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