Calendar of Holidays and Religious Observances

2022-2023 Academic Year
Fall 2022
Winter 2023
Spring 2023
Summer 2023

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.

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Fall 2022

Holiday or Observance Religious Group Dates Notes
*Rosh Hashanah (New Year) Jewish Sept. 25-27, 2022 Designated non-work day for observers 
Navaratri/Dassehra Hindu Sept. 26- Oct. 5, 2022  
*Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) Jewish Oct. 4-5, 2022 Designated non-work day for observers
Mawlid-al-Nabi (birthday of Mohammad) Islamic Oct 7-8, 2022 # Date not fixed. See note above. 
*Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) Jewish Oct. 9-16, 2022

* Oct. 9-10 Primary Obligation Days

Designated non-work day for observers

Indigenous People's Day   Oct. 10, 2022  
*Shmini Atzeret Jewish Oct. 16, 2022 Designated non-work day for observers 
*Simchat Torah Jewish Oct. 17, 2022 Designated non-work day for observers
Diwali Hindu Oct. 24, 2022  
Veteran's Day
  Nov. 11, 2022 Class not in session
Thanksgiving Day   Nov. 24, 2022 Class not in session
Hanukkah (Chanukah) Jewish Dec. 18 - 26, 2022 Class not in session
Christmas Day Christian Dec. 25, 2022 Class not in session
Kwanzaa   Dec 26, 2021 - Jan 1, 2023 Class not in session

 

 

 

Winter 2023

Holiday or Observance Religious Group Dates Notes
New Year's Day   Jan. 1, 2023 Class not in session
Orthodox Christmas Christian Orthodox Jan. 9, 2023  
Martin Luther King Day   Jan. 16, 2023 Class not in session
Lunar New Year
  Jan. 22, 2023  
Maha Shivaratri Hindu Feb. 18, 2023  
President's Day   Feb. 20, 2023 Class not in session
Beginning of Lent Christian Orthodox Feb. 22, 2023  
Ash Wednesday Christian Feb. 22, 2023  
Ayyám-i-Há  Baha'i Feb. 25-Mar. 1, 2023  
Purim Jewish Mar. 7, 2023  
Holi Hindu Mar. 8, 2023  

 

 

Spring 2023

Holiday or Observance Religious Group Dates Notes
Naw-Rúz Baha'i Mar. 21 - 22, 2023  
Beginning of Ramadan Islamic Mar. 22, 2023#

Ramadan: Mar. 22- Apr. 21, 2023

Dates not fixed. See note above. 

Ramanavami Hindu Mar. 30, 2023  
*Passover (Pesach) Jewish Apr. 5- 13, 2023

*Apr. 5-6, Apr 12-13 Primary Obligation Days

Designated non-work day for observers


Good Friday Christian Apr. 7, 2023
Class not in session
Easter Christian Apr. 9, 2023  
Easter Monday Christian Apr. 10, 2023
Class not in session
Orthodox Good Friday Christian Orthodox Apr. 14, 2023  
Orthodox Easter Christian Orthodox Apr. 16, 2023  
Lailat Ul Qadr Islamic Apr. 18, 2023 # Date not fixed. See note above.
Festival of Ridván Baha'i Apr. 20-May 2, 2023  
Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) Islamic Apr. 21, 2023 # Date not fixed. See note above.
Declaration of the Báb Baha'i May 23, 2023  
*Shavuot Jewish May 25-27, 2023 Designated non-work day for observers
Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh Baha'i May 28, 2023  
Memorial Day   May 29, 2023 Class not in session

 

 

Summer 2023

Holiday or Observance Religious Group Dates Notes
Juneteenth   Jun. 19, 2023  
Eid al-Adha Islamic Jun. 28-29, 2023  
Independence Day   Jul. 4, 2023 Class not in session
Martyrdom of the Báb  Baha'i Jul. 9, 2023  
Muharram (Al Hijrah New Year) Islamic Jul. 29, 2023