Multicultural Calendar

2025 Calendar Year

• January 2025
• 1: Feast Day of Saint Basil 
  1: Gantan-sai | Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events and activities
  1: Solemnity of Mary
  1: Solemnity of Mary / Mary, Mother of God 
  6: Epiphany / Twelfth Night / Three Kings Day / Dia de los Reyes 
  7: Christmas / Feast of the Nativity | Because this holiday does not fall within the winter break, Eastern Orthodox practioners will likely request this day off
  7: Nativity of Christ
  12: Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
  13: Lohri
  14: Maghi / Makar Sankranti
  15: Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
  15: Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib
  18-25: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
  19: Timkat
  19: World Religion Day
  14: Mahayana New Year
  25: Conversion of Saint Paul
  27: Isra'a and Mi'raj
  29: Lunar New Year / Chinese New Year / Tet / Spring Festival | Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events, and activities on this date
• February 2025
• 1: Imbolc / Candlemas
  1: Saint Brighid of Kildare
  2: Vasant Panchami
  2: Presentation of Our Lord to the Temple
  3: Saint Blaze Day
  3: Setsubum-sai
  9: Triodion
  12-13-Feb: Tu B'shvat
  13-14: Lailat al Bara'ah
  14: Saint Valentine's Day
  15: Parinirvana / Nirvana Day
  25: Maha Shivaratri
  26 Feb 1 - March: Intercalary Days / Ayyam-i-Ha
  28 Feb - 29 March: Nineteen Day Fast
  28 Feb - 30 March: Ramadan | If possible, avoid scheduling major academic deadlines during this time. Be sensitive to the fact that students and employees celebrating Ramadan will be fasting during the day (continuously for 30 days) and will likely have less stamina as a result. If planning an evening event, provide food accommodations (halal dietary restrictions apply).
• March 2025
• 26 Feb - 1 March: Intercalary Days / Ayyam-i-Ha
  28 Feb - 29 March: Nineteen Day Fast
  28 Feb - 30 March: Ramadan | If possible, avoid scheduling major academic deadlines during this time. Be sensitive to the fact that students and employees celebrating Ramadan will be fasting during the day (continuously for 30 days) and will likely have less stamina as a result. If planning an evening event, provide food accommodations (halal dietary restrictions apply).
  3: Clean Monday
  4: Shrove Tuesday / Fat Tuesday
  5: Ash Wednesday: Provide food accomodations (prohibitions include animal products_
  9: Orthodox Sunday
  13: Fast of Esther
  13: L. Ron Hubbard's Birthday
  13: Purim | Purim is not subject to the restrictions on work that affect some other holidays. However, some sources indicate that Jews should not go about their ordinary business on Purim out of respect for the festival. If planning an evening event, provide food accommodations (kosher restrictions apply)
  14: Holi 
  14-16: Hola Mohalla
  16-20: Hamaspathmaidyem Gahambar
  17: Lailat as-Qadr / Nuzul Qur'an 
  17: Saint Patrick's Day
  26: Khordad Sal
  27: Laylat al-Qadr
  29-30: Eid al-Fitr | Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events, or activities on this date. Employees will likely ask to take a vacation day on this day, and that request should be granted if at all possible. If planning an evening event, provide food accommodations (halal dietary restrictions apply)
• April 2025
• 10: Mahavir Jayanti
  12: Hanuman Jayanti
  12-20 April: Pesach / Passover | Avoid scheduling major academic deadlines, events and activities after sundown on the first days, on the following two full days, and on last two days of the holiday. Provide food accomodation (kosher restrictions apply; the use of leavening is prohibited so, for example, matzah is eaten in place of bread.)
  13: Theravadin New Year
  14: Baisakhi / Vaisakhi
  17: Maundy Thursday
  18: Good Friday | Provide food accommodations: Meat is prohibited during meals for some (fish is not considered meat). Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events and activities on the date. 
  20: Pascha / Easter
  20: Easter
  20: First Day of Ridvan | Those celebrating will likely ask for the day off. 
  23: Saint George's Day
  28-29: Ninth Day of Ridvan
  29: Ascension of Jesus
  29-30: Yom Hazikaron
  30: Maidyozarem Gahanbar | Those celebrating will likely ask for the day off.
  30 April 1 -  May: Yom Ha'atzmaut
• May 2025
• 1: Beltane
  1: National Day of Prayer
  1: National Day of Reason
  1-2 May: Twelfth Day of Ridvan | Those celebrating will likely ask for the day off. 
  3: Saint Phillip and James
  12: Visakha Puja / Vesak | Provide food accommodations and offer vegetarian options when planning menus for events on this date
  16: Lag Ba'Omer
  22-23: Declaration of the Bab | Those celebrating will likely request the day off.
  27-28: Ascension of Baha'u'llah | Those celebrating will likely request the day off.
• June 2025
• 1-3 June: Shavuot | Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events and activities. Provide food accommodations (kosher restrictions apply, although, it is customary to eat dairy).
  5: Day of Arafat in Hajj
  6-7 June: Eid al-Adha | Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events, and activities. If planning an evening event, provide food accommodations (halal dietary restrictions apply).
  8: Pentecost
  9: St. Columba of Iona
  15: Trinity Sunday
  16: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan
  19: Corpus Christi
  19: Juneteenth
  19: New Church Day
  20: Litha / Midsomer / Alban Hefin / Summer Solstice
  24: Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
  27: Feast of the Sacred Heart
  26: Al Hijra - New Year
  29: Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul
  29 June - 3 July: Maidyoshahem Gahanbar 
• July 2025
• 29 June - 3 July: Maidyoshahem Gahanbar 
  5-6 July: Day of Ashura | Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events, or activites on this date.
  9: Martyrdom of the Bab: If possible, avoid scheduling major academic deadlines during this time. 
  10: Guru Purnima / Poornima
  11: Saint Benedict Day
  11: Imamat Day
  13: Seventeenth of Tammuz
  15: Saint Vladimir the Great Day
  23: Birthday of Emperor Haile Selassi
  24: Pioneer Day
  25: Saint James the Great Day
• August 2025
• 1: Lammas
  1: Lughnasadh / Imbolc
  1-14 Aug: Fast in Honor of the Holy Mother of Lord Jesus / Dormition Fast | If planning an evening event, provide food accommodations as stipulated.
  2-3 Aug: Tisha Ba'Av | Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events, or activites on this date and after a day of fasting. 
  6: Transfiguration of the Lord
  6: Transfiguration Sunday
  9: Raksha Bandhan
  13-15: Obon
  15: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  15: Dormition of the Theotokis
  16: Krishna Janmashtami | Avoid scheduling major academic deadlines on this day, since it is likely that students will be operating on very little sleep.
  21: Paryushana Parva | Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events or activities during the eight days of fasting. 
  27: Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayak Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi / Ganeshotsav
  29: Beheading of John the Baptist
• September 2025
• 4-5: Mawlid al-Nabi
  6: The Ghost Festival / Ullambrana
  8: Nativity of Mary
  12-16: Paitishahem Gahanbar
  22: Mabon
  22: Alban Elfed / Autumnal Equinox
  22-24: Rosh Hashanah | Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events, or activities on this date. If planning an event, provide food accommodation (kosher restrictions apply).
  22 Sep - 2 Oct: Navratri
  25: Fast of Gedaliah
  27: Elevation of the Life-Giving Cross / Holy Cross Day
  27: Meskel
  30: International Blasphemy Rights Day
• October 2025
• 1-2: Yom Kippur |  Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events, or activities on this date and after a day of fasting. Avoid scheduling activities after 3: 00 pm on the first day.
  2: Mehregan
  2: Dasara / Dussehra
  4: Blessing of the Animals
  4: Saint Francis Day
  6-13: Sukkot | Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events, or activities after sundown on the first evening and on the following two days. If planning an event, provide food accommodation (kosher restrictions apply).
  12-16: Ayathrem Gahanbar
  13-15: Shemini Atzeret | Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events, or activities on this date. If planning an event, provide food accommodations (kosher restrictions apply).
  14-15: Simchat Torah: Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events, and activities on this date. If planning an event, provide food accommodation (kosher restrictions apply).
  20: Diwali / Deepavali | Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events, and activities on this date. Those celebrating will likely request the day off.
  20: First Installation of Guru Granth Sahib in the Golden Temple
  22-23: Twin Holy Days / Birth of the Bab and Baha'u'llah | Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events, or activities on this date. Those celebrating will likely request to have these days off. 
  28: Milvian Bridge Day
  31: All Hallows' Eve / All Saint' Eve / Halloween
  31: Reformation Day
  31 Oct - 1 Nov: Samhain
• November 2025
• 31 Oct - 1 Nov: Samhain1: (Celtic) New Year
  1: All Hallows' Day / All Saints' Day / Hallowmas
  1-2: Día de los Muertos / Day of the Dead / Día de Muertos 
  2: All Souls' Day
  5: Guru Nanak Gurpurab
  15 Nov - 24 Dec: Nativity Fast | If planning an event, provide food accommodations as stipulated
  23: Feast of Christ the King
  24: Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur
  24-25: Day of Covenant
  28: Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha
  30: Saint Andrew's Day
  30 Nov - 24 Dec: Advent
• December 2025
• 6: Saint Nicholas Day
  8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception
  8: Bodhi Day
  12: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
  13: Salgirah
  14-22: Hanukkah / Chanukah | Work is permitted, not a work holiday. Provide food accommodation (kosher restrictions apply‚ potato pancakes, doughnuts or other fried food is customary).
  16-24: Posadas Navideñas
  21: Yalda Night / Shab-e Yalda / Shab-e Chelleh
  25: Christmas | This is a national holiday in the United States, so special accommodations are likely not required. 
  26 Dec - 1 Jan: Kwanzaa
  26: Zartosht No-Diso
  28: Holy Innocents Day
  28: Feast of the Holy Family
  31: Watch Night