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The wedding calendar

124 wedding seasons, lucky days, days when weddings are not held, courtship festivals and days of love, with this year's dates. Dates are worked out afresh every day; those marked "about" follow the moon or local calendars and can shift by a day.

By year202620272028
Kind of dayAllWedding seasonsLucky and auspicious daysWhen weddings are not heldCourtship and matchmaking festivalsDays of love and promiseMass and community weddingsLegal and civic daysDays of the week

November 2026

11 Nov 2026Singles Day (11/11)The date of four ones, begun by Chinese university students for the unattached, and now a mass day of shopping and matchmaking events.

February 2027

14 Feb 2027Valentine's DayThe day of cards, roses and proposals, and one of the most chosen dates for engagements and weddings.

March 2027

14 Mar 2027White DayThe 14 March return gift in Japan and Korea, a month after women give chocolate on Valentine's Day.

April 2027

about 14 Apr 2027Black Day (Korea)The Korean day on which people with no valentine meet to eat black bean noodles, jajangmyeon. 23 Apr 2027Sant Jordi (Catalonia)Catalonia's day of roses and books, when men give women a rose and women give men a book.

May 2027

20 May 2027520 (I Love You Day)In Mandarin 5-2-0 sounds like "I love you", so 20 May is a day for proposals, red packets and registering marriages.

June 2027

12 Jun 2027Dia dos Namorados (Brazil)Brazil's lovers' day on 12 June, the eve of St Anthony, the saint who is asked to find a husband.

July 2027

7 Jul 2027Tanabata (Japan)Japan's star festival, when wishes, including wishes for love, are written on paper strips and hung on bamboo.

September 2027

18 Sept 2027Amor y Amistad (Colombia)Colombia keeps its day of love and friendship on the third Saturday of September, with the secret-friend game and gifts for couples.

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