East Brunswick Public Schools  |  Religious Holidays

September 2

Ramadan begins

September 3

Ganesa Chaturthi (Hindu)

September 7

His Holiness Sakya Trizin's birth date (Buddhist)

 September 8  Nativity of Mary (Christian)

September 14

Holy Cross Day (Christian)

 September 15  Moon Cake Festival (Chinese Tao)

September 19 

Laylat al Kadar (Islam)

September 29-October 1

Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)

September 30

Feast of Trumpets (Philadelphia Church of God)

 September 30- October 8  Navaratri (Hindu)

October 2

Eid-al-Fitr (Islamic)

October 6

Yom Kippur (Jewish),  Day of Atonement (Philadelphia Church of God)

 October 6-9  Dasera (Hindu)

October 14-20

Sukkot  (Jewish), Feast of Tabernacles (Philadelphia Church of God)

October 20 

Birth of the Bab (Baha'i), Installation of the Scriptures as Guru Granth Sikh)

October 21

Shemini Atzeret (Eighth Day of Sukkot) (Jewish)

October 22

Simhat Torah (Rejoicing of the Law) (Jewish)

October 27

Reformation Day (Protestant, Lutheran)

 October 27-29  Diwali/Deepavali (Hindu,Sikh,Jain)

October 28

Milvian Bridge Day (Christian),

November 1

All Saints Day (Roman Catholic, Protestant & Lutheran)

November 2

All Souls Day (Roman Catholic)

November 12

Birth of the Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)

November 13

Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib(Sikh)

 November 15  Nativity Fast begins (Orthodox Christian)

November 24

Guru Tegh Bahadur  Martyrdom (Sikh)

 November 26  Day of the Covenant (Bahi'i)

November 28

Ascension of 'Abdul'l Baha (Bahi'i)

 December 6-9  Hajj (Islam)

December 8

Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic), Rohatsu/Bodhi Day (Buddist)

December 9

Eid-al-Adha (Day of Sacrifice) (Islam)

 December 12  Advent Fast begins (Orthodox Christian)

December 22-29

Hanukkah (Jewish)

December 25

Christmas (Christian)

December 26

Kwanzaa, Zarathostht Diso (Zoroastrian)

 December  29

Muharram – first day of new year (Islam)

January 1

New Year's Day, , Gantan-sai (Shinto)

January 5

Gukru Gobind Singh ji's birth date (Sikh)

January 6

Epiphany (Roman Catholic, Eastern, Greek Orthodox), Theophany (Orthodox Christian), Armenian Christmas

January 7

Nativity of Christ (Orthodox Christian), Orthodox Christmas (Orthodox Christian, Oriental Orthodox Christian,  Coptic Orthodox, Russian Orthodox), Ashura (Islam)

January 11-13

Mahayana New Year (Buddhist)

January 13 Maghi (Sikh)

January 14

Makara Sankranti (Hindu)

January 18

World Religion Day (Baha’i)

 January 19

Feast of Epiphany (Orthodox Christian, Oriental Orthodox Christian, Russian Orthodox)

January 26

Chinese New Year (Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist)

January 31

Vascant Panchami (Hindu)

February 9

Tu B’shvat (Jewish)

 February15 Nirvana Day (Buddhist)
 February 21 Saturday of Souls #1 (Orthodox Christian)
 February 23

Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)

 February 24 Shrove Tuesday (Christian)

February 25

Ash Wednesday (Roman Catholic, Protestant)

February 26-March 1

Intercalary Days (Baha’i)

March 2

Lent begins, Clean Monday (Orthodox Christian)

 March 8 Orthodox Sunday (Orthodox Christian)
 March 9 Mawlid an Nabi (Islam)

March 10

Purim (Jewish), Holi (Hindu)

 March 11

 Holla Mohalla (Sikh)

March 13

L. Ron Hubbard’s birthday (Scientology)

March 21

Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad (Islamic)

March 21

Norouz/New Year (Persian/Zoroastrian), Naw Ruz/New Year (Baha’i)

March 25

Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (Christian)

March 26

Khordad Sal (Zoroastrian), First Day of Sacred Year (Philadelphia Church of God)

 March 27  Chandramana Yugadi/New Year (Hindu)
 April 4

Rami Navami (Hindu)

 April 5

Palm Sunday (Christian)

 April 7

Mahavir Jananti (Jain)

 April 8 Passover (Philadelphia Church of God)
 April 9-10

Pesach/Passover (Jewish)

 April 9-11

Theravadin New Year (Buddhist)

 April 9-15 Days of Unleavened Bread (Philadelphia Church of God)

April 9

Lord’s Evening Meal (Jehovah’s Witness, Christian), Maundy Thursday (Christian),
Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu)
,Holy Thursday (Roman Catholic, Protestant)

April 10

Good Friday (Roman Catholic, Protestant, Lutheran, Eastern, Greek and Russian Orthodox))

April 12

Easter (Christian), Palm Sunday (Orthodox Christian)

April 15-16

Pesach/Passover – final two days (Jewish)

April 16

Holy Thursday (Oriental Orthodox Christian)

April 17

Holy Friday (Orthodox Christian), Good Friday (Oriental Orthodox Christian)

April 18

Lazarus Saturday (Orthodox Christian)

April 19

Easter/Pascha (Orthodox Christian)

 April 20   Easter Monday (Greek Orthodox)
 April 21

Yom HaSho’ah (Jewish), First Day of Ridvan (Baha’i)

 April 24 Armenian Memorial Day
 April 25 The 11th Panchen Lama’s birthday (Buddhist)
 April 29

Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Jewish), Ninth Day of Ridvan (Baha’i)

May 2

Buddha’s birthday (Buddhist), Twelfth Day of Ridvan (Baha’i)

May 9

Visakha Puja/Vesak (Buddhist)

May 12

Lag b’Omer (Jewish

May 23

Declaration of the Bab (Baha'i)

May 29-30

Shavuot (Jewish)

May 29

Ascension of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)

May 31

Pentecost (Philadelphia Church of God)

June 16

Guru Arjun Dev ji's Martyrdom (Sikh)

June 26

His Holiness the 17th Gyalawa Karmapa's (Ugyen Trinley Dorje) birth date (Buddhist)

 

Last Updated: October 27, 2008