3 April 1907 · WednesdaySizdah BedarPersianFestival
Thirteenth day of Farvardin, spent outdoors.
- 5 April 1907 · FridayCold Food FestivalChineseAncestors
Traditionally a day without fire before Qingming, now observed the day before it.
- 6 April 1907 · SaturdayQingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day)ChineseAncestors
Solar term of Pure Brightness, when families sweep ancestral graves.
- 13 April 1907 · SaturdaySongkranThaiNew year
Thai New Year, 13 April (celebrated 13 to 15 April).
- 25 April 1907 · ThursdayMawlid (Prophet's Birthday)IslamicHoly day
Twelfth day of Rabi al-Awwal for most Sunni communities (the 17th for many Shia).
May 1907
- 5 May 1907 · SundayOrthodox EasterChristianFestival
Easter by the Julian computus.
- 19 May 1907 · SundayPentecostChristianHoly day
Seven weeks after Easter.
- 19 May 1907 · SundayShavuotJewishFestival
Sixth day of Sivan.
June 1907
- 15 June 1907 · SaturdayDragon Boat FestivalChineseFestival
Fifth day of the fifth lunar month: dragon boat races and zongzi.
- 15 June 1907 · SaturdayDanoKoreanFestival
Fifth day of the fifth lunar month in Korea.
July 1907
- 20 July 1907 · SaturdayTisha B'AvJewishFast
Ninth day of Av (postponed to Sunday when it falls on the Sabbath).
August 1907
- 15 August 1907 · ThursdayQixi FestivalChineseFestival
Seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the meeting of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
- 23 August 1907 · FridayGhost Festival (Zhongyuan)ChineseAncestors
Fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month: offerings to ancestors and wandering spirits.
September 1907
- 9 September 1907 · MondayRosh HashanahJewishNew year
First day of Tishrei. Jewish days begin at sundown the evening before.
- 12 September 1907 · ThursdayNayrouz (Coptic New Year)CopticNew year
First day of Thout, heir to the ancient Egyptian new year.
- 12 September 1907 · ThursdayEnkutatash (Ethiopian New Year)EthiopianNew year
First day of Meskerem.
- 18 September 1907 · WednesdayYom KippurJewishFast
Tenth day of Tishrei, the Day of Atonement.
- 22 September 1907 · SundayMid-Autumn FestivalChineseFestival
Fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month: the full moon, family reunion and mooncakes.
- 22 September 1907 · SundayChuseokKoreanAncestors
Korean harvest festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, with ancestral rites.
- 23 September 1907 · MondaySukkotJewishFestival
Fifteenth day of Tishrei.
- 28 September 1907 · SaturdayMeskelEthiopianHoly day
Seventeenth day of Meskerem, finding of the True Cross.
October 1907
- 9 October 1907 · WednesdayStart of RamadanIslamicFast
First day of the month of fasting.
- 15 October 1907 · TuesdayDouble Ninth FestivalChineseFestival
Ninth day of the ninth lunar month: climbing heights and honouring the elderly.
November 1907
- 1 November 1907 · FridayAll Saints' DayChristianHoly day
1 November in the Western churches.
- 2 November 1907 · SaturdayDay of the DeadMexicanAncestors
Mexican commemoration of the dead on 1 and 2 November, with Mesoamerican roots, on UNESCO's intangible heritage list.
- 4 November 1907 · MondayLaylat al-QadrIslamicHoly day
Commonly observed on the night before the 27th of Ramadan.
- 6 November 1907 · WednesdayWinter Clothes Day (Hanyi)ChineseAncestors
First day of the tenth lunar month, when paper clothes are burned for ancestors.
- 7 November 1907 · ThursdayEid al-FitrIslamicFestival
First day of Shawwal, ending the Ramadan fast.
December 1907
- 1 December 1907 · SundayHanukkahJewishFestival
Eight days from the 25th of Kislev.
- 22 December 1907 · SundayYalda NightPersianFestival
The longest night of the year, the last night of Azar.
- 23 December 1907 · MondayWinter Solstice (Dongzhi)ChineseAncestors
The winter solstice, a family and ancestral festival.
- 25 December 1907 · WednesdayChristmasChristianFestival
25 December in the Western churches.