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Interfaith Calendar

Major Religious Holidays

This calendar focuses on holidays that require fasting or prohibit work. It is not exhaustive of all religious traditions or festivals. Students may request Absence Verification for observances not listed here. To learn about additional holidays celebrated at VT, subscribe to the monthly Interfaith Newsletter by emailing interfaith@vt.edu. Holidays marked with an asterisk begin and end at sundown.


SPRING 2024

  • February 10: Lunar New Year (Taoism)
  • February 14: Ash Wednesday (Christianity)
  • February 29-March 19: Nineteen Day Fast* (Baha'i Faith)
  • March 8 Maha Shivaratri (Hinduism)
  • March 11-April 9: Ramadan* (Islam)
  • March 15: Ramakrishna Jayanti (Hinduism)
  • March 20-21: Nowruz* (Zoroastrianism)
  • March 29 Good Friday (Christianity)
  • March 31: Easter (Christianity)
  • April 9-10: Eid al-Fitr* (Islam)
  • April 13: Vaisakhi (Sikhism)
  • April 17: Rama Navami (Hinduism)
  • April 20-May 2: Ridvan* (Baha'i Faith)
  • April 22-30: Passover* (Judaism)
  • May 3: Orthodox Good Friday (Christianity)
  • May 5: Pascha (Christianity)
  • May 18: Ascension of Jesus (Christianity)

SUMMER 2024

  • May 22-23: Declaration of the Bab* (Baha'i Faith)
  • May 23: Vesak (Buddhism)
  • May 28: Ascension of the Baha'u'llah* (Baha'i Faith)
  • June 11-13: Shavuot* (Judaism)
  • June 16: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib (Sikhism)
  • July 8-9: Martyrdom of the Bab* (Baha'i Faith)
  • July 16-17: Ashura* (Islam)
  • July 24: Pioneer Day (Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints)
  • August 12-13: Tisha B'Av* (Judaism)
  • August 15: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (Christianity)

FALL 2024

  • August 26: Krishna Janmashtami (Hinduism)
  • October 2-4: Rosh Hashanah* (Judaism)
  • October 11-12: Yom Kippur* (Judaism)
  • October 16-23: Sukkot* (Judaism)
  • October 24-25: Simchat Torah* (Judaism)
  • November 1: All Saints Day (Christianity)
  • November 1: Diwali (Hinduism)
  • November 1-2: Birth of the Bab* (Baha'i Faith)
  • November 2-3: Birth of the Baha'u'llah* (Baha'i Faith)
  • November 15: Guru Nanak Jayanti (Sikhism)
  • November 24: Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib (Sikhism)
  • December 8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Christianity)
  • December 25: Christmas (Christianity)