Human Rights & Equity Office
Major Holy Days 2006
* These are days to which religious obligations apply. On these days students who experience a conflict between a religious obligation and scheduled tests, mid-term examinations, final examinations, or requirements to attend classes and participate in laboratories should be accommodated.
Holy
day begins at sundown the day before and ends after sundown on the last
day of the period
| January 2006 |
|
|---|---|
| 05 |
Birth of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (Sikhism)* |
| 06 |
Epiphany (Christianity) |
| 07 |
Christmas (Eastern Orthodox) |
| 10 |
'Id al-Adah (Islam)* |
| 29 |
New Year (Buddhism) |
| February 2006 |
|
| 09 |
Ashura (Islam)* |
| 26 |
Mahashivaratri (Hinduism) |
| March 2006 |
|
| 01 |
Ash Wednesday (Christianity) |
| 15 |
Holi (Hinduism, Sikhism)* |
| 21 |
Naw Ruz (Baha'i, Zoroastrian)* |
| 26 |
Birthday of Prophet Zarathustra
(Zoroastrianism) |
| April 2006 |
|
| 06 |
Ramanavami (Hinduism) |
| 09 |
Palm Sunday (Christianity) |
| 10 |
'Id Milad-un-Nabi (Islam)* |
| 13-20 |
Pesah [Passover] (Judaism) (April
13, 14, 19, 20)* |
| 14 |
Good Friday (Christianity)* |
| 16 |
Easter Sunday (Christianity)* |
| 21 |
First Day of Ridvan (Baha'i)* |
| 21 |
Holy Friday (Eastern Orthodox)* |
| 23 |
Pascha (Eastern Orthodox)* |
| 29 |
Ninth Day of Ridvan (Baha'i)* |
| May 2006 |
|
| 02 |
Twelfth Day of Ridvan (Baha'i)* |
| 13 |
Wesac - Buddha Day (Buddhism) |
| 23 |
Declaration of the Bab (Baha'i)* |
| 29 |
Ascension of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)* |
| June 2006 |
|
| 02-03 |
Shavuot (Judaism)* |
| July 2006 |
|
| 09 |
Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha'i)* |
| 09 |
Wassana (Buddhism) |
| 29 |
Dharma Day (Buddhism) |
| August 2006 |
|
| 15 |
Krishna Jayanthi (Hinduism)* |
| 21 |
Me'raj (Islam)* |
| September 2006 |
|
| 23-24 |
Rosh Hashanah (Judaism) * |
| 24 - Oct.22 |
Ramadan (Islam)* |
| October 2006 |
|
| 02 |
Dassehra (Hinduism)* |
| 02 |
Yom Kippur (Judaism)* |
| 07 |
Pavarana (Buddhism) |
| 07 - 13 |
Sukkot (Judaism) (Oct. 7, 8*) |
| 14 |
Shemini Atzeret (Judaism)* |
| 15 |
Simhat Torah (Judaism) * |
| 20 |
Birth of the Bab (Baha'i) * |
| 21 |
Diwali (Hinduism, Sikhism)* |
| 23 |
'Id al-Fitr (Islam)* |
| November 2006 |
|
| 05 |
Birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Sikhism)* |
| 12 |
Birth of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)* |
| 24 |
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji
(Sikhism) |
| 26 |
Day of the Covenant (Baha'i) |
| 28 |
Ascension of 'Abdul-Baha (Baha'i) |
| December 2006 |
|
| 08 |
Bodhi Day (Buddhism) |
| 22 |
Yule (Wicca) |
| 25 |
Christmas (Christianity)* |
| 16-23 |
Hanukkah (Judaism) |
| 30 |
Id al-Adah (Islam)* |