Home›Observances›Date Type›Fixed date in its own calendarBrowse ByFixed date in its own calendarThis page groups holidays by how their day was legally or ritually classed. Wikipedia notes that on Roman calendars "the religious status days were marked by letters such as F (for fastus), and N (for nefastus, when political activities and the administration of justice were prohibited)." Browsing by date type lets a visitor separate a holiday that suspended ordinary business from one that did not.FactsLearn MoreFixed date in its own calendarSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedDays a tradition marks without ranking them as feasts or festivals - commemorations of a teacher or a martyr, preparatory and penitential seasons, monthly and fortnightly observances, days of remembrance for the dead. The grouping is residual: it collects what the calendar sets apart but does not celebrate. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHolidays & Festivals 1Learn MoreThe Observances This group holds observances, the appointed days and periods a tradition sets aside for religious attention, whether in commemoration, devotion or discipline, spanning the range of solemn and reflective occasions of the sacred year. The browser will find the observances the atlas gathers from across the traditions. The entries describe each observance's occasion and customs, noting the tradition and the time in the calendar it marks.Fixed date in its own calendarFilter Results41 entriesTraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (1)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (1)Alevism (1)Calvinism (Reformed) (1)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (1)Digambara (1)Dutch Reformed Church (1)Global Methodist Church (1)Khalsa (3)Lutheranism (1)Mahayana (1)Methodism (1)Moravian Church (1)National Baptist Convention of America (1)Nirmala (1)Presbyterianism (1)Progressive National Baptist Convention (1)Protestantism (1)Roman Catholicism (1)Shaivism (1)Shia (Twelver) (1)Svetambara (1)The United Methodist Church (1)Theravada (2)Udasi (1)Vajrayana (1)Zen (1)Calendar SystemAllAztec solar year (xiuhpohualli) (1)Badi (Bahai) (2)Bikrami / Vikrami (Punjabi lunisolar) (2)Buddhist lunisolar (South and Southeast Asian) (2)Gregorian (civil solar) (8)Hebrew (lunisolar) (3)Hindu lunisolar (panchanga) (14)Islamic Hijri (lunar) (6)Nanakshahi (Sikh tropical solar, 2003) (2)Observance TypeAllAlmsgiving / offering (1)Atonement / repentance (1)Commemoration of a person or event (12)Fast / abstinence (8)Feast / celebration (4)Kinship or family bond (3)Martyrdom remembered (4)Memorial of the dead (4)Nativity / birth remembered (3)New year (2)Penitential season (3)Pilgrimage (1)Procession (1)Seasonal turning point (2)Veneration of a deity or holy figure (5)Vigil / night observance (6)MonthAllJuly (3)October (2)Origin EraAll300 BCE (1)1 (2)632 (1)638 (1)680 (1)700 (1)835 (1)1000 (1)1469 (1)1517 (1)1606 (1)1666 (1)1705 (1)1740 (1)1850 (1)1851 (1)Place of OriginAllBrazil (1)India (12)Indonesia (1)Israel (3)Mexico (1)Nepal (1)Saudi Arabia (1)United States (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (33)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 41Akshaya TritiyaFixed date in its own calendarAll Hallows' EveFixed date in its own calendarAllan Kardec DayFixed date in its own calendarAsalha PujaFixed date in its own calendarAshuraFixed date in its own calendarBodhi DayFixed date in its own calendarChaturmasyaFixed date in its own calendarChristmastideFixed date in its own calendarDarwin DayFixed date in its own calendarDas Lakshana ParvaFixed date in its own calendarDay of ArafahFixed date in its own calendarDay of the CovenantFixed date in its own calendarFet GedeFixed date in its own calendarGuru Gobind Singh GurpurabFixed date in its own calendarGuru Nanak GurpurabFixed date in its own calendarGuru PurnimaFixed date in its own calendarIslamic New YearFixed date in its own calendarIsra and Mi'rajFixed date in its own calendarKarva ChauthFixed date in its own calendarKukur TiharFixed date in its own calendarLaylat al-Bara'ahFixed date in its own calendarMagha PujaFixed date in its own calendarMaghiFixed date in its own calendarMaha ShivaratriFixed date in its own calendarMartyrdom of Guru ArjanFixed date in its own calendarMartyrdom of the BabFixed date in its own calendarMawlidFixed date in its own calendarNaga PanchamiFixed date in its own calendarNemontemiFixed date in its own calendarNyepiFixed date in its own calendarParinirvana DayFixed date in its own calendarParyushanaFixed date in its own calendarPitru PakshaFixed date in its own calendarRaksha BandhanFixed date in its own calendarReformation DayFixed date in its own calendarRosh ChodeshFixed date in its own calendarTu B'AvFixed date in its own calendarTu BiShvatFixed date in its own calendarVaikuntha EkadashiFixed date in its own calendarVat PurnimaFixed date in its own calendarWatch NightFixed date in its own calendarSources1. 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