Religious Holidays

Rows of Votive Candles

Followers of different faiths will be marking their calendars with their respective holy days for the academic year. The University’s 15 chaplaincies and numerous student groups are among the most vibrant centers of faith on campus with faiths represented by Baha’i, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Sikhism, Unitarian Universalism et al. Our list of religious holidays is for the 2022/2023 academic year.  Please note that many Jewish holidays begin at sunset the night before as you will see on the list below.


 

July 2022

Jul 7-12           Hajj Day (Islam)

Jul 8                Yawm al-Arafa (Islam)

Jul 9                Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha’i)

Jul 13               Asalha Puja Day (Buddhist)

Jul 17               Eid-e-Ghadeer (Islam)

Jul 19               Hijri or Muharram (Islam)

Jul 24               Pioneer Day (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Jul 28                Ashura (Islam)

Jul 29-Aug 7     Ashara Mubaraka (Islam)

 

August 2022

Aug 1               Fast in Honor of the Holy Mother of Lord Jesus (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Aug 1               Lammas (Christian and Wicca)

Aug 2               Naga Panchami (Hindu)

Aug 6               Transfiguration of the Lord (Eastern Orthodox & Catholic Christian)

Aug 6-7            Tisha B’Av (Judaism)

Aug 7               Yawm Aashura (Islam)

Aug 9               1st Muharram (Islamic New Year)

Aug 11             Raksha Bandhan (Hindu)

Aug 12             Ulambana (Buddhist)

Aug 13-15        Obon (Buddhist)

Aug 15             Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Catholic Christian)

Aug 15             Dormition of the Theotokos (Orthodox Christian)

Aug 19             Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)

Aug 23-24        Paryushana (Jain)

Aug 30-Sep 8   Onam (Hindu)

Aug 31             Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu)

 

September 2022

Sep 1               Ecclesiastical Year begins (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Sep 7               His Holiness Sakya Trizin’s Birthday (Buddhist)

Sep 8               Nativity of Mary (Christian)

Sep 16             Chehlum Imam Hussain (Islam)

Sep 21             Nativity of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Sep 21-29        Mabon (Wicca/Pagan)

Sep 25-27        Rosh Hashanah (Judaism)

Sep 26-Oct 5    Navaratri (Hindu)

Sep 27             The Elevation of the Holy Cross (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Sep 27              Mawlid (Islam)

 

October 2022

Oct 4-5             Yom Kippur (Judaism)

Oct 7                Milad an-Nabi (Islam)

Oct 8                Maulid al-Nabi (Islam)

Oct 9-16           Sukkot (Judaism)

Oct 11              Urus-Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (Islam)

Oct 16-17        Sh’mini Atzeret (Judaism)

Oct 17-18        Simchat Torah (Judaism)

Oct 20              Installation of the Scriptures as Guru Granth (Sikh)

Oct 22-26        Diwali (Hindu, Jain, Puja, Deepavali and Sikh)

Oct 26              Goverdhan Puja (Hindu)

Oct 26              Birth of B’ab (Bah’i)

Oct 27              Birth of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)

Oct 29              Milad Imam-uz-Zamaan (Islam)

 

November 2022

Nov 1               All Saints’ Day (Christian)

Nov 1               Samhain-Beltane (Wicca)

Nov 2               All Souls’ Day (Christian)

Nov 8               Guru Nanak Dev Sahib Birthday (Sikh)

Nov 14             Milad Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (Islam)

Nov 15             Nativity Fast begins (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Nov 21             The Presentation of the Theotokos to the Temple (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Nov 24             Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom (Sikh)

Nov 26             Day of Covenant (Baha’i)

Nov 27             First Sunday of Advent (Christian)

Nov 28             Ascension of ‘Abdul’l Baha (Baha’i)

 

December 2022

Dec 8               Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Catholic Christian)

Dec 8               Bodhi Day (Buddhist)

Dec 13             Yud Tet Kislev (Judaism)

Dec 18-26        Hanukkah (Judaism)

Dec 21             Yule (Wicca and Christian)

Dec 25             Christmas (Christian)

Dec 25             The Nativity of Christ (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Dec 26             Zarathosht Diso (Zoroastrian)

 

January 2023

Jan 1                Gantan-sai (Shinto)

Jan 1                Solemnity of Mary (Catholic Christian)

Jan 3                Asarah B'Tevet (Judaism)

Jan 5                Birthday of Guru Gobindh Singh Sahib (Sikh)

Jan 6                Feast of the Epiphany (Catholic Christian)

Jan 6                Feast of Theophany (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Jan 6                Nativity of Christ (Armenian Orthodox)

Jan 13              Maghi (Sikh)

Jan 15              Makar Sankranti and Pongal (Hindu)

Jan 15              World Religion Day (Baha’i)

Jan 22              Chinese/Lunar New Year (Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist)

Jan 24-Feb 2    Midwinter Ceremonies (Native American)

Jan 26              Vasant Panchami (Hindu)

 

February 2023

Feb 2               The Presentation of Our Lord to the Temple (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Feb 2               Imbolic-Candlemas (Wicca and Christian)

Feb 5               Ayyam al Beez (Islam)

Feb 5-6             Tu B’shvat (Judaism)

Feb 9               Urus – Syedna Taher Saifuddin (Islam)

Feb 15             Nirvana Day (Buddhist)

Feb 17             Yawm al-Mab’ath (Islam)

Feb 18             Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)

Feb 18             Lailat al Miraj (Islam)

Feb 21             Shrove Tuesday (Christian)

Feb 22             Ash Wednesday (Christian)

Feb 26-Mar 1   Intercalary Days (Baha'i)

Feb 27             Great Lent Begins (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

 

March 2023

Mar 3               Govinda Dwadashi (Hindu)

Mar 6               Holika Dahan (Hindu)

Mar 6-7            Purim (Judaism)

Mar 8               Lailat al Bara’ah (Islam)

Mar 8               Holi (Hindu)

Mar 8-10          Hola Mohalla (Sikh)

Mar 13             L. Ron Hubbard’s Birthday (Church of Scientology)

Mar 14             Meena Sankranthi (Hindu)

Mar 20             Ostara (Wicca)

Mar 21             Naw-Ryz (Baha’i)

Mar 21             Nowruz (Zoroastrian)

Mar 22             Souramana Yugadi (Hindu)

Mar 22             Chandramana Yugadi(Hindu)

Mar 23             Ramadan (Islam)

Mar 25             The Annunciation of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Mar 25             The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (Christian)

Mar 26             Khordad Sal (Zoroastrian)

Mar 30             Ramnavami (Hindu)

 

April 2023

Apr 2                Palm Sunday (Christian)

Apr 4                Mahavir Jayanti (Jain)

Apr 4                Lord’s Evening Meal (Christian, Jehovah’s Witness)

Apr 5-13           Passover (Judaism)

Apr 8                Visakha Puja (Buddhist)

Apr 6                Holy Thursday/Maundy Thursday (Christian)

Apr 6                Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu)

Apr 6-8             Theravadin New Year (Buddhist)

Apr 7                Good Friday (Christian)

Apr 8                Lazarus Saturday (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Apr 9                Easter (Christian)

Apr 9                Palm Sunday (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Apr 9                Shahadat – Amirul Mumineen (Islam)

Apr 10              Easter Monday (Christian)

Apr 12-13        Laylatul Qadr (Islam)

Apr 13              Holy Thursday (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Apr 13              Milad Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin (Islam)

Apr 14              Holy Friday (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Apr 14              The Last Friday of the Great Lent (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Apr 14              Aakhir Jumo’a (Islam)

Apr 16              Easter (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Apr 17              Bright Monday (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Apr 17-18        Yom HaShoah

Apr 18              Laylatul Qadr (Islam)

Apr 21              First Day of Ridvan (Baha’i)

Apr 21              Eid ul-Fitr (Islam)

Apr 24-25        Yom HaZikaron

Apr 25              The 11th Panchen Lama’s Birthday (Buddhist)

Apr 25-26        Yom HaAzmaut (Judaism)

Apr 29              Ninth Day of Ridvan (Baha’i)

 

May 2023

May 1               Beltane (Wicca)

May 2               Twelfth Day of Ridvan (Baha’i)

May 8-9           Lag B’Omer (Judaism)

May 18             Feast of the Ascension (Catholic Christian)

May 24             Declaration of the Bab (Baha’i)

May 25             Feast of Ascension (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

May 25-27       Shavuot (Judaism)

May 26             Buddha’s Birthday/Buddha Day (Buddhist)

May 28             Pentecost (Christian)

May 29             Ascension of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)

 

June 2023

Jun 4                Pentecost (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Jun 12-29        Fast of the Holy Apostles (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Jun 16              Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib (Sikh)

Jun 24              Litha (Wicca)

Jun 28               Eid al-Adha (Islam)