Note: some of the holidays are different depending on which side of the equator you are on. Also the dates of some festivals and feast days vary from year to year.
November 2010
- 6: New moon
- 11: Veteran's Day
- 16: Night of Hekate
- 21: Full moon - Mourning Moon
- 21: Sun enters Sagittarius
- 25: Thanksgiving day (United States)
- 30: Festival of Hecate Trivia (The night of the crossroads.)
- 5: New moon
- 17: Beginning of Saturnalia
- 20 - 21: Full Lunar Eclipse
- 21: Full moon - Big Winter Moon
- 21: Winter Solstice or Yule
- 21: Litha (Southern Hemisphere)
- 22: Sun enters Capricorn
- 25: Christmas Day
- 25: Feast of Frau Holle, Germanic goddess
- 31: Festival of Hogmanay
- 2: Advent of Isis
- 3: Festival of Pax the Roman goddess of peace.
- 4: New moon
- 5: Festival of Lares Compitales - Roman guardian deities of crossroads.
- 5: Twelfth Night
- 6: Festival of Kore
- 7: Feast of Sekhmet, the Egyptian New Year's Day.
- 7: Epiphany
- 7: Distaff Day
- 8: Midwives' Day
- 9: The Agonium, festival of Janus, the Roman god of gates and doors, beginnings and endings.
- 10: Plough Monday
- 11 and 15: The Carmentalia, festival of Carmenta, the Roman goddess of childbirth
- 16: Festival of Concordia, the Roman goddess of harmonious relations
- 17: Good Luck Day, the festival of Felicitas, the Roman goddess of good luck
- 19: Full moon - Wolf Moon
- 21: Sun enters Aquarius
- 24: Feriae Sementivae - blessing the seeds
- 25: Up Helly Aa - Scottish Viking celebration
- 25: St Paul's Day
- 30 - Feb. 2: Roman celebration of Februalia
- 31: Disfest/Disablot
- 1: Festival of Brigit, the Celtic goddess of healing, fertility, and patroness of smiths.
- 2: Imbolc - the Celtic festival marking the period of lactation of the ewes.
- 2: Lammas or Lughnasadh (Southern Hemisphere)
- 2: Candlemas
- 3: New Moon
- 3: Setsubun, celebration - Japan
- 4: Disting - The Charming of the Plow
- 5 thru 17: Fornacalia - The Day of the Ovens
- 12: Festival of Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt
- 13-21: The Parentalis - festival to honor the spirits of the ancestors.
- 14: Valentine's Day
- 15: Lupercalia - the festival of Lupercus, the Roman god of flocks and fertility.
- 17: Festival of Quirinus, god of war, storms and thunder.
- 18: Full moon -- Quickening Moon
- 21: Feralia - an ancient Roman Day of the Dead
- 21: Sun enters Pisces
- 22: Caristia - Roman holiday of family reunions
- 23: Festival of Terminus, the Roman god of boundaries and border markers.
- 24: Flight of the King - Regifugium
- 28: The epic poem, Kalevala, is celebrated by the Finns with parades and readings from the poem.
- 1: Matronalia, the Festival of Women
- 1: New Year's Day in the old Roman calendar.
- 1: Saint David's Day
- 2: Holy Wells Day, the day of Ceadda, the Celtic goddess of healing springs and holy wells.
- 4: New moon
- 8: Pancake Day
- 9: Ash Wednesday
- 12: Marduk's Feast Day
- 14: Feriae Marti - Festival of Mars
- 16 - 17 : Bacchanalia - The festival of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine
- 17: Liberalia, the festival of Liber and Libera, a Roman fertility god and goddess
- 17: St Patrick's Day
- 19 - 23: The Mivervalia and Quinquatria, main festivals of Minerva, the Roman goddess of war, wisdom arts and trades.
- 19: Full moon Crow Moon
- 19: Ides of March
- 19: Festival of Anna Perenna, the Roman goddess of the circle of the year.
- 20: Ostara - Vernal Equinox
- 20: Festival of Isis
- 20: Mabon (Southern Hemisphere)
- 21: Festival of Salii
- 21: Sun enters Aries
- 22: Hilaria
- 30: The Festival of Salus, the Roman goddess of public safety and welfare.
- 31: Festival of Luna, the Roman goddess of the moon.
- 1: April Fool's Day / Loki's Day
- 1: The Veneralia, the festival of Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
- 3: New moon
- 3: Mothering Sunday - 4th Sunday in Lent
- 4: Megalesia - Celebrates the accuracy of the Sibylline oracles
- 5: Lady Luck Day, the festival Fortuna, the goddess of good fortune
- 6: National Tartan Day
- 8: Hana-Matsuri - Japanese Flower Festival to honor the Buddha's birthday.
- 8: Geranium Day - England
- 9: A-ma Festival - Portugal and China
- 12 - 19: Ludi Cereales
- 12: Chhau Festival - India
- 13: Songkran - Thailand
- 15: Fordicia, the festival of Tellus, the Roman earth goddess
- 16: The feast day of St. Bernadette.
- 18: Full moon -- Wind Moon
- 19: Festival of Ceres, a Roman corn goddess.
- 20: Furukawa Matsuri - Japan
- 21: Palilia (Parilia), the festival of Pales, the Roman goddess of sheperds and flocks. This is also the legendary founding date of Rome.
- 21: Sun enters Taurus
- 21: Ascent Of The Christ Of The Gypsies - Holy Wednesday
- 22: Festival of Ishtar
- 22: Earth Day
- 22: Good Friday
- 23: St George's Day
- 24: Easter Sunday
- 25: Dyngus Day - Easter Monday
- 25: The Robigalia, the festival of Robigus, a Roman corn god.
- 27: Peppercorn Ceremony - Bermuda
- 28 - May 1 The Floralia, the festival of Flora, Roman goddess of fruitfulness and flowers.
- 29: Tako-Age - Japan - Kite Flying Day
- 30: May Day Eve - Walpurgisnacht
- 30: Beltine, on this Caileach Beara, a Celtic goddess, turns to stone. She is reborn on October 31, Samhain.
- 1: Beltane - Mayday
- 1: Festival of Belenus, the Celtic god of fire and the sun.
- 1: Samhain (Southern Hemisphere)
- 1: Bona Dea
- 1: Humane Day - United States - 1st Sunday in May
- 3: New moon
- 5: Cinco de Mayo
- 6: Durdevan - Feast of St. George
- 8: The festival of Mens, the Roman goddess of mind and consciousness.
- 9: Mother's Day
- 9, 11, 13: Roman festival - Feast of the Lemures - in honor of the Lemures, the spirits of dead family members who wander the earth on these three spring nights.
- 13: Hawthorn Moon begins - 6th month of the Celtic Calendar
- 13: Friday the 13th
- 15: Festival of Mercury, the Roman god of merchants and travellers.
- 17: Full moon -- Hare's Moon
- 20: Sun enters Gemini
- 24: The Thargalia
- 25: Festival of the Holy Marys - Gypsy festival and pilgrimage
- 27: Frigga Blot
- 30: Memorial Day - Einherjar Day
- 31: Flores de Mayo
- 1: New moon
- 1: The festival of Carna, the Roman goddess of bodily organs.
- 2: Festival of Juno
- 3: The festival of Bellona the Roman goddess of war.
- 3: Pharmakos
- 4: The Rosalia
- 9: Festival of Vesta, the Roman goddess of the hearth.
- 10: Oak Moon begins - 7th month of the Celtic calendar
- 11: Lunar eclipse - total
- 11: Festival of Mater Matuta, old Italian goddess of the dawn.
- 12: Zeus' Day
- 14: Birthday of the Muse
- 14: Vidar's Day
- 15: Full moon - Honey Moon
- 16: Night of a Teardrop
- 17: Ludi Piscatari
- 20: Father's Day
- 21: Summer Solstice - Litha
- 21: Yule (Southern Hemisphere)
- 21: Sun enters Cancer
- 23: Day of Bad Omens
- 23: Rousalii
- 24: The festival of Fata, the Roman goddesses of fate and chance.
- 24: Saint John's Day - Feast of the Dews
- 24: Sânziene - A Romanian Midsummer Festival
- 29: Feoh - First day of the Rune Cycle
- 1: New moon
- 2: Feast of Expectant Mothers
- 3 thru Aug 11: Dog Days of Summer
- 3: Festival of Cerridwen
- 4: Independence Day
- 5: Poplifugia
- 7: Festival of the Handmaidens - Nonae Caprotinae ("the nones of the wild fig")
- 7: Tanabata
- 7: Rumilia Festival
- 8: Holly Moon begins - 8th month of the Celtic Calendar
- 9: Day of Un the Wise Person
- 10: Day of Hel
- 10: Festival of Knut the Reaper
- 10: Lady Godiva Day
- 11: Naadam Festival
- 13: O-Bon Festival - welcoming the spirits of the dead
- 14: Uruz - The second rune cycle begins
- 15: Full moon - Buck Moon
- 15: St. Swithin's Day
- 15: Day of Rauni
- 16: Feast of Our Lady of Carmel
- 17: Festival of Amaterasu - Shinto Sun Goddess
- 17: The Maidens Fair on Hen Mountain
- 18: Day of Bad Omens
- 19: Feast of Kuan Yin
- 19: Lucaria
- 20: Moon Day
- 21: Sun enters Leo
- 22: Feast of Mary Magdalene
- 23: Neptunalia - the festival of Neptune, the Roman god of the sea.
- 23: Sign of the Sunflower Begins
- 23: Saint Anne's Eve
- 25: Furinalia
- 27 - 31: The Five Epagomenal Days
- 27: Birthday of Osiris
- 28: Birthday of Horus
- 29: Birthday of Set
- 30: New moon
- 30: Birthday of Isis
- 31: Birthday of Nephthys
- 1: Lammas or Lughnasadh
- 1: Festival of Lugh, the Celtic hero god.
- 1: Imbolc (Southern Hemisphere)
- 4: Festival of the Tooth
- 5: Hazel Moon begins - 9th moon of the Celtic Calendar
- 6: Festival of Thoth
- 7: Blessing of the Sea
- 9: Festival of Sol Indigis, the Roman sun god.
- 12: Blessing of the Boats
- 13: The Vertumnalia, the festival of Vertumnus, the Roman god of seasons, gardens and orchards.
- 13: Day of Hecate
- 13: Full Moon -- Corn Moon
- 15: Festival of Torches - Nemoralia
- 15: Herbal Holy Day
- 17: The Portunalia, the festival of Portunes, the Roman god of gates, doors and harbours.
- 19: The Vinalia Rustica
- 21: Festival of Consus, the Roman god of good council.
- 21: Sun enters Virgo
- 22: Sign of the Morning Glory begins
- 23: Freyfaxi
- 23: The Volcanalia, the festival of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
- 25: The Opiconsivia, the harvest festival of Ops, the Roman goddess of harvest.
- 27: Volturnalia
- 29: New Moon
- 2: The Sign of the Vine begins - 10th moon of the Celtic Calendar
- 5: Labor Day
- 9: Double Ninth Day
- 9: Chrysanthemum Day
- 12: Full Moon --Harvest Moon
- 12: Chinese Moon Festival -The Festival of Chang O, on the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox, the Chinese people pay homage to the moon goddess Chang O. Some Chinese celebrate this day as the moon's birthday.
- 19: The Fast of Thoth, this day-long fast honors the Egyptian god of wisdom and magic.
- 21: International Day of Peace
- 21: The feast of the Divine Life, this ancient Egyptian feast honored the great goddess in her three-fold aspect as mother (creator), daughter (renewer), and dark mother (the absolute).
- 21: Sun enters Libra
- 23: Fall Equinox or Mabon
- 23: Michaelmas
- 23: Ostara (Southern Hemisphere)
- 27: New Moon
- 1: Festival of Fides, the Roman goddess of good faith, honesty and oaths.
- 3: The festival of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and revelry, also known as Bacchus to the Romans.
- 4: Feast of Ceres
- 6: Day of Bad Omens
- 9: The festival of Felicitas, the Roman goddess of good luck and joy.
- 11: Winter Nights - Sacred to Freya
- 11: The Meditrinalia, the festival of Meditrina, the Roman goddess of healing.
- 12: Full moon -- Blood Moon
- 12: The festival of Fortuna Redux, the Roman goddess of successful journeys and safe returns from those journeys.
- 13: The festival of Fontus, the Roman god of springs.
- 19: The Armilustrium, the second festival of Mars, the Roman god of war. On this day, military arms were ritually purified and put in storage for winter.
- 21: Sun enters Scorpio
- 26: New Moon
- 31: Halloween
- Oct 31 - Nov 1 Samhain, the Celtic festival marking the beginning of the winter and the Celtic New Year. Also the rebirth of Caileach Beara, the Celtic goddess who turned to stone on May 1 (Beltane).
- 1: Samhain
- 1: Beltane (Southern Hemisphere)
- 2: Festival of Woden
- 5: Bonfire Night
- 10: Full moon -- Mourning Moon
- 11: Veteran's Day - Hero's Day
- 11: Lunantishees Day - Celtic Faery Day
- 11: Martinmas
- 13: Epulum Jovis
- 15: Feronia Festival
- 16: Night of Hekate
- 21: Sun enters Sagittarius
- 24: Brumalia
- 24: The feast of Baba Yaga. On the full moon of November, the supreme crone goddess of old Russia is honored with a feast day. Once honored as an important old goddess, she is now often portrayed as a wicked old witch.
- 24: Thanksgiving day (United States)
- 25: New Moon
- 27: Feast of Ullr
- 30: Festival of Hecate Trivia (The night of the crossroads.)
- 1: The festival of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. Poseidon is also the god of rebirth.
- 4: Bona Dea, a Roman fertility goddess
- 5: Faunalia
- 9;: The festival of Ops, the Roman goddess of harvest.
- 10: Full moon - Long Nights Moon - total Lunar Eclipse
- 11: Agonalia
- 13: The Sementivae, the second festival of Tellus, the Roman earth goddess.
- 15: The second festival of Consus, the Roman god of good council.
- 17: Beginning of Saturnalia - festival of Saturn, the Roman god of agriculture. The most popular Roman festival, for on this day the roles of master and slave were reverted.
- 18: Eponalia
- 20: Mother Night
- 21: Winter Solstice.
- 21: Divalia - Angeronalia, festival of Angerona, the Roman goddess of secrecy.
- 22: Winter Solstice or Yule
- 22: Litha (Southern Hemisphere)
- 22: Sun enters Capricorn
- 23: The Larentalia (Larentinalia), festival of Acca Larentia the Roman goddess who gave the early Romans their land.
- 24: New Moon
- 25: Christmas Day
- 25: The birthday of Mithra, the Persian god of light and wisdom.
- 25: Festival of the Invincible Sun God
- 25: Feast of Frau Halle, Germanic goddess
- 26: Boxing Day
- 31: Festival of Hogmanay
5 comments:
I'm confused. (I'm just learning about the Gypsy path, so please be patient with me)
All of those dates you have listed, do Gypsies really celebrate all of those? Are Gypsies that eclectic? I would have assumed there would be a more singular pantheon involved.
Can you elaborate?
Thanks!
The Gypsy path is an eclectic one - travelers that they are, the tendency was to take on parts and pieces of the beliefs and ideas native to the areas where they spent the most time. Many of the old Gypsy practices and ideas have strong Catholic overtones.
The Calendar of Days is offered here as a sort of smorgasboard of ideas for how to celebrate the wheel of the year in a magickal way.
To my knowledge there is no specific calendar of magickal or ceremonial days that are sacred only to Gypsies.
Does this help?
I am so happy I have found your site. I am glad there is so much info that millions of other sites don't have. I am most grateful for the yearly calendar THANK YOU SO MUCH ... I can sort out the stuff I don't want..but since I'm new I'll just add everything you have here to my calendar and then what I cant do it still all good. Thank you for helping me LEARN MORE.!!!
I cant wait for your 2012 calendar.
Thank you
Tasha Harris BB~
This page was very interesting, I am hoping that 2012 dates will be added soon.The website has been helpful to me tonight thank-you.
Unfortunately the 2012 Calendar was never posted... Happily, however, the 2013 Calendar is posted and has been expanded somewhat... so now I'm up to date again.
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