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Holidays and Observances

This guide provides information about a variety of cultural and religious celebrations, including calendars. Use this resource to assure inclusivity and plan accommodations in events and classroom activities.

2024-2025

August 2024

August 1: Lughnasadh

August 15: Assumption Day

August 19: Raksha Bandan

September 2024

September 2: Labor Day

September 11: Patriot Day

September 19: International Talk Like a Pirate Day

September 22: Mabon

October 2024

October 1: National Day (China)

October 2-4: Rosh Hashanah

October 3-12: Navaratri

October 11-12: Yom Kippur

October 12: Dussehra

October 14: Indigenous Peoples' Day

October 16-23: Sukkot

October 23-25: Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah

October 31: Halloween

November 2024

November 1: All Saints' Day, Samhain

November 1: Diwali

November 2: All Souls' Day

November 2: Birth of Báb

November 3: Birth of Bahá'u'lláh

November 11: Veterans Day

November 26-27: Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha

November 28: Thanksgiving

December 2024

December 1: Advent begins

December 7: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe (Feast Day)

December 21: Yule

December 25: Christmas

December 25: Chanukah begins

December 26: Kwanzaa begins

January 2025

January 1: New Year's Day

January 1: Chanukah ends

January 1: Kwanzaa ends

January 6: Epiphany

January 14: Mahayana New Year

January 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 18-25: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

January 19: World Religion Day

January 29: Lunar New Year

February 2024

February 1: Imbolc

February 2: Groundhog Day

February 12-13: Tu b'shevat

February 12: Lincoln's Birthday

February 13: Māgha Pūjā/Macha Bucha Day

February 14: Valentine's Day

February 17: Washington's Birthday, President's Day

March 2025

March 1: Ramadan begins

March 4: Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras

March 5: Ash Wednesday

March 8: International Women's Day

March 14: Holi

March 17: St. Patrick's Day

March 20: Ostara

March 31: Eid al-Fitr

April 2025

April 1: April Fool's Day

April 18: Good Friday

April 20: Easter

April 4: Ching Ming Day

April 12-20: Passover

April 13: Theravadin New Year

April 14: Vaisakhi

April 22: Earth Day

April 23-24: Yom Hashoah

May 2025

May 1: Beltane

May 1: National Day of Prayer

May 5: May Day

May 5: National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People (Red Dress Day)

May 11: Mother's Day

May 12: Visakha Bucha Day

May 12: Wesak Day

May 25: Africa Day

May 26: Memorial Day

May 27-28: Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh

June 31: Dragon Boat Festival

June 2025

June 1-3: Shavuot

June 6-7: Eid al-Adha

June 14: Flag Day

June 15: Father's Day

June 16: Juneteenth

June 20: Litha (Summer Solstice)

July 2025

July 1: Canada Day

July 4: Independence Day

July 10: Asahna Bucha Day

July 26-27: Al-Hijra