|
January
|
| Day |
Date |
Days of strict religious observance |
Other religious days of significance |
Other days of Indigenous or cultural significance |
Monash University holidays |
|
Tuesday
|
1
|
Gantan-sai (New Years)
- Shinto
|
Mary, Mother of God
- Catholic Christian
Feast Day of St Basil
- Orthodox Christian
|
Australian Federation Day
New Year's Day
|
New Year
- (Australia, Malaysia, South Africa)
|
|
Saturday
|
5
|
|
Twelfth Night
- Christian
Goru Gobindh Singh birthday
- Sikh
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
6
|
|
Epiphany
- Christian
Feast of the Theophany
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
7
|
|
Feat of the Nativity
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
10
|
|
Muharram New Year*
- Islam
|
|
Awal Muharram**
- (Malaysia)
|
|
Sunday
|
13
|
|
Baptism of Lord Jesus
- Christian
Maghi
- Sikh
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
14
|
|
|
Australian Tennis Open Championships (until 27th January)
|
|
|
Saturday
|
19
|
|
Ashura*
- Islam
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
20
|
|
World Religion Day
- Baha'i
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
22
|
|
Tu B'shvat*
- Jewish
Mahayana New Year** (22-25)
- Buddhist
|
|
|
| Wednesday |
23 |
|
|
|
Thaipusam*
- (Malaysia)
|
|
Friday
|
25
|
|
Conversion of Saint Paul
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
26
|
|
|
Australia Day
Aboriginal Survival Day
1972 Aboriginal tent embassy established
1993 Late Eddie Mabo - Australian of the Year
1972 Evonne Goolagong - Australian of the Year
1998 Cathy Freeman - Australian of the Year
|
|
|
Monday
|
28
|
|
|
|
Australia Day (Australia)
|
|
February
|
| Day |
Date |
Days of strict religious observance |
Other religious days of significance |
Other days of Indigenous or cultural significance |
Monash University holidays |
|
Friday
|
1
|
|
Lammas
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
2
|
|
Candlemas (Presentation of Christ in the Temple)
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
3
|
|
Four Chaplains Sunday
- Interfaith
Setsubun Sai
- Shinto
Transfiguration Sunday
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
5
|
|
Shrove Tuesday
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
6
|
|
Ash Wednesday (Lent begins)
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
7
|
Chinese New Year
- Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist
|
|
Chinese New Year Festival (7 – 12 March)
|
Chinese New Year****
- (Malaysia)
|
| Friday |
8 |
|
|
|
Chinese New Year
- (Malaysia)
|
|
Monday
|
11
|
|
Vasant Panchami**
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
14
|
|
St Valentine's Day
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
15
|
|
Nirvana Day**
- Buddhist
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
17
|
|
Triodion
- Christian Orthodox
|
Chinese New Year Festival Melbourne
|
|
|
Monday
|
18
|
|
|
Chinese New Year Festival Melbourne
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
26
|
|
Intercalary days (26 February - 1 March)
- Baha'i
|
|
|
|
March
|
| Day |
Date |
Days of strict religious observance |
Other religious days of significance |
Other days of Indigenous or cultural significance |
Monash University holidays |
|
Saturday
|
1
|
|
Saturday of Souls
- Christian Orthodox
St. David of Wales
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
2
|
|
Meat Fare Sunday
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
6
|
|
Maha Shivaratri**
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
8
|
|
|
International Women's Day
|
|
|
Sunday
|
9
|
|
Passion Sunday
- Christian
Cheese Fare
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
10
|
|
Lent begins
- Christian Orthodox
|
Labour Day
|
|
|
Sunday
|
16
|
|
Orthodox Sunday
- Orthodox Christian
Palm Sunday
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
17
|
|
St Patrick's Day
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
20
|
|
Maundy Thursday
- Christian
Mawlid an Nabi
- Islam
|
Earth Day
|
Birthday of Prophet Mohd Birthday**
- (Malaysia)
|
|
Friday
|
21
|
Good Friday
- Christian
Naw Ruz* (New Year)
- Baha'i
|
Purim*
- Jewish
Magha Puja**
- Buddhist
Jamshedi Naoruz (New Year)
- Persian/ Zoroastrian
|
Harmony Day
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination (until 28th March)
|
Good Friday
- (Australia, South Africa)
Human Rights Day
- (South Africa)
|
|
Saturday
|
22
|
|
Holi**
- Hindu
Hola Mohalla
- Sikh
|
World Day for Water
|
|
|
Sunday
|
23
|
Easter
- Christian
|
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
24
|
|
|
|
Easter Monday
- (Australia)Easter Monday / Family Day
- (South Africa)
|
|
Tuesday
|
25
|
|
Annunciation
- Christian
|
|
Easter Tuesday
- (Australia, South Africa)
|
|
Sunday
|
30
|
|
|
Daylight saving ends (ACT, NSW, Vic, Tas, SA)
|
|
|
April
|
| Day |
Date |
Days of strict religious observance |
Other religious days of significance |
Other days of Indigenous or cultural significance |
Monash University holidays |
|
Sunday
|
6
|
|
Hindu New Year**
- Hindu
Ramayana Week**
(6 – 14)
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
13
|
|
Baisakhi
- Sikh
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
14
|
|
Ramanavami (close of Ramayana)**
- Hindu
Baisakhi
- Sikh
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
19
|
|
Lazarus Saturday
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
20
|
Pesach* (Passover)
- Jewish
|
Hanuman Jayanti**
- Hindu
Palm Sunday
- Orthodox Christian
Therevadin New Year** (20 – 23)
- Buddhist
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
21
|
Pesach (Passover)
- Jewish
First Day of Ridvan
- Baha'i
|
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
23
|
|
St George's Day
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
25
|
Holy Friday
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
Anzac Day
|
|
Saturday
|
26
|
Pesach (Passover)*
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
27
|
Pesach (Passover)
(last day)
- Jewish
Easter/Pascha
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
Freedom Day****
- (South Africa)
|
|
Tuesday
|
29
|
9th Day of Ridvan*,***
- Baha'i
|
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
30
|
|
St James the Great Day
- Christian Orthodox
|
|
|
|
May
|
| Day |
Date |
Days of strict religious observance |
Other religious days of significance |
Other days of Indigenous or cultural significance |
Monash University holidays |
|
Thursday
|
1
|
|
Ascension of Christ
- Christian
|
|
Workers Day
- (South Africa)
Labour Day
- (Malaysia)
|
|
Friday
|
2
|
12th (last) Day of Ridvan*,***
- Baha'i
|
Yom HaSho'ah
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
7
|
|
Yom Hazikaron
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
8
|
|
Yom Ha'atzmaut
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
11
|
|
Pentecost
- Christian
|
Mother's Day
|
|
|
Sunday
|
18
|
|
Trinity
- Christian
|
|
|
| Monday |
19 |
|
Buddha Day**
Visakha Puja
- Buddhist |
|
Wesak Day*
- (Malaysia) |
|
Thursday
|
22
|
|
Corpus Christi
- Catholic Christian
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
23
|
Declaration of the Bab*
- Baha'i
|
Lag Ba'Omer
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
29
|
Ascension of Baha'u'llah*
- Baha'i
|
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
30
|
|
Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Catholic Christian
|
|
|
|
June
|
| Day |
Date |
Days of strict religious observance |
Other religious days of significance |
Other days of Indigenous or cultural significance |
Monash University holidays |
|
Monday
|
2
|
|
Yom Yerushalayim
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
3
|
|
|
Mabo Day
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
4
|
|
Pentecost
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
5
|
|
Ascension of Jesus
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
| Saturday |
7 |
|
|
|
King's Birthday**
- (Malaysia) |
|
Monday
|
9
|
Shavuot*
- Jewish
|
St. Columba of Iona
- Celtic Christian
|
Queen's Birthday
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
10
|
Shavuot
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
11
|
|
Trinity
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
15
|
|
Corpus Christi
- Catholic Christian
Pentecost
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
16
|
|
Guru Arjan Dev Martyrdom
- Sikh
|
|
Youth Day
- (South Africa)
|
|
Sunday
|
22
|
|
All Saints
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
29
|
|
Saints Peter and Paul
- Christian
|
|
|
|
July
|
| Day |
Date |
Days of strict religious observance |
Other religious days of significance |
Other days of Indigenous or cultural significance |
Monash University holidays |
|
Sunday
|
6
|
|
|
NAIDOC Week (until 13th July)
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
9
|
Martyrdom of the Bab*
- Baha'i
|
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
11
|
|
St Benedict Day
- Catholic Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
13
|
|
Ulambana / Obon**
(13–16)
- Buddhist
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
16
|
|
Asalha Puja Day**
- Buddhist
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
18
|
|
Guru Purnima**
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
24
|
|
Pioneer Day
- Mormon Christian
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
25
|
|
St. James the Great Day
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
31
|
|
Lailat al Miraj*
- Islam
|
|
|
|
August
|
| Day |
Date |
Days of strict religious observance |
Other religious days of significance |
Other days of Indigenous or cultural significance |
Monash University holidays |
|
Friday
|
1
|
|
Lammas
- Christian
Fast in honour of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
6
|
|
Transfiguration of Our Lord
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
9
|
|
|
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
|
National Women's Day
- (South Africa)
|
|
Sunday
|
10
|
|
Tisha B’av*
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
15
|
|
Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary
- Catholic Christian
Dormition of the Theotokos
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
16
|
|
Raksha Bandhan*
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
18
|
|
Lailat al Bara'ah
- Islam
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
24
|
|
Krishna Janmashtami*
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
29
|
|
Beheading of St John the Baptist
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
31
|
|
|
|
Merdeka (National) Day
- (Malaysia)
|
|
September
|
| Day |
Date |
Days of strict religious observance |
Other religious days of significance |
Other days of Indigenous or cultural significance |
Monash University holidays |
|
Monday
|
1
|
|
Beginning of the Ecclesiastical Year
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
2
|
Ramadan* begins
- Islam
|
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
3
|
|
Ganesh Chaturthi**
- Hindu
|
Australian National Flag Day
|
|
|
Sunday
|
7
|
|
|
Father's Day
|
|
|
Monday
|
8
|
|
Nativity of Mary
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
14
|
|
Holy Cross Day
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
15
|
|
Moon Cake Festival
- Chinese Taoist
|
|
|
| Wednesday |
17 |
|
|
|
Hari Nazul Al-Quran**
- (Malaysia) |
|
Wednesday
|
24
|
|
|
|
Heritage Day
- (South Africa)
|
|
Sunday
|
28
|
Laylat el Qadr
- Islam
|
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
29
|
|
Michael and All Angels
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
30
|
Rosh Hashanah*
- Jewish
|
Navaratri**
(30 Sep – 8 Oct)
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
October
|
| Day |
Date |
Days of strict religious observance |
Other religious days of significance |
Other days of Indigenous or cultural significance |
Monash University holidays |
|
Wednesday
|
1
|
Rosh Hashana
- Jewish
|
|
|
Hari Raya Puasa**
- (Malaysia)
|
|
Thursday
|
2
|
Eid al Fitr- Ramadan ends
- Islam
|
|
|
Hari Raya Puasa**
- (Malaysia)
|
|
Saturday
|
4
|
|
St Francis Day
- Catholic Christian
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
9
|
Yom Kippur*
- Jewish
|
Vijay Dashami (Dassehra)**
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
14
|
Sukkot*
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
15
|
Sukkot
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
16
|
|
Sukkot (continues until 20 October)
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
20
|
Birth of Bab*
- Baha'i
|
Installation of Scriptures Guru Granth
- Sikh
Navaratri ends*
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
21
|
Shemini Atzeret*
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
22
|
Simchat Torah
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
| Monday |
27 |
|
|
|
Depavali** (Malaysia) |
|
Tuesday
|
28
|
|
Diwali (Depavali)*
- Hindu
Milvian Bridge Day
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
31
|
|
Reformation Day
- Protestant Christian
All Hallows Eve
- Christian
|
Halloween
|
|
|
November
|
| Day |
Date |
Days of strict religious observance |
Other religious days of significance |
Other days of Indigenous or cultural significance |
Monash University holidays |
|
Saturday
|
1
|
|
All Saints Day
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
2
|
|
All Soul's Day
- Catholic Christian
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
4
|
|
|
Melbourne Cup Day
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
11
|
|
|
Remembrance Day
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
12
|
Birth of Baha'u'llah*
- Baha'i
|
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
13
|
|
Guru Nanak's Birthday
- Sikh
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
15
|
|
Nativity Fast (ends 24 December)
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
23
|
|
Christ the King
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
24
|
|
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur
- Sikh
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
25
|
|
|
International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
26
|
|
Day of the Covenant*
- Baha'i
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
27
|
|
Thanksgiving
- Interfaith USA
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
30
|
|
1st Advent Sunday
- Christian
|
|
|
|
December
|
| Day |
Date |
Days of strict religious observance |
Other religious days of significance |
Other days of Indigenous or cultural significance |
Monash University holidays |
|
Wednesday
|
3
|
|
|
International Day for People with a Disability
|
|
|
Saturday
|
6
|
|
Hajj* begins (4 days)
- Islam
Saint Nicholas Day
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
7
|
|
2nd Advent Sunday
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
8
|
|
Bodhi Day** (Rohatsu)
- Buddhism
Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary
- Catholic Christian
|
|
Hari Raya Qurban**
- (Malaysia)
|
|
Tuesday
|
9
|
Eid-al-Adha**
(day of sacrifice)
- Islam
|
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
10
|
|
|
Human Rights Day
|
|
|
Thursday
|
11
|
|
|
|
Birthday of Sultan Selangor** (Malaysia)
|
|
Friday
|
12
|
|
Feast Day: Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Catholic Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
14
|
|
3rd Advent Sunday
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
16
|
|
|
|
Reconciliation Day
- (South Africa)
|
|
Sunday
|
21
|
|
4th Advent Sunday
- Christian
Yule
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
22
|
|
Hanukkah begins*
(22 - 29 December)
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
24
|
|
Christmas Eve
- Christian
|
Carols by Candlelight, Melbourne
|
University closed
|
|
Thursday
|
25
|
Christmas*
- Christian
|
Feast Day of Nativity
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
University closed
|
|
Friday
|
26
|
|
Zarathosht Diso - (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra)
- Zoroastrian
|
|
University closed
|
|
Sunday
|
28
|
|
Feast of the Holy Family
- Catholic Christian
Holy Innocents
- Anglican Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
29
|
|
Hanukkah (last day)
- Jewish
Al Hijra* (New Year)
- Islam
|
|
Awal Muharram**
- (Malaysia)
|
|
Wednesday
|
31
|
|
Watch Night
- Christian
|
New Year's Eve
|
University closed
|
|
*
|
Begins at sunset on the previous day
|
|
**
|
Local customs may vary this day
|
|
***
|
Ridvan Baha'i commemoration of the twelve day period in 1863 when Baha'u'llah declared that He was God's Messenger for this age. Work is to be suspended on days 1, 9, and 12 of the festival.
|
|
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|
If a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following day will be deemed as a replacement.
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