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Office of the Provost

Non-exhaustive List of Religious Holidays/Holy Days

Pursuant to , which became effective on Oct. 24, 2024, the Department of Education and Workforce compiled a non-exhaustive list of major religious holidays for the upcoming school year.

A student is permitted to be absent, without penalty, for up to three days each academic semester to take holidays for reasons of faith or religious or spiritual belief system or to participate in organized activities conducted under the auspices of a religious denomination church, or other religious or spiritual organization.

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The religious expression days do not count toward parental notification requirements under for excessive absences.Ìý

2025-2026 Non-Exhaustive List of Major Religious Holidays

  • Rosh Hashanah: September 22-24, 2025
  • Yom Kippur: October 1-2, 2025
  • Diwali: October 20-21, 2025
  • Hanukkah: December 21-29, 2025
  • Ramadan: February 17 - March 18, 2026
  • Ash Wednesday: February 18, 2026 Ìý
  • Eid al-Fitr: March 19-20, 2026
  • Pesach (Passover): April 1-9, 2026
  • Good Friday: April 3, 2026
  • Easter: April 5, 2026
  • Eid al-Adha: May 26-27, 2026

Learn how students can request classroom accommodation for religious holiday.

Additional Holidays/Holy Days

Judaism

Tu BiShvat
Purim
Yorn HaShoah
Lag B'Omer
Pesach (Passover)
Yorn HaSho'ah
Yorn Ha'Azmaut
Shavuot
Tisha B'Av
Rosh Hashanah
Yorn Kippur
Sukkot
Shemini
Sim chat Torah
Hanukkah

Christianity

Feast of Mary Mother of God
Christmas - Eastern Orthodox
Epiphany
Ash Wednesday
Lent
Orthodox Lent
Feast of the Annunciation
Palm Sunday
Holy Thursday
Good Friday
Easter
Pascha/ Easter (Eastern Orthodox)
Feast of the Ascension
Pentecost
Trinity Sunday
Corpus Christi Sunday
Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Nativity of St. John the Baptist
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola
Feast of the Assumption of Mary
All Saints Day
All Souls Day
Dia de los Muertos
Feast of Christ the King
Advent Season
Feast of St. Francis Xavier
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Christmas

Islam

Sabe-Miraj or Lailatul Me'raj
Sabe Ba rat
Ramadan
Lailatul Qadr
Eid al-Fitr
Day of Arafa / Haj/Waqf of Arafa
Eid-ul Adha
Islamic New Year
Ashura
Mawlid-al-Nabi

Hinduism

Maha Shivaratri
Shri Ramakrishna Jayanti
Holi
Rama Navami
Mahavir-Jayanti
Raksha Bandhan
Krishna Janmashtami
Navaratri
Diwali

Buddhism

BodhiDay
Lunar New Year
Magha Puja Day
Vesak
Buddha Day/Visakha Puja
Diwali

Sikh

Birthday of Guru Go bind Singh Sahib
Mahavir-Jayanti
Vaisakhi
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib
Diwali
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib
Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib

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'Ala' (Loftiness)
Naw-Ruz
Ridvan
Declaration of the Bab
Ascension ofBaha'u'llah
Martyrdom of the Bab
Birth of the Bab
Birth of Bahaullah
Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha

Shinto

Gantan-sai
Setsubum-sai

Other

Kwanzaa
Lunar New Year

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