Holidays
The built-in holidays of calendrica, as returned by holiday(name, year) and
holidays(year). Each occurrence is a date object; pass an optional calendar (name or object)
(e.g. holiday("shavuot", 2026, "hebrew")) to express it in a given calendar.
| Name | Tradition | Description |
|---|---|---|
advent | Christian / Western | The first Sunday of Advent, the fourth Sunday before Christmas. |
astronomical-easter | Christian / Western | Easter computed from the astronomical equinox and full moon at Jerusalem, rather than the ecclesiastical rule. |
christmas | Christian / Western | Christmas Day, 25 December. |
coptic-christmas | Christian / Western | Coptic Christmas (29 Koiak). |
easter | Christian / Western | Easter Sunday (Gregorian computus). |
eastern-orthodox-christmas | Christian / Western | Eastern Orthodox (Julian) Christmas. |
epiphany | Christian / Western | Epiphany, observed on the Sunday falling between 2 and 8 January. |
orthodox-easter | Christian / Western | Eastern Orthodox Easter (Julian computus, expressed on the Gregorian calendar). |
pentecost | Christian / Western | Pentecost (Whitsunday), the fiftieth day of the Easter season. |
daylight-saving-end | United States | End of US daylight saving time, the first Sunday in November. |
daylight-saving-start | United States | Start of US daylight saving time, the second Sunday in March. |
election-day | United States | US general election day, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. |
independence-day | United States | US Independence Day, 4 July. |
labor-day | United States | US Labor Day, the first Monday in September. |
memorial-day | United States | US Memorial Day, the last Monday in May. |
hanukkah | Jewish | The first day of Hanukkah (25 Kislev). |
passover | Jewish | Passover / Pesach (15 Nisan). |
purim | Jewish | Purim (14 Adar, or Adar II in leap years). |
rosh-hashanah | Jewish | Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year (1 Tishri). |
shavuot | Jewish | Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks (6 Sivan). |
sukkot | Jewish | Sukkot, the Feast of Booths (15 Tishri). |
ta-anit-esther | Jewish | The Fast of Esther, the day before Purim. |
tishah-be-av | Jewish | Tishah be-Av, the fast of the ninth of Av. |
yom-ha-zikkaron | Jewish | Yom ha-Zikkaron, Israel's Memorial Day. |
yom-kippur | Jewish | Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement (10 Tishri). |
eid-al-adha | Islamic | Eid al-Adha (10 Dhu al-Hijja). |
eid-al-fitr | Islamic | Eid al-Fitr (1 Shawwal). |
islamic-new-year | Islamic | Islamic New Year (1 Muharram), on the arithmetic Hijri calendar. |
mawlid | Islamic | Mawlid, the Prophet's birthday (12 Rabiʿ al-Awwal). |
ramadan | Islamic | The first day of Ramadan (1 Ramadan). |
nowruz | Persian | Nowruz, the Persian New Year (vernal equinox). |
bahai-new-year | Baháʼí | The Baháʼí New Year (Naw-Rúz). |
birth-of-the-bab | Baháʼí | The Birth of the Báb. |
feast-of-ridvan | Baháʼí | The first day of the Festival of Riḍván. |
naw-ruz | Baháʼí | Naw-Rúz, the Baháʼí New Year. |
kajeng-keliwon | Balinese | Kajeng Keliwon, recurring every 15 days in the Balinese Pawukon. |
tumpek | Balinese | Tumpek, recurring every 35 days in the Balinese Pawukon. |
chinese-new-year | Chinese | Chinese New Year. |
dragon-festival | Chinese | The Dragon Boat Festival (fifth day of the fifth lunar month). |
qing-ming | Chinese | Qingming (Pure Brightness), a solar-term festival. |
diwali | Hindu | Diwali, the festival of lights. |
hindu-lunar-new-year | Hindu | The Hindu lunar new year. |
maha-shivaratri | Hindu | Mahā Śivarātri. |
mesha-samkranti | Hindu | Mesha Saṃkrānti, the sidereal solar new year (Aries ingress). |
rama-navami | Hindu | Rāma Navamī, the birth of Rama. |
sacred-wednesdays | Hindu | Sacred Wednesdays — Wednesdays coinciding with the eighth lunar day, across the year. |
losar | Tibetan | Losar, the Tibetan New Year. |
unlucky-fridays | Gregorian | Friday the 13ths in the given Gregorian year. |