Religious Observances

Date	Holiday	Description
Aug. 19	Raksha Bandhan	Hindu – festival, celebrates bond between brother and sister.
Aug. 26	Krishna Janmashtami	Hindu – festival, birth of Hindu god Krishna.
Oct. 3-4	Rosh Hashanah*	Jewish – New Year, first of Jewish high holy days
Oct. 3-12	Navaratri	Hindu – autumnal festival
Oct. 12	Yom Kippur*	Jewish – Day of Atonement, holiest day in Judaism
Oct. 17-23	Sukkot*	Jewish – Feast of Tabernacles or Feast of Booths
Oct. 24-25	Shemini Atzeret* & Simchat Torah*	Jewish – culmination of the high holiday season
Nov. 1	Diwali*	Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain – festival of lights
Dec. 25	Christmas	Christian – birth of Jesus Christ
Dec. 25-Jan. 2	Hanukkah	Jewish – festival of lights

Date	Holiday	Description
Jan. 29	Lunar New Year/Chinese New Year*	Confucian, Taoist, Buddhist – most important, spring festival
Mar. 1-30	Ramadan	Islamic – faith through fasting/prayer
Mar. 14	Purim	Jewish – commemorates saving of Jewish people from annihilation
Mar. 14	Holi	Hindu – Festival of colors, love and spring
Mar. 31	Eid al-Fitr*	Islamic – break the fast, last day of Ramadan
Apr. 13	Passover*	Jewish – exodus of Israelites from Egypt
Apr. 17	Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday)	Christian – Last Supper of Jesus with Apostles
Apr. 18	Good Friday	Christian – crucifixion of Jesus Christ
Apr. 20	Easter*	Christian – resurrection of Jesus Christ
Apr. 24	Yom HaSho’ah	Jewish – Holocaust Remembrance Day

* Holiday with significant work restriction
Jewish days begin and end at sundown.