2023 Religious, Ethnic & Civil Observances
2023 | ||||
January | 1 | New Year’s Day (U.S., International) | ||
Shogatsu/Gantan-sai (New Years) (Shinto) | ||||
6 | Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) (Christian) | |||
6 | Epiphany (Christian) | |||
15 | Makar Sankranti (Hindu) | |||
16 | Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (U.S.) | |||
22 | Chinese New Year (Chinese traditional) | |||
February | 2 | * | Imbolc (Candlemas) (Wicca/Neo Pagan) | |
6 | * | Tu B'Shevat (Jewish) | ||
11 | National Foundation Day (Shinto) | |||
18 | Lailat al Miraj/Shab-E-Miraj (Islamic) | |||
18 | Maha Shivaratri (Hindu) | |||
20 | Presidents’ Day (U.S.) | |||
21 | International Mother Language Day (International) | |||
22 | Ash Wednesday/Lent Begins (Christian) | |||
March | 3 | Hinamatsuri (Japan) | ||
6 | * | Ta'anit Esther (Jewish) | ||
7 | Purim (Jewish) | |||
7-8 | Holi (Hindu) | |||
8 | * | Shushan Purim (Jewish) | ||
8 | * | Lailat al Bara'a/Shab-E-Barat (Islamic) | ||
17 | St. Patrick's Day (Christian) | |||
20 | * | Nowruz (Iranian New Year) | ||
23 | * | Rosh Chodesh Nisan (Jewish) | ||
22-Apr 21 | * | Ramadan (Islamic) | ||
April | 2 | Palm Sunday (Christian) | ||
4 | Mahavir Jayanti (Jainism) | |||
5-13 | Passover/Pesach (Jewish) | |||
7 | Good Friday (Christian) | |||
8 | Holy Saturday (Christian) | |||
9 | Easter (Christian) | |||
14 | Good Friday (Orthodox Christian) | |||
15 | Holy Saturday (Orthodox Christian) | |||
16 | Easter/Pascha (Orthodox Christian) | |||
18 | * | Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) (Jewish) | ||
22 | * | Eid al Fitr (Islam) | ||
26 | * | Yom Ha'atzmaut (Jewish) | ||
May | 1 | Beltane (Wicca/Neo Pagai) | ||
5 | Cinco de Mayo (Mexican/Mexican-American) | |||
5 | Tango no Sekku/Kodomo No Hi (Shinto) | |||
9 | * | Lag B'Omer (Jewish) | ||
18 | Laylat al Qadr (Islamic) | |||
19 | * | Yom Yerushalayim (Jewish) | ||
21 | * | Rosh Chodesh Sivan (Jewish) | ||
24 | * | Declaration of the Bab (Baha'i) | ||
25-27 | Savuot begins (Judaism) | |||
28 | Pentecost (Christian) | |||
29 | Ascension of the Baha’u’llah (Bahá’í) | |||
29 | Memorial Day (U.S.) | |||
June | 18-20 | Rosh Chodesh Tammuz (Jewish) | ||
19 | Juneteenth (U.S.) | |||
22 | * | Litha - Summer Solstice (Wicca/Neo Pagan) | ||
28 | * | Waqf al Arafa (Islamic) | ||
29 | Eid al-Adha (Islamic) | |||
July | 4 | Independence Day (U.S.) | ||
6 | Tzom Tammuz (Jewish) | |||
10 | * | Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha'i) | ||
19 | * | Rosh Chodesh Av (Jewish) | ||
19 | * | Muharram/Islamic New Year | ||
27 | * | Tish'a B'Av (Jewish) | ||
28 | * | Ashura (Islamic) | ||
August | 1 | Lammas (Pagan/Wiccan) | ||
16-18 | Rosh Chodesh Elul (Jewish) | |||
30 | Raksha Bandhan (Hindu, Jainism) | |||
September | 4 | Labor Day (U.S.) | ||
15-17 | Rosh Hashanah/Jewish New Year | |||
15-23 | Devi Navaratri (Hindu) | |||
18 | * | Tzom Gedaliah (Jewish) | ||
19 | Ganesh Chaturdhi (Hindu) | |||
25 | * | Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement (Jewish) | ||
29 | Mid-Autumn Festival (China) | |||
29-Oct 6 | Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) (Jewish) | |||
October | 6 | * | Hosha'anah Rabah (Jewish) | |
7 | * | Shmini Atzeret (Jewish) | ||
8 | * | Simchat Torah (Jewish) | ||
15-23 | Devi Navaratri (Hindu) | |||
23 | Vijayadashmi/Dussehra (Hindu) | |||
23 | Chong Yang (China) | |||
26 | * | Birth of the Bab (Bahá’í) | ||
27 | * | Birth of the Baha’u’llah (Bahá’í) | ||
27 | Mawlid al-Nabi (Islamic) | |||
31 | Samhain (Pagan/Wiccan) | |||
31-Nov 2 | Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) (Latin America) | |||
November | 1 | * | Karva Chauth (Buddhist, Hindu) | |
1 | All Saint’s Day (Christian) | |||
2 | All Soul’s Day (Roman Catholic) | |||
3 | Bunka No Hi (Japan) | |||
12 | Diwali (Buddhist, Hindu, Sikhism, Jainism) | |||
10 | Veteran’s Day (U.S.) | |||
15 | Shichigosan Matsuri (Shinto) | |||
23 | Thanksgiving (U.S.) | |||
26 | Day of the Covenant (Bahá’í) | |||
December | 3 | First Sunday of Advent (Christian) | ||
7-15 | * | Chanukah/Hanukkah (Jewish) | ||
8 | Bodhi Day (Buddhist, Hindu) | |||
12 | Feast Day – Our Lady of Guadalupe (Latin America) | |||
13 | * | Rosh Chodesh Tevet (Jewish) | ||
16-25 | Las Posadas (Hispanic Christian) | |||
21 | Winter Solstice/Yule (Pagan, International) | |||
25 | Christmas (Christian) | |||
26-Jan 1 | Kwanzaa (African American) |
*Commences at sundown on the preceding day.
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