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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.

2025-2026

August 2024

August 1: Lughnasadh

August 9: Raksha Bandan

August 15: Assumption Day

September 2024

September 1: Labor Day

September 11: Patriot Day

September 19: International Talk Like a Pirate Day

September 22: Mabon

October 22-24: Rosh Hashanah

September 22-October 2: Navaratri

October 2024

October 1: National Day (China)

October 1-2: Yom Kippur

October 2: Dussehra

October 6-13: Sukkot

October 13: Indigenous Peoples' Day

October 13-15: Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah

October 20-21: Diwali

October 22: Birth of Báb

October 22: Birth of Bahá'u'lláh

October 31: Halloween

November 2024

November 1: All Saints' Day, Samhain

November 2: All Souls' Day

November 11: Veterans Day

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

November 27: Thanksgiving

November 30: Advent begins

December 2024

December 7: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe (Feast Day)

December 14: Chanukah begins

December 21: Yule

December 22: Chanukah ends

December 25: Christmas

December 26: Kwanzaa begins

January 2025

January 1: New Year's Day

January 1: Kwanzaa ends

January 3: Mahayana New Year

January 6: Epiphany

January 18-25: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

January 18: World Religion Day

January 19: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

February 2024

February 1: Imbolc

February 1-2: Tu b'shevat

February 2: Groundhog Day

February 12: Lincoln's Birthday

February 14: Valentine's Day

February 16: Washington's Birthday, President's Day

February 17: Lunar New Year

February 17: Ramadan begins

February 17: Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras

February 18: Ash Wednesday

March 2025

March 3: Māgha Pūjā/Macha Bucha Day

March 4: Holi

March 8: International Women's Day

March 17: St. Patrick's Day

March 19-20: Eid al-Fitr

March 20: Ostara

April 2025

April 1: April Fool's Day

April 1-9: Passover

April 3: Good Friday

April 5: Easter

April 5: Ching Ming Day

April 13: Theravadin New Year

April 13-14: Yom Hashoah

April 14: Vaisakhi

April 22: Earth Day

May 2025

May 1: Beltane

May 1: Visakha Bucha Day

May 1: Wesak Day

May 4: May Day

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

May 7: National Day of Prayer

May 10: Mother's Day

May 21-23: Shavuot

May 25: Africa Day

May 25: Memorial Day

May26-27: Eid al-Adha

May 28-29: Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh

June 2025

June 14: Flag Day

July 16-17: Al-Hijra

June 19: Dragon Boat Festival

June 19: Juneteenth

June 21: Father's Day

June 21: Litha (Summer Solstice)

July 2025

July 1: Canada Day

July 4: Independence Day

July 29: Asahna Bucha Day