RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS AND THE 2021-2022 ACADEMIC CALENDAR

Paryushan ** ............................................................... Jain ..................................................September 4-11
Rosh Hashanah * ....................................................... Jewish ............................................. September 6-8  
Yom Kippur * .............................................................  Jewish ............................................. September 15-16  
Sukkot * ......................................................................Jewish ............................................. September 20-27
Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah * ..........................      Jewish ............................................. September 27-29  

Birth of the Prophet Muhammad (Sunni) ** ..........       Islam ............................................... October 19
Birth of the Prophet Muhammad (Shia) ** ............       Islam ............................................... October 24

Diwali ** ...................................................................... Hindu .............................................  November 4
Hanukkah * ................................................................ Jewish ............................................. Nov. 28-Dec. 6

Christmas ....................................................................Christian ........................................ December 25
Kwanzaa ..................................................................... Interfaith/African-American .....       December 26 – Jan. 1

Feast of the Epiphany ...............................................  Christian ........................................ January 6  
Eastern Orthodox Christmas ...................................    Orthodox Christian ......................  January 7  
Sankranti .....................................................................Hindu .............................................January 14 

Ash Wednesday ......................................................... Christian ........................................ March 2
Eastern Orthodox Beginning of Len .......................     Orthodox Christian ......................   March 7
Purim * ........................................................................Jewish .............................................March 16-17 

Ramadan ** .................................................................Islam ...............................................April 2-May 1  
Vaisakhi ...................................................................... Sikh .................................................April 14
Passover (Pesach) * ...................................................Jewish .............................................April 15-23
Good Friday ............................................................... Christian ........................................  April 15  
Easter  .........................................................................Christian ........................................ April 17
Eastern Orthodox Good Friday ...............................    Orthodox Christian ......................    April 22
Eastern Orthodox Easter  .........................................  Orthodox Christian ......................    April 24
23rd  Night of Ramadan ** ......................................... Islam ...............................................April 24
27 th Night of Ramadan ** ......................................... Islam ...............................................April 28

Eid al-Fitr **  ............................................................... Islam ...............................................May 2
Ascension Day ........................................................... Christian ........................................  May 26 

Eastern Orthodox Ascension Day  ..........................    Orthodox Christian ......................    June 2
Shavuot * .....................................................................Jewish ............................................June 4-6
Juneteenth ...................................................................Interfaith/African American ......      June 19
 
* Jewish holy days begin and end at sundown on the first and last days listed.

** These holidays are calculated on a lunar calendar and are approximate. Muslim holidays begin and end at
sundown on the first and last days listed.

*** The Baha'i day ends and a new one begins at sunset; consequently, the day on which a Holy Day is observed begins at sunset of the day before the Gregorian calendar dates given above.