2024 Religious, Ethnic & Civil Observances
2024 | ||||
January | 1 | New Year’s Day (U.S., International) | ||
1 | Shogatsu/Gantan-sai (New Years) (Shinto) | |||
6 | Día de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) (Christian) | |||
6 | Epiphany (Christian) | |||
14 | Makar Sankranti (Hindu) | |||
15 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | |||
18 | Bodhi Day (Buddhist, Hindu) | |||
25 | *Tu BiShevat (Jewish) | |||
February | 2 | *Imbolc (Candlemas) (Wicca/Neo Pagan) | ||
7 | *Lailat al Miraj/Shab-E-Miraj (Islamic) | |||
10 | Chinese New Year (Chinese traditional) | |||
11 | National Foundation Day (Shinto) | |||
12 | National Foundation Day (Public holiday date) | |||
14 | Ash Wednesday/Lent Begins (Christian) | |||
19 | Presidents’ Day (U.S.) | |||
21 | International Mother Language Day | |||
March | 3 | Hinamatsuri (Japan) | ||
8 | Maha Shivaratri (Hindu) | |||
10 - Apr. 9 | *Ramadan (Islamic) | |||
17 | St. Patrick’s Day (Christian) | |||
21 | *Nowruz (Iranian New Year) | |||
21 | Taanit Esther (Jewish) | |||
24 | Palm Sunday (Christian) | |||
24 | *Purim (Jewish) | |||
25 | Holi (Hindu) | |||
25 | *Shushan Purim (Jewish) | |||
25 | *Lailat al Bara'ah/Shab-E-Barat (Islamic) | |||
29 | Good Friday (Christian) | |||
30 | Holy Saturday (Christian) | |||
31 | Easter (Christian) | |||
April | 6 | Lailat al Qadr (Islam) | ||
9 | *Rosh Chodesh Nisan (Jewish) | |||
10 | *Eid al Fitr (Islam) | |||
21 | Mahavir Jayanti (Jainism) | |||
22 - 30 | Passover/Pesach (Jewish) | |||
May | 1 | Beltane (Wicca/Neo Pagan) | ||
3 | Good Friday (Orthodox Christian) | |||
4 | Holy Saturday (Orthodox Christian) | |||
5 | Easter/Pascha (Orthodox Christian) | |||
5 | Cinco de Mayo (Mexican/Mexican-American) | |||
5 | Tango no Sekku/Kodomo No Hi (Shinto) | |||
6 | Tango no Sekku/Kodomo No Hi (Public holiday date) | |||
6 | *Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) (Jewish) | |||
14 | *Yom Ha’atzmaut (Jewish) | |||
19 | Pentecost (Christian) | |||
23 | *Declaration of the Bab (Baha’i) | |||
26 | *Lag BaOmer (Jewish) | |||
27 | Memorial Day (U.S.) | |||
29 | Ascension of the Baha’u’llah (Baha’i) | |||
June | 5 | *Yom Yerushalayim (Jewish) | ||
7 | *Rosh Chodesh Sivan (Jewish) | |||
11 - 13 | Shavuot begins (Jewish) | |||
16 | *Waqf al Arafa (Islamic) | |||
17 | *Eid al-Adha (Islamic) | |||
19 | Juneteenth (U.S.) | |||
20 | *Litha – Summer Solstice (Wicca /Neo Pagan) | |||
July | 4 | Independence Day (U.S.) | ||
5 - 7 | Rosh Chodesh Tammuz (Jewish) | |||
7 | Muharram/Islamic New Year (Islamic) | |||
9 | *Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha’i) | |||
17 | *Ashura (Islamic) | |||
23 | Tzom Tammuz (Jewish) | |||
August | 1 | Lammas (Pagan/Wiccan) | ||
5 | *Rosh Chodesh Av (Jewish) | |||
13 | *Tisha B’Av (Jewish) | |||
19 | Raksha Bandhan (Hindu, Jainism) | |||
September | 2 | Labor Day (U.S.) | ||
2 - 4 | Rosh Chodesh Elul (Jewish) | |||
6 | Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu) | |||
16 | *Mawlid al-Nabi (Islamic) | |||
17 | Mid-Autumn Festival (China) | |||
October | 2 - 4 | Rosh Hashanah (Jewish) | ||
3 - 12 | Devi Navratri (Hindu) | |||
6 | *Tzom Gedaliah (Jewish) | |||
11 | Chong Yang (China) | |||
12 | *Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement (Jewish) | |||
12 | Vijayadashami/Dussehra (Hindu) | |||
16 - 23 | Sukkot (Feats of Tabernacles) (Jewish) | |||
19 - 20 | Karwa Chauth (9:16 pm Sat. – 6:46pm Sun.) (Buddhist/Hindu) | |||
23 | *Hoshana Rabbah (Jewish) | |||
24 | *Shmini Atzeret (Jewish) | |||
25 | *Simchat Torah (Jewish) | |||
31-2 | Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) (Latin America) | |||
November | 1 | *Samhain (Pagan/Wiccan) | ||
1 | All Saint’s Day (Christian) | |||
1 | Diwali (Buddhist, Hindu, Sikhism, Jainism) | |||
2 | All Soul’s Day (Roman Catholic) | |||
2 | *Birth of the Bab (Baha’i) | |||
2 | *Birth of the Baha’ullah (Baha’i) | |||
3 | Bunka No Hi (Japan) | |||
4 | Bunka No Hi (Public Holiday Date) | |||
11 | Veteran’s Day (U.S.) | |||
15 | Shichi-go-san Maturi (Shinto) | |||
26 | Day of the Covenant (Baha’i) | |||
28 | Thanksgiving (U.S.) | |||
December | 1 | First Sunday of Advent (Christian) | ||
8 | Bodhi Day (Buddhist, Hindu) | |||
12 | Feast Day – Our Lady of Guadalupe (Hispanic Christian) | |||
16 - 24 | Las Posadas (Hispanic Christian) | |||
21 | Winter Solstice/Yule (Pagan, International) | |||
25 | Christmas (Christian) | |||
25 - Jan. 2 | *Chanukah/Hanukkah (Jewish) | |||
26 - Jan. 1 | Kwanzaa (African American) | |||
30 - Jan. 1 | *Rosh Chodesh Tevet (Jewish) |
*Commences at sundown on the preceding day.
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