Holidays from Various Faiths

January 2023

Date Holiday/Religion
January 1 Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christianity 
January 5 Parkash Utsav Dasveh Patsha - Sikh
January 6 Epiphany - Christianity
January 6 Orthodox Christmas - Eastern Christianity
January 7 Mahayana New Year begins - Buddhism
January 20 Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti - Sikhism 
January 22 Lunar New Year - Confucian, Daoist and Buddhist

February 2023

Date Holiday/Religion
February 15 Nirvana Day - Buddhism
February 18 Maha Shivaratri - Hinduism
February 22 Ash Wednesday (beginning of Lent) - Christianity
February 25 Ayyám-i-Há begins - Bahá'í

March 2023

Date Holiday/Religion
March 6 Purim - Judaism
March 8 Holla Mohalla begins - Sikhism 
March 8 Holi (Festival of Colors) - Hinduism
March 17 St. Patrick’s Day - Christianity
March 20 Naw-Rúz - Bahá'í New Year’s Day
March 20 Spring Equinox
March 23 Ramadan begins - Islam

April 2023

Date Holiday/Religion
April 2  Palm Sunday (Holy Week Begins) - Christianity
April 5 Passover (Pesach) begins - Judaism
April 6  Holy Thursday - Christianity
April 7 Good Friday - Christianity
April 9 Easter Sunday - Christianity
April 13 Sikh New Year
April 14 Vaisakhi - Sikhism
April 16 Orthodox Easter - Orthodox Christianity 
April 17 Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) - Judaism
April 18  Laylat al Qadr - Islam
April 21 Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) - Islam

May 2023

Date Holiday/Religion
May 18 The Ascension of Jesus (Day of Obligation) - Catholic Christianity 
May 19  Vesak (Buddha Day) - Buddhism
May 25 Shavuot begins - Judaism 
May 28 Pentecost - Christianity

June 2023

Date Holiday/Religion
June 28 Waqf al Arafa - Hajj - Islam
June 29 Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice) - Islam
June 21 Summer Solstice

July 2023

Date Holiday/Religion
July 19 Hijra (Islamic New Year) - Islam
July 31 Feast Day of Saint Ignatius - Catholic Christianity

August 2023

Date Holiday/Religion
August 15 Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary (Day of Obligation) - Catholic Christianity
August 29 Onam - Hinduism

September 2023

Date Holiday/Religion
September 1 Pahila Prakash Granth Sahib - Sikhism
September 6 Sri Krishna Janmashtami - Hinduism
September 7-8 Rosh Hashanah - Judaism 
September 15-16 Yom Kippur - Judaism
September 20 Sukkot begins - Judaism
September 22 Autumnal Equinox
September 26 Mawlid - (Sunni) Islam
September 28 Simchat Torah - Judaism

October 2023

Date Holiday/Religion
October 4 Feast Day of St. Francis - Catholic Christianity
October 7 Simchat Torah - Judaism
October 15  Navatri begins - Hinduism

November 2023

Date Holiday/Religion
November 1 Solemnity of All Saints (Day of Obligation) - Christianity
November 2 Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls) - Christianity
November 7 Birth of the Báb - Bahá'í
November 8 Birth of Bahá’u’lláh - Bahá'í 
November 12 Diwali (Deepavali) - Hinduism
November 22 Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s Birthday - Sikhism
November 26 Solemnity of Christ the King - Christianity

December 2023

Date Holiday/Religion
December 7 Hanukkah begins - Judaism
December 8 Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary (Day of Obligation) - Catholic Christianity
December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christianity
December 21 Winter Solstice
December 24 Christmas Eve - Catholic Christianity
December 25 Christmas - Catholic Christianity
December 26 Kwanzaa begins - African-American

 

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