Celebrating Cultural Diversity - 2009
| Month | Event and date |
|---|---|
| January | 1. New Years Day 5. Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh 7. Othodox Christmas Day 13. Maghi 14. Makar Sankrant 14. Maghi 17. Ashura 18. World Religion Day 23. Vasant Panchami 26. Australia Day, 26. Invasion Day or Survival Day 26. Chinese New Year 31. Birthday of Guru Har Rai |
| February | 8. Parinirvana -
Nirvana Day
Losar (start Tibet) 15. Nirvana day (alternative date) 23. Mahashivratri 25. Ash Wednesday |
| March | 2. Nineteen Day Fast (start) 6. International Women’s Day 9. Mawlid al-Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad) 10. Purim 11. Holi 11. Hola Mohalla 21. Naw-Ruz |
| April | 3. Rama Navami 5. Palm Sunday 6. Bikarami Samvat - Varsha-Pratipada 10. Good Friday 12. Easter Sunday 13. Vaisakhi 14. Birthday of Guru Nanak 17. Good Friday (Orthodox) 18. Birthday of Guru Angad Dev & Guru Tegh Bahadur 19. Easter Sunday (Orthodox) 19. Hanuman Jayanti 19. Pesach 21. Ridvan – 1st day 25. Anzac Day 29. Ridvan – 9th day |
| May | 2. Ridvan – 12th day 2. Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev 9. Wesak or Buddha day 9. Theravada New Year 23. Declaration of the Bab 23. Birthday of Guru Amar Das 24. Ascension Day 26. National Sorry Day 27. Reconciliation Week Beginnings 29. Ascension of Baha’u’llah 29. Shavuot 31. Pentecost |
| June | 3. Anniversary of
Mabo Decision 7. Trinity Sunday Pentecost (Orthodox) 8. Queen’s Birthday 16. Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev |
| July | 1. Coming of the Light
(Indigenous Christian) 5. Birthday of Guru Hargobind 5. NAIDOC Week Begins 7. Asala - Dharma Day 9. Martyrdom of the Bab 23. Birthday of Guru Har Krishen |
| August | 4. National Aboriginal and
Islander Children’s Day 5. Raksha Bandhan 9. International Day of the World’s Indigenous People 22. Ramadan 23. Ganesh Chaturthi |
| September | 19. Navaratri (start) 19. Rosh Hashanah 21. Id al-Fitr/Ramadan ends 28. Yom Kippur 28. Dussera |
| October | 3. Sukkot 9. Birthday of Guru Ram Das 10. Shemini Atzeret 11. Simhat Torah 17. Diwali 17. Dwali 20. Birth of the Bab |
| November | 2. Birthday of Guru Nanak 12. Birth of Baha’u’llah 12. Chanukah 15. Advent (Orthodox) 24. Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur 26. Day of the Covenant 28. Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha 28. Id al-Adha 29. Advent |
| December | 3. International Day of
Disabled Persons 8. Bodhi Day 10. International Human Rights Day 23. Anniversary of the WIK Decision 25. Christmas Day 26. Boxing Day 27. Ashura |
