When is Mother’s Day?
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When is Mother’s Day?
The date of Mother’s day differs from country to country. So, the question “When is Mother’s Day?” has not a unique answer. It rather has a localized different answers. Here is a table showing the Mother’s Day dates from wikipedia:
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| Gregorian calendar | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurrence | Dates | Country | |||||
| Second Sunday of February | February 8, 2009February 14, 2010February 13, 2011 | Norway | |||||
| Shevat 30(Falls anywhere between January 30 and March 1) | Israel | ||||||
| March 3 | Georgia | ||||||
| March 8 | Afghanistan Albania Armenia | Azerbaijan Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bulgaria Kazakhstan Laos | Macedonia Moldova Montenegro | Russia Serbia Ukraine Vietnam | ||
| Fourth Sunday in Lent | March 22, 2009March 14, 2010April 3, 2011 | IrelandNigeria | United Kingdom | ||||
| March 21(vernal Equinox) | Bahrain Egypt Jordan Kuwait Libya | Lebanon Oman Palestinian Territories Israeli Arabs | Saudi ArabiaSudan Syria | United Arab Emirates Yemen (All Arab countries in general) | |||
| March 25 | Slovenia | ||||||
| April 7 | Armenia | ||||||
| April 24 +/- 5 days Baisakh Amavasya (Mata Tirtha Aunsi) | Nepal | ||||||
| First Sunday in May | May 3, 2009May 2, 2010May 1, 2011 | Hungary Lithuania | MozambiquePortugal | SpainRomania | |||
| May 8 | Albania (Parents’ Day)South Korea (Parents’ Day) | ||||||
| May 10 | El SalvadorGuatemala | Mexico | |||||
| Second Sunday of May | May 10, 2009May 9, 2010May 8, 2011 | AnguillaArubAustralia Austria Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Bermuda Bonaire Brazil Brunei Bulgaria | CanadaChilePeople’s Republic of China Colombia Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark | Dominica EcuadorEstonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Honduras Hong Kong Iceland India | ItalyJamaicaJapan Latvia Liechtenstein Macao Malaysia Malta Myanmar Netherlands New Zealand Pakistan Papua New Guinea Peru | PhilippinesPuerto RicoSt. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia South Africa Sri Lanka Suriname | SwitzerlandTaiwanTanzania Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Uganda Ukraine United States Uruguay Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe |
| May 15 | Paraguay (same day as Día de la Patria) | ||||||
| May 26 | Poland “Dzień Matki” | ||||||
| May 27 | Bolivia | ||||||
| Last Sunday of May | May 31, 2009May 30, 2010 | AlgeriaDominicanRepublic | France (First Sunday of June if Pentecost occurs on this day)French Antilles (First Sunday of June if Pentecost occurs on this day) | Haiti MauritiusMorocco | SwedenTunisia | ||
| May 30 | Nicaragua | ||||||
| June 1 | Mongolia (The Mothers and Children’s Day.) | ||||||
| Second Sunday of June | June 14, 2009June 13, 2010June 12, 2011 | Luxembourg | |||||
| Last Sunday of June | June 28, 2009June 27, 2010 | Kenya | |||||
| August 12 | Thailand (the birthday of Queen Sirikit) | ||||||
| August 15 | Costa Rica | ||||||
| Second Monday of October | October 12, 2009October 11, 2010October 10, 2011 | Malawi | |||||
| October 14 | Belarus | ||||||
| Third Sunday of October | October 18, 2009October 17, 2010 | Argentina (Día de la Madre) | |||||
| Last Sunday of November | November 29, 2009November 28, 2010 | Russia | |||||
| December 8 (Feast of the Immaculate Conception) | Panama | ||||||
| December 22 | Indonesia | ||||||
| Islamic calendar | |||||||
| Occurrence | Dates | Country | |||||
| 20 Jumada al-thani | 14 June 2009 | Iran | |||||