February 15: the Nirvana Day of the Manifest (Historical) Shakyamuni
February 16: the Birth of Nichiren Daishonin (1222 C.E.)
February 20: Commemoration of Persecution of the Martyr Jorakuin Nikkyo‹ Shonin and his Five Companions, Physically Mutilated by order of the Shogun at Kyoto (1609 C.E.)
February 28: the Nirvana Day of Nichiju Shonin, Restorer of Nichiren Daishonin’s Teachings and Founder of the Myomanji Branch (1392 C.E.)
March 23: the Spring Ohigan Festival (Vernal Equinox)
April 8: Hanamatsuri (the Flower Festival): the Birthday of the Manifest (Historical) Shakyamuni Buddha
April 12, 13: the Great Ceremony at the Head Temple, Myomanji, in Kyoto
April 28: the Founding of Nichiren Daishonin’s Teaching (1253 C.E.) (Also happens to be Nichiju Shonin’s Birthday)
May 12: Commemoration o Persecution of Nichiren: Exile to Izu (1261 C.E.)
July 15: the Obon Festival: Praying for Ancestors (Traditionally celebrated in August according to the old lunar calendar)
September 5: Commemoration of the Martyrs at Noda (1635 C.E.)
September 12: Commemoration of Nichiren Shonin’s near-execution and miraculous escape at Tatsunokuchi (1271 C.E.)
September 23: the Autumn Ohigan Festival (Autumnal Equinox)
October 13: the Oeshiki: the Nirvana Day of Nichiren Daishonin (1282 C.E.)
November 11: Commemoration of Persecution of Nichiren: the Komatsubara Ambush (1264 C.E.)
November 22: the Nirvana Day of the Martyr Jorakuin Nikkyo Shonin (1620 C.E.)
December 8: Commemoration of the Attainment of Enlightenment by the Manifest (Historical) Buddha Shakyamuni
Compiled by H.G. Lamont (Please cite the author if you copy this and post it elsewhere)
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