Global Utilities

La Trobe University
Equality and Diversity Centre

Celebrating Cultural Diversity - 2012

Baha'i | Buddhist | Christian | Hindu | Indigenous | Jewish | Muslim | Sikh | Chinese
Month Event and date
January

1. New Years Day
5. Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh
7. Othodox Christmas Day
13. Maghi
13. Lahri
14. Makar Sankrant
15. World Religion Day
23. Chinese New Year**
26. Australia Day
26. Invasion Day or Survival Day
28. Vasant Panchami
31. Birthday of Guru Har Rai
February 4. Mawlid al-Nabi (Birthday of the prophet Muhammad)
8. Parinirvana - Nirvana Day**
15. Nirvana day** (alternative date)
20. Maha Shivaratri
22. Ash Wednesday
March

2. Nineteen Day Fast Begins
8. International Women's Day
8. Holi
8. Purim
9. Hola Mohalla
19. Bikarami Samvat-Varsha-Pratipada
21. Naw Ruz/Norouz (Zoroastrian New Year)*
April

1. Rama Navami
1. Palm Sunday
6. Hanuman Jayanti
6. Good Friday*
7. Pesach (first day)*
8. Easter Sunday*
13. Vaisakhi*
14. Pesach (last day)*
18. Birthday of Guru Angad Dev
21. Ridvan - 1st day*
25. Anzac Day
29. Ridvan - 9th day*

May 2. Ridvan – 12th day*
2. Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev
6. Wesak or Buddha Day**
17. Ascension Day
23. Declaration of the Bab*
26. National Sorry Day
27. Reconciliation Week Begins
27. Pentecost
27. Shavuot*
27. Shavuot*
29. Ascension of Baha’u’llah*
June 3. Anniversary of Mabo Decision
3. Trinity Sunday
13. Queen's Birthday
July 1. Coming of the Light (Indigenous Christian)
1. NAIDOC Week Begins
3.. Asala - Dharma Day**
9. Martyrdom of the Bab*
20. Ramadan begins (30 Days)*
23. Birthday of Guru Harkrishen
August 2. Raksha Bandhan
4. National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day
9. International Day of the World's Indigenous People
10. Krishna Janmashtami*
19. Id al-Fitr/Ramadan ends*
September 1. Rosh Hashanah*
19 Ganesh Chaturthi
26. Yom Kippur*
October 1. Sukkot*
2. Sukkot*
9. Birthday of Guru Ram Das
9. Simhat Torah*
16. Navaratri
20. Birth of the Bab
24. Dussera*
26. Eid al adha*
November 12. Birth of Baha'u'llah
13. Diwali*
13. Diwali*
15. Muharram (Islamic New Year)
24. Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur
24. Ashura
26. Day of the Covenant
28. Ascension of Abdu’l-Bahald al-Adha
28. Birthday of Guru Nanak
December 2. Advent
8. Bodhi Day
9. Hanukkah
10. International Human Rights Day
23. Anniversary of the WIK Decision
25. Christmas Day*
26. Boxing Day
*denotes days of strict religious observance that may limit participation of some practising staff and students
**dates may vary according to tradition followed