Religious/Spiritual Holidays

The following holidays are listed to avoid potential schedule conflicts involving large numbers of students. In some traditions, on some holidays adherents are not allowed to work, or attend class. All such holidays are marked with an asterisk (*) to so indicate. All students are responsible for negotiating their religious/spiritual practice needs with their professor(s).

Please Note:

  • Muslim holidays begin at sunset on the evening before the date given. Muslim holidays are based on a lunar calendar, and the actual dates are determined by direct observation of the moon and announced by the mosque. (The most observant Muslims will observe all days; others may observe the first two days of Eid-al-Fitr and Eid-al-Ahda.)
  • Orthodox Christian holidays begin at sunset on the evening before the date given.
  • All Jewish holidays begin at sunset on the evening before the date given.
  • The Chinese/Lunar New Year festivities begin the evening before the date given.

*Please note that those holidays listed in bold are those where a fast is required, special worship is warranted, or work is forbidden

  • Hopi Paamuya / Winter Social Dances (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): January 2026
  • Gantan-sai (Shintoism): January 1, 2026
  • New Year’s Day: January 1, 2026
  • Solar New Year (Buddhism): January 1, 2026
  • Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God (Christianity): January 1, 2026
  • Spirit Moon (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): January 1, 2026
  • Mahāyāna New Year (Buddhism): January 3, 2026
  • Wolf Moon (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality, Paganism): January 3, 2026
  • World Braille Day: January 4, 2026
  • Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (Sikhism): January 5, 2026
  • Epiphany of the Lord, Solemnity / Theophany (Christianity): January 6, 2026 / January 19, 2026
  • Haudenosaunee Midwinter (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): January 2026
  • Linji Memorial (Buddhism): January 10, 2026
  • Seijin-no-hi (Shintoism): January 12, 2026
  • Lohri (Hinduism, Sikhism): January 13, 2026
  • Makar Sankranti / Maghi / Pongal (Hinduism, Sikhism): January 14, 2026
  • Old New Year / Orthodox New Year (Christianity): January 14, 2026
  • Eid al-Mab’ath (Islam): January 15, 2026 / January 16, 2026
  • Laylat al-Isra'wa al-Mi'raj (Islam): January 16-17, 2026
  • Baizhang Memorial (Buddhism): January 17, 2026
  • Hakuin Ekaku Memorial (Buddhism): January 18, 2026
  • Urs Syedna Taher Saifuddin (Islam): January 18, 2026
  • World Religion Day (Baháʼí): January 18, 2026
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Christianity): January 18-25, 2026
  • Eihei Dogen Kigen Birth Date (Buddhism): January 19, 2026
  • Martin Luther King Day: January 19, 2026
  • Vasant Panchami (Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism): January 23, 2026
  • Honen Shonin Memorial (Buddhism): January 25, 2026
  • International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Interfaith): January 27, 2026
  • Sadeh (Zoroastrianism): January 30, 2026
  • Black History Month: February 2026
  • Hopi Powamuya / Bean Dance (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): February 2026
  • Haudenosaunee Maple Ceremony (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): February 2026
  • Bear Moon / Snow Moon (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality, Paganism): February 1, 2026
  • Imbolc (Paganism): February 1-2, 2026
  • Tu BiShvat (Judaism): February 1-2, 2026
  • World Interfaith Harmony Week (Interfaith): February 1-7, 2026
  • Cross-Quarter Day (Paganism): February 2, 2026
  • Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Christianity): February 2, 2025 / February 15, 2025
  • Mid-Sha'ban / Laylat al-Bara'ah / Shab-w-Barat (Islam): February 2-3, 2026
  • Setsunbun-sai (Shintoism): February 3, 2026
  • Imamat Day (Islam): February 4, 2026
  • Nehan-e / Nirvana Day (Buddhism): February 8, 2026 / February 15, 2026
  • Lunar New Year / Chinese New Year (Buddhism): February 16, 2026
  • Váli's Blót (Paganism): February 14, 2026
  • Maha Shivaratri (Hinduism): February 15-16, 2026
  • Brotherhood/Sisterhood Week: February 15-21, 2026
  • Nichiren Shonin’s Birth Date (Buddhism): February 16, 2026
  • Shrove Tuesday / Mardi Gras (Christianity): February 17, 2026
  • Losar / Tibetan New Year (Buddhism): February 17-March 3, 2026
  • Sri Ramakrishna Jayanti (Hinduism): February 18, 2026
  • Ramadan (Islam): February 18-March 19, 2026
  • Lent / Great Lent (Christianity): February 18-April 2, 2026 / February 23-April 11, 2026
    • Ash Wednesday: February 18, 2026
    • Clean Monday: February 23, 2026
    • Palm Sunday / Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem (Christianity): March 29, 2026 / April 5, 2026
  • World Day of Social Justice: February 20, 2026
  • International Mother Language Day: February 21, 2026
  • Monlam / Great Prayer Festival (Buddhism): February 21-March 13, 2026
  • Ayyám-i-Há / Intercalary Days (Baháʼí): February 25-March 1, 2026
  • Govinda Dwadashi (Hinduism): February 28, 2026
  • Hopi Osomuya / Plaza and Night Dances and Angk’wa (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): March 2026
  • Sugar Moon (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): March 1, 2026
  • Ta’anit Ester (Judaism): March 2, 2026
  • Purim (Judaism): March 2-3, 2026
  • Alá / Nineteen-Day Fast (Baháʼí): March 2-20, 2026
  • Butter Lantern Festival (Buddhism): March 3, 2026
  • Māgha Pūjā / Chötrul Düchen (Buddhism): March 3, 2026
  • Worm Moon (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality, Paganism): March 3, 2026
  • Holi (Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism): March 4, 2026
  • Hola Mohalla (Sikhism): March 4-6, 2026
  • World Day of Prayer (Christianity): March 6, 2026
  • Shahadat Ameerul Momineen Ali Ibn Abi Talib (Islam): March 10-11, 2026
  • Birth Date of L. Ron Hubbard (Scientology): March 13, 2026
  • Jum’at al-Wada (Islam): March 13, 2026
  • Memorial of Shan-tao (Buddhism): March 14, 2026
  • Sikh New Year's Day (Sikhism): March 14, 2026
  • International Day to Combat Islamophobia: March 15, 2026
  • Meena Sankranti (Hinduism): March 15, 2026
  • Laylat al-Qadr (Islam): March 16, 2026
  • Ghambar Hamaspathmaedem (Zoroastrianism): March 16-20, 2026
  • Festival of Higan-e (Buddhism): March 17-23, 2026
  • Nav Varsh (Hinduism): March 19, 2026
  • Samvatsarādi / Chandramana Ugadi (Hinduism): March 19, 2026
  • Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christianity): March 19, 2026
  • Ramayana Week (Hinduism): March 19-25, 2026
    • Ramanavami: March 26, 2026
  • Ostara or Spring Equinox (Paganism): March 20, 2026
  • Poutuerangi (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): March 20, 2026
  • Shūbun-no-hi (Shintoism): March 20, 2026
  • Shunki-Sorei-Sai (Shintoism): March 20, 2026
  • Spring Ohigan (Buddhism): March 20, 2026
  • Eid al-Fitr (Islam): March 20-22, 2026
  • Red Earth Festival (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): March 20-22, 2026
  • International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: March 21, 2026
  • Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination: March 21-27, 2026
  • International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery: March 25, 2026
  • Solemnity of the Annunciation / Feast of the Annunciation (Christianity): March 25, 2026
  • Navpad Oli (Jainism): March 25-April 2, 2026
  • Holy Week / Great and Holy Week: March 29-April 4, 2026 / April 5-11, 2026
  • Hydesville Day (Spiritualism): March 31, 2026
  • Mahavira Jayanti (Jainism): March 31, 2026
  • Transgender Day of Visibility: March 31, 2026
  • Hanuman Jayanti (Hinduism): March 31-April 1, 2026
  • Haudenosaunee Thunder Dance (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): April 2026
  • Hopi Kwiyamuya / Plaza Dances and Footraces (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): April 2026
  • Sucker Moon / Pink Moon (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality, Paganism): April 1, 2026
  • Pesach / Passover (Judaism): April 1-9, 2026
  • Lord’s Evening Meal (Christianity): April 2, 2026
  • World Autism Awareness Day: April 2, 2026
  • Easter Triduum / Paschal Triduum (Christianity): April 2-4, 2026 / April 9-11, 2026
    • Holy or Maundy Thursday / Great and Holy Thursday: April 2, 2026 / April 9, 2026
    • Good Friday / Great and Holy Friday: April 3, 2026 / April 10, 2026
    • Holy Saturday / Great and Holy Saturday: April 4, 2026 / April 11, 2026
    • Easter Vigil / Paschal Vigil: April 4, 2026 / April 11, 2026
    • Easter / Pascha: April 5, 2026 / April 12, 2026
  • Lazarus Saturday (Christianity): April 4, 2026
  • International Golden Rule Day: April 5, 2026
  • Birth of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva (Buddhism): April 6, 2026
  • Anniversary of the Founding of the Church (Latter Day Saint movement): April 6, 2026
  • Easter Monday / Bright Monday (Christianity): April 6, 2026 / April 13, 2026
  • World Health Day: April 7, 2026
  • Hanamatsuri (Buddhism): April 8, 2026
  • Shrimad Rajchandra Dehvilay (Jainism): April 9, 2026
  • Theravāda New Year (Buddhism): April 13, 2026
  • Yom HaShoah / Holocaust Remembrance Day (Judaism): April 13-14, 2026
  • Saka New Year (Buddhism): April 14, 2026
  • Vaisakhi / Baisakhi (Hinduism, Sikhism): April 14, 2026
  • Akshaya Tritiya (Hinduism, Jainism): April 19, 2026
  • Riḍván (Baháʼí): April 20-May 2, 2026
    • First Day of Riḍván (Baháʼí): April 20-21, 2026
    • Ninth Day of Riḍván (Baháʼí): April 28-29, 2026
    • Twelfth Day of Riḍván (Baháʼí): May 1-2, 2026
  • Earth Day: April 22, 2026
  • Yggdrasil Day (Paganism): April 22, 2026
  • World Book Day: April 23, 2026
  • Gathering of Nations Pow Wow (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): April 24-25, 2026
  • The 11th Panchen Lama’s Birthday (Buddhism): April 25, 2026
  • International Workers’ Memorial Day: April 28, 2026
  • Nichiren Foundation Day (Buddhism): April 28, 2026
  • Ghambar Maidyozarem (Zoroastrianism): April 30-May 4, 2026
  • Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Hertiage Month: May 2026
  • Haudenosaunee Sun and Moon Dance (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): May 2026
  • Haudenosaunee Seed Ceremony (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): May 2026
  • Haudenosaunee Strawberry Ceremony (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): May 2026
  • Haudenosaunee Planting Ceremony (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): May 2026
  • Hopi Hakitonmuya / Plaza Dances and Footraces (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): May 2026
  • Jewish Heritage Month (Judaism): May 2026
  • Mental Health Awareness Month: May 2026
  • Beltane or May Day (Paganism): May 1, 2026
  • Cross-Quarter Day (Paganism): May 1, 2026
  • Flower Moon (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality, Paganism): May 1, 2026
  • Vesak (Buddhism): May 1, 2026
  • Lag B'Omer (Judaism): May 4-5, 2026
  • Days of Remembrance and Reconciliation: May 8-9, 2026
  • Dianetics Day (Scientology): May 9, 2026
  • Buddha Jayanti (Buddhism, Hinduism): May 11, 2026 / May 12, 2026 / May 13, 2026 / May 24, 2026
  • Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus Christ / Ascension of Christ (Christianity): May 14, 2026 / May 21, 2026
  • International Day of Families: May 15, 2026
  • Shanja Matsuri (Shintoism): May 15-17, 2026
  • International Day Against Homophobia: May 17, 2026
  • Saga Dawa Festival (Buddhism): May 17-31, 2026
  • World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue: May 21, 2026
  • Shavuot (Judaism): May 21-23, 2026
  • Declaration of the Báb (Baháʼí): May 22-23, 2026
  • Pentecost (Christianity): May 24, 2026 / May 31, 2026
  • Hajj (Islam): May 24-29, 2026
  • Memorial Day: May 25, 2026
  • National Missing Children’s Day: May 25, 2026
  • Day of Arafah (Islam): May 25-26, 2026
  • Eid al-Adha (Islam): May 26-30, 2026
  • Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh (Baháʼí): May 28-29, 2026
  • International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers: May 29, 2026
  • Blue Moon (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality, Paganism): May 31, 2026
  • Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (Christianity): May 31, 2026
  • Hopi Wuko’uyis / Plaza Dances (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): June 2026
  • Pride Month: June 2026
  • Iroquois Strawberry Season (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): June-July 2026
  • Green Corn Ceremony (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): June-August 2026
  • Strawberry Moon (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): March 1, 2026
  • Apostles’ Fast / Fast of the Holy Apostles (Christianity): June 1-July 11, 2026 / June 8-28, 2026
  • Eid al-Ghadir (Islam): June 3-4, 2026
  • International Day of Child Victims of Aggression: June 4, 2026
  • Saicho Dengyo Daishi Memorial (Buddhism): June 4, 2026
  • Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Christianity): June 4, 2026
  • World Environment Day: June 5, 2026
  • Maiden Anniversary Voyage (Scientology): June 6, 2026
  • Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro Anniversary (Buddhism): June 12, 2026
  • Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Christianity): June 12, 2026
  • World Day Against Child Labor: June 12, 2026
  • Islamic New Year / First of Muḥarram (Islam): June 16, 2026
  • Ashara Mubaraka (Islam): June 16-25, 2026
  • Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji (Sikhism): June 18, 2026
  • Juneteenth: June 19, 2026
  • World Refugee Day: June 20, 2026
  • Litha or Summer Solstice (Paganism): June 21, 2026
  • Nativity of John the Baptist / Nativity of St. John the Forerunner (Christianity): June 24, 2026 / July 7, 2026
  • 'Āshūrā’ (Islam): June 25-26, 2026
  • International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking: June 26, 2026
  • International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: June 26, 2026
  • Samye Festival (Buddhism): June 28, 2026
  • Tashilhunpo Thangka Unveiling Festival (Buddhism): June 28-30, 2026
  • Poson (Buddhism): June 29, 2026
  • Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul / Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Christianity): June 29, 2026 / July 12, 2026
  • Strawberry Moon (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality, Paganism): June 29, 2026
  • Ghambar Maidyoshahem (Zoroastrianism): June 29-July 3, 2026
  • Oh-Harai-Taisai (Shintoism): June 30, 2026
  • Matariki (Aboriginal, First Nation, Indigenous Spirituality): July