A Partial Listing of Religious, Ethnic and Civic Observances Religious, Ethnic and Civic Observerance ................................................................ 2018 Lammas (Pagan/Wiccan) .....................................................................................August 1 *Rosh Chodesh Elul (Jewish) .......................................................................August 11-12 *Waqf al Arafa (Islamic) .................................................................................... August 20 *Eid al-Adha (Islamic) ....................................................................................... August 22 Raksha Bandhan (Hindu, Jainism) ................................................................... August 25 ______________________________________________________________ Labor Day (U.S.) ............................................................................................ September 3 *Rosh Hashanah/Jewish New Year ......................................................September 10 - 11 Muharram/Islamic New Year ...................................................................... September 11 Ganesh Chaturdhi (Hindu) ......................................................................... September 12 *Tzom Gedaliah (Jewish) ............................................................................ September 12 *Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement (Jewish) .................................................. September 19 *Ashura (Islamic) ......................................................................................... September 20 Mid-Autumn Festival (China) ..................................................................... September 24 *Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) (Jewish) ................................................September 24-25 *Hosha’anah Rabah (Jewish) ...................................................................... September 30 ______________________________________________________________ *Shemini Atzeret (Jewish) .................................................................................October 1 *Simchat Torah (Jewish) ....................................................................................October 2 Columbus Day (U.S.) ..........................................................................................October 8 Devi Navaratri (Hindu) ...............................................................................October 9 - 17 Cirio de Nazare (Brazil) ....................................................................................October 14 Chong Yang (China) .........................................................................................October 17 Vijayadashmi/Dussehra (Hindu) ......................................................................October 18 Karva Chauth (Buddhist, Hindu) .....................................................................October 27 All Hallows Eve/Halloween ..............................................................................October 31 *Samhain (Pagan/Wiccan) ...............................................................................October 31 ______________________________________________________________ All Saints’ Day (Christian) .............................................................................November 1 Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) (Latin America) ................................November 1 All Souls’ Day (Roman Catholic) ....................................................................November 2 Bunka No Hi (Japan) ......................................................................................November 3 Diwali (Buddhist, Hindu, Sikhism, Jainism) .................................................November 7 *Birth of the Bab (Bahá’í) ...............................................................................November 9 *Birth of the Baha’u’llah (Bahá’í) .................................................................November 10 Veterans’ Day (U.S.) ......................................................................................November 11 Shichigosan Matsuri (Shinto) ......................................................................November 15 *Mawlid al-Nabi (Islamic) ............................................................................November 20 Thanksgiving (U.S.) ......................................................................................November 22 Day of the Covenant (Bahá’í) .......................................................................November 26 ______________________________________________________________ Sundays of Advent (Christian) .......................................................................December 2 *Chanukah/Hanukkah (Jewish) ................................................................December 3-10 Bodhi Day (Buddhist, Hindu) ..........................................................................December 8 *Rosh Chodesh Tevet (Jewish) .......................................................................December 8 Feast Day — Our Lady of Guadalupe (Latin America)................................ December 12 Las Posadas (Mexico) ............................................................................December 16 - 24 *Asarah B’Tevet (Jewish) ............................................................................. December 18 Winter Solstice/Yule (Pagan, International)................................................ December 21 Christmas (Christian) .................................................................................. December 25 Kwanzaa (African American) ...................................................December 26 - January 1 ______________________________________________________________ 2019 New Year’s Day (U.S., International) ..................................................................January 1 Japanese New Year .............................................................................................January 1 Shogatsu (Shinto New Year) .......................................................................... January 1-3 Dia de los Santos Reyes/Three Kings Day (Latin America) ..............................January 6 Epiphany (Christian) ..........................................................................................January 6 Makar Sankranti (Hindu) ................................................................................January 14 Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (U.S.) ................................................January 21 *Tu B’Shevat (Jewish) ......................................................................................January 21 ______________________________________________________________ Imbolc/Imbolg (Pagan, Wiccan) ....................................................................... February 2 Chinese New Year ............................................................................................. February 5 National Foundation Day (Shinto) ................................................................February 11 Presidents’ Day (U.S.) .....................................................................................February 18 International Mother Language Day (International) ...................................February 21 DIVERSITY ______________________________________________________________ Hinamatsuri (Japan) ..............................................................................................March 3 Maha Shivaratri (Hindu) .......................................................................................March 4 is the key to global success Workshops and programs that address Ash Wednesday/Lent begins (Christian) .............................................................March 6 diversity issues are available for faculty, Clean Monday/Lent begins (Orthodox Christian) ............................................March 11 St. Patrick’s Day (Christian) ................................................................................March 17 staff and students. The Diversity Resource Ta’anit Esther (Jewish) .......................................................................................March 20 www.purdue.edu/dro Office also administers the DiversiKey *Shushan Purim (Jewish) ...................................................................................March 21 Program, which prepares students to be *Holi (Hindu) .......................................................................................................March 21 765-494-7307 active and responsible members in their *Purim (Jewish) ........................................................................................... March 21 - 23 *Nowruz (Iranian New Year) ...............................................................................March 21 local and global communities. ______________________________________________________________ *Lailat al Miraj/Shab-E-Miraj (Islamic) ..................................................................April 3 August 2018 September 2018 October 2018 *Rosh Chodesh Nisan (Jewish) ...............................................................................April 6 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Palm Sunday (Christian) .......................................................................................April 14 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mahavir Jayanti (Jainism) ....................................................................................April 17 Good Friday (Christian) ........................................................................................April