Day Guide for Monday April 13th 2015 What are the holidays on April 13th 2015?

This is our day guide for Monday April 13th 2015 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Holidays on April 13th 2015

International: Orthodox Easter Monday

The Orthodox church uses the Julian calendar for the calculation of Easter, which can often mean that Orthodox Easter falls later than Easter observed elsewhere

International: Orthodox Easter Day

Easter is the most significant religious holiday for the world's roughly 300 million Orthodox Christians. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus has been placed after his crucifixion.

Egypt: Sham El Nessim

Sham El-Nessim is an ancient Egyptian spring festival celebrated on the day after Coptic Easter

Myanmar: Thingyan

The Water Festival holidays precede the New Year

Sri Lanka: Sinhala and Tamil New Year's Eve

13 April is the day before Sinhala and Tamil New Year

Regional

Switzerland (regional): Sechselauten

This regional festival originated in medieval times when guildhalls across Zurich celebrated the first day of summer working hours

Thailand: Songkran

The Songkran festival is the traditional Thai New Year's Day and is celebrated from April 13 to April 15.

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General Information for April 13th 2015
There are 7 public holidays today.
Day 103 of 2015
262 days left in 2015
Week 16 of the year
On this Day in History
2004 - UK television presenter Caron Keating dies (born 1962).
1966 - Iraqi politician Abdul Salam Arif dies in a mysterious helicopter crash at the banks of the Shatt al-Arab river in South Iraq.
1640 - King Charles I summons the Short Parliament, which sat from this day until 5 May, 1640.
Every year - Songkran, the Water Festival, starts, signifying the end of the Thai year.