In short: Faith & Traditions is one of the six countdown packs in Kounts. It carries religious and cultural dates from six calendars: Chinese lunar, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, Christian and Persian. Pick the calendars you keep and their dates land in your list as countdowns, each with a reminder the day before. Five of the calendars are computed on your phone and never run out; the Hindu dates come from a table for India through 2030. Browsing is free; the pack is $1.99 once, or included in Premium.

The Faith & Traditions pack in Kounts, with the Chinese lunar, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, Christian and Persian calendars ticked The Kounts Discover tab with its six countdown packs, three of them followed

Faith & Traditions with all six calendars, and the Discover tab it lives in.

Six calendars, and the dates in each

You pick the calendars one at a time. The ones your language or region points at come pre-selected, and you can untick any single date you'd rather leave out.

Chinese lunar

  • Lunar New Year
  • Lantern Festival
  • Qingming
  • Dragon Boat
  • Qixi
  • Mid-Autumn
  • Double Ninth
  • Laba

Computed on your phone, on Beijing time. Qingming follows the real solar term.

Jewish

  • Rosh Hashanah
  • Yom Kippur
  • Sukkot
  • Hanukkah
  • Tu BiShvat
  • Purim
  • Passover
  • Shavuot
  • Tisha B'Av

Computed from the Hebrew calendar. Each date notes that it begins at sundown the evening before.

Islamic

  • Ramadan begins
  • Laylat al-Qadr (27 Ramadan)
  • Eid al-Fitr
  • Day of Arafah
  • Eid al-Adha
  • Islamic New Year
  • Ashura
  • Mawlid

Computed from the Umm al-Qura calendar and marked Expected. Each date notes that it begins at sundown the evening before.

Hindu

  • Maha Shivaratri
  • Holi
  • Raksha Bandhan
  • Krishna Janmashtami
  • Ganesh Chaturthi
  • Navratri begins
  • Dussehra
  • Diwali

From a table of dates for India, 2026 through 2030. The note says some regions celebrate a day earlier or later.

Christian

  • Ash Wednesday
  • Palm Sunday
  • Good Friday
  • Easter Sunday
  • Ascension Day
  • Pentecost
  • Orthodox Easter
  • First Sunday of Advent

Computed on your phone, with Orthodox Easter alongside Easter Sunday.

Persian

  • Chaharshanbe Suri
  • Nowruz
  • Sizdah Bedar
  • Yalda Night

Computed on your phone. Nowruz follows the March equinox, judged at Tehran noon.

How each date is worked out

Every tradition keeps time its own way. The pack follows each one, and tells you plainly where a date can vary.

  • Computed on your phone. The Chinese lunar, Jewish, Islamic, Christian and Persian calendars are worked out on the device, so they never run out.
  • Sundown, noted. Jewish and Islamic days begin at sundown, so their dates carry a note: begins at sundown the evening before.
  • Islamic dates are marked Expected. They follow the Umm al-Qura calendar. The real day depends on the sighting of the new moon and can move by a day, and the app says so.
  • The sky where it counts. Nowruz follows the March equinox, judged at Tehran noon. Qingming is the real solar term, and the Chinese dates use Beijing time.
  • Hindu dates for India. They come from a table of dates for India, 2026 through 2030. Some regions celebrate a day earlier or later, and the note says so.
  • A reminder the day before. Every date lands at 9:00 in the morning, local time, with a reminder the day before.

Pack or holiday template?

Kounts has two ways to count down to a holiday, and you can use both.

Holiday templates

Twenty-five free templates, including Diwali, Eid al-Fitr, Hanukkah, Lunar New Year and Easter. Each one starts a single countdown, dressed in that holiday's own theme.

See the 25 holiday templates →

The Faith & Traditions pack

Follows a whole calendar and keeps every date right, including days the templates don't cover, such as Rosh Hashanah, Nowruz, Mid-Autumn and Eid al-Adha.

Once the dates are in your list

  • The date is locked, the rest is yours. The pack keeps the date right. The title, artwork, photo, reminders and notes are yours to change, and your edits survive every refresh.
  • A category of their own. Pack dates land in the built-in Feeds category, so one filter shows or hides them all. They don't count against the free plan's 15 upcoming events.
  • Everywhere your events go. They show in your Home Screen widgets, on your Apple Watch, in notifications and on the Timeline, like any other event.
  • iPhone and iPad. You follow packs in the Discover tab, which the Mac app doesn't have.

What it costs

Free
to browse

Look through every calendar and its dates before you pay anything.

$1.99
once

Or $3.99 for all six countdown packs, including any pack added later.

Premium
includes every pack

$9.99 a year or $19.99 once, with the rest of Premium.

US prices; they vary by region.

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Just want the number?

The site counts the days to some of these dates too.

Follow your calendars in three steps

  1. 1

    Open Discover

    It's the fourth tab on iPhone and sits in the sidebar on iPad. Tap the Faith & Traditions tile.

  2. 2

    Pick your calendars

    The calendars your language or region points at are already selected. Add or remove others one at a time, and untick any date you'd rather leave out.

  3. 3

    Follow

    The dates land in your list under Feeds, each with a reminder the day before. Put the next one on a widget or your Apple Watch.

Frequently asked questions

Which calendars are included?

Six: Chinese lunar, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, Christian and Persian. Between them they cover dates such as Lunar New Year and Mid-Autumn, Rosh Hashanah, Hanukkah and Passover, Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, Holi and Diwali, Easter and Orthodox Easter, and Nowruz and Yalda Night. You pick the calendars one at a time, and the ones your language or region points at come pre-selected.

How accurate are the Ramadan and Eid dates?

Islamic dates follow the Umm al-Qura calendar and are marked Expected. The actual day depends on the sighting of the new moon, so it can move by a day, and the note on each date says so. Each one also notes that it begins at sundown the evening before.

Why does it say the date begins the evening before?

In the Jewish and Islamic calendars a day starts at sundown, not at midnight. So a date such as Passover, Yom Kippur or Eid al-Fitr begins on the evening before the day shown, and each of those dates carries a note to say so.

Are the Diwali and Holi dates right where I live?

Hindu festival dates come from a table of dates for India, from 2026 through 2030. Some regions celebrate a day earlier or later, and the note on each date says so. The pack's date stays locked, so if your community keeps a different day, add that one as a countdown of your own.

Do the dates ever run out?

The Chinese lunar, Jewish, Islamic, Christian and Persian calendars are computed on your phone, so they never run out. The Hindu dates come from a table that currently runs through 2030.

How much does the Faith & Traditions pack cost?

Browsing is free. The pack is a one-time purchase of $1.99, or $3.99 for all six countdown packs, including any pack added later. Kounts Premium includes every pack. Dates from the pack don't count against the free plan's 15 upcoming events. Prices can vary by region.

Does it work on Mac and Apple Watch?

You follow the pack on iPhone or iPad. Its dates then behave like any other event on that device: they show in widgets, on your Apple Watch, in notifications and on the Timeline. The Mac app doesn't have the Discover tab, so you can't follow packs there. On a second iPhone or iPad, follow the pack there too; the purchase carries over.

Keep the dates that matter to you

Kounts is free on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, with no ads. Browse Faith & Traditions for free, and follow it for $1.99, once.

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