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Spring 2021 Religious Holidays Spring 2021 Religious Holidays ◄ Jan 2021 February 2021 Mar 2021 ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Nirvana Day (Buddhist) Lunar New Year 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Ash Wednesday (Roman Catholic and Protestant Christian) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 +Purim (Jewish) 28 + Holiday begins at sundown the evening before * May be particularly important to avoid for tests or major assignments ** Exact date is tied to sighting of the moon ◄ Feb 2021 March 2021 Apr 2021 ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) Laylat al Miraj (Muslim) Maha Shivaratri (Hindu) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) Clean Monday—Great *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) Lent begins (Orthodox Christian) *19 Day Fast (Bahá’í) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Naw-Rúz (Bahá’í) Noorooz (Persian/ Zoroastrian) Ostara (Wiccan/Pagan) 28 29 30 31 Palm Sunday (Roman *Pesach/Passover Pesach/Passover Pesach/Passover Catholic and Protestant (Jewish) (Jewish) (Jewish) Christian) Holi (Hindu) +*Pesach/Passover (Jewish) Magha Puja Day (Buddhist) + Holiday begins at sundown the evening before * May be particularly important to avoid for tests or major assignments ** Exact date is tied to sighting of the moon ◄ Mar 2021 April 2021 May 2021 ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 Holy (Maundy) Thurdasy *Good Friday (Roman * Pesach/Passover (Roman Catholic and Catholic and Protesant (Jewish) Protestant Christian) Christian) Pesach/Passover Pesach/Passover (Jewish) (Jewish) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Easter (Roman Catholic + Yom HaShoah (Jewish) and Protestant Christian) * Pesach/Passover (Jewish) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 * ** Ramadan (Muslim) * ** Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) Ramayana (Hindu) Ramayana (Hindu) Ramayana (Hindu) Ramayana (Hindu) Ramayana (Hindu) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) Ramayana (Hindu) Ramayana (Hindu) Ramayana (Hindu) Ramayana (Hindu) +First Day of Ridvan (Bahá’í) 25 26 27 28 29 30 * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu) 9th Day of Ridvan (Bahá’í) *Great and Holy Friday (Orthodox Christian) + Holiday begins at sundown the evening before * May be particularly important to avoid for tests or major assignments ** Exact date is tied to sighting of the moon ◄ Apr 2021 May 2021 Jun 2021 ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 * Ramadan (Muslim) Beltane (Wiccan/Pagan) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Orthodox Easter * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) (Orthodox Christain) * Ramadan (Muslim) Last day of Ridvan (Bahá’í) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) * Ramadan (Muslim) * ** Eid Al-Fitr (Muslim) * ** Eid Al-Fitr (Muslim) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 + * Shavuot (Jewish) * Shavuot (Jewish) + * Shavuot (Jewish) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 + Holiday begins at sundown the evening before * May be particularly important to avoid for tests or major assignments ** Exact date is tied to sighting of the moon .
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