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Holy days in bold are considered very important holy days. Please take note when scheduling: students, faculty and employees may be absent from school or work.


Religious Index
Baha'i	Islam	Sikhism
Buddhist	Jainism	Pagan
Christianity	Judaism	Shinto
Hinduism	Rastafarian	Zoroastrian

	Baha'i	Related links
Feb 26-March 1	Intercalary Days	The Bah�'� World - Official Website
March 2	Al� (19 Day Fast Begins)	www.bahai.com
March 21	Now Ruz (New Year)	Bah�'�-Faith.org
March 21	Feast Of Ridvan
May 23	Declaration of the Bab/Birth of Bahaullah
May 29	Ascension of Baha'u'llah
July 9	Martyrdom of the Bab
October 20	Birth of the B'ab
November 12	Birth of the Baha'u'llah
November26	Day of the Covenant
November28	Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha
All holy days begin at sunset of the previous day
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	Buddhist	Related links
February 13	Nirvana Day	Buddha.net
February 15	Paranirvana Day- (Buddha�s Death)	Buddhist Society
March 14	Magha Puja Day	Bodh Gaya - The Sacred Buddhist village
April 8	Birth of Buddha�s	Monasteries of Tibet
April 13	Therevadin Buddhist New Year	Plant Cultures - sacred and spiritual
May 13	Buddha Day - Visakha Puja
May 23	Wesak
July 6	Dalai Lama Birthday
July 11	Asalha Puja Day
July 13	Obon (Ulambana)
July 21	Wassana
August 10	Asalha Puja
October 7	Pavarana Day
November 15	Kathina
December 8	Bodhi Day
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	Christianity	Related links
January-6	Epiphany	Christianity.com
January-6	Three King's Day	Christianitytoday.com
February-2	Candlemas	Vatican
March-1	Ash Wednesday	Holycrossonline.org
March-1	St. David's Day
March-17	St. Patrick's Day
March-25	Annunciation
March-26	Laetare Sunday
April-9	Palm Sunday
April-14	Good Friday
April-16	Easter Sunday
April-23	St. George's Day
May-25	Ascension
June-4	Pentecost
June-11	Trinity Sunday
June-15	Corpus Christi
August-6	The Transfiguration
August-15	Assumption Day
November-1	All Saint's Day
November-2	All Soul's Day
November-30	St. Andrew's Day
December-8	Immaculate Conception
December-24	Christmas Eve
December-25	Christmas Day
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Coptic and Eastern Orthodox
January 6	Armenian Christmas
January 7	Christmas
January 14	New Year
January 19	Theophany/Timkat
March 6	Great Lent begins
April 16	Palm Sunday
April 20	Holy Thursday
April 21	Holy FridayRIDAY
April 23	Pascha (Easter)
June 1	Ascension
June 11	Pentecost
August 15	Assumption
September 11	Meskerem
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	Hinduism	Related links
February 2	Vasant Panchami	The Hindu Universe
February 26	Maha Shivaratri	Hindu Resources Online
March 14	Holi	Hinduism Today
March 30	Hindi New Year- Vaisakhi	Plant Culture - Sacred and spiritual
March 30	Ramayana Begins	Plant Culture - Religious art
April 6	Rama Navami (close of Ramayana)
April 13	Hanuman Jayanti
April 13	Baisakhi
April 14	Vaisakhi (vye-sak-hee) (New Year)
May 13	Buddha Purnima/Vasakhi Purnima
July 11	Guru Purnima
July 28	Teej
July 30	Nag Panchami
September 8	Pitr-Paksha
September 23	Navaratri begins (to October 1)
September 29	Saraswati Puja
October 1	Navaratri ends
October 2	Dasshera
October 21	Diwali
November 15	Guru Nanak Jayanti
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	ISLAM	Related links
Jan 10	Eid-Ul-Adha	Islamicity
Jan 31	Hijra New year	muslimheritage.com
Feb 9	Ashura	Zaytuna Institute
Feb 10	1^st Muharram	Virtual Civilisation
April 11	Mawlid an Nabi	ediscoverIslam
August 22	Lailat al Miraj	I slamia
September 9	Lailat al Bara'ah
September 24	Ramadan begins (through Oct. 23)
October 20	Jummatul Wida
October 24	Eid al Fitr
December 30	Waqf al Arafa (Hajj Day)
December 31	Eid al Adha
The Islamic calendar is subject to sighting of moon
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	Jainism	Related Links
April 11	Mahavir Jayanti	Jain Spirit
April 21	Mahavira Jayanti	Institute of Jainology
May 10	Akshaya Tritya	Jain Alliance
September 1	Parva	Plant cultures - Sacred and spiritual
September 8	Dashalakshani-Parva	Jain World
September 8	Samvatsari
September 17	Ananta-Chaturdasi
September 18	Ksamavani
October 31	Deep Diwali
November 1	Mahavira Nirvana
November 26	Lokashah Jayanti

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	JUDAISM	Related Links
February-13	Tu B'Shevat	Judaism 101
March-14	Purim	The Judaism Site
April-13	Passover	UNION for REFORM JUDAISM
May-16	Lag B'omer	Jewish net
June-2	Shavu'ot	Torah.org
August-3	Tisha B'Av
August-25	Month of Elul Begins
September-8 to September-9	First Selichot Service
September-16 to September-17	First Selichot Service
September-23	Rosh Hashanah
October-2	Yom Kippur / Atonement Day
October-6-13	Sukkot
October-14	Simkhat Torah
December-16 - 23	Chanukkah
December-31	The Tenth of B'Tevet

Note: Each holiday begins at sundown the previous day
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	Sikhism	Related links
January-5	Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib	All about sikh
January-13	Maghi	Sikhnet.com
March-14	Sikh New Year	Plant Cultures
March-15	Hola Mohalla	Sikh Point
April-14	Vaisakhi	Sikhs.org
September-1	First Parkash (Nanakshaki)
September-1	First Parkash Guru Granth Sahib
October-20	Installation of Holy Scriptures as Guru Granth Sahib Ji
October-21	Diwali (Bandi Chhor Divas)
November-5	Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib
November-24	Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib
Note: Dates for Sikh holidays are determined according to the date of their observance in India.
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	Paganism	Related links
February-1	Lunasa or Lammas (Southern Hemisphere)	Witchvox
February-1	Oimelc / Brigid (Northern Hemisphere)	The Pagan Federation
February-2	Candlemas	Wicca.org
March-21	Mabon - Autumnal Equinox (Southern Hemisphere)	Wiccan Resources
March-21	Ostara - Spring Equinox (Northern Hemisphere)	Pagans.org
April-30	Beltane (Northern Hemisphere)
April-30	Samhain (Southern Hemisphere)
June-21	Litha - Summer Solstice (Northern Hemisphere)
June-21	Yule - Winter Solstice (Southern Hemisphere)
July-31	Lunasa or Lammas (Northern Hemisphere)
July-31	Oimelc / Brigid (Southern Hemisphere)
September-21	Mabon - Autumnal Equinox (Northern Hemisphere)
September-21	Ostara - Spring Equinox (Southern Hemisphere)
October-31	Beltane (Southern Hemisphere)
October-31	Samhain (Northern Hemisphere)
December-21	Litha - Summer Solstice (Southern Hemisphere)
December-21	Yule - Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere)
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	Rastafarian	Related Links
January-6	Christamas Day (Ethiopian)	wikipedia
April-21	Anniversary of Haile Selassie's visit to Jemaica	Imperialethiopia
July- 23	Birthday of Hailae Selassie	Time Europe: Haile Selassie
August-17	Birthday of Marcus Garvey	Rastafarispeaks
September-11	Ethiopian New Year
November-2	Anniversary of the Crowning of Haile Selassie
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	Shinto	Related Links
February-3-4	Setsubun	Shinto festivals
March-21	Shunbun no Hi / Vernal Equinox Day	Japanese holidays
July-13	O - Bon / Festival of Souls (lunar date)	Shintoism
July 30	Oh-Harai-Taisai
August-6	Hiroshima Peace Ceremony
August-13-17	O - Bon / Festival of Souls (solar date)
September-23	Shubun no Hi / Autumnal Equinox Day
November-15	Shichi - Go - San (Seven - Five - Three)
December 21	Tohji-Tasai
December-31	Omisoka
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	Zoroastrian	Related Links
		The World Zoroastrian
March-21	Nawroz (New Year's Day )	Zoroastrian Sacred text
March-26	Khordad Sal (Fasli)	Avesta
May-28	Zartusht - No - Diso (Shensai)
August-26	Khordad Sal (Shensai)
December-26	Zartusht - No - Diso (Fasli)
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