2022 Religious, Ethnic, and Civil Observances

2022
	January	1		New years day (U.S., international)
		1		Shogatu/Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
		6		Epiphany (Christian)
				Dia de los Reyes - Three Kings Day (Christian)
		14		Makar Sankranti (Hindu)
		17		Martin Luther King Day (U.S.)
		17	*	Tu B'Shvat (Jewish)

	February	1		Chinese New Year - Chinese traditional
		2	*	Imbolc-Lughnassad (Wicca/Neo Pagan)
		11		National Foundation Day (Shinto)
		14		St. Valentine's Day (Christian)
		21		Presidents’ Day (U.S.)
		21		International Mother Language Day (International)

	March	1		Lailat al Miraj (Islam)
		1		Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
		2		Ash Wednesday/Lent begins (Christian)
		3		Hinamatsuri (Japan)
		16		Ta'anit Esther (Jewish)
		17	*	Purim (Jewish)
		17		St. Patrick's Day (Christian)
		17		Holika Dahan (Hindu)
		18		Holi (Hindu)
		19	*	Lailat al Bara'a/Shab-E-Barat (Islamic)
		22		Nowruz (New Year) - (Iranian new year)
		22		Hindi New Year (Hindu)

	April	1-30		Ramadan (Islam)
		2	*	Rosh Chodesh Nisan (Jewish)
		10		Palm Sunday (Christian)
		14		Mahavir Jayanti (Jainism)
		15		Good Friday (Christian)
		15-23		Pesach (Jewish)
		17		Easter Sunday (Christian)
		22		Holy Friday (Orthodox Christian)
		23		Holy Saturday (Orthodox Christian)
		28	*	Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) (Jewish)
		29		Laylat al Qadr (Islamic)

	May	3		Eid al Fitr (Islam)
		5	*	Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Jewish)
		5		Cinco de Mayo (Mexican/Mexican-American)
		5		Kodomo No Hi (Shinto)
		19	*	Lag B'Omer (Judaism)
		24		Declaration of the Bab (Baha'i)
		29	*	Yom Yerushalayim (Jewish)
		29		Ascension of the Baha’u’llah (Bahá’í)
		30		Memorial Day (U.S.)
		31	*	Rosh Chodesh Sivan (Jewish)

	June	2		Ascension of Jesus (Orthodox christian)
		5		Pentecost (Christian)
		4-6		Savuot begins (Jewish)
		19		Juneteenth (U.S.)
		21		Litha - Summer Solstice (Wicca/Neo Pagan)
		28-30		Rosh Chodesh Tammuz (Jewish)

	July	4		Independence Day (U.S.)
		9	*	Waqf al Arafa (Islamic)
		9-13		Eid al-Adha (Islamic)
		10	*	Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha'i)
		17		Fast of Shiva Asar B’Tammuz (Jewish)
		29	*	Rosh Chodesh Av (Jewish)
		30	*	Muharram/Islamic New Year

	August	1		Lammas (Pagan/Wiccan)
		6	*	Tisha B'Av (Jewish)
		8	*	Ashura (Islamic)
		10	*	Eid al-Adha (Islamic)
		11		Raksha Bandhan (Hindu, Jainism)
		26-28		Rosh Chodesh Elul (Jewish)
		31		Ganesh Chaturdhi (Hindu)

	September	5		Labor Day (U.S.)
		9		Tzom Gedaliah (Jewish)
		10		Mid-Autumn Festival (China)
		25-27		Rosh Hashanah/Jewish New Year
		26-Oct 4		Devi Navaratri (Hindu)
		28		Tzom Gedaliah (Jewish)

	October	5		Vijayadashmi/Dussehra (Hindu)
		4		Chong Yang (China)
		5	*	Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement (Jewish)
		10-16	*	Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) (Jewish)
		13	*	Karva Chauth (Buddhist, Hindu)
		16	*	Hosha'anah Rabah (Jewish)
		17	*	Shemini Atzeret (Jewish)
		18	*	Simchat Torah (Jewish)
		24		Diwali (Buddhist, Hindu, Sikhism, Jainism)
		26	*	Birth of the Bab (Bahá’í)
		27	*	Birth of the Baha’u’llah (Bahá’í)
		31		All Hallows Eve/Halloween
		31		Samhain (Pagan/Wiccan)
		31-Nov 2		Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) (Latin America)

	November	1		All Saint’s Day (Christian)
		2		All Soul’s Day (Roman Catholic)
		3		Bunka No Hi (Japan)
		8	*	Mawlid al-Nabi (Islamic)
		11		Veteran’s Day (U.S.)
		15		Shichigosan Matsuri (Shinto)
		26		Day of the Covenant (Bahá’í)
		24		Thanksgiving (U.S.)
		27		First Sunday of Advent (Christian)

	December	8		Bodhi Day (Buddhist, Hindu)
		12		Feast Day – Our Lady of Guadalupe (Latin America)
		16-24		Las Posadas (Mexico)
		18-26	*	Chanukah/Hanukkah (Jewish)
		21		Winter Solstice/Yule (Pagan, International)
		23-25		Rosh Chodesh Tevet (Jewish)
		25		Christmas (Christian)
		26-Jan 1		Kwanzaa (African American)

*Commences at sundown on the preceding day.