2024-2025 Religious Days of Observance Calendar
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the Office of the Chaplain would like for students, faculty, and staff to be aware of a broad range of religious observances.
Faculty should consider the manner in which holy days might impact student class attendance or their ability to complete assignments on respective due dates. Administrative and Academic Units, as well as Student Organizations, should consider holy days when scheduling department-wide or university-wide events and programming.
Students interested in holy day accommodations for class and lab assignments, attendance, or athletic practice/competition should contact faculty or coaches well in advance with such requests. Students can utilize the Religious Holy Day Accommodation Email Template to reach out to faculty, staff, or coaches, etc.
Below is a list of holy days observed by many students, staff, and faculty members in our community. You can find detailed descriptions of the Holy Days here. This list, though exhaustive in its inclusion of traditions represented on our campus, is not complete. Consequently, please direct suggestions for additions to the list of religious days of observance to the Chaplain’s Office.
2024-25 Date(s) | Holiday | Faith |
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June 16-17* | Eid al-Adha** | Islamic |
July 16-17* | Ashura** | Islamic |
August 15 | Feast of Assumption | Roman Catholic |
September 8 | Feast of the Nativity** | Orthodox Christian |
October 2-4* | Rosh Hashanah ** | Judaism |
October 11-12* | Yom Kippur** | Judaism |
October 16-23* | Sukkot | Judaism |
October 3-12 | Navaratri | Hinduism |
October 28-November 27 | Kathin (Various dates from October 28 to November 27) | Theravada Buddhist |
October 29-November 3 | Diwali | Hinduism/Sikhism/Jainism |
December 8 | Bodhi Day | Buddhism |
December 26-January 2* | Hanukkah | Judaism |
December 21 | Winter Solstice | Traditions across the world |
December 24 | Christmas Eve | Christian |
December 25 | Christmas Day | Christian |
December 26-January 1 | Kwanzaa | Interfaith |
January 29 | Lunar New Year | Buddhism |
February 28-March 30* | Ramadan | Islamic |
March 5 | Ash Wednesday | Christian |
March 5-April 17 | Lent | Christian |
March 14 | Holi | Hinduism/Sikhism/Buddhism/Jainism |
March 30-31 | Eid-al-Fitr** | Islamic |
April 12-20* | Passover (Pesach)** | Judaism |
April 13 | Palm Sunday | Christian |
April 18 | Good/Holy Friday** | Christian |
April 20 | Easter** | Christian |
April 20 | Pascha** | Orthodox Christian |
April 23-24* | Yom HaShoah | Judaism |
May 12 | Vesak (Buddha Day) | Buddhism |
June 1-3* | Shavuot | Judaism |
June 20 | Summer Solstice | Traditions across the world |
* Jewish and Islamic observances begin at sundown the evening before the date listed
** Holy days on which absence from work or school is common