Festivals & Special Occasions : 2004

New Year’s Day : Thur. Jan.1

Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday : Mon. Jan.5

Purnima : Wed. Jan.7

Pravasi Bhartiya Divas : Fri. Jan.9

Vivekanand Jayanti : Mon. Jan.12

Lohri / Bhogi : Tues. Jan.13

Maaghi / Makar Sankranti : Wed. Jan.14

Pongal : Fri. Jan.16

Martin Luther King Jr. Day : Mon. Jan.19

Amavasya : Wed. Jan.21

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's Birthday : Fri. Jan.23

India's Republic Day/Basant Panchami : Mon. Jan.26

Eid-ul-Zuha(bakr eid) : Mon. Feb.2

Purnima : Fri. Feb.6

Valentine's Day : Sat. Feb.14

Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti : Sun. Feb.15

President's Day : Mon. Feb.16

Maha Shivratri : Wed. Feb.18

Amavasya : Fri. Feb.20

Muharram : Tues. Mar.2

Holi / Holika Dahan : Sat. Mar.6

Dhulendi : Sun. Mar.7

St.Patrick's Day : Wed. Mar.17

Amavasya / First day of Spring : Sat. Mar.20

Navratri Starts/Gudi Padava/Ugadi/Cheti Chand : Sun. Mar.21

Ashtami : Mon. Mar.29

Ram Navami : Tues. Mar.30

Mahavir Jayanti : Sat. April 3

Daylight Savings Time : Beginning from Sun. April 4

Purnima Fast : Mon. April 5

Good Friday : Fri. April 9

Easter : Sun. April 11

Baisakhi/Half Kumb : Tues. April 13

Somavati Amvasaya : Mon. April 19

Eid-e-Milad : Sun. May 2

Buddha Poornima Fast / Moon Eclipse : Tues. May 4

Ujjain Maha Kumb : Tues. May 4

Mother's Day : Sun. May 9

Amavasya Fast : Tues. May 18

Ganga Dusshera : Sat. May 29

Narjala Ekadashi : Sun. May 30

Memorial Day : Mon. May 31

Poornima : Thurs. June 3

Amavasya Fast : Thurs. June 17

Rath Yatra : Sat. June 19

Father's Day : Sun. June 20

First Day of Summer : Mon. June 21

Poornima : Fri. July 2

Sawan Krishan Pakish : Starting Sat. July 3

America's Independence Day : Sun. July 4

Amavasya : Sat. July 17

Sawan Chatur : Month starting Sun. July 18

Poornima : Sat. July 31

India's Independence Day : Sun. Aug. 15

Ganesh Chaturthi, Vinayaka Chaturthi : Thurs. Aug. 19

Parsi New Year : Fri. Aug. 20

Onam : Sat/Sun. Aug. 28/29

Rakshabadhan/Poorima : Mon. Aug. 29/30

Labor Day : Mon. Sept. 6

Janamashtmi : Mon. Sept. 6/7

Amavasya : Tues. Sept.14

First Day of Autumn : Wed. Sept. 22

Patri Paksh : Starting Wed. Sept. 29

Gandhi Jayanti : Sat. Oct. 2

Columbus Day : Mon. Oct. 11

Navaratri : Beginning on Thurs. Oct. 14

Durga Ashtami : Thurs. Oct. 21

Dusshera : Fri. Oct. 22

Poornima Fast : Thurs. Oct. 28

Karvachoutha : Sun. Oct. 31

Halloween/ Daylight Savings time ends : Sun. Oct. 31

Veteran's Day : Thurs. Nov. 11

Diwali : Fri. Nov. 12

Govardhan Puja/ VishvaKarma Day : Sat. Nov. 13

Bhai Duj/ Jawaharlal Nehru's Birthday : Sun. Nov. 14

Eid-ul-Fitr : Mon. Nov. 15

Thanksgiving Day : Thurs. Nov. 25

Guru Nanak's Birthday : Fri. Nov. 26

Hannukkah : Thurs. Dec. 9

First Day of Winter : Mon. Dec. 20

Christmas Day : Sat. Dec. 25