Human Rights & Equity Office
Major Holy Days 2008
* 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 2008 |
|
|---|---|
| 05 |
Birth of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (Sikhism)* |
| 06 |
Epiphany (Christianity) |
| 07 |
Christmas (Eastern Orthodox) |
| 19 |
Ashura (Islam)* |
| February 2008 |
|
| 06 |
Ash Wednesday (Christianity) |
| 08 |
Nirvana Day (Buddhism) (Feb. 15 is alternate date) |
| March 2008 |
|
| 06 |
Mahashivaratri (Hinduism) |
| 16 |
Palm Sunday (Christianity) |
| 20 |
'Id Milad-un-Nabi (Islam)* |
| 21 |
Good Friday (Christianity)* |
| 21 |
Naw Ruz (Baha'i, Zoroastrian)* |
| 22 |
Holi (Hinduism)* |
| 23 |
Easter Sunday (Christianity)* |
| 26 |
Birthday of Prophet Zarathustra
(Zoroastrianism) |
| April 2008 |
|
| 14 |
Ramanavami (Hinduism) Birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Sikhism) |
| 20-27 |
Pesah [Passover] (Judaism) (April
20, 21, 26, 27)* |
| 21 |
First Day of Ridvan (Baha'i)* |
| 25 |
Holy Friday (Eastern Orthodox)* |
| 27 |
Pascha (Eastern Orthodox)* |
| 29 |
Ninth Day of Ridvan (Baha'i)* |
| May 2008 |
|
| 02 |
Twelfth Day of Ridvan (Baha'i)* |
| 20 |
Wesac - Buddha Day (Buddhism) |
| 23 |
Declaration of the Bab (Baha'i)* |
| 29 |
Ascension of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)* |
| June 2008 |
|
| 09, 10 |
Shavuot (Judaism)* |
| July 2008 |
|
| 09 |
Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha'i)* |
| 29 |
Me'raj (Islam)* |
| August 2008 |
|
| 24 |
Krishna Janmashthami (Hinduism,
Sikhism)* |
| September 2008 |
|
| 02 - 30 |
Ramadan (Islam)* |
| 30, Oct. 01 |
Rosh Hashanah (Judaism) * |
| October 2008 |
|
| 01 |
'Id al-Fitr (Islam)* |
| 09 |
Dassehra (Hinduism)* |
| 09 |
Yom Kippur (Judaism)* |
| 14 - 20 |
Sukkot (Judaism) (Oct. 14, 15)* |
| 20 |
Birth of the Bab (Baha'i) * |
| 21 |
Shemini Atzeret (Judaism)* |
| 22 |
Simhat Torah (Judaism) * |
| 28 |
Diwali (Hinduism, Sikhism)* |
| November 2008 |
|
| 12 |
Birth of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)* |
| 13 |
Birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Sikhism)* |
| 24 |
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji
(Sikhism) |
| 26 |
Day of the Covenant (Baha'i) |
| 28 |
Ascension of 'Abdul-Baha (Baha'i) |
| December 2008 |
|
| 08 |
Id al-Adah (Islam)* |
| 08 |
Bodhi Day (Buddhism) |
| 21 |
Yule (Wicca) |
| 22-29 |
Hanukkah (Judaism) |
| 25 |
Christmas (Christianity)* |