2025 Religious, Ethnic & Civil Observances
2025
January | 1 | New Year's Day (U.S., International) | |
1 | Shogatsu/Gantan-sai (New Years) (Shinto) | ||
6 | Epiphany (Christian) | ||
6 | Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) (Christian) | ||
14 | Makar Sankranti (Hindu) | ||
20 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | ||
27 | *Lailat al Miraj/Shab-E-Mi'raj (Islamic) | ||
29 | Chinese New Year (Chinese traditional) | ||
February | 2 | *Imbolc (Candlemas) (Wicca/Neo Pagan) | |
11 | National Foundation Day (Shinto) | ||
13 | *Tu BiShevat (Jewish) | ||
14 | *Lailat al Bara'ah/Shab-E-Barat (Islamic) | ||
17 | Presidents' Day (U.S.) | ||
21 | International Mother Language Day | ||
26 | Maha Shivarati (Hindu) | ||
29 | *Ramadan Begins (Islamic) | ||
March | 3 | Hinamatsuri (Japan) | |
5 | Ash Wednesday/Lent Begins (Christian) | ||
13 | Holi (Hindu) | ||
13 | Taanit Esther (Jewish) | ||
14 | *Purim (Jewish) | ||
16 | *Shushan Purim (Jewish) | ||
17 | St. Patrick's Day (Christian) | ||
21 | *Nowruz (Iranian New Year) | ||
27 | Lailat al Qadr (Islamic) | ||
29 | *Rosh Chodesh Nisan (Jewish) | ||
31 | *Eid al Fitr (Islamic) | ||
April | 10 | Mahavir Jayanti (Jainism) | |
12 - 20 | Passover/Pesach (Jewish | ||
13 | Palm Sunday (Christian) | ||
18 | Good Friday (Christian) | ||
18 | Good Friday (Orthodox) | ||
19 | Holy Saturday (Christian) | ||
20 | Easter (Christian) | ||
20 | Easter/Pascha (Orthodox) | ||
24 | *Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) (Jewish) | ||
May | 1 | Beltane (Wicca/Neo Pagan) | |
1 | *Yom Ha'atzmaut (Jewish) | ||
5 | Cinco de Mayo (Mexican/Mexican-American) | ||
5 | Tango no Sekku/Kodomo No Hi (Shinto) | ||
16 | *Lag BaOmer (Jewish) | ||
24 | *Declaration of the Bab (Baha'i) | ||
26 | *Yom Yerushalayim (Jewish) | ||
26 | Memorial Day (U.S.) | ||
27 | *Rosh Chodesh Sivan (Jewish) | ||
29 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i) | ||
June | 1 - 3 | Shavuot (Jewish) | |
6 | *Eid al-Adha (Islamic) | ||
6 | *Waqf al Arafa (Islamic) | ||
8 | Pentecost (Christian) | ||
19 | Juneteenth (U.S.) | ||
22 | *Litha - Summer Solstice (Wicca/Neo Pagan) | ||
25 - 27 | Rosh Chodesh Tammuz (Jewish) | ||
26 | Muharram/Islamic New Year (Islamic) | ||
July | 4 | Independence Day (U.S.) | |
5 | *Ashura (Islamic) | ||
10 | *Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha'i) | ||
13 | Tzom Tammuz (Jewish) | ||
25 | *Rosh Chodesh Av (Jewish) | ||
August | 1 | *Lughnasadh (Lammas) (Wicca/Neo Pagan) | |
2 | *Tisha B'Av (Jewish) | ||
8 | Raksha Bandhan (Hindu, Jainism) | ||
23 - 25 | Rosh Chodesh Elul (Jewish) | ||
26 | Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu) | ||
September | 1 | Labor Day (U.S.) | |
4 | *Mawlid al-Nabi (Islamic) | ||
22 - 24 | Rosh Hashanah (Jewish) | ||
22 - 1 | Devi Navratri (Hindu) | ||
25 | *Tzom Gedaliah (Jewish) | ||
October | 2 | *Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement (Jewish) | |
2 | Vijayadashami/Dussehra (Hindu) | ||
6 | Mid-Autumn Festival (China) | ||
6 - 13 | Sukkot (Feats of Tabernacles) (Jewish) | ||
9 - 10 | Karva Chauth (1:24 pm Thurs. - 10:08 am Fri.) (Buddhist/Hindu) | ||
13 | *Hoshanah Rabah (Jewish) | ||
13 | *Shemini Atzeret (Jewish) | ||
15 | *Simchat Torah (Jewish) | ||
20 | Diwali (Buddhist, Hidu, Sikhism, Jainism) | ||
26 | *Birth of the Bab (Baha'i) | ||
27 | *Birth of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i) | ||
29 | Chong Yang (China) | ||
31 - 2 | Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) (Latin America) | ||
31 | *Samhain (Wicca/Neo Pagan) | ||
November | 1 | All Saint's Day (Christian) | |
2 | All Soul's Day (Roman Catholic) | ||
3 | Bunka No Hi (Japan) | ||
11 | Veteran's Day (U.S.) | ||
15 |
Shichi-go-gan Maturi (Shinto) |
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26 | Day of the Covenant (Baha'i) | ||
27 | Thanksgiving (U.S.) | ||
30 | First Sunday of Advent (Christian) | ||
December | 8 | Bodhi Day (Buddhist, Hindu) | |
12 | Feast Day - Our Lady of Guadalupe (Hispanic Christian) | ||
14 - 22 | *Chanukah/Hanukkah (Jewish) | ||
16 - 25 | Posadas Navideñas (Hispanic Christian) | ||
19 - 21 | *Rosh Chodesh Tevet (Jewish) | ||
22 | *Yule/Winter Solstice (Wicca/Neo Pagan, International) | ||
25 | Christmas (Christian) | ||
26 - 1 | Kwanzaa (African American) |
*Commences at sundown on the preceding day.
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