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Department of Spiritual Life and Service Calendar

2025-2026 Holidays and Observances

August

• August 9 Arbaeen (Shia Muslim/Islam)August 26 Krishna Janmashthami (Hindu)
• August 16 Krishna Janmashthami (Hindu)

September 

• September 3 ��� 4 Mawlid an-Nabi (Muslim/Islam)
• September 22 ���2 4 Rosh Hashanah (Jewish)
• September 22 ��� October 2 Navaratri (Hindu)

October

• October 2 Yom Kippur (Jewish)
• October 2 Vijayadashami (Hindu)
• October 6 ��� 13 Sukkot (Jewish)
• October 13 ��� 15 Shemini Atzeret (Jewish)
• October 14 -15 Simchat Torah (Jewish)
• October 18 ��� October 22 Diwali (Hindu/Jain/Sikh)
• October 31 Reformation Day (Protestant Christian)
• October 31 ��� November 2 Dia de los Muertos (Mesoamerican/Christian)

November

• November 1 All Saint���s Day (Christian)
• November 2 All Soul���s Day (Christian)
• November 15 ��� December 24 Nativity Fast (Orthodox Christian)
• November 27 Thanksgiving (Interfaith/USA)

December

• November 30 ��� December 24 Advent (Christian)
• December 8 Immaculate Conception (Catholic) ��� Mass in the university Chapel at 12:05pm
• December 8 Bodhi Day (Buddhist)
• December 14 ��� December 22 Hanukkah (Jewish)
• December 25 Christmas (Christian)
• December 26 January 1 Kwanzaa (African American)

January

• January 1 Feast of Mary, Mother of God (Catholic)
• January 6 Epiphany (Christian)
• January 7 Orthodox Christmas (Orthodox Christian)
• January 23 Vasant Panchami (Hindu)
• January 30 Mahayana New Year (Buddhist)

February

• February 1 ��� 2 Tu B���shevat (Jewish)
• February 15 Nirvana Day (Buddhist)
• February 16 - 22 Chinese/Vietnamese/Korean New Year (Buddhist/Daoist/ Confucian)
• February 15 - 16 Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
• February 17 ��� March 18 Ramadan (Muslim/Islam)
• February 18 Ash Wednesday (Christian) ��� Ash distribution in the university Chapel

March

• March 3 Clean Monday (Orthodox Christian)
• March 2 ��� 3 Purim (Jewish)
• March 4 Holi (Hindu)
• March 17 St. Patrick���s Day (Christian)
• March 19 New Year (Hindu)
• March 19 ��� 20 Eid al Fitr (Muslim/Islam)
• March 26 Rama Navami (Hindu)
• March 29 ��� April 5 Holy Week and Easter (Christian)

April 

• April 1 ��� 9 Passover (Jewish)
• April 13 ��� 16 Songkran/Thingyan/Pi Mai Lao (Buddhist)
• April 5 ��� 12 Orthodox Holy Week and Pascha (Easter) (Orthodox Christian)
• April 13 - 14 Yom HaShoah (Jewish)

May

• May 14 Ascension (Catholic and Orthodox Christian)
• May 21 - 23 Shavuot (Jewish)
• May 24 Pentecost (Christian/Orthodox Christian)
• May 26 Eid al Adha (Muslim/Islam)

June

• June 29 The Feast of Saints and Peter and Paul (Christian)