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Religious Observances 2025

About Religious Observances

The calendar below is a month-by-month listing of religious observances for 2024. This list includes the dates for some of the most important religious celebrations of the major religions. Holy days may include fasting or abstaining from specific food or drink for specified periods ranging from a month to more than a day (25 hours) to daylight hours (sunrise to sundown). Absence from work or classes is also common observance, and some holy days start at sundown and end at sundown/nightfall of the concluding date. Dates may not be fixed to a calendar but based on the actual sighting of the moon and there may be variance by a day.

This list is not meant to be comprehensive.

Religious Observances 2025

ObservanceDate(s)
Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin MaryJanuary 1
Gantan-saiJanuary 1
Christmas (Feast of the Epiphany)January 6
Feast of the NativityJanuary 7
Lailat al MirajJanuary 26 – 27
Lunar New YearJanuary 29
ImbolcFebruary 1
Ramadan (30 days)February 28 – March 29
Orthodox Great LentMarch 3 – April 19
Ash WednesdayMarch 5
PurimMarch 13 -14
HoliMarch 14
OstaraMarch 20
NowruzMarch 20
Eid al-FitrMarch 29 – 30
NavratriMarch 30 – April 7
Passover (Pesach-8 days)April 12 – 20
Palm SundayApril 13
Maundy ThursdayApril 17
Good FridayApril 18
EasterApril 20
PaschaApril 20
RidvanApril 20 – May 2
BeltaneMay 1
Buddha’s BirthdayMay 5
Vesak (Buddha Day)May 12
Declaration of the BabMay 22 – 23
Ascension of Baha’u’llahMay 27 – 28
ShavuotJune 1
Eid al-AdhaJune 6 – 7
Feast of PentecostJune 8
Litha-Yule (Solstice)June 20
First of MuharramJune 27
AshuraJuly 5 – 6
Lughnasadh-ImbolcAugust 1
Paryushan ParvarambhaAugust 20 – 27
Ganesh ChaturthiAugust 26 – 27
MabonSeptember 22
Rosh Hashanah (New Year)September 22 – 24
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)October 1 – 2
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles-7 days)October 6 – 13
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat TorahOctober 13 – 15
DiwaliOctober 20
Birth of the BabOctober 22
SamhainOctober 31 – November 1
All Saints Day/Day of the DeadNovember 1
Guru Nanak GurpurabNovember 5
AdventNovember 30 – December 24
Our Lady of GuadalupeDecember 12
ChanukahDecember 14 – 22
Christmas EveDecember 24
ChristmasDecember 25