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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

about 20 Nov 2026Dev Uthani EkadashiThe day Vishnu wakes from his four-month sleep, when the Hindu wedding season reopens after Chaturmas. about 21 Nov 2026Mass Weddings (Pakistan and India)Welfare trusts and local committees hold group nikahs for brides who could not afford a wedding, often with a dowry set of household goods.

February 2027

14 Feb 2027Valentine's Day Mass Weddings (Philippines)City halls in Manila and other cities marry hundreds of couples at once on 14 February, with the licence cost often waived. about 14 Feb 2027Blessing Ceremonies (Unification Church)Large group "Blessing" ceremonies of the Unification Church, famous for the mass weddings of the 1980s and 1990s in Seoul.

March 2027

about 9 to 11 Mar 2027Gulf Group Weddings (Zawaj Jama'i)Charity committees across Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the Gulf marry many young couples at once to keep the cost of marriage within reach.

May 2027

about 9 May 2027Akshaya Tritiya Mass WeddingsThe "never-ending" third day of Vaishakha, so auspicious that no muhurat is needed, and the busiest day for community mass weddings.

August 2027

about 17 Aug 2027Isbat Nikah Mass Registrations (Indonesia)Local governments and courts register thousands of religious marriages in batches, giving couples a legal certificate.

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