THE OURACLE LIBRARY
Sacred Observances
Holy days of the world's traditions, Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Pagan, Taoist and more, with when each is next observed, its story and how to honour it.
Buddhist
- Vesak / Buddha PurnimaBuddha's birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana
- Chökhor Düchen / Dharma DayThe First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
- Asalha PujaTheravāda observance of the Buddha's first teaching
- Magha Puja / Sangha DayThe spontaneous gathering of 1,250 arahants
- Bodhi Day (Rohatsu)The morning of the Buddha's awakening
- Medicine Buddha DayTibetan · 8th day of the lunar month
- Guru Rinpoche DayTibetan · 10th day of the lunar month — Tsok day
- Full Moon Buddha DayTibetan · 15th day — Amitabha and the multiplication of merit
- Dakini DayTibetan · 25th day of the lunar month
- Dharmapala DayTibetan · 29th day of the lunar month — the Protectors
- Shakyamuni Buddha DayTibetan · 30th day — the new moon
Hindu
Christian
Jewish
Islamic
Yazidi
Norse / Pagan
- Yule / Winter SolsticeThe longest night — the return of the Sun
- Imbolc / CandlemasThe first stirrings of spring — Brigid's day
- Ostara / Spring EquinoxBalance of light and dark, tipping toward light
- Beltane / May DayThe great fire festival of union
- Litha / Summer SolsticeThe longest day — high sun, full flowering
- Lammas / LughnasadhThe first harvest — loaf-mass
- Mabon / Autumn EquinoxThe second harvest — balance tipping toward dark
- SamhainThe Celtic new year — the thinnest veil
Zoroastrian
Sikh
Taoist / Chinese
Shinto
Mayan
Kemetic / Egyptian
- Epagomenal Day I — Birth of OsirisHeriu-renpet: the first of the five days upon the year
- Epagomenal Day II — Birth of Horus the ElderHeriu-renpet: sacred to Heru-ur
- Epagomenal Day III — Birth of SetHeriu-renpet: sacred to Sutekh
- Epagomenal Day IV — Birth of IsisHeriu-renpet: sacred to Aset
- Epagomenal Day V — Birth of NephthysHeriu-renpet: sacred to Nebet-het
- Wep Ronpet — Opening of the YearSothic New Year: the heliacal rising of Sopdet (Sirius)
Astronomical
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