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Religious & Spiritual Life at Macalester College
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Center for Religious & Spiritual Life Religious & Spiritual Life Programs Calendar of Religious Holy Days
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The Holy Days listed represent major religious observations in several traditions. There are additional minor holidays in these traditions which are not listed in the calendar below. August 2010 10 – Ramadan begins* (Islamic)
September 2010 9-10 – Rosh Hashanah** (Jewish) 9 – Eid al-Fitr* (Islamic) 11 – Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu) 18 – Yom Kippur** (Jewish) 23 – Fall Equinox (Pagan/Wicca) 23-29 – Sukkot** (Jewish)
October 2010 1 – Simchat Torah** (Jewish) 8-16 – Navaratri (Hindu) 20 – Birth of the Ba’b (Baha’í)
November 2010 1 – Samhain (Pagan/Wicca) 1 – All Saints’ Day (Christian) 5 – Diwali (Hindu) 12 – Birth of Baha’u’llah (Baha’í) 15 – Eid al-Adha* (Islamic)
December 2010 2-9 – Chanukah** (Jewish) 6 – Al-Hijra-New Year* (Islamic) 8 – Bodhi Day/Rohatsu (Buddhist) 8 – Immaculate Conception of Mary 12 – Our Lady of Guadalupe 15 – Ashura* (Tenth of Muharram) (Islamic) 21 – Yule (Pagan/Wicca) 25 – Christmas (Christian) 26-Jan. 1 – Kwanzaa (African-American/Interfaith)
January 2011 6 – Epiphany (Christian) 7 – Christmas (Orthodox Christian)
February 2011 2 – Imbolc (Pagan/Wicca) 3 – Chinese New Year (Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist) 14 – Mawlid an Nabi* (Islamic)
March 2011 8 – Shrove Tuesday (Christian) 9 –Ash Wednesday-Lent begins (Christian) 20 – Holi (Hindu) 20 – Vernal Equinox (Pagan/Wicca) 20 – Purim** (Jewish) 21 – Naw Ruz/Norouz-New Year (Baha’í/Persian)
April 2011 17 – Palm Sunday (Christian) 19-26 – Passover begins** (Jewish) 21 – First day of Ridvan (Baha’í) 21 – Maundry Thursday (Christian) 22 – Good Friday (All Christians) 24 – Easter (All Christians) 29 – Ninth day of Ridvan (Baha’í)
May 2011 1 – Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) (Jewish) 1 – Beltane (Pagan/Wicca) 2 – Twelfth day of Ridvan (Baha’í) 17 – Buddha Day (Buddhist) 23 – Declaration of the Bab (Baha’í) 29 – Ascension of Baha’u’llah (Baha’í)
June 2011 8-9 – Shavuot** (Jewish) 12 – Pentecost (All Christians) 21 – Summer Solstice (Pagan/Wicca)
*Islamic Holy Days are not fixed to a calendar but based on the actual sighting of the moon, causing some variance in the date **Jewish Holy Days begin at sundown the day before.
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