It's almost 2022 and even 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.

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 2022:

Jan. 6, Thursday: Epiphany

Jan. 9, Sunday: Baptism of Jesus

Feb. 2, Wednesday: Candlemas

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

March 2, Wednesday: Ash Wednesday

March 17, Thursday: St. Patrick's Day

March 19, Saturday: St. Joseph's Day

April 10, Sunday: Palm Sunday

April 14, Thursday: Maundy Thursday

April 15, Friday: Good Friday

April 17, Sunday: Easter

April 18, Monday: Easter Monday

April 23, Saturday: St. George's Day

May 26, Thursday: Ascension of Jesus

June 5, Sunday: Pentecost

June 12, Sunday: Trinity Sunday

June 16, Thursday: Corpus Christi

June 29, Wednesday: Feast of Saints Peter and Paul

July 25, Monday: St. James the Great Day

Aug. 1, Monday: Lammas

Aug. 15, Monday: The Assumption of Mary

Sept. 14, Wednesday: Holy Cross Day

Sept. 29, Thursday: Michaelmas

Oct. 31, Monday: All Hallows Eve

Nov. 1, Tuesday: All Saints' Day

Nov. 2, Wednesday: All Souls' Day

Nov. 27, Sunday: Advent

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

Dec. 6, Tuesday: St. Nicholas Day

Dec. 24, Saturday: Christmas Eve

Dec. 25, Sunday: Christmas

Dec. 28, Wednesday: Holy Innocents

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Jewish holidays 2022:

Jan. 16, Sunday: Tu B’Shevat

March 16, Wednesday: Purim

April 15, Friday: Passover

April 23, Saturday: Passover - Final Day

April 27, Wednesday: Yom Hashoah

May 3, Tuesday: Yom HaZikaron

May 4, Wednesday: Yom HaAtzma'ut

May 18, Wednesday: Lag B’Omer

May 28, Saturday: Yom Yerushalayim

June 4, Saturday: Shavuot

Aug. 5, Saturday: Tish’a B’Av

Sept. 25-27: Rosh Hashanah

Sept. 28, Wednesday: Fast of Gedaliah

Oct. 4, Tuesday: Yom Kippur

Oct. 9, Sunday: Sukkot

Dec. 18-26: Chanukah or Hanukkah

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Celebrate Hanukkah with holiday-themed TV episodes and movies. Ri Butov/Pixabay

Islamic holidays 2022:

March 1, Tuesday: Lailat al Miraj

March 18, Friday: Lailat al Bara'ah

April 2, Saturday: Start of Ramadan

April 29, Friday: Laylat al Qadr

May 2, Monday: Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)

July 8, Friday: Waqf al Arafa – Hajj

July 9, Saturday: Eid al-Adha

Aug. 2, Tuesday: Ashura/Muharram

Aug. 19, Thursday: Hijra (Islamic New Year)

Oct. 7, Friday: Milad un Nabi

Eid al-Fitr 2014 in India
Indian Muslim devotees offer Eid prayers on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr festival among the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla fort and mosque in New Delhi, July 29, 2014. PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images

Buddhist holidays 2022:

Jan. 10, Monday – Bodhi Day

Jan. 18, Tuesday: Mahayana New Year

Feb. 1, Tuesday: Chinese New Year

Feb. 15, Tuesday: Nirvana Day

Feb. 16, Wednesday: Magha Puja/Sangha Day

April 16, Saturday: Theravada New Year

May 16, Monday: Wesak or Buddha Day

Aug. 13, Saturday: Obon

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People walk under decorative lanterns ahead of the Chinese New Year in Yangon's China town district on Jan. 31, 2019. Getty Images/Ye Aung Thu

Hindu holidays 2022:

Jan. 14, Friday: Makar Sankranti/Pongal

Jan. 18, Tuesday: Thaipusam

Feb. 16, Tuesday: Vasant Panchami

March 1, Tuesday: Maha Shivaratri

March 17, Thursday: Holika Dahan

March 18, Friday: Holi

April 2, Saturday: Gudi Padwa (Hindi New Year)

April 2, Saturday: Ugadi (Kannada, Telugu New Year)

April 14, Thursday: Puthandu (Tamil New Year)

April 10, Sunday: Rama Navami

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

April 16, Saturday: Hanuman Jayanti

May 3, Tuesday: Akshaya Tritiya

July 1, Friday: Puri Ratha Yatra

July 13, Wednesday: Guru Purnima

Aug. 2, Tuesday: Nag Panchami

Aug. 11, Thursday: Raksha Bandhan

Aug. 18, Thursday: Krishna Janmashtami

Aug. 31, Wednesday: Ganesh Chaturthi

Sept. 17, Saturday: Vishwakarma Puja

Sept. 25, Sunday: Mahalaya Amavasya

Sept. 24-Oct. 4: Navaratri

Oct. 5, Wednesday: Dusshera

Oct. 9, Sunday: Sharad Purnima

Oct. 13, Thursday: Karwa Chauth

Oct. 23, Sunday: Dhanteras

Oct. 24, Monday: Diwali

Oct. 26, Wednesday: Bhai Dooj

Oct. 30, Sunday: Chhath Puja

Diwali
People light earthen lamps on the banks of the River Sarayu on the eve of 'Diwali' festival during a 'Deepotsav' event organized by the Uttar Pradesh government in Ayodhya, India, Nov. 6, 2018. Getty Images/ Sanjay Kanojia

Sikh holidays 2022:

Jan. 13, Thursday: Maghi - Lohri

March 18-20: Hola Mohalla

April 14, Thursday: Vaisakhi

Nov. 8, Tuesday: Guru Nanak Birthday

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

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