Calendar of Events
March 2025
Event | Date(s) | Region/Tradition |
St. Davids Day | 1 March | Christianity |
‘Alá’ | 1 March | Bahá’í |
19-Day Fast begins | 1 March | Bahá’í |
First of Ramaḍān | 1 March | Islam |
Great Fast begins | 3 March | Christianity |
Shrove Tuesday | 4 March | Christianity |
5 St. Piran’s Day | 5 March | Christianity |
Ash Wednesday | 5 March | Christianity |
World Day of Prayer | 7 March | Christianity |
International Women's Day | 8 March | International |
Eve of Purim | 13 March | Judaism |
Purim | 14 March | Judaism |
Memorial of Shan-tao/Zendo Daishi | 14 March | Buddhism |
Holi | 14 March | Hinduism |
Hola Mohalla | 14 March | Sikhism |
Sikh New Year’s Day | 14 March | Sikhism |
Ghambar Hamaspathmaedem begins | 16 March | Zoroastrianism |
St. Patrick's Day | 17 March | Christianity |
Festival of Higan-e | 17 March | Buddhism |
Birth of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva | 18 March | Buddhism |
19-Day Fast ends | 19 March | Bahá’í |
Francophone Day | 20 March | International |
Naw-Rúz | 20 March | Bahá’í |
Navroz | 20 March | Zoroastrianism |
Nowruz | 20 March | Islam |
Spring Ohigan | 20 March | Buddhism |
Bahá | 20 March | Bahá’í |
Ghambar Hamaspathmaedem ends | 20 March | Zoroastrianism |
Ostara | 20 March | Wicca |
Shunbun-no-hi | 20 March | Shintoism |
March Equinox | 20 March | International |
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | 21 March | International |
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery | 25 March | International |
26 Islam Laylat al-Qadr (beginning at sunset to sunset of the next day) | 26 March | Islam |
Birth Anniversary of Prophet Zarathustra | 26 March | Zoroastrianism |
Jum’at al-Wada | 28 March | Islam |
Navvarsha | 30 March | Hinduism |
Ramayana Week begins | 30 March | Hinduism |
ʻĪd al-Fiṭr |
31 March | Islam |
National Indigenous Languages Day | 31 March | Canada |