The Pagan Calendar · 121 Holy Days
The pagan festival year
Every holy day of the five living pagan traditions in one place — Norse, Greek, Egyptian, Celtic, and Zoroastrian. Yule and Samhain, the Anthesteria and the Thesmophoria, Wep Ronpet and the Feast of Anubis, Nowruz and the Gahambars. Each with its date, its meaning, and its sources.
Jump to a tradition’s full calendar: Norse · Hellenic · Kemetic · Celtic · Zoroastrian
ᚦ The Norse Year · 25 holy days
Þorrablót
Late January
Dísablót
Late January / Early February
Seiðr Night
January 14
Disting — Uppsala Market
February 14
Charming of the Plow
February 1
Góablót -- Welcoming the Thaw
February 22
Ostara / Sigrblót
March 20
Iðunn's Feast -- Renewal of Youth
March 14
Walpurgisnacht
April 30
Odin's Ordeal — Nine Nights on the Tree
April 3
Sumarbrot — Opening of Summer
April 14
Freyr's Blessing
May 14
Midsommar / Midsummer
June 21
Midsummer Tide
June 24
Thor's Blot — Thunderer's Day
June 29
Freyfaxi / Loaf-fest
August 1
Tyr's Day — Feast of Justice and Sacrifice
August 24
Haustblót / Winter Finding
September 22
Vetrnætr / Winter Nights
October 14–15
Álfablót
Late October / Early November
Harvest Offering
October 2
Einherjar Day
November 11
Night of the Dísir
November 22
Mother Night
December 20
Yule / Jól
December 21
☙ The Hellenic Year · 29 holy days
Lenaia
January
Gamelia
January
Anthesteria
February
Diasia
February
City Dionysia (Great Dionysia)
March
Brauronia
March
Mounikhia
April
Olympieia
April
Thargelia
May
Plynteria
May
Bendideia
May
Skirophoria
June
Asklepieia
June
Hermaea
June
Panathenaia (Great Panathenaia)
July
Kronia
July
Aphrodisia
July
Adonia
July
Hephaisteia
August
Metageitnia
August
Heraia
August
Eleusinian Mysteries
September
Thesmophoria
October
Pyanepsia
October
Maimakteria
November
Pompaia — Purification Rite
November
Poseidea
December
Haloa
December
Rural Dionysia
December
𓂀 The Kemetic Year · 24 holy days
Festival of Nekhbet
January
Feast of Ptah -- The Divine Craftsman
January
Feast of Nut
March
Feast of Khem (Min)
March
Navigium Isidis -- Ship of Isis
March
Feast of Bastet (Heb Bastet / Bubastis Festival)
April
Feast of Hapi
April
Beautiful Feast of the Valley (Heb Nefer en Inet)
May
Festival of the Beautiful Meeting (Henu / Heb Nefer en Hotep)
May to June
Festival of the Going Forth of Min (Heb Min)
June
Day of the Seven Hathors
June
Birthday of Ra
June
Seth's Day
June
Wep Ronpet (Opening of the Year / Kemetic New Year)
Late July to early August
New Year Festival of Hathor at Dendera (Feast of the Union with the Solar Disc)
Late July to early August
Festival of Drunkenness (Feast of the Eye of Ra / Tekhi)
August
Feast of Opet (Heb Opet)
September to October
Feast of Thoth (Heb Djehuti)
September
Khoiak Mysteries (Feast of Sokar-Osiris)
November to December
Feast of Nehebkau
November
Feast of Anubis
November
Feast of Khnum
November
Feast of Sokar (Heb Sokar)
December
Festival of Raising the Djed Pillar (Weret-hekau / Djed-er)
December
❋ The Celtic Year · 20 holy days
Brigid's Flame Keeping
1 January
Cailleach's Night
31 January
Imbolc
1 February
Féile Bríde (Extended Brigid Observance)
2 February
Alban Eilir / Spring Equinox
20 March
Seed Blessing
1 April
May Eve — Beltane's Door
30 April
Beltane
1 May
Alban Hefin / Summer Solstice
21 June
Feast of Lugh
1 June
Festival of Manannán mac Lir / Tynwald Day
5 July
Lughnasadh
1 August
Óenach Tailteann (Tailteann Games)
1 August
Alban Elfed / Autumn Equinox
22 September
Samhain
31 October
Day of the Dagda
30 October
Cét Samain — Pre-Samhain
13 October
Day of the Ancestors
1 November
Midwinter Fire
25 November
Alban Arthan / Winter Solstice
21 December
🔥 The Zoroastrian Year · 23 holy days
Maidyarem
December 30 - January 3 (approximate)
Sadeh
January 30 (approximately)
Jashn-e Daegan -- Midwinter Feast of Creation
January 10 (approximately, 1st day of month Dey)
Nowruz
March 20-21 (spring equinox)
Hamaspathmaedays
March 16-20 (5-10 days before Nowruz)
Chaharshanbe Suri -- Festival of Fire
Last Tuesday evening before Nowruz (usually March 14-18)
Maidyozarem
April 30 - May 4 (approximate)
Maidyoshem
June 29 - July 3 (approximate)
Pir-e Sabz Pilgrimage -- The Green Shrine
June 14-18 (annual pilgrimage)
Jashn-e Tiri -- Festival of the Star Tishtrya
July 13 (13th of Tir)
Paitishhahya
September 12-16 (approximate)
Ayathrem
October 12-16 (approximate)
Mehregan
October 2 (approximately, 196 days after Nowruz)
Zartosht No-Diso -- Death Anniversary of Zarathustra
December 26 (approximately, 11th day of month Dey)