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Religious Observance Dates

Please refer to the Religious Observance Policy and Procedures.

Below is a list of religious observance dates for the 2024-2025 academic year. While not exhaustive, this list will provide notice to the faculty of the religious observance dates of many faiths practiced by our students. 

To the extent possible, faculty should avoid scheduling examinations or assigning papers, presentations, or other academic requirements on any of the identified religious observance dates. When this is unavoidable, professors must give students, who have notified their professors in advance, the opportunity for equivalent make-up work.

Date

Holiday

Day of Week

September 15 - 16

Mawlid al-Nabi (Islam)

Sundown Sunday – Sundown Monday

October 2 - 4

Rosh Hashanah (Judaism)

Sundown Wednesday – Sundown Friday

October 3 - 12

Navaratri (Hindu)

Sundown Thursday – Sundown Saturday

October 11 - 12

Yom Kippur (Judaism)

Sundown Friday – Sundown Saturday

October 16 - 18

Sukkot (Judaism)

Sundown Wednesday - Sundown Friday

October 23 - 25

Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah (Judaism)

Sundown Wednesday - Sundown Friday

November 1

Feast of All Saints (Christian)

Friday

November 1

Diwali (Hindu)

Friday

December 9

Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Christian:Catholic)

Monday (due to December 8 falling on a Sunday)

January 7

Christmas (Orthodox Christian)

Tuesday

January 29

Lunar New Year (Confucianism, Daoism,Buddhism)

Wednesday

February 13 - 14

Laylat al-Bara'at (Islam)

Sundown Thursday - Sundown Friday

February 26

Maha Shivarati (Hindu)

Wednesday

February 28 - March 30

Ramadan (Islam)

Sundown Friday – Sundown Sunday

March 3

Great Lent begins, Clean Monday (Orthodox Christian)

Monday

March 5

Ash Wednesday (Christian)

Wednesday

March 13 - 14

Purim (Judaism)

Sundown Thursday - Sundown Friday

March 14 - 15

Holi (Hindu)

Sundown Friday – Sundown Saturday

March 27

Laylat al-Qadr (Islam)

Thursday

March 31

Eid-al-Fitr (Islam)

Sundown Sunday - Sundown - Monday

April 12

Passover, first days (Judaism)

Sundown Saturday - Sundown Monday

April 18

Good Friday (Christian)

Friday

April 19

Passover, last days

Sundown Saturday - Sundown Sunday

April 20

Easter (Christian)

Sunday

May 29

Ascension Thursday (Christian)

Thursday

June 1 - 3

Shavuot (Judaism)

Sundown Sunday - Sundown Tuesday

June 6 - 7

Eid-al-Adha (Islam)

Sundown Friday - Sundown Saturday