This calendar covers holidays of the following religious groups:  
     Bahá'i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh.

The list is designed primarily as an aid to academic planning. It is not all-encompassing. Religious groups whose significant holidays do not appear are encouraged to contact the office of the Executive Vice President.

Bahá'i holidays begin at sunset on the day preceding the given date. Bahá'i observes 19 days of fasting (Mar 2-20, 2013 - from sunrise to sunset). Work is not forbidden, but due to the fasting, exams may be easier to take in the morning or evening. Work is suspended on the following holidays: Naw Ruz, the first, ninth, and twelfth days of Ridvan, Declaration of the Bab, Ascension of the Baha’u’llah, Martyrdom of the Bab, and the Birth of Baha’u’llah.

Christian holidays include those for Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox. Easter and Christmas are usually no work days for Christians. (Orthodox Easter differs from Easter as celebrated by Catholics and Protestants.) Sunday is the most widely observed day of worship.

Islamic dates are approximate. The official days can be plus/minus one day and depend upon the official physical sighting of the new moon. Fasting occurs during the month of Ramadan from sunrise to sunset. Work is not forbidden, but because of the fast, exams may be easier to take in the morning or evening. Ramadan begins in 2012 on July 20. The end of the fast, Eid al-Fitr, is a feast, beginning at sundown; this year it falls on August 19, 2012.

Friday is the day for services of prayer and instruction in Islam, usually at noon. Muslims are obligated to observe five daily times of prayer.

Jewish holidays begin at sunset on the day preceding the given date. Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath (also observed by 7th Day Adventists) begins at sundown on Friday and ends at dusk on Saturday. No work is done on Shabbat by observant Jews. Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover and Shavu’ot are non-work days for Jews.

The religious holidays listed below HAVE BEEN designated as non-workdays by the religions that observe them. Bold titles are primarily holy days of a tradition. Those which are marked * begin at sundown before the given date.                            

The religious holidays listed below have NOT been designated as non-workdays by the religions that observe them. However, those designated in bold are major holidays or fast days of the tradition.