Tuesday 15

Christian

St Swithin's Day

Friday 18

Buddhist

Asala - Dharma Day

Sunday 20

Jewish

17th Tammuz

Wednesday 23

Sikh

Birthday of Guru Har Krishen (Nanakshahi calendar)

Rastafari

Birthday of Haile Selassie I

Thursday 24

Mormon

Pioneer Day

Saturday 26

Zoroastrian

Khordad Sal (Qadimi)

August 2008

Friday 1

Pagan

Lughnasadh - Lammas

Wednesday 6

Christian

Transfiguration

Sunday 10

Jewish

Tisha B'Av

Friday 15

Christian

Dormition of the Theotokos

Christian

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Saturday 16

Hindu

Raksha Bandhan

Sunday 17

Rastafari

Birthday of Marcus Garvey

Tuesday 19

Zoroastrian

Jamshedi Noruz (Shenshai)

Sunday 24

Zoroastrian

Khordad Sal (Shenshai)

Hindu

Janmashtami - Krishna Jayanti

Thursday 28

Jain

Paryushana

September 2008

Tuesday 2

Muslim

Ramadan (start)

Wednesday 3

Hindu

Ganesh Chaturthi

Monday 8

Christian

Feast of the Birth of Mary

Christian

Nativity of the Theotokos

Christian

Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Thursday 11

Rastafari

Ethiopian New Year

Monday 22

Pagan

Autumn Equinox

Monday 29

Hindu

Navaratri (start)

Tuesday 30

Jewish

Rosh Hashanah

October 2008

Wednesday 1

Muslim

Eid-Ul-Fitr

Thursday 9

Jewish

Yom Kippur

Sikh

Birthday of Guru Ram Das (Nanakshahi calendar)

Hindu

Dussera

Monday 13

Christian

St Edward's Day

Tuesday 14

Jewish

Sukkot

Monday 20

Bahai

Birth of the Bab

Tuesday 21

Jewish

Simchat Torah

Jewish

Shemini Atzeret

Tuesday 28

Hindu

Diwali

Jain

Diwali

Sikh

Diwali

Friday 31

Pagan

Samhain (Hallowe'en)

Christian

Hallowe'en (All Hallows' Eve)

November 2008

Saturday 1

Christian

All Saints' Day (Hallowmas, All Hallows')

Sunday 2

Christian

All Souls' Day

Rastafari

Coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I

Christian

All Saints' Day (Catholic Church in England and Wales)

Sunday 9

Multifaith

Remembrance Sunday

Tuesday 11

Multifaith

Armistice Day

Wednesday 12

Bahai

Birth of Baha'u'llah

Thursday 13

Sikh

Birthday of Guru Nanak (Lunar Calendar)

Saturday 15

Shinto

Shichigosan (7-5-3 festival)

Sunday 23

Shinto

Niinamesei

Monday 24

Sikh

Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Nanakshahi calendar)

Wednesday 26

Bahai

Day of the Covenant

Friday 28

Bahai

Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha

Sunday 30

Christian

St Andrew's Day

Christian

Advent Sunday

December 2008

Monday 8

Muslim

Hajj (start)

Christian

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Buddhist

Bodhi Day

Thursday 11

Muslim

Eid-Ul-Adha

Saturday 13

Christian

St Lucy's Day

Sunday 21

Pagan

Winter Solstice - Yule

Monday 22

Jewish

Hanukkah

Wednesday 24

Christian

Christmas Eve

Thursday 25

Christian

Christmas Day

Friday 26

Secular

Boxing Day

Christian

St Stephen's Day

Monday 29

Muslim

Al-Hijira