Calendar of Holidays and Religious Observances

2021-2022 Academic Year
Fall 2021
Winter 2022
Spring 2022
Summer 2022

Note:

Classes are not in session for holidays indicated in bold and italic
All Jewish and Islamic holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the first date shown.
* These holidays have been designated non-work days by the religions that celebrate them.
# Some of these dates are not fixed to a calendar but based on the actual sighting of the moon and therefore there may be some variance by a day.

Fall 2021

Holiday or Observance	Religious Group	Dates	Notes
*Rosh Hashanah (New Year)	Jewish	Sept. 7-8, 2021	Designated non-work day for observers
*Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)	Jewish	Sept. 16, 2021	Designated non-work day for observers
*Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)	Jewish	Sept. 21-27, 2021	*Sept. 21-22 Primary Obligation Days Designated non-work day for observers
*Shmini Atzeret	Jewish	Sept. 28, 2021	Designated non-work day for observers
*Simchat Torah	Jewish	Sept. 29, 2021	Designated non-work day for observers
Indigenous People's Day		Oct. 11, 2021
Navaratri/Dassehra	Hindu	Oct 7-15, 2021
Mawlid-al-Nabi (birthday of Mohammad)	Islamic	Oct 19, 2021 #	Date not fixed. See note above.
Diwali	Hindu	Nov. 4-8, 2021
Veteran's Day		Nov. 11, 2021	Class not in session
Thanksgiving Day		Nov. 25-26, 2021	Class not in session
Hanukkah (Chanukah)	*Jewish*	*Nov. 29-Dec. 6, 2021*	*Class not in session*
Christmas Day	Christian	Dec. 25, 2021	Class not in session
Kwanzaa		Dec 26, 2021 - Jan 1, 2022	Class not in session

Winter 2022

Holiday or Observance	Religious Group	Dates	Notes
*New Year's Day*		*Jan. 1, 2022*	*Class not in session*
Orthodox Christmas	Christian Orthodox	Jan. 7, 2022
Martin Luther King Day		Jan. 17, 2022	Class not in session
Lunar New Year		Feb. 1, 2022
President's Day		Feb. 21, 2022	Class not in session
Ayyám-i-Há	Baha'i	Feb. 25-Mar. 1, 2022
Maha Shivaratri	Hindu	Mar. 1, 2022
Beginning of Lent	Christian Orthodox	Mar. 2, 2022
Ash Wednesday	Christian	Mar. 2, 2022
Purim	Jewish	Mar. 17, 2022
Holi	Hindu	Mar. 18, 2022

Spring 2022

Holiday or Observance	Religious Group	Dates	Notes
Naw-Rúz	Baha'i	Mar. 22, 2022
Beginning of Ramadan	Islamic	Apr. 3, 2022#	Ramadan: Apr. 3-May 1, 2022 Dates not fixed. See note above.
Ramanavami	Hindu	Apr 10, 2022
Good Friday	Christian	Apr. 15, 2022	Class not in session
*Passover (Pesach)	Jewish	Apr. 16-Apr. 23, 2022	*Apr. 16-17, Apr 22-23 Primary Obligation Days Designated non-work day for observers
Easter	Christian	Apr. 17, 2022
Easter Monday	Christian	Apr. 18, 2022	Class not in session
Festival of Ridván	Baha'i	Apr. 19-May 1, 2022
Orthodox Good Friday	Christian Orthodox	Apr. 22, 2022
Orthodox Easter	Christian Orthodox	Apr. 24, 2022
Lailat Ul Qadr	Islamic	Apr. 28, 2022 #	Date not fixed. See note above.
Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)	Islamic	May 1, 2022 #	Date not fixed. See note above.
Declaration of the Báb	Baha'i	May 24, 2022
Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh	Baha'i	May 29, 2022
Memorial Day		May 30, 2022	Class not in session
*Shavuot	Jewish	Jun. 5-6, 2022	Designated non-work day for observers

Summer 2022

Holiday or Observance	Religious Group	Dates	Notes
Juneteenth		Jun. 19, 2022
Independence Day		Jul. 4, 2022
Eid al-Adha	Islamic	Jul. 9-13, 2022
Martyrdom of the Báb	Baha'i	Jul. 10, 2022
Muharram (Al Hijrah New Year)	Islamic	Jul. 30, 2022