Pagan Holidays for 2026: A Calendar for Witches, Pagans, and Polytheists

When it comes to celebrating pagan holidays, there’s no single calendar system that applies across traditions. For this pagan calendar for 2026, I’ve brought together seasonal festivals, civic holidays, and lunar observances from ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian (Kemetic), and Norse traditions alongside widely practiced modern pagan observances, such as the Wheel of the Year.

This pagan calendar combines ancient festivals, sacred days, and commonly observed modern reconstructions to offer a practical reference for modern pagans who use the Gregorian calendar.

Because ancient cultures relied on different systems (solar, lunar, and civic), festival dates do not always align cleanly with the modern calendar. Traditions and dates varied between regions and periods. To create a useful tool, this guide reflects the most widely used and historically grounded date mappings currently in circulation. If you follow a different traditional or regional dating system, you may choose to observe certain holidays on alternate dates.

Whether you follow a Hellenic, Heathen, Roman Reconstructionist, Kemetic, Wiccan, or eclectic path, you’ll find the dates for the pagan holidays for those paths below.

How This Pagan Calendar Was Built

Because ancient cultures used different calendar systems, festival dates in this guide are drawn from a combination of historical sources and modern scholarly reconstructions. The following notes explain how dates were mapped for each tradition represented.

Hellenic Calendar (Ancient Greek)

Ancient Greek religious life followed regional civic calendars, meaning festival dates varied by city-state. For clarity and consistency, this calendar follows the Attic calendar of ancient Athens, which is the best-documented Hellenic system.

It is important to note that the ancient Greek day began at sunset, not sunrise. As a result, some observances, such as Hekate’s Deipnon, were traditionally celebrated on the evening before the listed Gregorian date.

Norse / Heathen Calendars

Norse and Heathen festivals were traditionally seasonal and varied by region and community. The dates listed here reflect a mix of historically supported festivals and the modern calendar dates most commonly used by Heathen practitioners today. Dates may vary between traditions.

Kemetic Calendar (Ancient Egyptian)

Kemetic dates in this calendar are based on the Sothic–lunar reconstruction centered on Giza, Egypt, using a lunar-religious calendar that begins each month on the New Moon. This approach best reflects the timing of temple festivals attested in ancient sources.

Ancient Egyptian festivals were often local and temple-specific, rather than universally observed across Egypt. As a result, this calendar includes both widely recognized festivals and historically attested regional rites. Not all Kemetic practitioners observe every date listed and some are not included in an effort to not overwhlem the calendar.

For deeper exploration of daily rites and other feasts, modern practitioners often consult tools such as the Ronpet calendar.

Roman Civic Calendar

Roman religious life followed a fixed civic calendar, with festivals anchored to the Kalends (1st day of the month), Nones (5th or 7th), and Ides (13th or 15th). Roman festival dates are therefore among the most easy to map onto the Gregorian calendar.

Dates in this guide are drawn from Roman fasti and classical sources describing public religious observances during the Republic and early Imperial periods.

January 2026

January opens the pagan calendar year with themes of renewal, purification, and hearth magic. It’s named for the two-faced god Janus, and the month acts as a threshold between this year and the last. It features festivals that honor household spirits, ancestors, and the restoration of cosmic order as the light begins its slow return.

For a detailed breakdown of January observances, lunar rituals, and deity days, see the Pagan Holidays in January guide.

Recurring Monthly Observances

• January 1: Kalends (Roman)
• January 5: Nones (Roman)
• January 13: Ides (Roman)
• January 18: Pesdjentiu (Kemetic)
• January 19: Hekate’s Deipnon (Hellenic)
• January 20: Noumenia (Hellenic), beginning of Gamelion
• January 21: Agathos Daimon (Hellenic)
• January 22: Athena’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• January 23: Aphrodite, Herakles, Hermes, and Eros’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• January 25: Artemis’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• January 26: Apollo’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• January 27: Poseidon and Theseus’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• January 28: Helios, the Muses, and Rhea’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)

Major January Festivals & Observances

January 1: New Year’s Day
A popular time for cleansing, resetting, and intention-setting rituals. Though some like to use the Winter Solstice or the beginning of Aries season for this, it works as a time to set your intentions for the year ahead.

January 1: Kalends of January (Roman)
The Roman New Year honored Janus, god of beginnings, doorways, and transitions. It was a day of public vows for the well being of the republic, gift-giving, speaking words of good to come, and sacrifices to Jupiter, Juno, Minvera, and Salus for the health of the Republic.

January 3: Full Moon in Cancer (5:03 AM EST) – Wolf Moon
The Wolf Moon carries themes of endurance, protection, instinct, and community. This moon is about survival and caring for one another during winter’s hardest stretch. When this Full Moon falls in Cancer, as it does in 2026, those instincts connect to emotional safety, nurturing, home, and healing. It’s a time to work with your intuition, tend to your emotional foundations, and reinforcing the bonds (or boundaries) that help you feel safe, and supported.

January 3: Feast of Sokar (Kemetic)
An intersection when the Tepy-Semdet (Full Moon) meets the funerary god Sokar. A day for ancestor work and honoring the “silent” or transformative aspects of the divine.

Late December – early January: Yule (Norse/Heathen)
A multi-day midwinter festival honoring the return of the sun, ancestral honoring, feasting, and oath-making. Dates varied regionally. Some begin on the Winter Solstice, others on the first Full Moon after the Solstice, and others on the first full moon after the first new moon after the Solstice.

Jan 3–5: Compitalia (Roman)
A festival honoring the Lares (household and crossroads spirits) with offerings at neighborhood shrines to protect the home and community.

January 5: Heb Wer “Great Festival” (Kemetic)
Heb Wer, or the “Great Festival,” is a renewal festival tied to stability, kingship, and the restoration of cosmic order. In modern practice, it’s a powerful time to reaffirm personal vows, renew devotional commitments to the Netjeru (gods), and focus on grounding Ma’at in daily life for the year ahead.

January 5: Nones (Roman)
The Nones were sacred to Jupiter and functioned as a mid-point marker in the early part of the month.

January 7: Raising the Djed Pillar for Wesir
This day centers on the raising of the Djed Pillar, symbolizing the resurrection of Wesir (Osiris) and the restoration of stability after chaos.

Jan 9: Agonalia (Roman):
A sacred day dedicated to Janus, the god of beginnings and doorways.

January 10: Festival of Wadjet (Kemetic)
Dedicated to the cobra goddess of Lower Egypt. As the “Eye of Ra,” she offers protection against chaos.

January 10-15: The Great Burning (Kemetic)
The Great Burning (Rekeh-Wer) is a multi-day purification festival associated with fire, renewal, and the controlled release of destructive forces. It was traditionally linked with Heru and solar power and is a good time to clear out the prior year’s baggage.

Jan 11: Carmentalia and Juturnalia (Roman)
Honors Carmenta, goddess of childbirth and prophecy, and Juturna, goddess of fountains and sacred waters.

January 12: Feast of Imouthes (Kemetic)
A day to honor Imhotep (Imouthes), the deified architect and healer. A good day for healing work, building, or seeking wisdom.

Jan 13: Ides of January (Roman)
A monthly sacred day dedicated to Jupiter; traditionally a day for clearing debts and making offerings for the month ahead.

Jan 15: Carmentalia (Roman)
The second day of rituals for Carmenta, focusing on divination and the protection of infants and mothers.

January 16: Renewing the Year (Kemetic)
This is the halfway point of the Kemetic year. Practitioners might perform a symbolic house cleaning or renew their vows to their primary deity on this day.

January 18: New Moon in Capricorn (2:52 PM EST)
A powerful New Moon for commitment, structure, and discipline. Capricorn energy supports financial planning, boundaries, and intentions that require patience and consistency rather than quick results.

January 18: Pesdjentiu (Kemetic)
The New Moon is the monthly reset for Kemetic practitioners. It’s the ideal day for a formal altar cleaning and entering the temple of your own spiritual practice with fresh offerings.

January 19: Deipnon of Hekate (Hellenic)
Monthly purification rite honoring Hekate during the Dark Moon. Traditionally involves cleaning the home, giving offerings, and clearing old energies before the new lunar month begins.

January 19: Feast of Bast in Bubastis (Kemetic)
This joyous festival honors the cat-headed goddess of protection, music, and dance. It is a day for celebration, social gathering, and honoring your cats.

January 20: Noumenia (Hellenic)
First day of the month of Gamelion. Noumenia was a time for honoring household gods, especially Hestia, and renewing blessings for the home and family.

January 21: Agathos Daimon (Hellenic)
Monthly offering to the Good Spirit of prosperity, luck, and household well-being.

January 22: Festival of the Victory
A massive start to a series of feasts honoring Heru-Shu, Amun, and Ptah. These festivals celebrate the triumph of Ma’at (Order) over Isfet (Chaos). Focus on craftsmanship and manifesting physical goals.

January 22: Athena’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
Monthly observance honoring Athena, patron of Athens, on the third day of the lunar month. The goddess is associated with wisdom, crafts, strategy, and leadership.

January 23: Aphrodite, Herakles, Hermes, and Eros’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
The fourth day of the lunar month was traditionally sacred to these deities.

January 23: Þorri Begins (Norse / Heathen)
Midwinter feasting and honoring Thor’s protection during the coldest months. Þorrablót is a midwinter blót held during the month of Þorri.

Jan 24–26: Sementivae / Paganalia (Roman)
A festival of sowing that honors Tellus (Earth) and Ceres (Grain) to protect the seeds and grasses and ensure a fruitful harvest.

January 25: Artemis’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
Artemis is honored monthly on the sixth day of the lunar month. She is connected to nature, protection of women and young girls, and hunting.

January 26: Neptune in Aries
Neptune moves from Pisces to Aries on this day and stays there (with a few retrogrades), until 2038. Astrologically, this represents a move towards from dreaming to spiritual courage and action-oriented vision.

January 26: Apollo’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
Apollo is honored monthly on the seventh day of the lunar month. Associated with healing, prophecy, and music.

January 27: Poseidon and Theseus’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
The eighth day of the lunar month honors Poseidon and Theseus.

January 28: Helios, the Muses, and Rhea’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
Helios, the Muses, and Rhea are honored monthly on the ninth day of the lunar month.

January 31 – February 3: Lenaia (Hellenic)
Lenaia is a wild winter festival of Dionysus featuring wine, communal celebration, and dramatic competitions.

February 2026

February’s pagan holidays center on purification, spiritual renewal, and preparation for spring. Across traditions, the month includes observances tied to hearth goddesses, fertility, cleansing rites, and the slow reawakening of the land.

Recurring Monthly Observances

• February 1: Kalends
• February 5: Nones (Roman)
• February 13: Ides (Roman)
• February 17: Pesdjentiu (Kemetic)
• February 18: Hekate’s Deipnon (Hellenic)
• February 19: Noumenia (Hellenic), beginning of Anthesterion
• February 20: Agathos Daimon (Hellenic)
• February 21: Athena’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• February 22: Aphrodite, Herakles, Hermes, and Eros’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• February 24: Artemis’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• February 25: Apollo’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• February 26: Poseidon and Theseus’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• February 27: Helios, the Muses, and Rhea’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)

(These follow civic or lunar calendars and repeat monthly. Explained in more detail in January.)

Major February Festivals & Observances

January 31-February 3: Lenaia (Hellenic)
Continuation of the winter festival honoring Dionysus.

February 1: Full Moon in Leo (5:09 PM EST) – Snow Moon
The February Full Moon is associated with endurance and renewal beneath the surface. When the Full Moon is in Leo, it emphaizes themes of visibility, confidence, and creative expression.

February 1-2: Imbolc / Albar Arthan (Modern Pagan / Wiccan / Druidry)
Imbolc is one of the ancient Celtic fire festivals. The early spring festival of purification, renewal, and the return of light. It is historically associated with Brigid.

February 1: Charming of the Plow (Heathen / Anglo-Saxon-inspired)
A modern reconstruction focused on blessing tools, preparing for planting, and honoring the landvættir.

February 1: Feast of Ptah at the Half Year and Lesser Burning (Kemetic)
Temple observances working with themes of renewal, craftsmanship, and purification through fire.

February 2: Ceres’ Sacred Day (Roman)
Honoring Ceres, goddess of grain and agriculture.

February 6: Jubilation of Wesir and Procession of Yinepu (Kemetic)
Rites honoring Osiris and Anubis. The day is associated with regeneration, funerary rites, and the relationship between the living and the dead.

February 9: Apollo’s Sacred Day (Roman)
A Roman observance honoring Apollo, associated with healing, prophecy, and order.

February 12: Diana’s Sacred Day (Roman)
Honors Diana as a goddess of the hunt, wilderness, childbirth, and protector of women and girls.

February 13: Feast of Bast (Kemetic)
Honors Bast, goddess of protection, joy, music, and domestic harmony. In modern Kemetic practice, this feast is often associated with celebration and honoring cats.

February 13–21: Parentalia (Roman)
A nine-day ancestral festival honoring deceased family members and the spirits of the dead. Families made offerings at tombs, public life slowed, and temples closed during this period of remembrance.

February 15: Theogamia (Hellenic)
A festival honoring the sacred marriage of Zeus and Hera, symbolizing harmony, social order, and marital bonds.

February 15: Lupercalia (Roman)
A purification and fertility festival associated with Faunus. Though it’s said to be the precursor to Valentine’s Day, it’s historically linked to ritual cleansing before the agricultural year resumed. To learn more, read our guide to Lupercalia.

February 17: Quirinalia (Roman)
A civic festival honoring Quirinus, associated with Roman identity and community. Traditionally served as a “catch-up” day for families who missed earlier Parentalia rites.

February 17: New Moon in Aquarius (7:01 AM EST)
The February New Moon is about innovation, community, and collective vision, supporting intentions related to social change and future-oriented goals.

February 17: Lunar New Year – Year of the Fire Horse
The Lunar New Year is the beginning of the traditional lunisolar calendar used across East Asia. While it is not a pagan observance, some modern practitioners look to the lunar new year for insight into the broader themes of the year ahead. The Year of the Fire Horse is commonly associated with boldness, intensity, independence, and transformative energy.

February 18: Feralia (Roman)
The final and most solemn day of Parentalia, dedicated to appeasing restless spirits of the dead and restoring balance between the living and ancestral realms.

February 19: Birthday of Nut (Kemetic)
Honors the sky goddess Nut, associated with cosmic order, rebirth, and protection.

February 21: Terminalia (Roman)
A festival honoring Terminus, god of boundaries.

February 22: Caristia (Roman)
A joyful family festival following Parentalia, focused on reconciliation, harmony among the living, and renewed family bonds.

February 27: Equirrira (Roman)
A festival of horse racing dedicated to Mars, god of war and agriculture, traditionally held in preparation for the campaigning and farming seasons.

February 28: Cake Day (Modern Pagan)
A modern devotional observance centered on offerings of cakes or baked goods, often associated with gratitude, remembrance, and maintaining relationships with spirits and deities.

February 28: Feast of Wesir-Unnefer (Kemetic)
Honors Osiris in his restored form, affirming regeneration and enduring cosmic order.

March 2026

March is when spring officially begins. Across many pagan traditions, this month is associated with purification, renewal, fertility, and preparing the land and body for the coming year, with festivals honoring gods of agriculture, healing, and rebirth.

Recurring Monthly Observances

• March 1: Kalends (Roman)
• March 7: Nones (Roman)
• March 15: Ides (Roman)
• March 18: Pesdjentiu (Kemetic)
• March 19: Hekate’s Deipnon (Hellenic)
• March 20: Noumenia (Hellenic), beginning of Elaphebolion
• March 21: Agathos Daimon (Hellenic)
• March 22: Athena’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• March 23: Aphrodite, Herakles, Hermes, and Eros’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• March 25: Artemis’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• March 26: Apollo’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• March 27: Poseidon and Theseus’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• March 28: Helios, the Muses, and Rhea’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)

(These follow civic or lunar calendars and repeat monthly. Explained in more detail in January.)

Major March Festivals & Observances

March 1: Matronalia (Roman)
A festival honoring Juno Lucina, goddess of childbirth and women. Traditionally focused on family blessings, renewal, and the well-being of mothers and households.

March 1: Kalends (Roman)
The traditional Roman New Year in early Rome, sacred to Juno and Mars.

March 1, 9, 23: Procession of the Salil (Roman)
Ritual processions performed by the Salii, the leaping priests of Mars and Quirinus. They carried sacred shields, danced through the city, and honored the renewed martial year.

March 1-3: Anthesteria I (Hellenic)
A three-day festival honoring Dionysus, associated with wine, renewal, and the presence of the dead. The days focused on opening the wine jars, ritual drinking, and offerings to ancestral spirits.

March 2-4: Dísablót / Disting (Norse / Heathen)
A late winter festival honoring the dísir, female ancestral and protective spirits associated with fertility, protection, and the coming agricultural season.

March 3: Total Lunar Eclipse and Full Moon in Virgo (6:38 AM EST) – Worm Moon
The Worm Moon is the time of awakening and rebirth as we move towards Spring. When the Full Moon is also in Virgo, the moon’s themes emphasize practical renewal, clearing, and re-alignment. This year it’s also a total lunar eclipse and blood moon. Some modern practitioners approach this moon cautiously or focus on release rather than manifestation.

March 3-6: Feast of Ra (Kemetic)
A high solar festival celebrating the primordial creator and the emergence of life-giving light across the universe.

March 3-8: Birth of Heru-sa-Aset (Kemetic)
A multi-day celebration honoring the birth of Horus, the falcon-headed son of Isis. This represented the triumph of light and the restoration of divine kingship.

March 6-7: The Great Festival of Bast and The Day of Chewing Onions (Kemetic)
A joyous festival for the cat-goddess of protection, featuring the traditional ritual of chewing onions to ensure health and ward off malevolent forces.

March 9: Procession of Min (Kemetic)
A vibrant fertility festival honoring the god Min, celebrating virility, the quickening of the land, and the upcoming agricultural harvest.

March 10-16: Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries (Hellenic)
A period of purification and preliminary initiation for those who would be a part of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Candidates were bathed, offered sacrifices, and prepared for deeper initiation in the Greater Mysteries later in the year.

March 13: Diasia (Hellenic)
A major spring festival honoring Zeus Meilichios, emphasizing purification, appeasement, and securing divine favor for the agricultural year ahead.

March 14: Equirria (Roman)
The second Roman horse-racing festival sacred to Mars, tied to war and agricultural readiness.

March 15: Conducting Wesir (Osiris) to Abydos (Kemetic)
A solemn and powerful ritual depicting the journey of the soul, honoring the god of the afterlife and the promise of eternal renewal.

March 15: Anna Perenna (Roman)
A popular festival celebrating the return of the year. It was celebrated by communal feasting, revelry, and prayers for long life and prosperity.

March 17: Liberalia (Roman)
Festival of Liber Pater, god of fertility, freedom, and growth. Traditionally associated with coming-of-age rites and agricultural renewal.

March 19: Quinquatria (Roman)
A multi-day festival honoring Minerva, goddess of wisdom, crafts, and strategy. Sacred to artisans, students, and skilled professions.

March 20: Ostara and the Spring Equinox (Wiccan / Modern Pagan / Druidry / Heathen)
This honors Ostara, the Spring Equinox, the point of balance between light and dark. Associated with fertility, renewal, and the return of growth. Widely observed in modern pagan traditions. Some modern Heathens celebrate the equinox with blóts to Freyr, Thor, and spring deities

March 25: Offerings to the Ancestors in Abydos (Kemetic)
A dedicated day for feeding the Ka (spirit) of the departed and strengthening the bonds between the living and the ancestral line.

March 25: Hilaria (Roman)
A joyful festival connected to Cybele and Attis, celebrating rebirth and emotional release following mourning rites earlier in the month.

March 27: Asklepia (Hellenic)
Day for the festival honoring Asklepios, god of healing.

March 29: Sekhmet Rages in the Land (Kemetic)
A day to honor the “Eye of Ra” in her fierce warrior aspect, focusing on protection, the redirection of anger, and the transformation of destruction into healing.

March 29 – April 5: Great Dionysia (Hellenic)
One of Athens’s most important festivals honoring Dionysus, featuring dramatic competitions, processions, and public celebration of civic identity.

March 31: Festival of Luna (Roman)
A day honoring the Moon goddess on the Aventine Hill. It was the transition into the spring season.

April 2026

April is the true arrival of spring across many pagan traditions now that the weather is warmer. Themes include growth, fertility, cleansing, rain magic, storm gods, and preparation for the vibrant fire festivals of May. This month brings powerful lunar energy, agricultural rites, and celebrations of life returning to the land.

April is when spring has truly arrived. It’s a month of visible growth, fertility, balance, and agricultural protection. Across pagan traditions, festivals this month focus on love, planting, rain magic and storm gods, civic renewal, and preparation for the vibrant fire festivals of May.

Recurring Monthly Observances

• April 1: Kalends (Roman)
• April 5: Nones (Roman)
• April 13: Ides (Roman)
• April 17: Pesdjentiu (Kemetic)
• April 18: Hekate’s Deipnon (Hellenic)
• April 19: Noumenia (Hellenic), beginning of Mounykhion
• April 20: Agathos Daimon (Hellenic)
• April 21: Athena’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• April 22: Aphrodite, Herakles, Hermes, and Eros’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• April 24: Artemis’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• April 25: Apollo’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• April 26: Poseidon and Theseus’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• April 27: Helios, the Muses, and Rhea’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)

(These follow civic or lunar calendars and repeat monthly. Explained in more detail in January.)

Major April Festivals & Observances

April 1: Full Moon in Libra (1:23 PM) – Pink Moon
The Pink Moon carries the energy of renewal, blossoming, heart-opening, and growth. The Full Moon in Libra’s energy is about balance, beauty, compassion, relationship harmony, and conscious partnership. Together, this moon favors love-centered intentions, restoring harmony to relationships, and nurturing healthy connections.

April 1-17: Summer Nights (Norse/Heathen)
A seasonal period recognizing the transition into summer. In historical sources, this time was associated with luck, protection, and fertility.

April 1: Veneralia (Roman)
A festival honoring Venus Verticordia (“Changer of Hearts”) and Fortuna Virilis. Traditionally associated with love, attraction, and personal relationships.

April 1: Procession of Nut (Kemetic)
A celebration of the sky goddess who arches over the earth, focusing on cosmic protection and the vastness of the divine.

March 29 – April 5: Great Dionysia (Hellenic)
Continuation of the Great Dionysia.

April 4–10: Ludi Megalenses (Roman)
A major festival for Cybele (Magna Mater), featuring games, theatrical performances, and processions. It commemorated the arrival of Cybele’s cult in Rome and emphasized fertility, protection, and civic stability.

April 5: Pandia (Hellenic)
A spring festival associated with Zeus, likely connected to renewal and communal celebration.

April 5-7: Feast of Anukis (Kemetic)
A festival for the goddess of the Nile’s cataracts, focusing on the life-giving power of water and the embrace of the divine.

April 12-15: Feast of Divine Birth at Dendera (Kemetic)
A major festival celebrating the sacred birth of Horus at Dendera, affirming divine lineage, rightful kingship, and the renewal of cosmic order (Ma’at).

April 12–19: Ludi Ceriales (Roman)
The primary agricultural festival for Ceres, goddess of grain and harvest. Rituals focused on crop protection and fertility during early growth stages.

April 16-18: Sigrblót (Norse/Heathen)
A spring blót associated with victory, protection, and the coming campaigning or agricultural season.

April 17: New Moon in Aries (7:52 AM EDT)
The New Moon in Aries has the themes of fresh beginnings, initiative, and forward momentum. Often associated with the start of the zodiacal year.

April 21: Parilia (Roman)
An ancient pastoral purification festival honoring Pales and the traditional founding date of Rome. Bonfires, cleansing rites, and agricultural protection were central themes.

April 21: Ma’at Judges Before the Gods (Kemetic)
An observance affirming Ma’at as the ultimate principle of truth, balance, and justice. This day emphasizes moral order, right action, and accountability before the divine.

April 23: Vinalia Priora (Roman)
The first wine festival of the year, sacred to Jupiter and Venus. The previous year’s wine was tasted, and offerings were made to ensure a successful grape harvest.

April 24: Delphinia (Hellenic)
A festival for Apollo associated with purification, preparations for the seafaring season, and themes of safe passage.

April 25: Robigalia (Roman)
A solemn agricultural rite intended to protect crops from blight and disease, dedicated to the deity Robigus.

April 26: Festival of Heru-Behdety (Kemetic)
A festival honoring Horus in his solar and warrior aspect, associated with kingship, protection, and the defeat of chaos. The celebration affirms rightful authority and the maintenance of cosmic order.

April 28 – May 3: Floralia (Roman)
A joyful, fertility-focused festival honoring Flora, goddess of flowers and blooming plants. Known for bright colors, theatrical performances, and celebrations of abundance. It may have influenced some of Beltane’s modern rites.

April 30: Walpurgisnacht (Norse/Heathen)
A night traditionally associated with spirits, witch gatherings, and heightened supernatural activity in Central European folklore. Bonfires and protective rites were used to ward off harmful forces. In modern pagan and witchcraft traditions, Walpurgisnacht is often observed as a fire festival focused on protection, release, and the transition into the summer season.

May 2026

May is a month of fire, passion, fertility, creativity, and full spring abundance. Across pagan traditions, it is the height of blooming life, celebrations of love and union, and rites for protection, prosperity, and growth. This is one of the most active magical months of the year.

Recurring Monthly Observances

• May 1: Kalends (Roman)
• May 7: Nones (Roman)
• May 15: Ides (Roman)
• May 16: Pesdjentiu (Kemetic)
• May 17: Hekate’s Deipnon (Hellenic)
• May 18: Noumenia (Hellenic), beginning of Thargelion
• May 19: Agathos Daimon (Hellenic)
• May 20: Athena’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• May 21: Aphrodite, Herakles, Hermes, and Eros’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• May 23: Artemis’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• May 24: Apollo’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• May 25: Poseidon and Theseus’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• May 26: Helios, the Muses, and Rhea’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)

(These follow civic or lunar calendars and repeat monthly. Explained in more detail in January.)

Major May Festivals & Observances

May 1: Beltane (Wiccan / Modern Pagan / Druidry)
One of the four major Celtic fire festivals. It is seen as the beginning of summer and the peak of spring fertility. Historically focused on protection of herds and land, Beltane is now widely observed with fire rites, fertility symbolism, and celebrations of vitality and union.

May 1: Full Moon in Scorpio (1:23 PM ET) – Flower Moon
The Flower Moon associated with intensity, transformation, and emotional depth. When the Full Moon is in Scorpio, the focus is on themes of release, intimacy, and regeneration.

May 1: May Day (Norse/Heathen)
A modern Heathen and folk observance associated with fertility, renewal, and the honoring of Freyr and Freyja. It reflects broader springtime themes of growth, vitality, and the blessing of land and relationships.

May 1: Feast of Min (Kemetic)
A vibrant fertility festival honoring the god of virility and the life-force that drives the natural world toward its peak.

May 1-22: Birthgiving of Hethert of Dendera (Kemetic): The start of a high-energy, 23-day temple-based observance celebrating the creative and maternal power of Hathor, the goddess of love, music, and joy.

May 1: Kalends of May (Roman)
The Roman Kalends of May honored Maia, a goddess associated with growth and increase, alongside civic observances tied to renewal and prosperity.

May 1: Laralia and The Altar of the Lares Praestites (Roman)
A civic observance honoring the guardian spirits of Rome, focused on the protection of the city.

May 2: Feast of Hathor (Kemetic)
A joyful festival honoring Hathor as goddess of love, music, pleasure, fertility, and protection. It is a favored time for celebration, offerings of beauty, and devotional acts centered on gratitude and abundance.

May 5: Geb and Nut are Judged Before the Gods (Kemetic)
A day of mythological observance focused on resolving cosmic conflicts and restoring the balance between the Earth (Geb) and the Sky (Nut).

April 28 – May 3: Floralia (Roman)
The final day of the “Festival of Flowers.” It concluded with games, theatrical performances, and the release of goats and hares into the Circus Maximus to ensure the continued fertility of the fields.

May 4: Mounykhia (Hellenic)
A Full Moon festival honoring Artemis as protector of the city, young women, and sailors.

May 7: Olympeia (Hellenic)
A festival honoring Zeus Olympios, emphasizing civic order and justice.

May 9, 11, 13: The Lemuria (Roman)
A nocturnal household rite intended to appease restless spirits of the dead (lemures) and protect the living from harmful ancestral forces.

May 14: Procession of the Argei (Roman)
An ancient purification rite involving symbolic offerings cast into the Tiber, associated with cleansing the city.

May 14: Feast of Wadjet (Kemetic)
Honoring the cobra goddess of Lower Egypt, this day focuses on fierce protection, royal authority, and the “Eye of Ra.”

May 15: Mercuralia (Roman)
A festival honoring Mercury, god of commerce and travel. Merchants sought blessings for profit and safe journeys.

May 16: New Moon in Taurus (4:01 PM ET)
A Super New Moon that is associated with the themes of stability, abundance, and long-term growth. See our full guide to the New Moon in Taurus.

May 16-27: Beautiful Feast of the Valley (Kemetic)
One of the most significant Kemetic festivals, uniting the living and the dead. Ancestors are honored as they symbolically return to visit their families.

May 17: Feast of Bast (Kemetic)
A joyous celebration of the cat-headed goddess, focusing on protection, perfumes, dance, and the shielding of the household.

May 18: Feast of Djehuty (Kemetic)
Honors Djehuty (Thoth) as god of wisdom, writing, magic, and measurement.

May 21: Agonalia (Roman)
A lesser-known Roman observance honoring Vejovis.

May 22: Greening of the Fields (Kemetic)
An agricultural festival celebarting celebrating the abundance of the earth and the energy of the gods within the soil. It unites Min’s generative power with Hathor’s nourishing abundance.

May 23: Tubilustrium (Roman)
A ritual purification of sacred trumpets, connected to martial readiness and the god Vulcan.

May 23-24: Thargerlia (Hellenic)
A purification and agricultural festival honoring Apollo and Artemis, focused on cleansing the city and giving thanks for early crops.

May 27: Appearance of Neith with the Weavers (Kemetic)
This day celebrates the sacred arts of weaving, craftsmanship, and the “spinning” of fate.

May 29: Ambarvalia (Roman)
A major agricultural purification rite working with Ceres, Bacchus, Mars and other agricultural gods to ensure fertility and protection for the coming harvest.

May 31: Blue Moon in Sagittarius (4:45 AM ET)
A rare Full Blue Moon in Sagittarius emphasizing expansion, truth-seeking, and vision.

June 2026

June is the height of light in the Northern Hemisphere and centers on solar power, vitality, protection, and abundance. Across traditions, this month honors solar deities, agricultural cycles, and the turning point of the Summer Solstice.

Recurring Monthly Observances

• June 1: Kalends (Roman)
• June 5: Nones (Roman)
• June 13: Ides (Roman)
• June 14: Pesdjentiu (Kemetic)
• June 15: Hekate’s Deipnon (Hellenic)
• June 16: Noumenia (Hellenic), beginning of Thargelion
• June 17: Agathos Daimon (Hellenic)
• June 18: Athena’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• June 20: Aphrodite, Herakles, Hermes, and Eros’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• June 21: Artemis’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• June 22: Apollo’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• June 23: Poseidon and Theseus’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• June 24: Helios, the Muses, and Rhea’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)

(These follow civic or lunar calendars and repeat monthly. Explained in more detail in January.)

Major June Festivals & Observances

June 1: Kalends of June (Roman)
The Roman Kalends honoring Juno Moneta, associated with protection, counsel, and civic stability.

June 1: Feast of Tawaret (Kemetic)
A day to honor the hippopotamus goddess of childbirth and protection, focusing on the safety of the home and the nurturing of new ideas.

June 4: Birthday of Heka and Conception of Heru-sa-Aset (Kemetic)
A highly magical day celebrating the personification of Magic (Heka) and the sacred beginning of the lineage of Horus.

June 5: Bendideia (Hellenic)
A night festival honoring Bendis, featuring torch races and processions emphasizing protection and wilderness.

June 7-15: Vestalia (Roman)
A festival honoring Vesta, goddess of the hearth. The Temple of Vesta was opened to matrons, emphasizing domestic stability and purification. The central observance of Vestalia was on June 9th.

June 10: Kallynteria (Hellenic)
A festival when Athena’s sacred hearth in Athens was cleaned. It symbolized renewal and restoring order before the city’s major summer rites. This is an approximate timing, as it could was held anytime between the 20 and 25th of the month

June 11: Matralia (Roman)
A festival honoring Mater Matuta, goddess of childbirth and family bonds, especially focused on the well-being of children and extended kin.

June 12: Celebration of Aset’s Marriage Contract (Kemetic)
Honoring the legal and spiritual union of Isis and Osiris, focusing on commitment, partnership, and the stability of the divine family.

June 13-15: Lesser Quinquatria (Roman)
A festival sacred to Minerva and the flute players.

June 14: New Moon in Gemini (10:54 PM ET)
The New Moon in Gemini favoring communication, learning, adaptability, and social connection. Explore our full guide to the New Moon in Gemini.

June 14-27: Feast of the Beautiful Reunion (Kemetic)
One of the most important Kemetic festivals where Hathor travels to Edfu to visit Horus. It is a two-week joyful celebration of love, the balance of solar and lunar energy, and vitality.

June 16: Birthday of Imhotep (Kemetic)
A day honoring the deified architect, physician, and sage.

June 18: Arrephoria (Hellenic)
A secret rite in which two young girls carried sacred objects on a nocturnal descent from the Acropolis. Associated with fertility and mysterious chthonic connections.

June 19-21: Midsummer (Norse/Heathen)
A solar celebration emphasizing protection, fertility, and community, often celebrated with bonfires and offerings.

June 20: Festival of Summanus (Roman)
Honoring Summanus, god of nighttime thunder, with offerings for protection from storms.

June 20–21: Litha / Summer Solstice (Wiccan / Modern Pagan / Druidry)
Litha is the longest day of the year and peak of solar power. It is observed across many traditions as a celebration of abundance and vitality as Summer officially begins.

June 24: Fors Fortuna (Roman)
A popular festival honoring Fortuna’s unpredictable favor.

June 27: Skira (Hellenic)
A major agricultural festival celebrating the start of the dry season, involving ritual processions and the symbolic sharing of sacred responsibilities between priesthoods.

June 28: Appearance of Sopdet (Kemetic)
This is heliacal appearance of the star Sirius, who rising traditionally signaling the coming of the Nile flood and the start of the New Year cycle. The festival represents rebirth, divine timing, and abundance.

June 29: Bouphonia and Diploieia (Hellenic)
Rites honoring Zeus Polieus, focused on agricultural order, sacrifice, and communal responsibility.

June 29: Full Moon in Capricorn (7:56 PM ET) – Strawberry Moon
The Strawberry Moon is associated with the themes of fruition, love, and abundance. When this Full Moon falls in Capricorn, the focus turns to structure, commitment, and endurance. Together, this moon favors committing to relationships and goals that can last.

June 29: Hercules Musarum (Roman)
Honoring Hercules as patron of intellectual and artistic pursuits alongside the Muses.

July 2026

July is a month of fire, strength, protection, harvest preparation, and peak sunlight. Across traditions, this is a time for honoring solar deities, summer abundance, and for holding early grain festivals. The energy of July leans toward confidence, passion, vitality, and building momentum toward the first harvest.

Recurring Monthly Observances

• July 1: Kalends (Roman)
• July 7: Nones (Roman)
• July 14: Pesdjentiu (Kemetic)
• July 15: Ides (Roman)
• July 15: Hekate’s Deipnon (Hellenic)
• July 16: Noumenia (Hellenic) – beginning of Hekatombaion and start of new year
• July 17: Agathos Daimon (Hellenic)
• July 18: Athena’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• July 20: Aphrodite, Herakles, Hermes, and Eros’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• July 21: Artemis’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• July 22: Apollo’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• July 23: Poseidon and Theseus’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• July 24: Helios, the Muses, and Rhea’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)

(These follow civic or lunar calendars and repeat monthly. Explained in more detail in January.)

Major July Festivals & Observances

July 1: Feast of Wesir-Unnefer (Kemetic)
A festival honoring Wesir (Osiris) in his restored and perfected form.

July 2: Procession of Aset (Kemetic)
A day honoring the journey of the Isis, Great Mother, focusing on her search, her magic, and her role as the ultimate protector of the family.

July 4: Feast of Heqet (Kemetic)
A celebration of Heqet, goddess of childbirth, fertility, and the spark of life.

July 6-13: Ludi Apollinares (Games of Apollo) (Roman)
Games established to invoke Apollo’s protection during the height of summer illness and heat. The festival emphasized Apollo’s role as healer and guardian of public health through performances and races.

July 7-13: Lesser Panathanaia
A yearly version of the Panathenaia honoring Athena Polias with athletic contests, musical competitions, and sacrifices. Though smaller than the Great Panathenaia, it still reinforced civic identity and devotion to the city’s patron goddess.

July 10: The Eye of Ra Enters the Horizon (Kemetic)
An observance of the containment and stabilization of the Eye of Ra. The day emphasizes protection, restraint of destructive force, and the reassertion of balance during a time of heightened solar power.

July 13: Lokabrenna (Norse/Heathen)
A modern midsummer fire festival associated with protection, transformation, and seasonal intensity.

July 13-14: Defending Heru-sa-Aset (Kemetic)
A protective observance centered on Horus, symbolizing the safeguarding of rightful kingship and vulnerable life. This festival emphasizes vigilance, defense against chaos, and the preservation of divine order.

July 14: New Moon in Cancer (5:44 AM ET)
A Super New Moon emphasizing emotional security, home, care, and protection. Read our full guide to the New Moon in Cancer here.

July 14: Establishing the Seat of Ma’at (Kemetic)
A symbolically powerful observance where cosmic order is anchored in the divine court.

July 19: The Eye of Heru Returns Complete (Kemetic)
Celebrating the healing and restoration of the Eye of Horus.

July 19, 21: Lucaria (Roman)
An ancient festival held in a sacred grove between the Via Salaria and the Tiber River. Historically, it was believed to commemorate the Romans hiding in this grove after their defeat by the Gauls, seeking the protection of the forest spirits.

July 22: Feast of Yinepu (Kemetic)
A festival honoring Yinepu (Anubis) as guardian of the dead, guide of souls, and protector of sacred boundaries.

July 23: Neptunalia (Roman)
Dedicated to Neptune, the god of all waters. At the height of the summer drought, Romans built huts out of green branches and boughs to create shade and stay cool while drinking and feasting near water sources. This was a ritualized attempt to keep the life-giving waters from drying up.

July 25: Furrinalia (Roman)
An ancient festival honoring Furrina, a goddess of springs and underground waters, reinforcing July’s focus on water protection in Rome.

July 27: Kronia (Hellenic)
A harvest-adjacent festival honoring Kronos.

July 30-31: Synoikia (Hellenic)
A festival commemorating the unification of Attica under Athens, emphasizing civic harmony and protection of the polis.

July 28-31 Eleusinia (Hellenic)
The Eleusinia was connected to the Eleusinian Mysteries through its dedication to Demeter and Persephone, but it did not include initiatory rites. Instead, it functioned as a civic festival that honored the goddesses with athletic games, sacrifices, and prizes, reinforcing Eleusis’s prestige as the site of the Mysteries.

July 29: Full Moon in Aquarius (10:36 AM ET) – Buck Moon
The Buck Moon is traditionally associated with growth, regeneration, and confidence. When this Full Moon is in Aquarius, those themes extend beyond the personal and into the collective. This moon favors reassessing how individual efforts contribute to the wider community and committing to systems that support long-term collective well-being.

July 31: Birthday of Wesir (Kemetic)
The first epagomenal day honoring Osiris, the god of the afterlife and resurrection

August 2026

August is the beginning of the harvest season across many pagan traditions. Themes include gratitude, abundance, skill, craft, community, protection, and honoring deities of grain and sunlight. The energy shifts from fiery summer growth to early autumn gathering, preserving, and reflection.

Recurring Monthly Observances

• August 1: Kalends (Roman)
• August 7: Nones (Roman)
• August 12: Pesdjentiu (Kemetic)
• August 13: Ides (Roman)
• August 13: Hekate’s Deipnon (Hellenic)
• August 14: Noumenia (Hellenic) – beginning of Hekatombaion and start of new year
• August 15: Agathos Daimon (Hellenic)
• August 16: Athena’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• August 17: Aphrodite, Herakles, Hermes, and Eros’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• August 19: Artemis’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• August 20: Apollo’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• August 21: Poseidon and Theseus’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• August 22: Helios, the Muses, and Rhea’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)

(These follow civic or lunar calendars and repeat monthly. Explained in more detail in January.)

Major August Festivals & Observances

August 1: Lughnasadh (Celtic / Modern Pagan / Wiccan / Druidry)
Lughnasadh is the first harvest festival, traditionally associated with the god Lugh and themes of skill and craftsmanship. Modern observances often focus on gratitude for first fruits, bread baking, and recognizing personal or collective achievements.

August 1: Freyfaxi (Norse/Heathen)
A harvest blót honoring Freyr, emphasizing fertility, prosperity, and gratitude for the grain harvest.

August 1: Birthday of Heru-wer (Kemetic)
The second epagomenal day celebrating Horus, the sky god of light and victory.

August 1: Feast of Heka the Child (Kemetic)
This day honors the “Magic of the Child,” focusing on the potential of new spells and the innocent yet fierce power of magical beginnings.

August 2: Birthday of Set (Kemetic)
The third epagomenal day dedicated to the Set, the god of storms, chaos, and the desert.

August 3: Birthday of Aset (Kemetic)
The fourth epagomenal day honoring Isis, the Great Mother and Queen of Magic.

August 4: Birthday of Nebthet (Kemetic)
The fifth epagomenal day honoring Nephthys, the goddess of the unseen and the Mistress of the House.

August 5: Rising of Aset-Sopdet (Kemetic)
The heliacal rising that signaled the Nile flood and renewal of the year.

August 5: Wep Ronpet, The Opening of the Year (Kemetic)
The Kemetic New Year and a “day of all gods,” celebrating the rising of the star Sirius and the rebirth of the cosmos. It is the day in Kemetic practice for new beginnings, big offerings, and setting intentions for the year ahead.

August 5: Night of Ra (Kemetic)
Occurring on the final night of the epagomenal period, this is a New Year’s Eve-esque vigil to welcome the return of the sun and the official start of the new Egyptian year.

August 11: Day of Welcoming the Inundation (Kemetic)
A celebration of the rising Nile waters, focusing on the return of life-giving moisture to the parched earth and the arrival of abundance.

August 12: Renewal of the Year and Birth of the Sun (Kemetic)
This observance reinforces the rebirth initiated at Wep Ronpet, focusing on solar renewal, purification, and recommitment to Ma’at.

August 12: New Moon in Leo and Solar Eclipse (1:37 PM ET)
A powerful New Moon emphasizing identity, leadership, and creative expression, intensified by eclipse energy. Read more in our guide to the New Moon in Leo.

August 13: The Nemoralia (Roman)
A torchlit festival honoring Diana at Lake Nemi, associated with protection and women’s health.

August 16: Day of Opening the Two Lands (Kemetic)
A festival of unification and expansion.

August 17: Portunalia (Roman)
Dedicated to Portunus, the god of keys, doors, and harbors. Originally a god of the grain storehouse, this festival involved a ritual of burning keys in a public fire to bless the security of the city’s food reserves.

August 19: Offerings to Amun-Ra and the Nile (Kemetic)
A day of deep gratitude for the source of all life, emphasizing the connection between solar power (Ra) and the nourishing water of the river.

August 19: Vinalia Rustica (Roman)
The second major wine festival of the year. Historically, it was the beginning of the grape harvest.

August 21: Consualia (Roman)
Dedicated to Consus, the god of the “stored grain” and the underground silo. His altar, which was kept buried in the earth of the Circus Maximus all year, was uncovered.

August 22-23: Wag Festival (Kemetic)
One of the most important ancestral festivals of the Kemetic year. The Wag Festival honors the dead through offerings.

August 22-26: The Festival of Drunkenness (Kemetic)
A riotous and sacred multi-day celebration commemorating the time Hathor/Sekhmet was pacified with red-dyed beer. It celebrates joy as a sacred force, using music, dance, and altered states to restore balance and prevent destruction.

August 23: Vulcanalia (Roman)
Held during the hottest part of summer, this festival sought to appease Vulcan and prevent destructive fires from threatening crops and homes.

August 26: Great Procession of Wesir (Kemetic)
A solemn and powerful ritual day focused on the mysteries of Osiris, resurrection, and the triumph over death.

August 27: Volturnalia (Roman)
A festival seeking protection for crops and water sources.

August 27: Full Moon in Pisces and Partial Lunar Eclipse (12:19 PM ET) – Sturgeon Moon
The Sturgeon Moon is associated with sustenance, survival, and the rising from the deep. When this Full Moon is in Pisces, those themes become intuitive and emotional. Combined, this moon favors releasing control, listening to inner guidance, and tending the emotional currents that support long-term resilience.

August 30: Feast of Heka (Kemetic)
A festival honoring Heka, the divine force of magic itself.

Late August: Niketeria (Hellenic)
A festival honoring Nike, the goddess of victory and overcoming challenges through perseverance.

September 2026

September is when we shift into the darker half of the year. Themes include balance, gratitude, harvest, protection, ancestral awareness, and preparing the home and spirit for autumn. Across traditions, this is a month of equinox rites, grain festivals, and honoring deities connected to wisdom, justice, and the turning of seasons.

Recurring Monthly Observances

• September 1: Kalends (Roman)
• September 5: Nones (Roman)
• September 10: Pesdjentiu (Kemetic)
• September 13: Ides (Roman)
• September 11: Hekate’s Deipnon (Hellenic)
• September 12: Noumenia (Hellenic) – beginning of Boedromion
• September 13: Agathos Daimon (Hellenic)
• September 14: Athena’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• September 15: Aphrodite, Herakles, Hermes, and Eros’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• September 17: Artemis’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• September 18: Apollo’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• September 19: Poseidon and Theseus’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• September 20: Helios, the Muses, and Rhea’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)

(These follow civic or lunar calendars and repeat monthly. Explained in more detail in January.)

Major September Festivals & Observances

September 1: Peace Between Heru and Set (Kemetic)
This is the mythic reconciliation between Heru and Set, symbolizing the restoration of balance after conflict.

September 3: Feast of Wesir and the Great Ennead (Kemetic)
A major devotional day honoring Osiris alongside the Great Nine gods. This festival reinforces themes of resurrection, divine order, and the continuity of life beyond death.

September 4: Birthday of Heru-sa-Aset (Kemetic)
Celebrates the birth of Horus the Child, symbol of divine kingship, protection, and rightful succession.

September 4-19: Ludi Romani (Roman)
One of Rome’s oldest and most important festivals, dedicated to Jupiter Optimus Maximus. The Ludi Romani combined theatrical performances, religious feasting, and chariot races, reinforcing Jupiter’s role as protector of the state and upholder of civic order.

September 10: New Moon in Virgo (11:27 PM ET)
The New Moon in Virgo favors clarity, organization, cleansing, health-focused magic, and practical preparation. It aligns well with seasonal themes of sorting, preserving, and readying resources for winter.

September 10: Feast of the Eye of Heru (Kemetic)
Dedicated to the restored Udjat Eye, this festival emphasizes healing, wholeness, and the triumph of order over fragmentation. It is an auspicious day for health rites, spiritual repair, and restoring balance after loss or conflict.

September 10-20: The Opet Festival (Kemetic)
One of the most magnificent festivals of ancient Thebes, celebrating the ritual marriage of Amun and Mut and the rejuvenation of the King’s divine essence.

September 12: Navigation of the Barque of Heru (Kemetic)
Commemorates the divine journey of Heru by sacred boat, symbolizing rightful rule in motion and the protection of the Two Lands.

September 14-17: Days of the Four Sons of Heru (Kemetic)
A sequence honoring the sons of Hours: Duamutef, Qebehsenuef, Imsety, and Hapy, guardians of the organs and protectors of the dead. You may have seen them atop the canonical embalming jars.

September 16: Genesios (Hellenic)
A public festival honoring the dead and the earth goddess Ge. Families made offerings at tombs and ancestral sites.

September 17: Heru Receives the White Crown (Kemetic)
This is when Horus formally assumesof kingship over Upper Egypt.

September 17: Agrotera (Hellenic)
The festival of Artemis Agrotera celebrated her as a huntress and protector, connected with military victory and offerings made before the Battle of Marathon.

September 22: Mabon / Autumn Equinox
The Autumn Equinox also known as Mabon is the second harvest and the moment when day and night stand in balance before darkness begins to dominate. Themes include gratitude, completion, release, and preparation for winter. Common practices involve harvest altars, offerings to the land or ancestors, reflective rituals, and communal feasting.

September 22: Nun Establishes the Djed (Kemetic)
An observance honoring the primordial waters of Nun as the foundation of creation.

September 23: Demokratia (Hellenic)
A festival celebrating the establishment and principles of Athenian democracy.

September 24: Hlaefest (Norse/Heathen)
A harvest-related observance connected to bread, grain, and communal sustenance.

September 26 to October 2: Greater Eleusinian Mysteries (Hellenic)
The most significant initiation festival in the Greek world, centered on the mythic cycle of Demeter and Persephone. Themes include death and rebirth, purification, transformation, and the promise of a blessed afterlife for initiates.

September 26: Full Moon in Aries (12:49 AM ET) – Harvest Moon
The Harvest Moon is associated with gathering, completion, and the last opportunity to gather crops before winter. When this Full Moon is in Aries, this moon favors closure, standing by one’s work, and asserting direction as the year enters its darker half.

September 27: Offerings on the Lake of Yinepu (Kemetic)
A water-based ritual for Anubis, focusing on the purification of the soul and his guidance.

September 28: Epidauria (Hellenic)
A festival honoring Asklepios, that was incorporated about halfway through the Greater Mysteries as a supplementary rite. Celebrants offered sacrifices and sought healing before completing the greater initiatory sequence.

October 2026

October is one of the most spiritually charged months of the year. Themes include ancestors, protection, divination, thinning veils, shadow work, harvest completion, and preparing for winter. Nearly every tradition honors this month with rites of remembrance and transition.

• October 1: Kalends (Roman)
• October 7: Nones (Roman)
• October 10: Pesdjentiu (Kemetic)
• October 15: Ides (Roman)
• October 11: Hekate’s Deipnon (Hellenic)
• October 12: Noumenia (Hellenic) – beginning of Pyanepsion
• October 13: Agathos Daimon (Hellenic)
• October 14: Athena’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• October 15: Aphrodite, Herakles, Hermes, and Eros’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• October 17: Artemis’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• October 18: Apollo’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• October 19: Poseidon and Theseus’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• October 20: Helios, the Muses, and Rhea’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)

(These follow civic or lunar calendars and repeat monthly. Explained in more detail in January.)

Major October Festivals & Observances

September 26 – October 2: Greater Eleusinian Mysteries
Continuation of the Greater Mysteries.

October 1: Tigillum Sororium (Roman)
This was a unique purification rite for the youth of Rome. Young men passed under a wooden beam as a symbolic “cleansing” of the aggression of battle.

October 3: Festival of Heru as the Winged Disc (Kemetic)
Honors Horus in his solar, protective form as the Winged Disk, symbol of divine kingship and victory over chaos.

October 5: Mundus Patet (Roman)
One of three days when the Mundus, believed to open to the Underworld, was ritually opened. Considered a day when boundaries between worlds were thin.

October 9-11 Haustblót (Norse/Heathen)
An autumn blót acknowledging the transition into winter, focused on harvest gratitude, protection, and honoring gods, ancestors, and land spirits.

October 10: New Moon in Libra (11:50 AM ET)
This New Moon holds the themes balance, relational clarity, justice, and restoring harmony before the darker half of the year begins. You can read more about the New Moon in Libra here.

October 11: Meditrinalia (Roman)
A festival for the “New Wine.” Romans would drink the freshly fermented grape juice mixed with old wine for medicinal purposes.

October 13: Fontinalia (Roman)
A day honoring Fons, the god of springs and wells. Romans threw floral garlands into springs and placed wreaths on top of public wells to thank the spirits of the deep earth for a consistent water supply.

October 15: Equus October (Roman)
A powerful martial rite to Mars involving a chariot race and sacrifice. Symbolized the purification and release of the city’s war spirit at the close of the campaign season.

October 17: Proerosia (Hellenic)
Proerosia was a major agricultural festival held before the plowing season, dedicated primarily to Demeter, with offerings made to secure fertile fields and favorable conditions for sowing.

October 18: Pyanopsia (Hellenic)
Pyanopsia celebrated Apollo with boiled bean offerings, processions, and the ritual carrying of the eiresione, a decorated branch symbolizing abundance and protection for the household.

October 19: Theseia and Oskhophoria (Hellenic)
Theseia especially honored the hero Theseus, often with communal feasting. Oskhophoria was a festival for Dionysus. It honored the grape harvest that year.

October 20: Stenia (Hellenic)
Stenia was a women’s festival connected to the Eleusinian cycle, celebrated by ritual jesting in honor of Demeter and Persephone, serving as a prelude to the Thesmophoria.

October 20: Lamentations of Aset and Nebthet (Kemetic)
A ritual day focused on the grief of the sister-goddesses after the death of Osiris.

October 20: Landing of the Enneads at Abydos (Kemetic)
The arrival of the great assembly of gods at the holy city of the dead.

October 22-24: Thesmophoria (Hellenic)
A major women’s festival celebrating fertility, agriculture, and the power of Demeter and Persephone over life and death. It involved ritual fasting, offerings, and secret rites promoting the prosperity of the community.

October 24-26: Álfablót
Private household rites honoring ancestors, elves, and land spirits. Traditionally observed quietly within the home.

October 25: Full Moon in Taurus (12:12 AM ET) – Hunter’s Moon
The Hunter’s Moon emphasizes preservation, resource management, and preparing for scarcity. When this Full Moon is in Taurus, it highlights security, food, land, and what must be stabilized before winter.

October 25 – November 9: Winter Nights (Norse/Heathen)
A multi-day observance honoring the beginning of winter, the winter gods, ancestors, the dead, and the turning of the seasonal year.

October 27-31: Heru Welcomes the Nile (Kemetic)
A multi-day celebration of the river’s bounty and the stability of the earth; a time for gratitude and anchoring one’s resources before the coming winter.

October 30: Heru and Set Judged by Djehuty (Kemetic)
A significant day of “Divine Law” where Thoth brings balance to the great struggle.

October 31 – November 1: Samhain
Samhain is the final harvest festival and a liminal threshold between the old year and the new. Associated with ancestors, death, divination, and preparation for the dark months ahead.

November 2026

November is a month of deep ancestry, shadow work, protection, and preparation for winter. The veil remains thin after Samhain, making this a powerful time for divination, introspection, and connection with what you can’t see. Many traditions consider November a time for festivals for the dead, the hearth, and the onset of winter’s darkness.

Recurring Monthly Observances

• November 1: Kalends (Roman)
• November 5: Nones (Roman)
• November 9: Pesdjentiu (Kemetic)
• November 13: Ides (Roman)
• November 10: Hekate’s Deipnon (Hellenic)
• November 11: Noumenia (Hellenic) – beginning of Maimakterion
• November 12: Agathos Daimon (Hellenic)
• November 13: Athena’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• November 14: Aphrodite, Herakles, Hermes, and Eros’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• November 16: Artemis’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• November 17: Apollo’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• November 18: Poseidon and Theseus’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• November 19: Helios, the Muses, and Rhea’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)

(These follow civic or lunar calendars and repeat monthly. Explained in more detail in January.)

Major November Festivals & Observances

October 25 – November 9: Winter Nights (Norse / Heathen)
Continuation of Winter Nights observances.

October 31 – November 1: Samhain
Continuation of Samhain rites and celebrations.

November 4–17: Ludi Plebeii (Roman)
The Plebeian Games featured theatrical performances and chariot races. They served as one of the final major public festivals before winter fully set in.

November 7-22: Feast of the Soaring Falcon (Kemetic)
A festival celebrating the power and vision of Horus.

November 8: Mundus Patet (Roman)
For the final time in the year, the ritual pit believed to open to the Underworld was ceremonially opened. Considered a spiritually charged day when normal civic activity was restricted.

November 9: New Moon in Scorpio (2:02 AM EST)
The New Moon in Scorpio is connected with themes of death and rebirth, shadow work, ancestral connection, emotional depth, and transformation.

November 8-10: Disablot (Norse / Heathen)
A late autumn blót honoring ancestral spirits and protective female powers and beings.

November 10: Khalkeia (Hellenic)
A festival honoring Athena and Hephaestus as patrons of crafts and metalworking. It was when the ceremonial beginning of weaving the Panathenaian peplos for Athena began.

November 13: Epulum Jovis (Roman)
A sacred banquet for Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva. In November, this feast was the symbolic closing of the active festival season.

November 13: Feast of Wesir in the Neshmet Boat (Kemetic)
A major Osirian observance commemorating Wesir’s ritual journey by sacred barque.

November 14-30: Mysteries of Osiris (Kemetic)
A central ritual cycle of the Kemetic year, commemorating the death, mourning, embalming, burial, and resurrection of Osiris.

November 14: Day of Transformations of the Bennu (Kemetic)
A day honoring the rising of the Phoenix.

November 13, 20, 27 and December 4, 11, 18: Sunwait (Norse / Heathen)
A devotional period leading toward the Winter Solstice.

November 20: Pompaia
Tthe Pompaia was a purification and protection rite associated with Zeus Meilichios and Hermes. It featured the carrying of the sacred fleece through the city to bless and avert harm.

November 21: Presentation of the Corn Mummy to the Light (Kemetic)
A climactic moment in the Osirian mysteries when the corn mummy, the symbol of resurrected life, is revealed.

November 24: Full Moon in Gemini (9:54 AM EST) – Beaver Moon
The Beaver Moon is associated with preparation, communication, and adaptability. When the Full Moon is in Gemini, it highlights information-gathering, planning, and social connection before winter deepens. It’s a supermoon so expect these themes to be more intense.

November 24-28: Festival of the Two Kites (Kemetic)
A solemn day honoring Isis and Nephthys in their bird forms as they watch over and protect the deceased with their wings.

November 24: Brumalia Begins (Roman)
This begins the long winter festival season that leads up to the Solstice. Brumalia emphasized feasting, light, endurance, and honoring agricultural and solar deities.

November 27: Night of Death (Kemetic)
A solemn observance of the symbolic death of Osiris within the Khoiak Mysteries.

November 28: Day of Pluto (Roman)
A day honoring Pluto who is associated with the Underworld, death, wealth beneath the earth, and ancestral powers.

November 29: The Night Vigil (Kemetic)
A sacred night where practitioners stay awake to guard the spirit and wait for the first stirrings of the reborn light.

November 29: Feast of Vertumnus (Roman)
Honoring the god of seasons, change, and plant growth. This day celebrated the “turning” of the year and the transformation of the landscape as it went into hibernation.

November 30: Feast of Offerings Upon the Altar (Kemetic)
A day of high gratitude and communal feeding of the gods, and the successful completion of the mysteries and the stability of the cosmic order.

December 2026

December is the deep winter season and the return of the sun. Themes include rest, reflection, protection, ancestral connection, renewal, hearth magic, and celebrations of light in darkness. Nearly every tradition observes powerful midwinter rites tied to the solstice and the turning of the year.

Recurring Monthly Observances

• December 1: Kalends (Roman)
• December 5: Nones (Roman)
• November 8: Pesdjentiu (Kemetic)
• December 13: Ides (Roman)
• December 9: Hekate’s Deipnon (Hellenic)
• December 10: Noumenia (Hellenic) – beginning of Maimakterion
• December 11: Agathos Daimon (Hellenic)
• December 12: Athena’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• December 13: Aphrodite, Herakles, Hermes, and Eros’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• December 15: Artemis’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• December 16: Apollo’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• December 17: Poseidon and Theseus’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)
• December 18: Helios, the Muses, and Rhea’s Sacred Day (Hellenic)

(These follow civic or lunar calendars and repeat monthly. Explained in more detail in January.)

Major December Festivals & Observances

December 1: Feast of Food on the Altar (Kemetic)
The celebratory conclusion of the Osirian mysteries, where the “new life” of the corn-mummies is honored with a massive communal offering of abundance.

December 2: Raising the Djed Pillar (Kemetic)
One of the most iconic Kemetic rituals, symbolizing the restoration of the backbone of Osiris.

December 3: Bona Dea (Roman)
A women-only festival honoring Bona Dea, associated with healing, fertility, protection, and restoration. Traditionally observed privately within the home.

December 3-4: Festival of Nehebkau (Kemetic)
Honors Nehebkau, a primordial serpent deity associated with life force, nourishment, and protective power.

December 5: Faunalia (Roman)
A rural festival honoring Faunus, god of nature, wild places, and flocks. Focused on protection of livestock and harmony with the land.

December 8: New Moon in Sagittarius (7:52 PM EST)
The New Moon in Sagittarius is linked to the themes of travel, expansion, vision, and direction. This one is a micromoon, so it should be less intense.

December 11: Agonalia (Roman)
A solar festival honoring Sol Indiges, an early Roman sun deity. This observance anticipates the return of the sun at the Winter Solstice.

December 13: Consualia (Roman)
Honors Consus, god of hidden grain and stored abundance. Connected to food security and what is kept underground for winter survival.

December 14: Plerosia (Hellenic)
A festival recorded at the Attic deme of Myrrhinus, likely associated with agricultural abundance and seasonal offerings. The rite reflects local cult practice tied to fertility and the closing of the agricultural year.

December 17: Poseidea (Hellenic)
The Poseidea festival, held around this time, celebrated Poseidon as a powerful winter sea and storm god, with rites focused on purification, protection, and the sanctification of waters during the storm season.

December 17-23: Saturnalia (Roman)
One of Rome’s most famous festivals. Saturnalia emphasized feasting, gift-giving, and communal joy, and role reversal.

December 19: Lesser Dionysia (Hellenic)
A rural celebration of Dionysus featuring wine, communal revelry, processions, and early theatrical performances. Themes include ecstasy and the joyful return of the god during the dark months.

December 19: Opalia (Roman)
Held in honor of Ops, the goddess of abundance and Saturn’s consort. It reinforced the theme of the “Earth’s riches” being shared by all during the holiday.

December 21: Divalia (Roman)
A somber day dedicated to Angerona. The ritual was intended to help the sun “overcome” the darkness of the year’s shortest day by focusing on concentrated energy.

December 20–31: 12 Days of Yule (Modern Heathen)
A modern devotional framework expanding Yule into a twelve-day observance honoring gods, ancestors, spirits, and fate. Here’s our guide to the 12 days of Yule inspired by Norse and Scandinavian themes.

December 21: Yule / Winter Solstice (Wiccan / Modern Pagan / Druidry)
When celebrated at the Winter Solstice, Yule is longest night of the year and the rebirth of the sun. Associated with renewal, hope, hearth magic, and the promise of returning light. Widely observed across modern pagan traditions. You can work with the themes of the holiday in our eclectic 12 days of Yule guide.

December 21-23: (Yule / Jol) (Norse/Heathen)
Traditional Heathen observances celebrating the rebirth of the sun, honoring ancestors and gods such as Freyr and Odin, oath-making, and communal feasting.

December 21-22: Heliogenna (Hellenic)
A modern Hellenic observance celebrating the rebirth of the sun near the solstice, focused on cosmic order, light, and renewal.

December 23: Sigillaria (Roman)
The final day of the Saturnalia, named for the sigillaria that were traditionally given as gifts to friends and children.

December 23: Larentalia (Roman)
A day honoring Acca Larentia, the foster mother of Romulus and Remus. It was a day to honor the “Mother of Rome” and the spirits of those who nurtured the city’s foundations.

December 23: Full Moon in Cancer (8:28 PM EST) – Cold Moon
The Cold Moon is connected to the themes of emotional security, home, protection, and endurance during winter’s depth. The Full Moon in Cancer emphasizes home and tending what sustains you. Together, this moon favors tending the home, enforcing support systems, and conserving energy rather than pushing forward.

December 25: Dies Natalis Solis Invicti (Roman)
In the later Empire, this day celebrated the “Birthday of the Unconquered Sun” As the days finally began to lengthen after the solstice, the Romans honored the sun’s triumph over darkness.

December 26: Haloa (Hellenic)
A winter fertility festival honoring Demeter and Dionysus, featuring feasting and rites connected to agricultural abundance and regeneration.

December 27: Establishing the Celestial Cow (Kemetic)
An observance tied to the myth of the Heavenly Cow, symbolizing the separation of sky and earth and the maintenance of cosmic structure.

December 31: Day of Erecting the Willow (Kemetic)
A sacred nature ritual involving the willow tree, which was associated with the resting place of Osiris.

December 31: Lares Compitales (Roman)
An observance honoring household and crossroads spirits, focused on protection, continuity, and blessing the coming year.

December 31: Djehuty Sends Bast and Sekhmet to Protect the Two Lands (Kemetic)
A powerful year-end “locking of the gates” ritual where the god of wisdom dispatches the feline goddesses to preserve order.

Sources and Further Reading

Ovid’s Fasti
Calendar of the Roman Republic by Agnes Kirsopp Michels
The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic by William Warde Fowler
Hellenion
Numachi
Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson
The Troth
Ronpet: Ancient Egyptian Festival Calendar