Festivals of 2033
Festivals and holy days of the world's cultures in 2033, each computed from its own calendar.
January 2033
- 3 January 2033 · MondayEid al-FitrIslamicFestival
First day of Shawwal, ending the Ramadan fast.
- 6 January 2033 · ThursdayEpiphanyChristianHoly day
6 January in the Western churches.
- 7 January 2033 · FridayOrthodox ChristmasChristianFestival
25 December of the Julian calendar, 7 January in the Gregorian.
- 8 January 2033 · SaturdayLaba FestivalChineseFestival
Eighth day of the twelfth lunar month: Laba porridge.
- 15 January 2033 · SaturdayTu BiShvatJewishFestival
Fifteenth day of Shevat, the New Year of Trees.
- 19 January 2033 · WednesdayTimkat (Epiphany)EthiopianHoly day
Eleventh day of Tir.
- 23 January 2033 · SundayLittle New Year (Xiaonian)ChineseFestival
Twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month in the north (24th in the south): seeing off the Kitchen God.
- 30 January 2033 · SundayNew Year's Eve (Chuxi)ChineseAncestors
Last day of the lunar year: the reunion dinner and offerings to ancestors.
- 31 January 2033 · MondaySpring Festival (Chinese New Year)ChineseNew year
First day of the first lunar month, the most important Chinese festival.
- 31 January 2033 · MondaySeollal (Korean New Year)KoreanNew year
First day of the Korean lunar year, with ancestral rites (charye).
February 2033
- 14 February 2033 · MondayLantern FestivalChineseFestival
Fifteenth day of the first lunar month: lanterns and sweet rice dumplings close the New Year season.
March 2033
- 2 March 2033 · WednesdayDragon Raises Its HeadChineseFestival
Second day of the second lunar month, marking the start of spring farming.
- 2 March 2033 · WednesdayAsh WednesdayChristianFast
Start of Lent, 46 days before Easter.
- 2 March 2033 · WednesdayLosar (Tibetan New Year)TibetanNew year
First day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar.
- 11 March 2033 · FridayDay of ArafahIslamicHoly day
Ninth day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the high point of the Hajj.
- 12 March 2033 · SaturdayEid al-AdhaIslamicFestival
Tenth day of Dhu al-Hijjah.
- 15 March 2033 · TuesdayPurimJewishFestival
Fourteenth day of Adar (Adar II in leap years).
- 20 March 2033 · SundayNowruzPersianNew year
Persian New Year at the spring equinox, on UNESCO's list of intangible heritage.
April 2033
- 1 April 2033 · FridayIslamic New YearIslamicNew year
First day of Muharram. Dates follow Umm al-Qura and may differ locally by moon sighting.
- 1 April 2033 · FridaySizdah BedarPersianFestival
Thirteenth day of Farvardin, spent outdoors.
- 3 April 2033 · SundayCold Food FestivalChineseAncestors
Traditionally a day without fire before Qingming, now observed the day before it.
- 4 April 2033 · MondayQingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day)ChineseAncestors
Solar term of Pure Brightness, when families sweep ancestral graves.
- 10 April 2033 · SundayAshuraIslamicHoly day
Tenth day of Muharram.
- 13 April 2033 · WednesdaySongkranThaiNew year
Thai New Year, 13 April (celebrated 13 to 15 April).
- 14 April 2033 · ThursdayPassover (Pesach)JewishFestival
Fifteenth day of Nisan.
- 15 April 2033 · FridayGood FridayChristianHoly day
The Friday before Easter.
- 17 April 2033 · SundayEasterChristianFestival
Western Easter (Gregorian computus).
- 24 April 2033 · SundayOrthodox EasterChristianFestival
Easter by the Julian computus.
June 2033
- 1 June 2033 · WednesdayDragon Boat FestivalChineseFestival
Fifth day of the fifth lunar month: dragon boat races and zongzi.
- 1 June 2033 · WednesdayDanoKoreanFestival
Fifth day of the fifth lunar month in Korea.
- 3 June 2033 · FridayShavuotJewishFestival
Sixth day of Sivan.
- 5 June 2033 · SundayPentecostChristianHoly day
Seven weeks after Easter.
- 10 June 2033 · FridayMawlid (Prophet's Birthday)IslamicHoly day
Twelfth day of Rabi al-Awwal for most Sunni communities (the 17th for many Shia).
August 2033
- 1 August 2033 · MondayQixi FestivalChineseFestival
Seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the meeting of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
- 4 August 2033 · ThursdayTisha B'AvJewishFast
Ninth day of Av (postponed to Sunday when it falls on the Sabbath).
- 9 August 2033 · TuesdayGhost Festival (Zhongyuan)ChineseAncestors
Fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month: offerings to ancestors and wandering spirits.
September 2033
- 8 September 2033 · ThursdayMid-Autumn FestivalChineseFestival
Fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month: the full moon, family reunion and mooncakes.
- 8 September 2033 · ThursdayChuseokKoreanAncestors
Korean harvest festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, with ancestral rites.
- 11 September 2033 · SundayNayrouz (Coptic New Year)CopticNew year
First day of Thout, heir to the ancient Egyptian new year.
- 11 September 2033 · SundayEnkutatash (Ethiopian New Year)EthiopianNew year
First day of Meskerem.
- 24 September 2033 · SaturdayRosh HashanahJewishNew year
First day of Tishrei. Jewish days begin at sundown the evening before.
- 27 September 2033 · TuesdayMeskelEthiopianHoly day
Seventeenth day of Meskerem, finding of the True Cross.
October 2033
- 1 October 2033 · SaturdayDouble Ninth FestivalChineseFestival
Ninth day of the ninth lunar month: climbing heights and honouring the elderly.
- 3 October 2033 · MondayYom KippurJewishFast
Tenth day of Tishrei, the Day of Atonement.
- 8 October 2033 · SaturdaySukkotJewishFestival
Fifteenth day of Tishrei.
- 23 October 2033 · SundayWinter Clothes Day (Hanyi)ChineseAncestors
First day of the tenth lunar month, when paper clothes are burned for ancestors.
November 2033
- 1 November 2033 · TuesdayAll Saints' DayChristianHoly day
1 November in the Western churches.
- 2 November 2033 · WednesdayDay of the DeadMexicanAncestors
Mexican commemoration of the dead on 1 and 2 November, with Mesoamerican roots, on UNESCO's intangible heritage list.
- 23 November 2033 · WednesdayStart of RamadanIslamicFast
First day of the month of fasting.
December 2033
- 17 December 2033 · SaturdayHanukkahJewishFestival
Eight days from the 25th of Kislev.
- 19 December 2033 · MondayLaylat al-QadrIslamicHoly day
Commonly observed on the night before the 27th of Ramadan.
- 20 December 2033 · TuesdayYalda NightPersianFestival
The longest night of the year, the last night of Azar.
- 21 December 2033 · WednesdayWinter Solstice (Dongzhi)ChineseAncestors
The winter solstice, a family and ancestral festival.
- 23 December 2033 · FridayEid al-FitrIslamicFestival
First day of Shawwal, ending the Ramadan fast.
- 25 December 2033 · SundayChristmasChristianFestival
25 December in the Western churches.