Religious Holidays

2009 Holidays

Jan. 1, Gantan-sai (New Years), Shinto
Jan. 7-8+=, Ashura (10th day of Muharram), Islamic
Jan. 26, Asian Lunar New Year [Year of the Ox], Chinese
Mar. 9–10+, Purim, Jewish
Mar. 9-10+=, Mawlid-al-Nabi [Muhammed's birthday], Islamic
Mar. 20-21+, Naw-Ruz / Iranian New Year, Bahá'i
Apr. 5, Palm Sunday, Western Christian & Eastern Orthodox
Apr. 8–10+, Passover (Pesach), 1st two days, Jewish
Apr. 10, Good Friday / Holy Friday, Western Christian & Eastern Orthodox
Apr. 10, Easter / Paschal, Western Christian & Eastern Orthodox
Apr. 14–16+, Passover (Pesach), concluding days, Jewish
Apr. 20–21+, Ridvan Festival, 1st of 12 days, Baha'i
Apr. 28–29+, 9th Day of Ridvan, Bahá'i
May 1–2+, 12th Day of Ridvan, Bahá'i
May 22–23+, Declaration of the Báb, Bahá'i
May 28–29+, Ascension of Baha'u'llah, Bahá'i
May 28-30+, Shavuot (Feast of Weeks), Jewish
July 8–9+, Martyrdom of the Báb, Bahá'i
Aug. 22–23+=, Beginning of Ramadan, Islamic
Sept. 18–20+, Rosh Hashanah [New Year], Jewish
Sept. 21–22+=, Eid al-Fitr (Eid-ul-Fitr), (first day of Shawwal), Islamic
Sept. 27–29+, Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement], Jewish
Oct. 2–9+, Sukkot [Feast of Tabernacles], Jewish
Oct. 10-12+, Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah , Jewish
Oct. 19–20+, Birth of the Báb, Bahá'i
Nov. 11–12+, Birth of Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'i
Nov. 28-29+=, Eid al-Adha, Islamic
Dec. 8, Bodhi Day (Rohatsu), Buddhist
Dec. 11–19+, Hanukkah (Chanukah) [8-day Feast], Jewish
Dec. 18–19+=, Al-Hijra (Muharram) [New Year], Islamic
Dec. 25, Christmas, Western Christian
Dec. 26–Jan. 1, Kwanzaa, Interfaith / African-American
Dec. 27-28+=, Ashura (10th day of Muharram), Islamic

+holy days start at sundown of beginning date and end at sundown or nightfall of concluding date
=some of these dates are not fixed to a calendar but based on the actual sighting of the moon and therefore there may be
some variance by a day.

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