91˵ values diversity in our community, including in the many religious traditions that reflect us. The below is guidance to faculty and coaches for consideration of allowances for religious observances, as well as for students who would like to request an accommodation to support a religious observance.

This list, though exhaustive in its inclusion of traditions represented on our campus, is not complete. Please direct suggestions for additions to the list of religious days of observance to theVice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Among the religious holidays that might pose conflicts with the 2024-2025 academic calendar are:

Weekly

FaithDate
Shabbat*JewishFriday sunset to Saturday sunset
Jumu’ahIslamThursday sunset to Friday sunset

June and July 2024

FaithDate
Eid al-Ghadeer **IslamJune 24-25
1st of Muharram (Islamic New Year) **IslamJuly 7
10th of Muharram (Ashura) **IslamJuly 16-17

August and September 2024

FaithDate
Tisha B’AvJewishAugust 12-13
Arbaʽeen**IslamAugust 25-26
Paryushan **JainAugust 31-September 7
Birth of the Prophet Muhammad (Sunni) **IslamSeptember 15
Birth of the Prophet Muhammad (Shia) **IslamSeptember 21

October 2024

FaithDate
Rosh Hashanah *JewishOctober 2-4
Yom Kippur *JewishOctober 11-12
Sukkot *JewishOctober 16-23
Installation of Granth Sahib Ji as GuruSikhOctober 20
Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah *JewishOctober 23-25

November 2024

FaithDate
Diwali **HinduNovember 1
Birth of the Báb ***Baha'iNovember 2
Birth of Bahá'u'lláh ***Baha'iNovember 3
Guru Nanak’s BirthdaySikhNovember 15
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur JiSikhNovember 24

December 2024 and January 2025

FaithDate
ChristmasChristianDecember 25
Hanukkah *JewishDecember 25-January 2
KwanzaaInterfaith/African-AmericanDecember 26–January 1
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh JiSikhJanuary 5
Feast of the EpiphanyChristianJanuary 6
Eastern Orthodox Christmas OrthodoxOrthodox ChristianJanuary 7
Birthday of ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib **IslamJanuary 12-13
Lohri-MaghiSikhJanuary 13
SankrantiHinduJanuary 14
Lunar New YearInterfaith/NationalJanuary 29

February and March 2025

FaithDate
Ramadan **IslamFebruary 28-March 30
Eastern Orthodox Beginning of Lent OrthodoxOrthodox ChristianMarch 3
Ash WednesdayChristianMarch 5
Lent BeginsChristianMarch 5
Purim*JewishMarch 13-14
HoliHinduMarch 14
Now-Rúz ***Interfaith/National/BahaiMarch 21-23
Nights of Ramadan**IslamMarch 23-27
Eid al-Fitr ** IslamMarch 30

April 2025

FaithDate
Passover (Pesach) *JewishApril 12-20
VaisakhiSikhApril 14
Eastern Orthodox Good FridayOrthodox ChristianApril 18
Good FridayChristianApril 18
EasterChristianApril 20
Eastern Orthodox Easter OrthodoxOrthodox ChristianApril 20
First Day of Ridván ***Baha'iApril 20
Ninth Day of Ridván ***Baha'iApril 29

May 2025

FaithDate
Twelfth Day of Ridván ***Baha'iMay 1
Vesak (Mahayana)BuddhismMay 12
Vesak (Theravada)BuddhismMay 12
Declaration of the Báb ***Baha'iMay 23
Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh ***Baha'iMay 28
Ascension DayChristianMay 29
Eastern Orthodox Ascension DayOrthodox ChristianMay 29

June and July 2025

FaithDate
Shavuot *JewishJune 1-3
Holy Day of Arafah **IslamJune 5
Eid al-Adha **IslamJune 6-7
Eid al-Ghadeer **IslamJune 14-15
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev JiSikhJune 16
JuneteenthInterfaith/African AmericanJune 19
1st of Muharram (Islamic New Year) **IslamJune 26
10th of Muharram (Ashura) **IslamJuly 4-5
Martyrdom of the Bab ***Baha'iJuly 8-9

*Jewish holy days begin and end at sundown on the first and last days listed.

**These holidays are calculated on a lunar calendar and are approximate. Muslim holidays begin and end at sundown on the first and last days listed.

***The Baha'i day ends and a new one begins at sunset; consequently, the day on which a Holy Day is observed begins at sunset of the day before the Gregorian calendar dates given above.