2023-2024 Religious Observance Calendar
June 2023
June 21 | Litha [Pagan/Wiccan] |
June 27 | Waqf al Arafa (Islam) |
June 28-29 | Eid al-Adha [Muslim] |
July 2023
July 18-19 | New Year/Hijri [Islam] |
July 26-27 | Tish’a B’av [Jewish] |
July 27-28 | Ashura [Islam] |
August 2023
August 1 | Lammas [Christian] |
August 1 | Fast in Honor of Holy Mother of Jesus [Orthodox Christian] |
August 6 | Transfiguration of the Lord [Orthodox Christian] |
August 15 | Feast of the Assumption [Roman Catholic] |
August 15 | Dormition of Theotokos [Othodox Chrisitian] |
August 18-19 | Krishna Janmashtami [Hindu] |
August 29 | Beheading of St. John the Baptist [Christian] |
September 2023
September 1 | Ecclesiastical Year Begins [Orthodox Christian] |
September 1 | Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth [Hindu] |
September 6–7 | Krishna Janmashtami [Hindu] |
September 8 | Nativity of the Virgin Mary & Fast of the Nativity [Christian] |
September 11 | Paryushana Parva [Jain] |
September 15 – 17 | Rosh Hashanah [Jewish] |
September 21-29 | Mabon [Pagan/Wiccan] |
September 24-25 | Yom Kippur [Jewish] |
September 26-27 | Mawlid an Nabi [Islam] |
September 27 | Elevation of the Cross [Christian] |
September 28 | Meskel [Ethiopian Christian] |
September 29 – October 6 | Sukkot [Jewish] |
October 2023
October 4 | Feast of St. Francis of Assisi [Roman Catholic] |
October 6-8 | Shemini Atzeret [Jewish] |
October 7-8 | Simchat Torah [Jewish] |
October 16 | Birth of Bab [Baha’i] |
October 16-17 | Birth of Baha’u’llah [Baha’i] |
October 24 | Dasara [Hindu] |
October 31 – November 1 | Samhain [Pagan/Wiccan] |
November 2023
November 1 | All Saints’ Day [Christian] |
November 2 | All Souls’ Day [Christian] |
November 12 | Diwali [Sihk/Hindu/Jain] |
November 14 | Jain New Year [Jain] |
November 24 | Matyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur [Sikh] |
November 26 | Day of the Covenant [Christian] |
November 27-28 | Ascension of ‘Abudu’l-Baha [Baha’i] |
December 2023
December 3-24 | Advent [Christian] |
December 7-15 | Hanukkah [Jewish] |
December 8 | Bodhi Day [Buddhist] |
December 12 | Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe [Christian] |
December 16-24 | Posadas Navidenas [Hispanic Christian] |
December 21 | Yule [Pagan/Wiccan] |
December 25 | Christmas [Christian] |
December 26 | Zartosht No-Diso [Zoroastrian] |
December 26 – January 1 | Kwanzaa |
January 2024
January 1 | Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God [Roman Catholic] |
January 1 | Gantan-sai [Shinto] |
January 2 | Feast of St. Basil [Orthodox Christian] |
January 3 | Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus [Orthodox Christian] |
January 6 | Epiphany [Christian] |
January 6 | Dia de los Reyes/Three Kings Day [Christian] |
January 7 | Christmas [Orthodox Christian] |
January 20 | Timkat [Ethiopian Orthodox Christian] |
January 24-25 | Tu Bi’Shevat [Jewish] |
January 25 | Mahayana New Year [Buddhist] |
February 2024
February 1 | Imbolc [Wiccan/Pagan] |
February 3 | Setsubun [Shinto] |
February 10 | New Year [Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist] |
February 14 | Vasant Panchami [Hindu] |
February 14 – March 28 | Lent [Christian] |
February 24 | Maghi [Sikh] |
February 24 | Macha Bucha Day [Buddhist] |
March 2024
March 8 | Maha Shivaratri [Hindu] |
March 10 - April 9 | Ramadan Begins [Muslim] |
March 17 | St. Patrick’s Day [Christian] |
March 19 | Ostara [Pagan/Wiccan] |
March 24-25 | Holi [Hindu] |
March 24 | Palm Sunday [Christian] |
February 14 – March 28 | Lent Ends [Christian] |
March 28 | Holy Thursday [Christian] |
March 29 | Good Friday [Christian] |
March 31 | Easter [Christian] |
April 2024
April 8 | Eid al Fitr [Muslim] |
April 9 | Ramadan Ends [Muslim] |
April 13 | Vaisakhi [Sikh] |
April 22–30 | Passover [Jewish] |
April 24 | Theravadin New Year [Buddhist] |
May 2024
May 1 | Beltane [Pagan/Wiccan] |
May 5-6 | Yom Hashoah [Holocaust Remembrance] |
May 23 | Visakha Bucha Day [Buddhist] |
May 23 | Wesak Day [Buddhist] |
June 2024
June 11-13 | Shavout [Jewish] |
June 17 | Eid al-Adha [Muslim] |
June 20 | Litha [Pagan/Wiccan] |