Festivals of 2068
Festivals and holy days of the world's cultures in 2068, each computed from its own calendar.
January 2068
- 6 January 2068 · FridayEpiphanyChristianHoly day
6 January in the Western churches.
- 7 January 2068 · SaturdayOrthodox ChristmasChristianFestival
25 December of the Julian calendar, 7 January in the Gregorian.
- 12 January 2068 · ThursdayLaba FestivalChineseFestival
Eighth day of the twelfth lunar month: Laba porridge.
- 19 January 2068 · ThursdayTu BiShvatJewishFestival
Fifteenth day of Shevat, the New Year of Trees.
- 20 January 2068 · FridayTimkat (Epiphany)EthiopianHoly day
Eleventh day of Tir.
- 27 January 2068 · FridayLittle New Year (Xiaonian)ChineseFestival
Twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month in the north (24th in the south): seeing off the Kitchen God.
February 2068
- 2 February 2068 · ThursdayNew Year's Eve (Chuxi)ChineseAncestors
Last day of the lunar year: the reunion dinner and offerings to ancestors.
- 3 February 2068 · FridaySpring Festival (Chinese New Year)ChineseNew year
First day of the first lunar month, the most important Chinese festival.
- 3 February 2068 · FridaySeollal (Korean New Year)KoreanNew year
First day of the Korean lunar year, with ancestral rites (charye).
- 13 February 2068 · MondayDay of ArafahIslamicHoly day
Ninth day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the high point of the Hajj.
- 14 February 2068 · TuesdayEid al-AdhaIslamicFestival
Tenth day of Dhu al-Hijjah.
- 17 February 2068 · FridayLantern FestivalChineseFestival
Fifteenth day of the first lunar month: lanterns and sweet rice dumplings close the New Year season.
March 2068
- 5 March 2068 · MondayDragon Raises Its HeadChineseFestival
Second day of the second lunar month, marking the start of spring farming.
- 5 March 2068 · MondayIslamic New YearIslamicNew year
First day of Muharram. Dates follow Umm al-Qura and may differ locally by moon sighting.
- 7 March 2068 · WednesdayAsh WednesdayChristianFast
Start of Lent, 46 days before Easter.
- 14 March 2068 · WednesdayAshuraIslamicHoly day
Tenth day of Muharram.
- 18 March 2068 · SundayPurimJewishFestival
Fourteenth day of Adar (Adar II in leap years).
- 20 March 2068 · TuesdayNowruzPersianNew year
Persian New Year at the spring equinox, on UNESCO's list of intangible heritage.
April 2068
- 1 April 2068 · SundaySizdah BedarPersianFestival
Thirteenth day of Farvardin, spent outdoors.
- 3 April 2068 · TuesdayCold Food FestivalChineseAncestors
Traditionally a day without fire before Qingming, now observed the day before it.
- 4 April 2068 · WednesdayQingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day)ChineseAncestors
Solar term of Pure Brightness, when families sweep ancestral graves.
- 13 April 2068 · FridaySongkranThaiNew year
Thai New Year, 13 April (celebrated 13 to 15 April).
- 17 April 2068 · TuesdayPassover (Pesach)JewishFestival
Fifteenth day of Nisan.
- 20 April 2068 · FridayGood FridayChristianHoly day
The Friday before Easter.
- 22 April 2068 · SundayEasterChristianFestival
Western Easter (Gregorian computus).
- 29 April 2068 · SundayOrthodox EasterChristianFestival
Easter by the Julian computus.
May 2068
- 14 May 2068 · MondayMawlid (Prophet's Birthday)IslamicHoly day
Twelfth day of Rabi al-Awwal for most Sunni communities (the 17th for many Shia).
June 2068
- 4 June 2068 · MondayDragon Boat FestivalChineseFestival
Fifth day of the fifth lunar month: dragon boat races and zongzi.
- 4 June 2068 · MondayDanoKoreanFestival
Fifth day of the fifth lunar month in Korea.
- 6 June 2068 · WednesdayShavuotJewishFestival
Sixth day of Sivan.
- 10 June 2068 · SundayPentecostChristianHoly day
Seven weeks after Easter.
August 2068
- 4 August 2068 · SaturdayQixi FestivalChineseFestival
Seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the meeting of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
- 7 August 2068 · TuesdayTisha B'AvJewishFast
Ninth day of Av (postponed to Sunday when it falls on the Sabbath).
- 12 August 2068 · SundayGhost Festival (Zhongyuan)ChineseAncestors
Fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month: offerings to ancestors and wandering spirits.
September 2068
- 11 September 2068 · TuesdayMid-Autumn FestivalChineseFestival
Fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month: the full moon, family reunion and mooncakes.
- 11 September 2068 · TuesdayNayrouz (Coptic New Year)CopticNew year
First day of Thout, heir to the ancient Egyptian new year.
- 11 September 2068 · TuesdayEnkutatash (Ethiopian New Year)EthiopianNew year
First day of Meskerem.
- 11 September 2068 · TuesdayChuseokKoreanAncestors
Korean harvest festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, with ancestral rites.
- 27 September 2068 · ThursdayMeskelEthiopianHoly day
Seventeenth day of Meskerem, finding of the True Cross.
- 27 September 2068 · ThursdayRosh HashanahJewishNew year
First day of Tishrei. Jewish days begin at sundown the evening before.
October 2068
- 4 October 2068 · ThursdayDouble Ninth FestivalChineseFestival
Ninth day of the ninth lunar month: climbing heights and honouring the elderly.
- 6 October 2068 · SaturdayYom KippurJewishFast
Tenth day of Tishrei, the Day of Atonement.
- 11 October 2068 · ThursdaySukkotJewishFestival
Fifteenth day of Tishrei.
- 26 October 2068 · FridayWinter Clothes Day (Hanyi)ChineseAncestors
First day of the tenth lunar month, when paper clothes are burned for ancestors.
- 28 October 2068 · SundayStart of RamadanIslamicFast
First day of the month of fasting.
November 2068
- 1 November 2068 · ThursdayAll Saints' DayChristianHoly day
1 November in the Western churches.
- 2 November 2068 · FridayDay of the DeadMexicanAncestors
Mexican commemoration of the dead on 1 and 2 November, with Mesoamerican roots, on UNESCO's intangible heritage list.
- 23 November 2068 · FridayLaylat al-QadrIslamicHoly day
Commonly observed on the night before the 27th of Ramadan.
- 26 November 2068 · MondayEid al-FitrIslamicFestival
First day of Shawwal, ending the Ramadan fast.
December 2068
- 19 December 2068 · WednesdayHanukkahJewishFestival
Eight days from the 25th of Kislev.
- 20 December 2068 · ThursdayYalda NightPersianFestival
The longest night of the year, the last night of Azar.
- 21 December 2068 · FridayWinter Solstice (Dongzhi)ChineseAncestors
The winter solstice, a family and ancestral festival.
- 25 December 2068 · TuesdayChristmasChristianFestival
25 December in the Western churches.
- 31 December 2068 · MondayLaba FestivalChineseFestival
Eighth day of the twelfth lunar month: Laba porridge.