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
OccurrenceDatesCountry
Second Sunday of FebruaryFebruary 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 MontenegroRussia Serbia

Ukraine

Vietnam

Fourth Sunday in LentMarch 22, 2009March 14, 2010April 3, 2011IrelandNigeriaUnited 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)

Iraq

March 25 Slovenia
April 7 Armenia
April 24 +/- 5 days Baisakh Amavasya (Mata Tirtha Aunsi) Nepal
First Sunday in MayMay 3, 2009May 2, 2010May 1, 2011Hungary LithuaniaMozambiquePortugalSpainRomania
May 8 Albania (Parents’ Day)South Korea (Parents’ Day)
May 10 El SalvadorGuatemalaMexico
Second Sunday of MayMay 10, 2009May 9, 2010May 8, 2011AnguillaArubAustralia

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 MayMay 31, 2009May 30, 2010AlgeriaDominicanRepublicFrance (First Sunday of June if Pentecost occurs on this day)French Antilles (First Sunday of June if Pentecost occurs on this day)Haiti MauritiusMoroccoSwedenTunisia
May 30  Nicaragua
June 1  Mongolia (The Mothers and Children’s Day.)
Second Sunday of JuneJune 14, 2009June 13, 2010June 12, 2011Luxembourg
Last Sunday of JuneJune 28, 2009June 27, 2010Kenya
August 12 Thailand (the birthday of Queen Sirikit)
August 15  Costa Rica
Second Monday of OctoberOctober 12, 2009October 11, 2010October 10, 2011 Malawi
October 14 Belarus
Third Sunday of OctoberOctober 18, 2009October 17, 2010Argentina (Día de la Madre)
Last Sunday of NovemberNovember 29, 2009November 28, 2010Russia
December 8 (Feast of the Immaculate Conception) Panama
December 22 Indonesia
Islamic calendar
OccurrenceDatesCountry
20 Jumada al-thani14 June 2009Iran