Major Religious Holy Days
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Major Religious Holy days September 2018 – May 2019
1st Semester – September 2018-December 2018
| Eid al Ghadeer |
Muslim |
Aug 30 |
Thursday |
| Eid al Adha |
Muslim |
Sept 2-3*# |
Sun-Mon |
| Rosh Hashanah [New Year] |
Jewish |
Sept 9-11* |
Sun-Tues |
| Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement] |
Jewish |
Sept 18-19* |
Tues-Wed |
| Day of Aushura |
Muslim |
Sept 21 |
Friday |
| Sukkot [Feast of Tabernacles] |
Jewish |
Sept 23-30* |
Sun-Sun |
| Simchat Torah/ Shmini Atzeret |
Jewish |
Sept 30-Oct 2* |
Sun-Tues |
| Arba’een |
Muslim |
Oct 31*# |
Wednesday |
| All Saints Day |
Christian |
Nov 1 |
Thursday |
| Diwali |
Jain/Sikh/Hindu |
Nov 7 |
Wednesday |
| Birth of the Bab |
Bahai’i |
November 8-9 |
Thurs-Fri |
| Eid al-Mawlid an-Nabawī |
Muslim |
Nov 30*# |
Friday |
| Chanukah- [8-day Festival] |
Jewish |
Dec 2-10* |
Sun-Mon |
| Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
Christian |
Dec 8 |
Saturday |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe |
Christian |
Dec 12 |
Wednesday |
| Christmas |
Christian |
Dec 25 |
Tuesday |
| Kwanzaa |
African-American |
Dec 26 – Jan 1 |
Wed-Tues |
| Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) |
Buddhist |
Jan. 13 |
Sunday |
2nd Semester – January 2019-June 2019
| Christmas |
Eastern Orthodox |
Jan 7 |
Monday |
| Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) |
Buddhist |
Jan 13 |
Sunday |
| Asian Lunar New Year |
Confucian/Taoist /Buddhist |
Feb 5 |
Tuesday |
| Ash Wednesday |
Christian |
March 6 |
Wednesday |
| Holi |
Hindu |
March 20-21* |
Wed-Thurs |
| Purim |
Jewish |
March 20-21* |
Wed-Thurs |
| Navroz (Persian New Year) |
Muslim/ Bahai’i /Secular |
March 21 |
Thursday |
| Palm Sunday |
Christian |
April 14 |
Sunday |
| Vaisakhi |
Hindu |
April 14 |
Saturday |
| Passover |
Jewish |
April 19-27* |
Fri-Sat |
| Maundy Thursday |
Christian |
April 18 |
Thursday |
| Good Friday |
Christian |
April 19 |
Friday |
| Easter Vigil |
Christian |
April 20 |
Saturday |
| Ridvan |
Baha’i |
Apr 20–May 2 |
Sat-Thurs |
| Easter |
Christian |
April 21 |
Sunday |
| Pascha |
Orthodox Easter |
April 28 |
Sunday |
| Ramadan Begins |
Muslim |
May 5 |
Sunday |
| Vesak (Buddha Day) |
Buddhist |
May 19 |
Sunday |
| Declaration of the Báb |
Bahá’i |
May 23-24* |
Thurs-Fri |
| Shavuot |
Jewish |
June 8-10 |
Sat-Mon |
#some of these dates are not fixed to a calendar but based on the actual sighting of the moon and therefore there may be some variance by a day.
*holy days start at sundown of beginning date and end at sundown or nightfall of concluding date
