Holy Days for 2013 - Diversity and Equal Opportunity Office

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MAJOR HOLY DAYS FOR 2013

These are days suggested by various religious leaders as days when classes or work may need to be missed for religious observances. It is not an exhaustive list of Holy days.

Notes
1. * Holy days usually begin at sundown the day before this date.
2. ** Local or regional customs may use a variation of this date.
Bold titles are primary holy days of a tradition.

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JANUARY 2013

1
- Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
- Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
- Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
- Holy Name of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
5
- Twelfth Night - Christian
- Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
6
- Epiphany - Christian
- Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian
- Dia de los Reyes - Christian
- Nativity of Christ - Armenian Orthodox
7
- Nativity of Christ ** - Orthodox Christian
5
- Twelfth Night - Christian
7
- Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian
13
- Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
- Maghi - Sikh
15
- World Religion Day - Baha'i
17
- Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
18-25
- Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
19
- Timkat- Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
20
- World Religion Day - Baha'i
24
- Mawlid an Nabi * ** - Islam
25
- Conversion of Saint Paul - Christian
26
- Tu BiShvat * - Jewish
27-30
- Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist

FEBRUARY 2013

2
- Candlemas - Christian
- Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian
- Saint Brighid of Kildare - Celtic Christian
- Imbolc and Sughnassad * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and southern hemispheres
3
- Four Chaplains Sunday- Interfaith
- Setsubun-sai - Shinto
10
- Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
- Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist
12
- Shrove Tuesday - Christian
13
- Ash Wednesday - Lent begins through March 23 Christian
14
- Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist
- Valentine's Day - Christian
15
- Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
- Nirvana ** - Jain
24
- Purim * - Jewish
- Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
26 - March 1
- Intercalary Days * - Baha'i

MARCH 2013

2 -20
- Nineteen Day Fast * - Baha'i
10
- Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
- Saint David of Wales - Christian
- Maha Shivaratri - Hindu
13
- L. Ron Hubbard birthday - Scientology
17
- St Patrick's Day - Christian
- Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
18
- Clean Monday - Lent begins - Orthodox Christian
19
- Saint Joseph's Day - Christian
20 Equinox
- Ostara * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
- Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
21
- Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i
- Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
23
- Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
24
- Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
- Palm Sunday - Christian
25
- Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin - Christian
26-27 *
- Pesach (Passover) First two days * - Judaism
26
- Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) Zoroastrian
27
- Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
- Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
- Holi ** - Hindu
28
- Maundy Thursday - Christian
- Hola Mohalla - Sikh
- Birth of Prophet Zarathushtra ** - Zoroastrian
29
- Good Friday - Christian
31
- Easter - Christian

APRIL 2013

2
- Pesach - Last two days * - Jewish
7
- Yom HaShoah * - Jewish
11
- Hindu New Year ** - Hindu
11-20
- Ramayana ** - Hindu
14
- Baisakhi - New Year - Sikh
15
- Yom Ha'Atzmaut* - Jewish
20
- Ramanavani ** - Hindu
21
- First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
23
- St. George Day - Christian
25
- Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
- Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
25-28
- Therevadin New Year ** - Buddhist
28
- Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
29
- Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i

MAY 2013

1
- Beltane and Samhain * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and southern hemispheres
2
- Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
- National Day of Prayer USA - Interfaith
3
- Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
5
- Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
9
- Ascension Day - Christian
15-16
- Shavuot * - Jewish
19
- Pentecost (Whit Sunday) - Christian
23
- Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
25
- Visakha Puja - Buddha Day ** - Buddhist
26
- Trinity Sunday - Christian
29
- Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
30
- Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian

JUNE 2013

5
- Lailat al Miraj * ** - Islam
7
- Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
13
- Ascension of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
16
- Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
19
- New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
21 Solstice
- Litha * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
- Yule * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
23
- Lailat al Bara'ah * ** - Islam
- Pentecost - Orthodox Christian
24
- Lailat al Bara'ah * - Islam
29
- Saints Peter and Paul - Christian
30
- All Saints - Orthodox Christian

JULY 2013

9
- Ramadan begins * ** - Islam
- Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
11
- Saint Benedict Day - Christian
13-15
- Obon ** - Shinto -Buddhist
15
- Saint Vladimir Day - Christian
16
- Tish'a B'Av
22
- Asalhka Puja Day ** - Buddhist
24
- Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian

AUGUST 2013

1
- Fast in Honor of the Holy Mother of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
- Lammas - Christian
- Lughnassad and Imbolc * ** - Wicca/Pagan Northern and southern hemispheres
3
- Laylat al Kadr * - Islam
6
- Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
8-11
- Eid al Fitr * ** - Islam
15
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
- Dormition of the Theotokos _ Orthodox Christian
21
- Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
28
- Krisha Janmashtami ** - Hindu
29
- Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian

SEPTEMBER 2013

1
- Ecclesiastical Year begins - Orthodox Christian
5-6
- Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
9
- Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu
10
- Paryushana Parva ** - Jain
14
- Yom Kippur* - Jewish
- Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day - Christian
19-25
- Sukkot* - Jewish
22 Equinox
- Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
- Ostara * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
26
- Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
27
- Simchat Torah * - Jewish
- Meskel - Ethiopian Christian
29
- Michael and All Angels - Christian

OCTOBER 2013

4
- Saint Francis Day - Catholic Christian
5-13
- Navaratri ** - Hindu
14
- Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * ** - Islam
- Thanksgiving - Canada - Interfaith
- Dasera ** - Hindu
15-18
- Eid al Adha * ** - Islam
18
- Saint Luke - Apostle and Evangelist - Christian
20
- Birth of the Báb * - Baha'i
- Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
27
- Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian
31
- All Hallows Eve - Christian

NOVEMBER 2013

1
- All Saints Day - Christian
- Samhain and Beltane * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
1-5
- Deepavali ** - Hindu
2
- All Soul's Day - Catholic Christian
3
- Diwali - Deepavali ** - Hindu - Jain - Sikh
- Jain New Year ** - Jain
4
- Hijra - New Year * ** - Islam
12
- Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Bahai
13
- Ashura * ** - Islam
4
- Christ the King - Christian
14
- Winter Lent begins to 12/25 - Orthodox Christian
17
- Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday - Sikh
21
- Yule - Christian
24
- Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh
26
- Day of the Covenant * - Baha'i
28
- Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha * - Baha'i
- Thanksgiving - USA - Interfaith
28-Dec 5
- Hanukkah * - Judaism
30
- Saint Andrew's Day - Christian

DECEMBER 2013

1 through 24
- Advent (first Sunday) - Christian
6
- Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
8
- Rohatsu - Bodhi Day ** - Buddhist
- Immaculate Conception of Mary - Catholic Christian
12
- Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
16-25
- Posadas Navidenas - Christian
21 Solstice
- Yule * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
- Litha * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
- Yule - Christian
24
- Christmas Eve - Christian
25
- Christmas * - Christian
26
- Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra)** - Zoroastrian
28
- Holy Innocents - Christian
29
- Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
31
- Watch Night - Christian

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