Major Religious Holy Days
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Major Religious Holy days September 2019 – May 2020
1st Semester – September 2019-December 2019
| Eid al Ghadeer |
Muslim |
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| Eid al Adha |
Muslim |
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| Rosh Hashanah [New Year] |
Jewish |
Sept 29-Oct 1* |
Sun-Tues |
| Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement] |
Jewish |
Oct 8-9* |
Tues-Wed |
| Day of Aushura |
Muslim |
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| Sukkot [Feast of Tabernacles] |
Jewish |
Oct 13-20* |
Sun-Sun |
| Simchat Torah/ Shmini Atzeret |
Jewish |
Oct 20-22* |
Sun-Tues |
| Arba’een |
Muslim |
*# |
Wednesday |
| All Saints Day |
Christian |
Nov 1 |
Friday |
| Diwali |
Jain/Sikh/Hindu |
Oct 27 |
Sunday |
| Birth of the Bab |
Bahai’i |
Oct 28-29 |
Mon-Tues |
| Eid al-Mawlid an-Nabawī |
Muslim |
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Friday |
| Chanukah- [8-day Festival] |
Jewish |
Dec 22-30* |
Sun-Mon |
| Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
Christian |
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| Our Lady of Guadalupe |
Christian |
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| Christmas |
Christian |
Dec 25 |
Wednesday |
| Kwanzaa |
African-American |
Dec 26 – Jan 1 |
Thur-Wed |
| Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) |
Buddhist |
Jan. 2 |
Thursday |
2nd Semester – January 2020-June 2020
| Christmas |
Eastern Orthodox |
Jan 7 |
Tuesday |
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| Asian Lunar New Year |
Confucian/Taoist /Buddhist |
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| Ash Wednesday |
Christian |
Feb 26 |
Wednesday |
| Holi |
Hindu |
March 9-10* |
Mon-Tues |
| Purim |
Jewish |
March 9-10* |
Mon-Tues |
| Navroz (Persian New Year) |
Muslim/ Bahai’i /Secular |
March 20 |
Friday |
| Palm Sunday |
Christian |
April 5 |
Sunday |
| Vaisakhi |
Hindu |
April 13 |
Monday |
| Passover |
Jewish |
April 8-16* |
Wed-Thur |
| Maundy Thursday |
Christian |
April 9 |
Thursday |
| Good Friday |
Christian |
April 10 |
Friday |
| Easter Vigil |
Christian |
April 11 |
Saturday |
| Ridvan |
Baha’i |
Apr 19– May 1 |
Sun-Fri |
| Easter |
Christian |
April 12 |
Sunday |
| Pascha |
Orthodox Easter |
April 19 |
Sunday |
| Ramadan Begins |
Muslim |
April 23 -May 23 |
Thur-Sat |
| Vesak (Buddha Day) |
Buddhist |
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| Declaration of the Báb |
Bahá’i |
May 22-23* |
Fri-Sat |
| Shavuot |
Jewish |
May 28- 30 |
Thur-Sat |
#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
