Calendar of Religious Holidays

The University of Arizona will remain open on most of the Religious Holidays listed below. See the General Catalog's Academic Calendar for University-wide holidays and closures.

Calendar covers the following religious groups:
Bahá'is, Catholic, Episcopalian, Jewish, Lutheran, Muslim, and Orthodox Christian.
Calendar compiled by the University Religious Council. Please contact the Hillel Foundation at (520) 624-6561 for further information.

Religious Holidays: The religious holidays listed below have been designated non-work days by the religions that celebrate them. See also, Work Not Strictly Forbidden
	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
Shabbat. Jewish Sabbath. Every week from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown. (Also observed by several Christian denominations, the largest being 7th Day Adventists.
Tibetan New Year	Feb 16	Feb 16	Feb 12	Mar 3
Bahá'is Feast of Naw-Ruz	Mar 21	Mar 20	Mar 21	Mar 21
Bahá'is 1st day of Ridvan	Apr 21	Apr 20	Apr 21	Apr 21
Bahá'is 9th day of Ridvan	Apr 29	Apr 29	Apr 29	Apr 29
Bahá'is 12th day of Ridvan	May 2	May 2	May 2	May 2
Bahá'is Declaration of the Bab	May 23	May 23	May 23	May 23
Bahá'is Ascension of Baha'u'llah	May 29	May 29	May 28	May 29
Vesak (Buddhist)**	May 29	May 29	May 26	May 15
Bahá'is Martyrdom of the Bab	Jul 9	Jul 9	Jul 9	Jul 9
Eid al-Fitr*	Jun 15	Jul 5	May 13	May 2
Rosh Hashanah•	Sept 10-11	Sept 30-Oct 1	Sept 19-20	Sept 7-8
Yom Kippur•	Sept 19	Oct 9	Set 28	Sept 16
Eid al-Adha*	Aug 22	Aug 12	Jul 31	Jul 20
Sukkot•	Sept 24-25	Oct 14-15	Oct 3-4	Sept 21-22
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah•	Oct 1-2	Oct 21-22	Oct 10-11	Sept 28-29
Bahá'is Birth of the Bab	Nov 9	Oct 29	Oct 20	Oct 20
Bahá'is Birth of Baha'u'llah	Nov 10	Oct 30	Nov 12	Nov 12
Passover•	Apr 20-21 Apr 26-27	Apr 9-10 Apr 15-16	Mar 28-29 Apr 3-4	Apr 16-17 Apr 22-23
Shavu'ot•	Jun 9-10	May 29-30	May 17-18	Jun 5-6
•Jewish holidays begin at sunset on the day preceding the given date. Islamic dates are approximate. The official days can be plus/minus one day and depend upon the official physical sighting of the new moon. This can be confirmed at the time by calling the Islamic Center at 624-3233. Buddhist: Two aspects to take into account with Buddhist festivals. Most, with the exception of the Japanese, use the lunar calendar and the dates of festivals vary from country to country and between Buddhist traditions. Note:* Bahá'is holidays begin at sunset on the day preceding the given date. There are also 19 days of fasting (Mar 2-21). Work is not forbidden, but because of the fasting, exams may be easier to take in the morning or evening.

Religious Holidays: Work Not Strictly Forbidden See also, Religious Holidays: Non-work days
	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
Ramadan begins*	May 5	Apr 23	Apr 12	Apr 2
Ash Wednesday	Mar 6	Feb 26	Feb 17	Mar 2
Chinese New Year**	Feb 5	Jan 25	Feb 12	Feb 1
Purim•	Mar 20-21	Mar 9-10	Feb 25-26	Mar 16-17
Holy Thursday	Apr 18	Apr 9	Apr 1	Apr 14
Good Friday	Apr 19	Apr 10	Apr 2	Apr 15
Holy Saturday	Apr 20	Apr 11	Apr 3	Apr 16
Easter Sunday	Apr 21	Apr 12	Apr 4	Apr 17
Ashura*	Sept 9-10	Aug 28-29	Aug 18-19	Aug 7-8
Hanukah•	Dec 22-30	Dec 10-18	Nov 28-Dec 6	Dec 18-26
Christmas	Dec 25	Dec 25	Dec 25	Dec 25
Islamic dates are approximate. The official days can be plus/minus one day and depend upon the official physical sighting of the new moon. This can be confirmed at the time by calling the Islamic Center at (520) 624-3233. • Jewish holidays begin at sunset on the day preceding the given date. #Orthodox Christian holidays. Most Orthodox Christians would also be excused from work obligations on Christmas. Chinese New Year is an important religious and cultural holiday for Asians. Calendar covers the following religious groups: Ba'hai, Buddhist, Catholic, Episcopalian, Jewish, Lutheran, Muslim, and Orthodox Christian.* Calendar compiled by the University Religious Council. Please call the Hillel Foundation at 624-6561 for further information