January 2007
01 Temple Day, Buddhist
01 Gantan-sai, Shinto
05 Birthday of Guru Gobind Sin gh, Sikh
06 Epiphany/Three Kings Day, Christian [Western]
07 Feast of the Nativity, Christian [Eastern, Ethiopian]
10 Muharam New Year, Muslim
19 Asura, Muslim
21 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
20 Muharam (New Year), Muslim
22-25 Mahayana New Year, Buddhist
22 Tu B’Shevat, Jewish
31 Birthday of Guru Har Rai, Sikh
February
02 Imbolc, Wicca
03 Setsunbun-sai, Shinto
05 Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras, Christian
06 Ash Wednesday, Christian
07 Chinese New Year Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist
11 Vasant Panchami, Hindu
15 Nirvana Day, Buddhist
March
02 Nineteen Day Fast begins, Baha’i
06 Maha Shivratri, Hindu
08 International Women’s Day
16 Palm Sunday, Christian
20 Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet), Muslim
20 Maundy Thursday, Christian [Western]
21 Naw Ruz (New Year), Baha’i
21 Good Friday, Christian [Western]
21 Spring Ohigon, Buddhist
21 Holi, Hindu
21 Purim, Jewish
21 Shunki-sorei-sai, Shinto
21 Ostara, Wicca
21 Jamshedi Noruz (New Year), Zoroastrian (Qadimi)
22 Hola Mohalla, Sikh
22 Jamshedi Noruz (New Year), Zoroastrian (Fasli)
23 Easter Sunday, Christian (Western)
25 Milad un Nabi, (Shia) Muslim
26 Khordad Sal (Zoroaster Bday), Zorastrian (Fasli)
April
06-14 Ramayana, Hindu
14 Baisaki, Sikh
18 Mahavir Jayanti, Jain
19 Hanuman Jayanti, Hindu
20 Palm Sunday, Christian [Eastern]
20-28 Passover, Jewish
21 Ridvan – First Day, Baha’i
25 Holy Friday, Christian [Eastern]
27 Easter/Pascha, Christian [Eastern]
29 Ridvan – Ninth Day, Baha’i
May
01 Beltane, Wicca
02 Ridvan – Twelfth Day, Baha’i
02 Yom Hashoah, Jewish
11 Pentecost – Whitsun, Christian [Western]
18 Trinity Sunday, Christian [Western]
18 All Saints, Christian [Eastern]
20 Buddha Day – Visakha Puja, Buddhist
The Colleges’ policy on religious observance includes the following: “The Colleges accept the responsibility of making available to each student who is absent from class because of religious obligations and practices an equivalent opportunity to make up any examination, study or work requirement missed.”
Major holidays, especially those with work restrictions, are listed in bold type. Jewish and Muslim holidays begin the evening before.
If your religion is not reflected in this list, please feel free to contact The Rev. Lesley M. Adams, Chaplain.
