Festivals of 2071
Festivals and holy days of the world's cultures in 2071, each computed from its own calendar.
January 2071
- 6 January 2071 · TuesdayEpiphanyChristianHoly day
6 January in the Western churches.
- 7 January 2071 · WednesdayOrthodox ChristmasChristianFestival
25 December of the Julian calendar, 7 January in the Gregorian.
- 8 January 2071 · ThursdayLaba FestivalChineseFestival
Eighth day of the twelfth lunar month: Laba porridge.
- 11 January 2071 · SundayDay of ArafahIslamicHoly day
Ninth day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the high point of the Hajj.
- 12 January 2071 · MondayEid al-AdhaIslamicFestival
Tenth day of Dhu al-Hijjah.
- 15 January 2071 · ThursdayTu BiShvatJewishFestival
Fifteenth day of Shevat, the New Year of Trees.
- 19 January 2071 · MondayTimkat (Epiphany)EthiopianHoly day
Eleventh day of Tir.
- 23 January 2071 · 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.
- 30 January 2071 · FridayNew Year's Eve (Chuxi)ChineseAncestors
Last day of the lunar year: the reunion dinner and offerings to ancestors.
- 31 January 2071 · SaturdaySpring Festival (Chinese New Year)ChineseNew year
First day of the first lunar month, the most important Chinese festival.
- 31 January 2071 · SaturdaySeollal (Korean New Year)KoreanNew year
First day of the Korean lunar year, with ancestral rites (charye).
February 2071
- 2 February 2071 · MondayIslamic New YearIslamicNew year
First day of Muharram. Dates follow Umm al-Qura and may differ locally by moon sighting.
- 11 February 2071 · WednesdayAshuraIslamicHoly day
Tenth day of Muharram.
- 14 February 2071 · SaturdayLantern FestivalChineseFestival
Fifteenth day of the first lunar month: lanterns and sweet rice dumplings close the New Year season.
March 2071
- 3 March 2071 · TuesdayDragon Raises Its HeadChineseFestival
Second day of the second lunar month, marking the start of spring farming.
- 4 March 2071 · WednesdayAsh WednesdayChristianFast
Start of Lent, 46 days before Easter.
- 15 March 2071 · SundayPurimJewishFestival
Fourteenth day of Adar (Adar II in leap years).
- 21 March 2071 · SaturdayNowruzPersianNew year
Persian New Year at the spring equinox, on UNESCO's list of intangible heritage.
April 2071
- 2 April 2071 · ThursdaySizdah BedarPersianFestival
Thirteenth day of Farvardin, spent outdoors.
- 4 April 2071 · SaturdayCold Food FestivalChineseAncestors
Traditionally a day without fire before Qingming, now observed the day before it.
- 5 April 2071 · SundayQingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day)ChineseAncestors
Solar term of Pure Brightness, when families sweep ancestral graves.
- 13 April 2071 · MondayMawlid (Prophet's Birthday)IslamicHoly day
Twelfth day of Rabi al-Awwal for most Sunni communities (the 17th for many Shia).
- 13 April 2071 · MondaySongkranThaiNew year
Thai New Year, 13 April (celebrated 13 to 15 April).
- 14 April 2071 · TuesdayPassover (Pesach)JewishFestival
Fifteenth day of Nisan.
- 17 April 2071 · FridayGood FridayChristianHoly day
The Friday before Easter.
- 19 April 2071 · SundayEasterChristianFestival
Western Easter (Gregorian computus).
- 19 April 2071 · SundayOrthodox EasterChristianFestival
Easter by the Julian computus.
June 2071
- 2 June 2071 · TuesdayDragon Boat FestivalChineseFestival
Fifth day of the fifth lunar month: dragon boat races and zongzi.
- 2 June 2071 · TuesdayDanoKoreanFestival
Fifth day of the fifth lunar month in Korea.
- 3 June 2071 · WednesdayShavuotJewishFestival
Sixth day of Sivan.
- 7 June 2071 · SundayPentecostChristianHoly day
Seven weeks after Easter.
August 2071
- 2 August 2071 · SundayQixi FestivalChineseFestival
Seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the meeting of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
- 4 August 2071 · TuesdayTisha B'AvJewishFast
Ninth day of Av (postponed to Sunday when it falls on the Sabbath).
- 10 August 2071 · MondayGhost Festival (Zhongyuan)ChineseAncestors
Fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month: offerings to ancestors and wandering spirits.
September 2071
- 8 September 2071 · TuesdayMid-Autumn FestivalChineseFestival
Fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month: the full moon, family reunion and mooncakes.
- 8 September 2071 · TuesdayChuseokKoreanAncestors
Korean harvest festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, with ancestral rites.
- 12 September 2071 · SaturdayNayrouz (Coptic New Year)CopticNew year
First day of Thout, heir to the ancient Egyptian new year.
- 12 September 2071 · SaturdayEnkutatash (Ethiopian New Year)EthiopianNew year
First day of Meskerem.
- 24 September 2071 · ThursdayRosh HashanahJewishNew year
First day of Tishrei. Jewish days begin at sundown the evening before.
- 25 September 2071 · FridayStart of RamadanIslamicFast
First day of the month of fasting.
- 28 September 2071 · MondayMeskelEthiopianHoly day
Seventeenth day of Meskerem, finding of the True Cross.
October 2071
- 3 October 2071 · SaturdayYom KippurJewishFast
Tenth day of Tishrei, the Day of Atonement.
- 8 October 2071 · ThursdaySukkotJewishFestival
Fifteenth day of Tishrei.
- 21 October 2071 · WednesdayLaylat al-QadrIslamicHoly day
Commonly observed on the night before the 27th of Ramadan.
- 24 October 2071 · SaturdayEid al-FitrIslamicFestival
First day of Shawwal, ending the Ramadan fast.
- 31 October 2071 · SaturdayDouble Ninth FestivalChineseFestival
Ninth day of the ninth lunar month: climbing heights and honouring the elderly.
November 2071
- 1 November 2071 · SundayAll Saints' DayChristianHoly day
1 November in the Western churches.
- 2 November 2071 · MondayDay of the DeadMexicanAncestors
Mexican commemoration of the dead on 1 and 2 November, with Mesoamerican roots, on UNESCO's intangible heritage list.
- 22 November 2071 · SundayWinter Clothes Day (Hanyi)ChineseAncestors
First day of the tenth lunar month, when paper clothes are burned for ancestors.
December 2071
- 17 December 2071 · ThursdayHanukkahJewishFestival
Eight days from the 25th of Kislev.
- 21 December 2071 · MondayYalda NightPersianFestival
The longest night of the year, the last night of Azar.
- 22 December 2071 · TuesdayWinter Solstice (Dongzhi)ChineseAncestors
The winter solstice, a family and ancestral festival.
- 25 December 2071 · FridayChristmasChristianFestival
25 December in the Western churches.
- 31 December 2071 · ThursdayDay of ArafahIslamicHoly day
Ninth day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the high point of the Hajj.