September 2012

11	Ethiopian New Year's Day	Rastafarian New Year celebration.
17-18	Rosh Hashanah	Jewish New Year festival.
19	Ganesh Chaturthi	Hindu festival in honour of the elephant-headed god Ganesh.
20	Paryushana-Parva	Jain festival of forgiveness and confession of sins.
22	Mabon	Pagan observance of the autumnal equinox and the approach of winter.
22	Shunbun-no-hi	Japanese festival marking the autumn equinox.
26	Yom Kippur	Day of atonement, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
30	Mid-autumn Festival	Chinese harvest moon festival.