September 2013
5-6
Rosh Hashanah Jewish New Year festival.
9
Ganesh Chaturthi Hindu festival in honour of the elephant-headed god Ganesh.
10
Paryushana-Parva Jain festival of forgiveness and confession of sins.
11
Ethiopian New Year’s Day Rastafarian New Year celebration.
14
Yom Kippur Day of atonement, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
19
Mid-Autumn Festival Chinese harvest moon festival.
19
Sukkot Jewish harvest festival commemorating the 40 years the Israelites spent in the wilderness after leaving Egypt.
22
Mabon Pagan observance of the autumnal equinox and the approach of winter.
22
Shunbun-no-hi Japanese festival marking the autumn equinox.
27
Simchat Torah Jewish festival celebrating the completion of the annual cycle of reading the Torah.

August 2013
October 2013