Holy Day Calendar

The Diwali Hindu Festival of Lights.
Gala for Eid al Fitr (celebrating the end of Ramadan)
Holi Celebration

2025, 2026, and 2027 Religious Observances

As part of it's commitment to creating a more diverse and equitable community, Dartmouth supports students, staff, and faculty in observing religious holidays of significance to them. In the complex process of creating the academic calendar, religious holy days are but one of many considerations. The College has always been helpful in facilitating communication and encouraging respect and understanding when there are academic calendar conflicts with religious holy days.

For Students-Please Read

Students who wish to participate in religious observances during the academic term that conflicts with their participation in a course, should contact their professor before the end of the second week of the term—at the latest - to discuss appropriate accommodations.

Shorter List for Planning: Holy Days with Special Significance

Tucker Center has also created a shorter list of holy days that may have significant impact for those who observe them. To assist offices and departments across Dartmouth to respectfully plan meetings and events that avoid these dates whenever possible, please use the following file as a guide: September 2025 - December 2027 Holy Days with Special Significance

PLEASE NOTE:

* Some holy days (*) start at sundown of the evening of the listed start date and end at sundown or nightfall of the concluding listed date.

# Some of these dates are not fixed to a calendar but based on the actual sighting of the moon and therefore there may be some variance by a day.

Listings of All Religious Observances

To assist with calendar planning and awareness of our diverse religious and spiritual community, this page contains month-by-month listings of religious observances in 2025, 2026, and 2027. The list represents holy days which may impact campus events in general, as well as student course attendance, exams, Commencement, and participation in activities in the coming year.

For additional information or if you have any questions or concerns, please contact The Tucker Center: 603-646-3870 or tucker.center@dartmouth.edu.

Wondering if Tucker Center has local event information for an upcoming holy holiday? Find out via email (tucker.center@dartmouth.edu) or Instagram (@tuckerdartmouth).

August 2025

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
August 1, 2025	Lughnasadh	This Pagan and Wiccan festival designates the start of the harvest season.	Wicca/Pagan
August 2, 2025-August 3, 2025	Fast of 9th of Av	Tisha B'Av, the 9th day of the month of Av, is the culmination of the Three Weeks, a period of time during which we mark the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.	Jewish
August 15, 2025	Arbaeen	The day marking the end of the 40-day mourning period after the Day of Ashura for Muslims.	Islamic
August 16, 2025	Krishna Janmashtami	Celebration of the birthday of Lord Krishna, the eighth Divine Incarnation	Hindu
August 21-August 28, 2025	Paryushana Parva	A time of intensive study, reflection, and purification. It ends with a final day of confession and asking for forgiveness. Lasts 8-10 days.	Jain
August 27, 2025	Ganesh Chaturthi	Festival marking the birth of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha, the god of prosperity and wisdom.	Hindu

September 2025

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
Appx. September 4-5, 2025	Mawlid an-Nabi	This holiday is the anniversary of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad.	Islamic
September 22-September 29, 2025	Mabon	Pagan and Wiccan religions use to mark the autumnal equinox.	Wicca/Pagan
September 22-September 24, 2025	Rosh Hashanah*	Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and a day of judgment and coronation of G-d as king.	Jewish

October 2025

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
October 1-October 2, 2025	Yom Kippur*	Holiest day of the year, the Day of Atonement	Jewish
Thursday, October 2, 2025	Vijayadashami (Dussehra)	The festival celebrates Hindu god Ram's vanquishing of the 10-headed demon king Ravan, and symbolises the triumph of good over evil.	Hindu
October 5, 2025	Bodhidharma Day (Daruma-ki)	Memorial celebration of Bodhidharma's arrival in China (Japan). Bodhidharma was the founder of the Zen tradition in China.	Buddhist
October 6-October 13, 2025	Sukkot*	The seven days of Sukkot is the holiday in which there is dwelling in covered huts, commemorating G‑d's sheltering of the ancestors as they traveled from Egypt to the Promised Land.	Jewish
October 13-October 15, 2025	Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah*	Celebrates Shemini Atzeret, the first day, and the second day, Simchat Torah. Simchat Torah markes the compeltion and beginning of the annual Torah reading cycle.	Jewish
October 20, 2025	Deepavali/Diwali	A festival of new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness.	Jain/Sikh/Hindu
October 22, 2025	Birth of the Bab*	The Báb (meaning "Gate" in Arabic) is considered to have paved the way for the incarnation of Bahá'u'lláh. The Báb's mission was to awaken the people to the fact that a new period in human history had begun. He called for spiritual and moral reformation	Bahá'í
October 23, 2025	Birth of Bahá'u'lláh	This holiday celebrates the birthday of Bahá'u'lláh, one of the Baha'I faith's most important figures. For Bahá'ís, the Birth of Bahá'u'lláh is a Holy Day celebrating the rebirth of the world through the love of God, just as Christmas is for Christians.	Bahá'í
October 31-November 1, 2025	Samhain*	A Pagan and Wiccan festival marking the end of the harvest season.	Wicca/Pagan

November 2025

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
November 1, 2025	All Saints Day	The day on which the Christian church celebrates the saints, known and unknown.	Christian
November 1, 2025	Day of the Dead	The Day of the Dead (el Día de los Muertos), is a Mexican holiday where families welcome back the souls of their deceased relatives for a brief reunion that includes food, drink and celebration.	Christian/Latinx
November 5, 2025	Gurunanak Jayanti	Celebrates the birth of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak	Sikh

December 2025

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
December 1, 2025 - December 24, 2025	Advent	Advent is the Christian season of preparation for Christmas, the four weeks before Christmas in the Western churches; the first Sunday in Advent is the beginning of the Christian liturgical year.	Christian
December 8, 2025	Bodhi Day (Rohatsu)	Celebrating the Buddha's awakening	Buddhist
December 8, 2025	Feast of the Immaculate Conception	The Immaculate Conception refers to the conception of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The "immaculate" is not a reference to how she was conceived by her parents, Sts. Joachim and Anne. It acknowledges that God intervened and allowed her to be conceived without the stain of original sin.	Christian (Catholic)
December 12, 2025	Our Lady of Guadalupe	Celebration of when In December 1531, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared as an Aztec princess to Juan Diego on the hill of Tepeyac, outside a small village near Mexico City.	Christian/LatinX
December 14, 2025-December 22, 2025	Hanukkah [8-days]*	Chanukah commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after a group of Jewish warriors defeated the occupying mighty Greek armies.	Jewish
December 21, 2025	Yule/Winter Solstice	A Pagan and Wiccan holiday that celebrates the winter solstice.	Wicca
December 25, 2025	Christmas	Christmas is the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.	Christian
December 26, 2025- January 1, 2026	Kwanzaa	Created in 1966 by Maulana Ron Karenga, Kwanzaa is an African American and Pan-African holiday that celebrates history, values, family, community and culture.	African-American
December 28, 2025	Feast of the Holy Family	Feast of the Holy Family, Roman Catholic religious festival falling on the first Sunday after Christmas. Although major feast days dedicated to each member of the Holy Family—Jesus, Mary, and Joseph—also exist, the Feast of the Holy Family commemorates their life together, and the celebration focuses on religious family life.	Christian (Catholic)
December 30, 2025	Fast of the 10th of Tevet	Rememberance that on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tevet, in the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE), the armies of the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem.	Jewish

January 2026

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
January 1, 2026	Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary	This holiday is a celebration of Mary's motherhood of Jesus. It is a reminder of the role she played in the salvation of humankind.	Christian (Catholic)
January 1, 2026	Gantan-sai	Gantan-sai is the annual New Year festival of the Shinto religion. General Practices: Practitioners pray for inner renewal, prosperity, and health, as well as visiting shrines and visiting friends and family.	Shinto
January 6, 2026	Feast of the Epiphany	On this feast day, Christians celebrate the first manifestation of Jesus to the Gentiles. It always falls 12 days after Christmas to mark when the three kings arrived in Bethlehem.	Christian
January 7, 2026	Eastern Orthodox Christmas/Feast of the Nativity		Eastern Orthodox Christian
January 14, 2026	Sankranti	Hindu festival dedicated to the god of the sun, Surya	Hindu
January 29, 2026	Asian (Chinese) Lunar New Year	This festival marks the start of the new year in the lunar calendar used in East Asia, Southeast Asia and elsewhere.	Confucian/Taoist /Buddhist

February 2026

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
February 1, 2026	Tu BiShvat	This day marks the season in which the earliest-blooming trees in the Land of Israel emerge from their winter sleep and begin a new fruit-bearing cycle.	Jewish
February 1, 2026	Imbolc	This Pagan and Wiccan festival serves as the halfway point between the winter solstice and spring equinox, celebrating fire, light, and the return of life.	Wicca/Pagan
February 17, 2026	Laylat al Miraj	This Muslim holy day celebrates Muhammad's pilgrimage from Mecca to Jerusalem. When Muhammad arrived, he ascended into Heaven.	Islamic
Februray 17 - March 19, 2026	Ramadan (29-30 days)*#	Muslims commemorate the revelation of the Qur'an, and fast from food and drink during the sunlit hours as a means of drawing closer to God and cultivating self-control, gratitude, and compassion for those less fortunate.	Islamic
February 18, 2026	Ash Wednesday	Ash Wednesday: a day of prayer and fasting that begins the Christian season of Lent	Christian
February 18 - April 2, 2026	Lenten Season	Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It's a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter.	Christian (Protestant and Catholic)
February 23 - April 12, 2026	Eastern Orthodox Great Lent	Great Lent (or the Great Fast) is the Orthodox Lenten season. The church's longest, strictest and most important fasting time. It runs from Clean Monday, seven weeks before Pascha, through Lazarus Saturday, the day before Palm Sunday.	Eastern Orthodox Christian

March 2026

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
March 1 - March 20, 2026	Nineteen Day Fast	The month of fasting, during which Bahá'ís from the age of 15 abstain from food and drink between sunrise and sunset.	Bahá'í
March 2 - March 3, 2026		This festival commemorates the Divinely orchestrated salvation of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from Haman's plot to destroy the Jewish people in a single day.	Jewish
March 4, 2026	Holi	Hindu holiday that celebrates the winter harvest and onset of spring.	Hindu
March 19, 2026	Ugadi	Celebrates the start of the Hindu New Year.	Hindu
March 19 - March 27, 2026	Sharad Navaratri	A period of nine days celebrating the Divine Feminine.	Hindu
March 20, 2026	Norooz (New Year)	A traditional festival that marks the beginning of spring, Nowruz is a time to celebrate the rebirth of nature and wash away the past.	Persian/Zoroastrian/Muslim Cultural
March 20, 2026	Ostara	This Wiccan holiday is one of their eight Sabbats. It celebrates the spring equinox.	Wicca/Pagan
March 20, 2026	Eid al Fitr*#	This holiday commemorates the completion of Ramadan and lasts for three days during which Muslims celebrate with special prayers, sweets, presents for children, and community festivities.	Islamic
March 20 - March 21, 2026	Naw Rúz	This is the Baha'i New Year, a traditional celebration in Iran adopted as a holy day associated with Baha'i. It is a celebration of spring and new life. General Practices: Festive music dancing, prayers, meetings, meals	Bahá'í
March 26, 2026	Rama Navami	Celebration of the Appearance day of great Lord Ram	Hindu
March 29, 2026	Palm Sunday	Palm Sunday is the Sunday preceding Easter when Christians commemorate Jesus's triumphant entry into the city of Jerusalem to crowds cheering and waving palms of victory before him.	Christian
March 31, 2026	Mahavir Jayanti	Celebrates the birth of Tirthankara Mahavira	Jain

April 2026

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
April 1 - April 9, 2026	Passover [Pesach-8 days]*	Commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt.	Jewish
April 2, 2026	Maundy Thursday	Maundy (Holy) Thursday is the Thursday of Holy Week, the week before Easter. It is the day on which Jesus is said to have shared a final meal with his disciples before he was betrayed to the Roman authorities. It is also called Maundy Thursday, from the new commandment (mandatum) Jesus gave his disciples on that day: to love one another as he had loved them.	Christian
April 3, 2026	Good Friday	Good Friday—the Friday before Easter—is the day observed by the Christian church as the day of Christ's crucifixion.	Christian
April 5, 2026	Easter	Easter is the festive holy day of the Christian tradition on which the church celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and victory of life over death.	Christian
April 5, 2026	Pascha/Easter	Pascha, or Orthodox Easter, celebrates Jesus Christ's resurrection and is the year's most important holy day. It usually falls one to five weeks after Western Christian Easter, which follows the Gregorian calendar.	Eastern Orthodox Christian
April 10, 2026	Eastern Orthodox Holy Friday/Good Friday	Friday before Easter, commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ; among some sects of Christianity and in many countries marks a day of fasting.	Eastern Orthodox Christian
April 13 - April 14, 2026	Yom HaShoah	Holocaust Remembrance Day	Jewish
April 14, 2026	Vaisakhi	This ancient festival celebrates both the Solar New Year and springtime harvest.	Hindu/Sikh/Buddhist
April 21, 2026	Ridván	First Day of Ridván (meaning "Paradise" in Arabic) — the most important of the Bahá'í Holy Days. It is the day on which Bahá'u'lláh declared His mission as a Messenger of God in the Garden of Ridván.	Bahá'í
April 29, 2026	Ninth Day of Ridván	The day on which Bahá'u'lláh's family joined Him in the Garden of Ridván.	Bahá'í

May 2026

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
May 1, 2026	Beltane	A festival honoring life in the Pagan and Wiccan religions. It represents the peak of Spring and the beginning of Summer	Wicca/Pagan
May 1, 2026	Vesak	Buddha's birth (Japanese tradition)	Buddhist
May 2, 2026	Twelth Day of Ridván	The day on which Bahá'u'lláh and His family left the garden to travel to Constantinople.	Bahá'í
May 4 - May 5, 2026	Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh	Marks the passing of Bahá'u'lláh in 1892.	Bahá'í
May 15, 2026	Lag B'Omer	Celebrating the anniversary of the passing of the great sage and mystic Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar.	Jewish
May 21, 2026 - May 23, 2026	Shavuot	Marks the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai.	Jewish
May 23, 2026	Declaration of the Báb*	The anniversary of the Báb's announcement of His mission in 1844.	Bahá'í
May 24, 2026	Feast of Pentecost	Pentecost was the "fiftieth" day after Easter and is celebrated in the Christian church as the day on which the Holy Spirit descended upon the followers of Christ gathered in Jerusalem, inspiring them to form a new community of preaching, praise, and practice.	Christian
May 26 - May 27, 2026	Eid al Adha*#	The holiday commemorates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, who was miraculously replaced by a lamb.	Islamic

June 2026

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
Starts appx. June 16, 2026	First 10 days of Muharram*	Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. The Islamic calendar began with the migration – or Hijra – of the Prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina.	Islamic
June 21, 2026	Litha-Yule (Solstice)	A Pagan and Wiccan festival that starts on the summer solstice and celebrates midsummer.	Wicca/Pagan
June 25, 2026	Ashura (10th day of Muharram)*#	This day marks the anniversary of the tragic martyrdom of Husayn, the Prophet's grandson, and many of his family members and companions. Ashura also marks the anniversary of the Exodus of Moses from Egypt.	Islamic

July 2026

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
July 2 - July 3, 2026	Fast of 17th of Tammuz	The fast of the 17th of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, known as Shivah Asar B'Tammuz, is the start of a three-week mourning period for the destruction of Jerusalem and the two Holy Temples.	Jewish
July 9 - July 10, 2026	Martyrdom of the Báb	Marks execution in 1850	Bahá'í
July 22, 2026 - July 23, 2026	Fast of 9th of Av	Tisha B'Av, the 9th day of the month of Av, is the culmination of the Three Weeks, a period of time during which we mark the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.	Jewish

August 2026

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
August 1, 2026	Lughnasadh	This Pagan and Wiccan festival designates the start of the harvest season.	Wicca/Pagan
August 5, 2026	Arbaeen	The day marking the end of the 40-day mourning period after the Day of Ashura for Muslims.	Islamic
August 21 - August 28, 2026	Paryushana Parva	A time of intensive study, reflection, and purification. It ends with a final day of confession and asking for forgiveness. Lasts 8-10 days.	Jain
Appx. August 25 - August 26, 2026	Mawlid an-Nabi	This holiday is the anniversary of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad.	Islamic

September 2026

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
September 4, 2026	Krishna Janmashtami	Celebration of the birthday of Lord Krishna, the eighth Divine Incarnation	Hindu
September 11 - September 13, 2026	Rosh Hashanah*	Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and a day of judgment and coronation of G-d as king.	Jewish
September 14, 2026	Ganesh Chaturthi	Festival marking the birth of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha, the god of prosperity and wisdom.	Hindu
September 20 - September 21, 2026	Yom Kippur*	Holiest day of the year, the Day of Atonement	Jewish
September 23, 2026	Mabon	Pagan and Wiccan religions use to mark the autumnal equinox.	Wicca/Pagan
September 25 - October 2, 2026	Sukkot*	The seven days of Sukkot is the holiday in which there is dwelling in covered huts, commemorating G‑d's sheltering of the ancestors as they traveled from Egypt to the Promised Land.	Jewish

October 2026

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
October 2 - October 4, 2026	Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah*	Celebrates Shemini Atzeret, the first day, and the second day, Simchat Torah. Simchat Torah markes the compeltion and beginning of the annual Torah reading cycle.	Jewish
October 5, 2026	Bodhidharma Day (Daruma-ki)	Memorial celebration of Bodhidharma's arrival in China (Japan). Bodhidharma was the founder of the Zen tradition in China.	Buddhist
October 20, 2026	Vijayadashami (Dussehra)	The festival celebrates Hindu god Ram's vanquishing of the 10-headed demon king Ravan, and symbolises the triumph of good over evil.	Hindu
October 31 - November 1, 2026	Samhain*	A Pagan and Wiccan festival marking the end of the harvest season.	Wicca/Pagan

November 2026

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
November 1, 2026	All Saints Day	The day on which the Christian church celebrates the saints, known and unknown.	Christian
November 1, 2026	Day of the Dead	The Day of the Dead (el Día de los Muertos), is a Mexican holiday where families welcome back the souls of their deceased relatives for a brief reunion that includes food, drink and celebration.	Christian/Latinx
November 8, 2026	Deepavali/Diwali	A festival of new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness.	Jain/Sikh/Hindu
November 10, 2026	Birth of the Bab*	The Báb (meaning "Gate" in Arabic) is considered to have paved the way for the incarnation of Bahá'u'lláh. The Báb's mission was to awaken the people to the fact that a new period in human history had begun. He called for spiritual and moral reformation	Bahá'í
November 11, 2026	Birth of Bahá'u'lláh	This holiday celebrates the birthday of Bahá'u'lláh, one of the Baha'I faith's most important figures. For Bahá'ís, the Birth of Bahá'u'lláh is a Holy Day celebrating the rebirth of the world through the love of God, just as Christmas is for Christians.	Bahá'í
November 24, 2026	Gurunanak Jayanti	Celebrates the birth of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak	Sikh

December 2026

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
December 1, 2026 - December 24, 2026	Advent	Advent is the Christian season of preparation for Christmas, the four weeks before Christmas in the Western churches; the first Sunday in Advent is the beginning of the Christian liturgical year.	Christian
December 4, 2026 - December 12, 2026	Hanukkah [8-days]*	Chanukah commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after a group of Jewish warriors defeated the occupying mighty Greek armies.	Jewish
December 8, 2026	Bodhi Day (Rohatsu)	Celebrating the Buddha's awakening	Buddhist
December 8, 2026	Feast of the Immaculate Conception	The Immaculate Conception refers to the conception of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The "immaculate" is not a reference to how she was conceived by her parents, Sts. Joachim and Anne. It acknowledges that God intervened and allowed her to be conceived without the stain of original sin.	Christian (Catholic)
December 12, 2026	Our Lady of Guadalupe	Celebration of when In December 1531, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared as an Aztec princess to Juan Diego on the hill of Tepeyac, outside a small village near Mexico City.	Christian/LatinX
December 20, 2026	Fast of the 10th of Tevet	Rememberance that on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tevet, in the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE), the armies of the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem.	Jewish
December 21, 2026	Yule/Winter Solstice	A Pagan and Wiccan holiday that celebrates the winter solstice.	Wicca
December 25, 2026	Christmas	Christmas is the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.	Christian
December 26, 2026 - January 1, 2026	Kwanzaa	Created in 1966 by Maulana Ron Karenga, Kwanzaa is an African American and Pan-African holiday that celebrates history, values, family, community and culture.	African-American
December 27, 2026	Feast of the Holy Family	Feast of the Holy Family, Roman Catholic religious festival falling on the first Sunday after Christmas. Although major feast days dedicated to each member of the Holy Family—Jesus, Mary, and Joseph—also exist, the Feast of the Holy Family commemorates their life together, and the celebration focuses on religious family life.	Christian (Catholic)

January 2027

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
January 1, 2027	Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary	This holiday is a celebration of Mary's motherhood of Jesus. It is a reminder of the role she played in the salvation of humankind.	Christian (Catholic)
January 1, 2027	Gantan-sai	Gantan-sai is the annual New Year festival of the Shinto religion. General Practices: Practitioners pray for inner renewal, prosperity, and health, as well as visiting shrines and visiting friends and family.	Shinto
January 6, 2027	Laylat al Miraj*#	This Muslim holy day celebrates Muhammad's pilgrimage from Mecca to Jerusalem. When Muhammad arrived, he ascended into Heaven.	Islamic
January 6, 2027	Feast of the Epiphany	On this feast day, Christians celebrate the first manifestation of Jesus to the Gentiles. It always falls 12 days after Christmas to mark when the three kings arrived in Bethlehem.	Christian
January 7, 2027	Eastern Orthodox Christmas/Feast of the Nativity		Eastern Orthodox Christian
January 15, 2027	Sankranti	Hindu festival dedicated to the god of the sun, Surya	Hindu
January 22, 2027	Tu BiShvat	This day marks the season in which the earliest-blooming trees in the Land of Israel emerge from their winter sleep and begin a new fruit-bearing cycle.	Jewish

February 2027

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
February 1, 2027	Imbolc	This Pagan and Wiccan festival serves as the halfway point between the winter solstice and spring equinox, celebrating fire, light, and the return of life.	Wicca/Pagan
February 6, 2027	Asian (Chinese) Lunar New Year	This festival marks the start of the new year in the lunar calendar used in East Asia, Southeast Asia and elsewhere.	Confucian/Taoist /Buddhist
Februray 7 - March 8, 2027	Ramadan (29-30 days)*#	Muslims commemorate the revelation of the Qur'an, and fast from food and drink during the sunlit hours as a means of drawing closer to God and cultivating self-control, gratitude, and compassion for those less fortunate.	Islamic
February 10, 2027	Ash Wednesday	Ash Wednesday: a day of prayer and fasting that begins the Christian season of Lent	Christian
February 10 - March 25, 2027	Lenten Season	Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It's a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter.	Christian (Protestant and Catholic)

March 2027

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
March 1 - March 20, 2027	Nineteen Day Fast*#	The month of fasting, during which Bahá'ís from the age of 15 abstain from food and drink between sunrise and sunset.	Bahá'í
March 10, 2027	Eid al Fitr*#	This holiday commemorates the completion of Ramadan and lasts for three days during which Muslims celebrate with special prayers, sweets, presents for children, and community festivities.	Islamic
March 15 - May 2, 2027	Eastern Orthodox Great Lent	Great Lent (or the Great Fast) is the Orthodox Lenten season. The church's longest, strictest and most important fasting time. It runs from Clean Monday, seven weeks before Pascha, through Lazarus Saturday, the day before Palm Sunday.	Eastern Orthodox Christian
March 20, 2027	Norooz (New Year)	A traditional festival that marks the beginning of spring, Nowruz is a time to celebrate the rebirth of nature and wash away the past.	Persian/Zoroastrian/Muslim Cultural
March 20, 2027	Ostara	This Wiccan holiday is one of their eight Sabbats. It celebrates the spring equinox.	Wicca/Pagan
March 20, 2027 - March 21, 2027	Naw Rúz	This is the Baha'i New Year, a traditional celebration in Iran adopted as a holy day associated with Baha'i. It is a celebration of spring and new life. General Practices: Festive music dancing, prayers, meetings, meals.	Bahá'í
March 21, 2027	Palm Sunday	Palm Sunday is the Sunday preceding Easter when Christians commemorate Jesus's triumphant entry into the city of Jerusalem to crowds cheering and waving palms of victory before him.	Christian
March 22 - March 23, 2027	Purim*	This festival commemorates the Divinely orchestrated salvation of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from Haman's plot to destroy the Jewish people in a single day.	Jewish
March 22, 2027	Holi	Hindu holiday that celebrates the winter harvest and onset of spring.	Hindu
March 25, 2027	Maundy Thursday	Maundy (Holy) Thursday is the Thursday of Holy Week, the week before Easter. It is the day on which Jesus is said to have shared a final meal with his disciples before he was betrayed to the Roman authorities. It is also called Maundy Thursday, from the new commandment (mandatum) Jesus gave his disciples on that day: to love one another as he had loved them.	Christian
March 26, 2027	Good Friday	Good Friday—the Friday before Easter—is the day observed by the Christian church as the day of Christ's crucifixion.	Christian
March 28, 2027	Easter	Easter is the festive holy day of the Christian tradition on which the church celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and victory of life over death.	Christian

April 2027

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
April 7, 2027	Ugadi	Celebrates the start of the Hindu New Year.	Hindu
April 7 - April 15, 2027	Sharad Navaratri	A period of nine days celebrating the Divine Feminine.	Hindu
April 14, 2027	Vaisakhi	This ancient festival celebrates both the Solar New Year and springtime harvest.	Hindu/Sikh/Buddhist
April 15, 2027	Rama Navami	Celebration of the Appearance day of great Lord Ram	Hindu
April 19, 2027	Mahavir Jayanti	Celebrates the birth of Tirthankara Mahavira	Jain
April 20, 2027	Ridván	First Day of Ridván (meaning "Paradise" in Arabic) — the most important of the Bahá'í Holy Days. It is the day on which Bahá'u'lláh declared His mission as a Messenger of God in the Garden of Ridván.	Bahá'í
April 21 - April 29, 2027	Passover [Pesach-8 days]*	Commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt.	Jewish
April 29, 2027	Ninth Day of Ridván	The day on which Bahá'u'lláh's family joined Him in the Garden of Ridván.	Bahá'í
April 30, 2027	Eastern Orthodox Holy Friday/Good Friday	Friday before Easter, commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ; among some sects of Christianity and in many countries marks a day of fasting.	Eastern Orthodox Christian

May 2027

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
May 1, 2027	Beltane	A festival honoring life in the Pagan and Wiccan religions. It represents the peak of Spring and the beginning of Summer	Wicca/Pagan
May 2, 2027	Twelth Day of Ridván	The day on which Bahá'u'lláh and His family left the garden to travel to Constantinople.	Bahá'í
May 2, 2027	Pascha/Easter	Pascha, or Orthodox Easter, celebrates Jesus Christ's resurrection and is the year's most important holy day. It usually falls one to five weeks after Western Christian Easter, which follows the Gregorian calendar.	Eastern Orthodox Christian
May 3 - May 4, 2027	Yom HaShoah	Holocaust Remembrance Day	Jewish
May 16, 2027	Feast of Pentecost	Pentecost was the "fiftieth" day after Easter and is celebrated in the Christian church as the day on which the Holy Spirit descended upon the followers of Christ gathered in Jerusalem, inspiring them to form a new community of preaching, praise, and practice.	Christian
May 16 - May 17, 2027	Eid al Adha*#	The holiday commemorates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, who was miraculously replaced by a lamb.	Islamic
May 20, 2027	Vesak	Buddha's birth (Japanese tradition)	Buddhist
May 23, 2027	Declaration of the Báb*	The anniversary of the Báb's announcement of His mission in 1844.	Bahá'í
May 24, 2027	Lag B'Omer	Celebrating the anniversary of the passing of the great sage and mystic Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar.	Jewish
May 28 - May 29, 2027	Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh	Marks the passing of Bahá'u'lláh in 1892.	Bahá'í

June 2027

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
Starts appx. June 6, 2027	First 10 days of Muharram*	Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. The Islamic calendar began with the migration – or Hijra – of the Prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina.	Islamic
June 10, 2027 - June 12, 2027	Shavuot	Marks the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai.	Jewish
June 15, 2027	Ashura (10th day of Muharram)*#	This day marks the anniversary of the tragic martyrdom of Husayn, the Prophet's grandson, and many of his family members and companions. Ashura also marks the anniversary of the Exodus of Moses from Egypt.	Islamic
June 21, 2027	Litha-Yule (Solstice)	A Pagan and Wiccan festival that starts on the summer solstice and celebrates midsummer.	Wicca/Pagan

July 2027

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
July 9 - July 10, 2027	Martyrdom of the Báb	Marks execution in 1850	Bahá'í
July 22 - July 23, 2027	Fast of 17th of Tammuz	The fast of the 17th of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, known as Shivah Asar B'Tammuz, is the start of a three-week mourning period for the destruction of Jerusalem and the two Holy Temples.	Jewish
July 25, 2027		The day marking the end of the 40-day mourning period after the Day of Ashura for Muslims.	Islamic

August 2027

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
August 1, 2027	Lughnasadh	This Pagan and Wiccan festival designates the start of the harvest season.	Wicca/Pagan
August 11 - August 12, 2027	Fast of 9th of Av	Tisha B'Av, the 9th day of the month of Av, is the culmination of the Three Weeks, a period of time during which we mark the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.	Jewish
Appx. August 14 - August 15, 2027	Mawlid an-Nabi	This holiday is the anniversary of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad.	Islamic
August 18 - August 27, 2027	Paryushana Parva	A time of intensive study, reflection, and purification. It ends with a final day of confession and asking for forgiveness. Lasts 8-10 days.	Jain
August 25, 2027	Krishna Janmashtami	Celebration of the birthday of Lord Krishna, the eighth Divine Incarnation	Hindu

September 2027

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
September 4, 2027	Ganesh Chaturthi	Festival marking the birth of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha, the god of prosperity and wisdom.	Hindu
September 22, 2027	Mabon	Pagan and Wiccan religions use to mark the autumnal equinox.	Wicca/Pagan

October 2027

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
October 1 - October 3, 2027	Rosh Hashanah*	Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and a day of judgment and coronation of G-d as king.	Jewish
October 5, 2027	Bodhidharma Day (Daruma-ki)	Memorial celebration of Bodhidharma's arrival in China (Japan). Bodhidharma was the founder of the Zen tradition in China.	Buddhist
October 9, 2027	Vijayadashami (Dussehra)	The festival celebrates Hindu god Ram's vanquishing of the 10-headed demon king Ravan, and symbolises the triumph of good over evil.	Hindu
October 10 - October 11, 2027	Yom Kippur*	Holiest day of the year, the Day of Atonement	Jewish
October 15 - October 22 2027	Sukkot*	The seven days of Sukkot is the holiday in which there is dwelling in covered huts, commemorating G‑d's sheltering of the ancestors as they traveled from Egypt to the Promised Land.	Jewish
October 22 - October 24, 2027	Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah*	Celebrates Shemini Atzeret, the first day, and the second day, Simchat Torah. Simchat Torah markes the compeltion and beginning of the annual Torah reading cycle.	Jewish
October 22, 2027	Birth of the Bab*	The Báb (meaning "Gate" in Arabic) is considered to have paved the way for the incarnation of Bahá'u'lláh. The Báb's mission was to awaken the people to the fact that a new period in human history had begun. He called for spiritual and moral reformation	Bahá'í
October 22, 2027	Birth of Bahá'u'lláh	This holiday celebrates the birthday of Bahá'u'lláh, one of the Baha'I faith's most important figures. For Bahá'ís, the Birth of Bahá'u'lláh is a Holy Day celebrating the rebirth of the world through the love of God, just as Christmas is for Christians.	Bahá'í
October 29, 2027	Deepavali/Diwali	A festival of new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness.	Jain/Sikh/Hindu
October 31 - November 1, 2027	Samhain*	A Pagan and Wiccan festival marking the end of the harvest season.	Wicca/Pagan

November 2027

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
November 1, 2027	All Saints Day	The day on which the Christian church celebrates the saints, known and unknown.	Christian
November 1, 2027	Day of the Dead	The Day of the Dead (el Día de los Muertos), is a Mexican holiday where families welcome back the souls of their deceased relatives for a brief reunion that includes food, drink and celebration.	Christian/Latinx
November 14, 2027	Gurunanak Jayanti	Celebrates the birth of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak	Sikh

December 2027

Date	Name	Description	Faith Tradition
December 1, 2027 - December 24, 2027	Advent	Advent is the Christian season of preparation for Christmas, the four weeks before Christmas in the Western churches; the first Sunday in Advent is the beginning of the Christian liturgical year.	Christian
December 8, 2027	Bodhi Day (Rohatsu)	Celebrating the Buddha's awakening	Buddhist
December 8, 2027	Feast of the Immaculate Conception	The Immaculate Conception refers to the conception of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The "immaculate" is not a reference to how she was conceived by her parents, Sts. Joachim and Anne. It acknowledges that God intervened and allowed her to be conceived without the stain of original sin.	Christian (Catholic)
December 12, 2027	Our Lady of Guadalupe	Celebration of when In December 1531, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared as an Aztec princess to Juan Diego on the hill of Tepeyac, outside a small village near Mexico City.	Christian/LatinX
December 21, 2027	Yule/Winter Solstice	A Pagan and Wiccan holiday that celebrates the winter solstice.	Wicca
December 24, 2027 - January 1, 2028	Hanukkah [8-days]*	Chanukah commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after a group of Jewish warriors defeated the occupying mighty Greek armies.	Jewish
December 25, 2027	Christmas	Christmas is the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.	Christian
December 26, 2027 - January 1, 2028	Kwanzaa	Created in 1966 by Maulana Ron Karenga, Kwanzaa is an African American and Pan-African holiday that celebrates history, values, family, community and culture.	African-American
December 28, 2027	Feast of the Holy Family	Feast of the Holy Family, Roman Catholic religious festival falling on the first Sunday after Christmas. Although major feast days dedicated to each member of the Holy Family—Jesus, Mary, and Joseph—also exist, the Feast of the Holy Family commemorates their life together, and the celebration focuses on religious family life.	Christian (Catholic)

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