It's finally 2023. A new year brings hope of better days with several festivities and holidays to observe with friends and family.

Though we don't need a reminder for when St. Patrick's Day or Christmas Day falls, there are some religious holidays that depend on the lunar calendar and thus their dates keep changing every year.

Here is a list of the significant days observed by some of the most common religions in the world. (Note: Jewish and Islamic holidays traditionally begin at sunset on the previous evening. Islamic holiday dates sometimes change depending on moon sightings)

Christian holidays 2023:

Jan. 6, Friday: Epiphany

Jan. 8, Sunday: Baptism of Jesus

Feb. 2, Thursday: Candlemas

Feb. 14, Tuesday: St. Valentine's Day

Feb. 22, Wednesday: Ash Wednesday

March 17, Friday: St. Patrick's Day

March 19, Sunday: St. Joseph's Day

April 2, Sunday: Palm Sunday

April 6, Thursday: Maundy Thursday

April 7, Friday: Good Friday

April 9, Sunday: Easter

April 10, Monday: Easter Monday

April 23, Sunday: St. George's Day

May 18, Thursday: Ascension of Jesus

May 28, Sunday: Pentecost

June 4, Sunday: Trinity Sunday

June 8, Thursday: Corpus Christi

June 29, Thursday: Feast of Saints Peter and Paul

July 25, Tuesday: St. James the Great Day

Aug. 1, Tuesday: Lammas

Aug. 15, Tuesday: The Assumption of Mary

Sept. 14, Thursday: Holy Cross Day

Sept. 29, Friday: Michaelmas

Oct. 31, Tueday: All Hallows Eve

Nov. 1, Wednesday: All Saints' Day

Nov. 2, Thursday: All Souls' Day

Nov. 30, Thursday: St. Andrew's Day

Dec. 3, Sunday: Advent

Dec. 6, Wednesday: St. Nicholas Day

Dec. 24, Sunday: Christmas Eve

Dec. 25, Monday: Christmas

Christmas ornaments
Representation. Ornaments placed on a Christmas tree. pasja1000/Pixabay

Jewish holidays 2023:

Feb. 5, Sunday: Tu B'Shevat

March 6, Monday: Purim

April 5, Wednesday: Passover

April 13, Thursday: Passover - Final Day

April 17, Monday: Yom Hashoah

April 24, Monday: Yom HaZikaron

April 25, Tuesday: Yom HaAtzma'ut

May 8, Monday: Lag B'Omer

May 18, Thursday: Yom Yerushalayim

May 25, Saturday: Shavuot

July 26, Wednesday: Tish'a B'Av

Sept. 15-17: Rosh Hashanah

Sept. 18, Monday: Fast of Gedaliah

Sept 24, Tuesday: Yom Kippur

Sept. 29, Friday: Sukkot

Dec. 7-15: Chanukah or Hanukkah

Hanukkah
Hanukkah pixabay

Islamic holidays 2023:

Feb. 17, Friday: Lailat al Miraj

March 7, Tuesday: Lailat al Bara'ah

March 22, Wednesday: Start of Ramadan

April 18, Tuesday: Laylat al Qadr

April 21, Friday: Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)

June 17, Tuesday: Waqf al Arafa – Hajj

June 28, Wednesday: Eid al-Adha

July 19, Wednesday: Ashura/Muharram

July. 19, Wednesday: Hijra (Islamic New Year)

Sept. 26, Tuesday: Milad un Nabi

Muslim devotees offer Eid al-Fitr prayers, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Eidgah in Kandahar
Muslim devotees offer Eid al-Fitr prayers, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Eidgah in Kandahar AFP / Javed TANVEER

Buddhist holidays 2023:

Jan. 7, Saturday: Mahayana New Year

Jan. 22, Sunday: Chinese New Year

Feb. 15, Wednesday: Nirvana Day

March 6, Monday: Magha Puja/Sangha Day

April 6 : Theravada New Year

May 5, Friday: Wesak or Buddha Day

Aug. 13, Sunday: Obon

Customers wearing masks shop at the Alibaba's Hema Fresh chain store, following the coronavirus outbreak, during the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, in Beijing, China January 27, 2020.
Customers wearing masks shop at the Alibaba's Hema Fresh chain store, following the coronavirus outbreak, during the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, in Beijing, China January 27, 2020. Reuters / Tingshu Wang

Hindu holidays 2023:

Jan. 14, Saturday: Makar Sankranti/Pongal

Jan. 26, Thursday: Vasant Panchami

Feb. 5, Sunday: Thaipusam

Feb. 18, Saturday: Maha Shivaratri

March 7, Tuesday: Holika Dahan

March 8, Wednesday: Holi

March 22, Wednesday: Gudi Padwa (Hindi New Year)

March 22, Wednesday: Ugadi (Kannada, Telugu New Year)

March 30, Thursday: Rama Navami

April 6, Thursday: Hanuman Jayanti

April 14, Friday: Puthandu (Tamil New Year)

April 14, Friday: Vaisakhi/Baisakhi/Vishu/Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year)

April 22, Saturday: Akshaya Tritiya

June 19, Monday: Puri Ratha Yatra

July 3, Monday: Guru Purnima

Aug. 21, Monday: Nag Panchami

Aug. 30, Wednesday: Raksha Bandhan

Sept. 7, Thursday: Krishna Janmashtami

Sept. 17, Sunday: Vishwakarma Puja

Sept. 19, Tuesday: Ganesh Chaturthi

Oct. 14, Saturday: Mahalaya Amavasya

Oct. 15-24 Navaratri

Oct. 24, Tuesday: Dusshera

Oct. 28, Saturday: Sharad Purnima

Oct. 31, Tuesday: Karwa Chauth

Nov. 10, Friday: Dhanteras

Nov. 12, Sunday: Diwali

Nov. 15, Wednesday: Bhai Dooj

Nov. 19, Sunday: Chhath Puja

Homes decorated with lanterns and lights as people celebrate the Hindu festival of Diwali, the annual festival of lights, in Mumbai November 3, 2013.
Homes decorated with lanterns and lights as people celebrate the Hindu festival of Diwali, the annual festival of lights, in Mumbai November 3, 2013. Reuters / Danish Siddiqui

Sikh holidays 2023:

Jan. 13, Friday: Maghi - Lohri

March 8-10: Hola Mohalla

April 14, Friday: Vaisakhi

Nov. 24, Friday: Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib

Nov. 27, Monday: Guru Nanak Birthday

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