January:
- 1: New Year’s Day
- 1: Shichi Fukujin – Seven Deities of Luck Celebration
- 1: Full Moon – Wolf Moon – Supermoon
- 1: Gantan-sai – Shinto New Year Holy Day, see also Shogatsu
- 1: Handsel Monday
- 1: Ethics Day – Day to commit to cultivating personal honor.
- 1 thru 3: Kalends of January
- 1 or 2: Feast Day of St Basil
- 1 thru 4: Tewa Turtle Dance – celebrating life and the first Creation, when Sky Father embraced Earth Mother and all life was conceived.
- 1 thru 5: Quadrantids Meteor Shower
- 1 thru 6: Shogatsu/Shinto New Year’s Festival – The Kami (Nature Spirits) of the four directions are honored, and prayers for happiness, good health, and prosperity are made.
- 2: Advent of Isis
- 2: Nativity of Inanna
- 2 thru 4: Mahayana New Year
- 3: Festival of Pax – the Roman goddess of peace – alternative date Jan 30
- 3: Pueblo Deer Dances
- 3: Snow Day
- 4: Evergreen Day
- 5: Festival of Lares Compitales – Roman guardian deities of crossroads
- 5: Feast of Old Roman Goddess Befana, the old woman who flies on a broom, bringing gifts to all good children.
- 5: Twelfth Night
- 5: Avian Day – Day to honor all creatures of the air and to meditate on Deity manifesting as birds.
- 5 or 6: Festival of Kore
- 5 and 6: Feast of God Poseidon – dates varied from Dec – Jan
- 6: Epiphany
- 6: Dia de los Reyes – Three Kings Day
- 6: Haxey Hood (English)
- 7: Distaff Day
- 7: Russian Christmas
- 7: Nativity of Christ
- 7: Koshogatsu – Shinto rite honoring Goddess Izanami, partner of God Izanagi.
- 7: Feast of Sekhmet – Egyptian New Year’s Day (alternative date Aug 7)
- 8: Druidic New Year
- 8: Midwives’ Day
- 8: Plough Monday
- 8 thru 9: The Haloa
- 9: Agonalia – Festival of Janus (alternative date Jan 11)
- 10: Geriant’s Day (Welsh)
- 11 and 15: The Carmentalia – festival of Carmenta, the Roman goddess of childbirth
- 12: The Compitalia
- 12 thru 16: Rustic Dionysia (alternative date Nov 28)
- 13: St Knut’s Day
- 13 – 25: Mid Winter Blot (Midvetr, Midvetrarblot, Jordblot, Thorrablot, Freyrblot) – Old Norse Mid Winter Feast.
- 14: Pongal – Festival of Makar Sankranti
- 15: Night of Hekate Suppers – last night of the waning moon
- 15: Black Christ Festival (Guatemalan)
- 16: New Moon
- 16: Festival of Concordia – the Roman goddess of harmonious relations
- 16: St Peter’s Day – also Jun 29
- 16: Rosh Chodesh
- 16 and 17: Old Greek festival in which offerings were made to the Wind Gods of the Eight Directions.
- 17: Good Luck Day – Festival of Felicitas
- 17: Blessing of the Animals
- 17 thru 18: Ashera
- 19: Blessing of the Waters
- 19: Thorrablot (Þorrablót) – the Friday after Jan 19
- 20: Sun enters Aquarius
- 21: World Religions Day
- 21: Celtic Tree Month of Rowan begins
- 22: Sarasvati Puja
- 24: Feriae Sementivae – Blessing the Seeds
- 24: Gold Rush Day
- 24: Bodhi Day – the 8th day of the 12th lunar month
- 24: Blessing of the Happy Woman’s Candle
- 25: Burns Supper
- 25: St Paul’s Day
- 25: St Dwynwen’s Day
- 26: Festival of Ekekeo (Bolivian)
- 29: Gamelion Noumenia – Old Greek festival honoring all the Gods and Goddesses.
- 30: Up Helly Aa – Scottish Viking celebration
- 30 thru 31: Feast of the Charites – Day to honor the Old Greek Goddesses of beneficence.
- 30 thru Feb. 2: Februalia
- 31: Disfest/Disablot
- 31: Lunar Eclipse
- 31: Full Moon – Supermoon – Blue Moon – Quickening Moon
- 31: Tu B’shvat – New Year for Trees
- 31 thru Feb 3: Old European Lunar New Year – Celebration of the Triple Goddess (Goddess of the Moon and the Seasons) being transformed from the Crone into the Virgin; celebrated with ritual bathing of divine images.
- 31 thru Feb 8: Navajo Sing – Festival in preparation for the coming agricultural season; celebrated with prayer, chanting, dancing, and healing.
February:
- 1: Vasant Panchami
- 1: Là Fhèill Brìghde
- 1: Imbolc Eve
- 1 thru 14: Old Greek Festival of Dionysus.
- 2: Saint Brighid’s Day
- 2: Disting – The Charming of the Plow – dates vary
- 2: Candlemas
- 2: Imbolc – the Celtic festival marking the period of lactation of the ewes
- 2: Lammas or Lughnasadh (Southern Hemisphere)
- 2: Yoruba/Santeria feast of Oya, Orisha of Death and Rebirth.
- 2: Groundhog Day
- 3: Powamu Festival (Hopi) – dates vary
- 3: Setsubun – Shinto rite in which good fortune is invoked and evil exorcised.
- 3: St. Blaze Day
- 4: King Frost Day
- 5: St Agatha’s Day
- 5: Fornacalia – The Day of the Ovens – anytime between Feb 5 and Feb 17
- 6: The Aphrodesia – feast day of the goddess Aphrodite
- 7: Day of Selene
- 8: Festival for the Broken Needles
- 9: Dakini Day (Tibetan)
- 10: Li Chum (Chinese)
- 11: Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
- 11: Pattern Day
- 11: Meatfare Sunday
- 12: Festival of Artemis – the Greek goddess of the hunt
- 12 thru 18: Maslenitsa, Russian Butter Festival
- 13: Shrove Tuesday
- 13: Pancake Day
- 13: Martes y Trece – Tuesday the 13th
- 13 thru 14: Mahashivaratri
- 13 thru 21: The Parentalis – festival to honor the spirits of the ancestors
- 14: St. Valentine’s Day
- 14: Feast of Vali
- 14: Ash Wednesday
- 14: The 40 days of Lent begin
- 14: Night of Hekate Suppers
- 14: Sojong Day – Tibetan Buddhist day of fasting, confession, and reparation for harm done.
- 15: New Moon
- 15: Lupercalia – the festival of Lupercus, the Roman god of flocks and fertility.
- 15 : Nirvana Day
- 15: Sigfrid’s Day
- 15: Partial Solar Eclipse
- 16: Chinese New Year – Year of the Dog begins
- 17: Toshigoi – Shinto rite honoring the Kami and offering prayers for a bountiful rice harvest.
- 17: Festival of Quirinus – god of war, storms and thunder
- 18: Cheese Fare Sunday
- 18: Transfiguration Sunday
- 18: Forgiveness Sunday
- 18: Celtic Tree Month of Ash begins
- 18: Spenta Armaiti (Zoroastrian)
- 19: Clean Monday
- 19: Sun enters Pisces
- 19 thru 27: Iroquois Mid-Winter Ceremony (dates vary)
- 20: Day of Tacita
- 21: Feralia – an ancient Roman Day of the Dead
- 22: Caristia – Roman holiday of family reunions
- 22: Everyman’s Birthday
- 22: St. Lucia’s Day
- 23: Festival of Terminus – the Roman god of boundaries and border markers.
- 24: Flight of the King – Regifugium
- 25: Children’s Day
- 25: Day of Mut
- 25: Time of the Old Woman (Moroccan)
- 25: Orthodox Sunday
- 26: Day of Nuit
- 26: Hygeia’s Day
- 26: Day of Mihr (Armenian)
- 26 – Mar 2: Holi
- 27: Feast of Esther
- 28: Buddha’s Conception
- 28: Kalevala Day – the epic poem, Kalevala is celebrated by the Finns.
- 28: Old Slavic Velja Noc – Spirits of the dead visit their living relatives, overseen by Veles, Lord of the Dead.
- 28: Saxon Cake Day – cakes offered to the God and the Goddess.
- 28 – Mar 1: Purim
March:
- 1: Matronalia – the Festival of Women
- 1: New Year’s Day in the old Roman calendar.
- 1: Saint David’s Day
- 1: Mother March
- 1 thru 9: Navajo Sing – Festival in which fields are blessed in preparation for planting.
- 2: Holy Wells Day – the day of Ceadda, the Celtic goddess of healing springs and holy wells.
- 2 thru 20: Nineteen Day Fast
- 2: Full Moon – Crow Moon, Storm Moon
- 2: The Great Fifteenth
- 3: Aegir’s Day (Teutonic)
- 4: The Anestheria – Greek festival of flowers
- 4: Feast of Rhiannon
- 5: The Festival of Navigation – Navigium Isidis
- 7 thru 14: Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries. Old Greek festival celebrating the marriage of Goddess Kore and God Dionysos, following their return from Elysium.
- 8: Birthday of Mother Earth
- 10: Celebrate Artemis’ Birthday on the March Crescent Moon
- 10: Snake Saturday
- 10: The Daedala
- 10: Hypatia’s Day
- 11: Hercules’ Day
- 11: Creation Day
- 11: Snake Sunday
- 11: Johnny Appleseed Day
- 11: Mothering Sunday
- 11: Great Night of Shiva, Vigil and feast for Transcendence
- 12: Marduk’s Feast Day
- 13: Purification Feast
- 13: Martes y Trece – Tuesday the 13th
- 13 thru 15: Hola Mohalla – Sikh
- 14: Feriae Marti – Festival of Mars
- 14: The Diasia to ward off poverty – Greece.
- 14: Equirria
- 15: Ides of March
- 15: Bacchanalia
- 15: Partial Solar Eclipse
- 16: Night of Hekate Suppers
- 16 thru 17: Bacchanalia – The festival of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine
- 17: New Moon
- 17: Liberalia – the festival of Liber and Libera, a Roman fertility god and goddess
- 17: St Patrick’s Day
- 17: Damballah’s Day
- 18: Celtic Tree Month of Alder begins
- 18: Birthday of Mother Earth – Gudi Padwa
- 18: Hindu New Year
- 19: Festival of Anna Perenna – the Roman goddess of the circle of the year.
- 19: Day of Aganyu
- 19: St. Joseph’s Day
- 19 thru 23: The Mivervalia and Quinquatria, main festivals of Minerva, the Roman goddess of war, wisdom arts and trades.
- 20: Festival of Isis
- 20: Ostara
- 20: Méan Earraigh – Vernal Equinox
- 20: Norooz – Persian/Zoroastrian New Year
- 20: Mabon (Southern Hemisphere)
- 20: Sun enters Aries
- 21: Sign of the Oak Tree
- 21: Festival of Salii
- 21: Music Day
- 21: Tea and Tephi Day – Irish holy day
- 22: Hilaria
- 23: The Tubilustrium (also celebrated May 23)
- 23: Summer Finding
- 23: Day of Artisans
- 24: Day of Blood
- 24: Feast Day of Archangel Gabriel
- 25: Palm Sunday
- 25: Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
- 25: Ramanavami
- 26: Plowing Day
- 27: Smell The Breeze Day
- 28: Khordad Sal – Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra
- 28: Ragnar Lodbrok`s Day – a celebration in honor of the sacking of Paris
- 28: Holy Wednesday
- 28: Ascent of the Christ of the Gypsies
- 28 thru April 5: Ramayana
- 29: The Delphinia, or Artemis Soteira of Artemis in Greece
- 29: Festival of Ishtar
- 29: Expulsion of the Demons of Bad Luck
- 29: Maundy Thursday
- 29: Mahavir Jayanti
- 29 thru 31: Borrowing Days
- 30: Good Friday
- 30: Festival of Salus
- 30: Day of Bau
- 31: Passover
- 31: Lazarus Saturday
- 31: Lord’s Evening Meal
- 31: Festival of Luna – the Roman goddess of the moon.
- 31: Full moon – Blue Moon
- 31: Magha Puja Day
- 31: Hanuman Jayanti
April:
- 1: April Fool’s Day – All Fool’s Day
- 1: Loki’s Day
- 1: The Veneralia – the festival of Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty
- 1: Easter Sunday – Easter Fires are lit
- 2: Easter Monday – Dyngus Day
- 4: Birthday of Kwan Yin
- 4 thru 6: Cold Food Festival or Hanshi
- 4 thru 10: Megalesia – Celebrates the Mother of the Gods
- 5: Lady Luck Day – the festival Fortuna, the goddess of good fortune
- 5: Ching Ming – Tomb Sweeping Day (China) – sometimes falls on April 4
- 6: National Tartan Day
- 8: Geranium Day – England
- 8: Hana-Matsuri – Japanese Flower Festival to honor the Buddha’s birthday.
- 9: Sham el-Nessim – Egyptian Holiday celebrating the first day of Spring
- 10, 11: Chhau Festival – dates vary
- 11: Yom HaShoah
- 12 – 19: Ludi Cereales
- 13: Friday the 13th
- 13: Lailat al Miraj
- 13: Songkran – Thailand
- 14: Baisakhi
- 15: Fordicia – the festival of Tellus, the Roman earth goddess
- 15: Night of Hekate Suppers
- 15: Celtic Tree Month of Willow begins
- 16: The Feast day of St. Bernadette
- 16: New Moon
- 16 – 25: Lyrids Meteor Shower
- 18: Samjinnal – Korean holiday announcing the arrival of Spring.
- 19: Festival of Ceres
- 19: Sun enters Taurus
- 19 thru 20: Furukawa Matsuri – Japan
- 19 thru May 28: Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower
- 21: The Festival for the Pales, Palilia (Parilia), the Roman goddess of shepherds and flocks. Also held on Jul 7.
- 21: The legendary founding date of Rome.
- 20: First Day of Ridvan
- 22: Earth Day
- 22: Festival of Ishtar
- 23: St. George’s Day
- 23: Peppercorn Ceremony
- 25: The Robigalia – the festival of Robigus, a Roman corn god.
- 28 thru May 1: The Floralia – the festival of Flora, Roman goddess of fruitfulness and flowers.
- 28: Ninth Day of Ridvan
- 29: Full Moon – Wind Moon
- 30: May Day Eve – Walpurgisnacht
- 30: Beltane Fire Festival
- 30: St. James the Great Day
- 30: Theravada New Year
May:
- 1: Beltane – Mayday
- 1: Festival of Belenus – the Celtic god of fire and the sun.
- 1: Samhain (Southern Hemisphere)
- 1: Bona Dea
- 1: Twelfth Day of Ridvan
- 1: Lailat al Bara’ah
- 1 thru 31: Flores de Mayo
- 3: Feast day of Saint Philip
- 3: Feast day of Saint James
- 3: National Day of Prayer
- 4 thru 5: Tako-Age – Kite Flying Day
- 5: Cinco de Mayo
- 5 thru 6: Kakava Spring Festival
- 6: Hidrellez – Spring Festival
- 6: Durdevan and the Feast of St. George
- 6: Humane Day (1st Sunday in May)
- 6: The Furry Dance
- 8: The Festival of Mens – the Roman goddess of mind and consciousness.
- 9, 11, 13: Feast of the Lemures – in honor of the Lemures, the spirits of dead family members who wander the earth on these three spring nights – see also Day of Remembrance
- 10: Ascension of Jesus
- 10 and 31: Rosalia – Roman Memorial Day
- 11 – 13: Icemen Days
- 13: A-ma Festival – Portugal and China
- 13: Mother’s Day (2nd Sunday in May)
- 13: Celtic Tree Month of Hawthorn begins – Sacred Thorn Tree Day
- 13: Festival of Cats – held every 3rd year on the 2nd Sunday in May
- 14: Birthday of Apollo
- 14: Night of Hekate Suppers
- 15: Festival of Mercury – the Roman god of merchants and travelers
- 15: Ramadan begins
- 15: New Moon
- 15: Cold Sophie
- 18: Yom Ha’Atzmaut – Jewish
- 19 thru 28: Festival of Kallyntaria and Plynteria
- 20: Sun enters Gemini
- 20: Pentecost
- 21: Victoria Day
- 23: World Turtle Day
- 23: The Tubilustrium
- 23: Declaration of the Bab
- 24: The Thargalia
- 24, 25: Festival of the Holy Marys – Gypsy festival and pilgrimage
- 24 thru 28: Mothers of Arles
- 25: Celebration of the Tao – The Mother of the World
- 27: Visakha Puja – Buddha Day
- 27: Frigga Blot
- 27: Trinity Sunday
- 28: Memorial Day
- 28: Einherjar Day
- 28: Insect Hearing Festival
- 28: Ascension of Baha’u’llah
- 29: Full Moon – Hare’s Moon
- 29: Happy Birthday to the Buddha
- 29: The Ambarvalia
- 29: Oak Apple Day
- 30: Feast of the Queen of Heaven
- 31: Flores de Mayo ends with the Santacruzan Procession
June:
- 1: The Festival of Carna – the Roman goddess of bodily organs.
- 1 thru 2: Festival of Juno
- 3: The Festival of Bellona – the Roman goddess of war.
- 3: Pharmakos
- 4: The Rosalia
- 5: World Environment Day
- 6: The Bendideia of Bendis
- 9: Festival of Vesta – the Roman goddess of the hearth.
- 9: St. Columba of Iona
- 10: Celtic Tree Month of Oak begins
- 10: Laylat al Qadr
- 11: Festival of Mater Matuta – old Italian goddess of the dawn.
- 11: King Kamehameha Day
- 12: Zeus’ Day
- 12: Night of Hekate Suppers
- 13: New Moon
- 14: Flag Day
- 14: Birthday of the Muse
- 14: Vidar’s Day
- 14: Eid al Fitr – Islam
- 15: Saint Vladimir’s Day
- 15 or 28: Saint Vitus Day
- 16: Bawming of the Thorn (3rd Saturday in June)
- 16: Night of a Teardrop
- 17: Ludi Piscatari
- 17: Fathers Day (3rd Sunday in June)
- 19: Never Again Day
- 19: Emancipation Day
- 20: Bald Eagle Day
- 21: Summer Solstice
- 21: Litha
- 21: Yule (Southern Hemisphere)
- 21: Sun enters Cancer
- 21: First Nations Day
- 23: Rousalii
- 23: Midsummer’s Eve also St John’s Eve
- 23 thru 4: Hemis Festival – dates vary
- 24: Saint John’s Day – Feast of the Dews
- 24: Sânziene – A Romanian Midsummer Festival
- 24: Midsummer
- 24: Inti Raymi, Peruvian Festival of the Sun
- 24: Bonfires of St John
- 24: The Festival of Fata – the Roman goddesses of fate and chance.
- 27: Vat Purnima
- 28: Full Moon – Honey Moon
- 28: Vidovdan – St Vitus Day
- 29: Feast Day of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
- 29: Herb Harvesting Day
- 31: Corpus Christi
July:
- 1: Canada Day
- 2: Feast of Expectant Mothers
- 3: Rose of the World Day
- 3: Festival of Cerridwen
- 3 thru Aug 11: Dog Days of Summer
- 4: Independence Day
- 5: Poplifugia
- 7: Festival of the Handmaidens – Nonae Caprotinae (“the nones of the wild fig”)
- 7: Festival for the Pales (also on Apr 21)
- 7: Tanabata – dates vary
- 7: Rumilia Festival – see also Poplifugia
- 8: Celtic Tree Month of Holly begins
- 9: Nunavut Day
- 9: Day of Unn the Wise Person
- 10: Day of Hel
- 10: Festival of Knut the Reaper
- 10: Lady Godiva Day
- 11: St Benedict Day
- 11: Eleventh Night
- 11: Night of Hekate Suppers
- 11 thru 13: Naadam Festival
- 12: New Moon
- 12 thru Aug 23: Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower
- 13: Friday the 13th
- 13: Partial Solar Eclipse
- 13 thru 15: OBon Festival – see also Aug 13 – 15
- 14: Bastille Day
- 15: St. Swithin’s Day
- 15: Day of Rauni
- 15: St. Vladimir the Great Day
- 16: Feast of Our Lady of Carmel
- 17: Festival of Amaterasu – Shinto Sun Goddess
- 17: The Maidens Fair on Hen Mountain
- 17 thru Aug 24: Perseids Meteor Shower
- 18: Day of Bad Omens (Also Oct 6)
- 19: Lucaria
- 20 thru 29: Boryeong Mud Festival – dates vary
- 22: Feast of Mary Magdalene
- 22: Sun enters Leo
- 23: Neptunalia – the festival of Neptune, the Roman god of the sea.
- 23: Saint Anne’s Eve
- 24: Pioneer Day
- 25: Plant A Turnip Seed Today
- 25: A Day Out of Time
- 25: Furinalia
- 25: St. James the Great Day
- 26: Feast of St Anne
- 27: Full Moon – Buck Moon
- 27: Asalha Puja Day
- 27 thru 31: The Five Epagomenal Days
- 27: Birthday of Osiris
- 27: Total Lunar Eclipse – this eclipse will also be the longest total lunar eclipse in 21st century, being in totality for near 103 minutes.
- 28: Birthday of Horus
- 29: Birthday of Set
- 29: Honoring The Thunder God
- 29: Stikklestad Day – day to honor the Asatru martyrs who died rather then submit to gray slavery.
- 30: Birthday of Isis
- 30: Nagoshi-no-Oharai
- 31: Birthday of Nephthys
August:
- 1: Lammas or Lughnasadh
- 1: Festival of Lugh – the Celtic hero god.
- 1: Imbolc (Southern Hemisphere)
- 1: Tish’a B’av – Jewish
- 1: Fast in Honor of Holy Mother of Jesus
- 1: Freyfaxi – dates vary widely from place to place
- 2: Krishna Janmashtami – dates vary
- 5: Celtic Tree Month of Hazel begins
- 5: Blessing of the Sea – first Sunday in August
- 6: Festival of Thoth
- 9: Festival of Sol Indigis – the Roman sun god
- 10: St Lawrence Day
- 10: Opalia
- 10: Night of Hekate’s Supper
- 11: Dog Days come to an end
- 11: New Moon
- 11: Partial Solar Eclipse
- 11 thru Sep 9: Ghost Month
- 12: Blessing of the Boats
- 13: The Vertumnalia – the festival of Vertumnus
- 13: Day of Hecate
- 13: Nemoralia
- 13: Pomona’s Day see also Nov 1
- 13 thru 15: Obon Festival (see also Jul 13 – 15)
- 13, 14 or 15: Festival of Torches
- 15: Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary
- 15: Herbal Holy Day
- 16 thru 26 : Festival of the Tooth
- 17: The Portunalia – the festival of Portunes, the Roman god of gates, doors and harbours.
- 17: Cat Nights begin
- 19: The Vinalia Rustica
- 20: Waqf al Arafa – Hajj Day, Islam
- 21: Festival of Consus – the Roman god of good council.
- 23: The Nemesia
- 23: Sun enters Virgo
- 23: The Volcanalia – the festival of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire
- 25: The Opiconsivia – the first harvest festival of Ops, Roman goddess of harvest.
- 25: Ghost Festival
- 26: Full Moon – Corn Moon
- 26: Feast day of Illmatar, Finnish Goddess of Creation
- 26: Raksha Bandhan – dates vary
- 26: Women’s Equality Day
- 27: Volturnalia
September:
- 2: Celtic Tree Month of Vine begins
- 4: Ludi Romani
- 4: Labor Day
- 7 – Dec 10 – Taurids Meteor Shower
- 8: Night of Hekate Suppers
- 9: New Moon
- 9: Double Ninth Day (see also Oct 17)
- 9: Chrysanthemum Day
- 9 – 11: Rosh Hashanah
- 11: Patriot Day
- 12 thru 23: Ganesh Chaturthi
- 13: Ides of September – The Epulum Jovis
- 17: Constitution Day
- 18 – 19: Yom Kippur
- 19: The Fast of Thoth – this day-long fast honors the Egyptian god of wisdom and magic.
- 21: Nativity of Blessed Mary
- 21: Birthday of Athena, Greek Goddess of Wisdom also known as Sophia
- 21: International Day of Peace
- 21: The Feast of the Divine Life – honors the great goddess in her three-fold aspect as mother (creator), daughter (renewer), and dark mother (the absolute)
- 22: Sun enters Libra
- 23: Autumn Equinox
- 23: Mabon
- 23: Ostara (southern hemisphere)
- 23: Winter Finding
- 25: Full Moon – Barley Moon – Harvest Moon
- 29: Michaelmas
- 30 thru Oct 2: Shemini Atzeret – Jewish
October:
- 1: Festival of Fides – the Roman goddess of good faith, honesty and oaths.
- 2: Honor Your Guardian Angel Day
- 2 – Nov 7: Orionids Meteor Shower
- 4: Ieiunium Cereris – Fast of Ceres
- 4: St Francis Day
- 4: Blessing of the Animals
- 6: Day of Bad Omens (also Jul 18)
- 6 – 10: Draconids Meteor Shower
- 8: Night of Hekate Suppers
- 9: The Festival of Felicitas – the Roman goddess of good luck and joy.
- 9: New Moon
- 10 – 19: Navaratri
- 11: The Meditrinalia – the festival of Meditrina, the Roman goddess of healing.
- 12: The Festival of Fortuna Redux – the Roman goddess of successful journeys and safe returns from those journeys.
- 13: The Festival of Fontus – the Roman god of springs.
- 13: Winter Nights – Sacred to Freya
- 15: Equirria
- 16: Noah Webster’s Birthday
- 17: Chongyang Festival – Senior’s Day – Double Ninth Festival (see also Sep 9)
- 19: Dasara – Hindu
- 19: The Armilustrium – the second festival of Mars, the Roman god of war. On this day, military arms were ritually purified and put in storage for winter.
- 23: Sun enters Scorpio
- 24: Full Moon – Blood Moon – Full Hunters Moon
- 24: Chinese Moon Festival -The Festival of Chang O, on the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox, the Chinese people pay homage to the moon goddess Chang O. Some Chinese celebrate this day as the moon’s birthday.
- 27: Day of Martyr Nestor of Thessalonica
- 27: Mice Wedding Day (alternative date Nov 8th)
- 28: Celtic Tree Month of Reed begins
- 28: Christ the King – last Sunday in October (alternative dates Nov 20 thru Nov 26)
- 28: Feast of the Einherjar
- 31: Halloween
- 31 – Nov 1: Samhain – the Celtic festival marking the beginning of the winter and the Celtic New Year. Also the rebirth of Caileach Beara, the Celtic goddess who turned to stone on May 1 (Beltane).
November:
- 1: Samhain
- 1: Beltane (Southern Hemisphere)
- 1: Day of the Dead
- 1: Pomona’s Day see also Aug 13
- 1: La Mas Ubhal – Day of the Apple Fruit
- 1: All Saints Day
- 2: All Souls Day
- 2: Feast of Baron Samedi
- 4 – 17: Ludi Plebeii – games for the people of Rome organized by the curule aedile (since 216 BC)
- 5: Bonfire Night – Guy Fawkes Night
- 6: Night of Hekate Suppers
- 6 – 30: Leonids Meteor Shower
- 7: New Moon
- 8: Jain New Year
- 11: Veteran’s Day – Hero’s Day
- 11: Lunantishees Day – Celtic Faery Day
- 11: Martinmas – Feast of Saint Martin
- 12: Festival of Odin
- 13: Ides of November – Epulum Jovis
- 13: Martes y Trece – Tuesday the 13th
- 13 or 15: Festival of Feronia
- 15 – Dec 24: Nativity Fast begins
- 16: Depina Hekates ~Night of the Crossroads
- 20 thru 21: Mawlid an Nabi – Islam
- 22: Sun enters Sagittarius
- 22: Thanksgiving Day
- 23: Full Moon – Mourning Moon – Snow Moon
- 23: The Feast of Baba Yaga. On the full moon of November, the supreme crone goddess of old Russia is honored with a feast day.
- 24: Brumalia
- 25: Stir Up Sunday – last Sunday before Advent
- 25: Celtic Tree Month of Elder begins
- 25 – 26: Day of the Covenant
- 27: Feast of Ullr
- 28: The Rural Dionysia – Festival of Dionysus
- 30: Festival of Hecate Trivia (The night of the crossroads.) see also Nov 16
- 30: St. Andrew’s Day
December:
- 1: The Festival of Poseidon – the Greek god of the sea. Poseidon is also the god of rebirth.
- 2 thru 10: Hanukkah – dates vary year to year
- 2 thru 24: Advent
- 3: The Sementivaem – the second festival of Tellus, the Roman earth goddess.
- 4: Bona Dea – a Roman festival for women only
- 5: Faunalia
- 6: Saint Nicholas Day
- 6: Night of Hekate Suppers
- 7: New Moon
- 7 thru 17: Geminids Meteor Shower
- 12: Feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe
- 14: Halcyon Days Begin
- 15: The second Festival of Consus – the Roman god of good council
- 15: Bill of Rights Day
- 17: Beginning of Saturnalia – festival of Saturn, the Roman god of agriculture. The most popular Roman festival, for on this day the roles of master and slave were reverted.
- 17 – 25: Ursids Meteor Shower
- 18: Eponalia
- 19: The Festival of Ops – second festival of Ops, Roman goddess of harvest.
- 21: Poseidonia of Aegina – possibly lasting as long as 2 months
- 21: Death of Tammuz – Ancient Babylonian Yule Ritual
- 21: Divalia – Angeronalia, festival of Angerona, the Roman goddess of secrecy.
- 21: Winter Solstice
- 21: The Dōngzhì Festival
- 21: Yule (In the southern hemisphere this is Litha)
- 21: Sun enters Capricorn
- 22: Full Moon – Big Winter Moon
- 23: The Larentalia (Larentinalia) – festival of Acca Larentia the Roman goddess who gave the early Romans their land
- 24: Celtic Tree Month of Birch begins
- 24: Christmas Eve
- 25: Christmas
- 25: The Birthday of Mithra – the Persian god of light and wisdom.
- 25: Festival of the Invincible Sun God
- 25: Feast of Frau Halle – Germanic goddess
- 26: Boxing Day
- 26: St Stephen’s Day
- 26: Day of the Wren
- 27: Mother Night
- 27: St John’s Day
- 28: Feast of the Holy Innocents
- 28: Childremass
- 28: Dyzymas Day
- 29: Feast of Fools
- 30: Bringing in the Boar
- 31: Watch Night
- 31: New Year’s Eve
- 31: Festival of Hogmanay
- 31: Stonehaven Fireball Ceremony
- 31: First Footing