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Religious Observances 2025

About Religious Observances

The calendar below is a month-by-month listing of religious observances for 2024. This list includes the dates for some of the most important religious celebrations of the major religions. Holy days may include fasting or abstaining from specific food or drink for specified periods ranging from a month to more than a day (25 hours) to daylight hours (sunrise to sundown). Absence from work or classes is also common observance, and some holy days start at sundown and end at sundown/nightfall of the concluding date. Dates may not be fixed to a calendar but based on the actual sighting of the moon and there may be variance by a day.

This list is not meant to be comprehensive.

Religious Observances 2025

ObservanceReligionDate(s)Day(s) of Week
Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin MaryChristianJanuary 1Wednesday
Gantan-saiEastern OrthodoxJanuary 1Wednesday
Christmas (Feast of the Epiphany)Orthodox ChristianJanuary 6Monday
Feast of the NativityBuddhistJanuary 7Tuesday
Lailat al MirajWicca/PaganJanuary 26 – 27Sunday-Monday
Lunar New YearIslamicJanuary 29Saturday
ImbolcConfucian/Taoist /BuddhistFebruary 1Saturday
Ramadan (30 days)JewishFebruary 28 – March 29Friday-Saturday
Orthodox Great LentHinduMarch 3 – April 19Monday – Saturday
Ash WednesdayChristianMarch 5Wednesday
PurimIslamicMarch 13 -14Thursday-Friday
HoliEastern OrthodoxMarch 14Friday
OstaraWicca/PaganMarch 20Thursday
NowruzPersian/ZoroastrianMarch 20Thursday
Eid al-FitrChristianMarch 29 – 30Saturday-Sunday
NavratriHinduMarch 30 – April 7Sunday-Monday
Passover (Pesach-8 days)JewishApril 12 – 20Saturday-Sunday
Palm SundayChristianApril 13Sunday
Maundy ThursdayJainApril 17Thursday
Good FridayChristianApril 18Friday
EasterHindu/Sikh/BuddhistApril 20Sunday
PaschaOrthodox EasterApril 20Sunday
RidvanBahá’í April 20 – May 2Sunday-Friday
BeltaneWicca/PaganMay 1Thursday
Buddha’s BirthdayBuddhistMay 5Monday
Vesak (Buddha Day)BuddhistMay 12Monday
Declaration of the BabBahá’íMay 22 – 23Thursday-Friday
Ascension of Baha’u’llahBahá’íMay 27 – 28Tuesday-Wednesday
ShavuotJewishJune 1Sunday-Tuesday
Eid al-AdhaIslamicJune 6 – 7Friday-Saturday
Feast of PentecostChristianJune 8Sunday
Litha-Yule (Solstice)Wicca/PaganJune 20Friday
First of MuharramIslamicJune 27Friday
AshuraIslamicJuly 5 – 6Saturday-Sunday
Lughnasadh-ImbolcWicca/PaganAugust 1Friday
Paryushan ParvarambhaJainAugust 20 – 27Wednesday-Wednesday
Ganesh ChaturthiHinduAugust 26 – 27Tuesday-Wednesday
MabonWicca/PaganSeptember 22Monday
Rosh Hashanah (New Year)JewishSeptember 22 – 24Monday-Wednesday
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)JewishOctober 1 – 2Wednesday-Thursday
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles-7 days)JewishOctober 6 – 13Monday-Monday
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat TorahJewishOctober 13 – 15Monday-Wednesday
DiwaliJain/Sikh/HinduOctober 20Monday
Birth of the BabBahá’í October 22Wednesday
SamhainWicca/PaganOctober 31 – November 1Friday-Saturday
All Saints Day/Day of the DeadChristian/LatinxNovember 1Saturday
Guru Nanak GurpurabSikhNovember 5Wednesday
AdventChristianNovember 30 – December 24Sunday-Wednesday
Our Lady of GuadalupeChristianDecember 12Saturday
ChanukahJewishDecember 14 – 22Sunday-Monday
Christmas EveChristianDecember 24Wednesday
ChristmasChristianDecember 25Thursday