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 2025

January 29: Lunar New Year (Taoism)
February 26: Maha Shivaratri (Hinduism)
February 28-March 19: Nineteen Day Fast* (Baha'i Faith)
February 28-March 29: Ramadan* (Islam)
March 5: Ash Wednesday (Christianity)
March 15: Ramakrishna Jayanti (Hinduism)
March 20-21: Nowruz (Zoroastrianism)
March 26: Khordad Sal (Zoroastrianism)
March 29-30: Eid al-Fitr* (Islam)
April 6: Rama Navami (Hinduism)
April 12-20: Passover* (Judaism)
April 13: Vaisakhi (Sikhism)
April 18: Good Friday (Christianity)
April 20: Easter (Christianity)
April 20: Pascha (Christianity)
April 20-May 2: Ridvan* (Baha'i Faith)
May 12: Vesak (Buddhism)

SUMMER 2025

May 27-28: Ascension of the Baha'u'llah* (Bahai Faith)
May 30: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib (Sikhism)
June 2-3: Shavuot* (Judaism)
July 6-7: Ashura* (Islam)
July 8-9: Martyrdom of the Bab* (Bahai Faith)
July 24: Pioneer Day (Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints)
August 2-3: Tish B'Av* (Judaism)
August 15: Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (Christianity)
August 16-17: Krishna Jamnashtami (Hinduism)
August 21-28: Paryushana (Jainism)

FALL 2025

September 22-24: Rosh Hashanah* (Judaism)
October 1-2: Yom Kippur* (Judaism)
October 6-7: Sukkot* (Judaism)
October 14-15: Simchat Torah* (Judaism)
October 20: Diwali (Hinduism)
October 22-23: Birth of the Bab* (Baha'i Faith)
October 23-24: Birth of the Baha'u'llah* (Baha'i Faith)
November 1: All Saints Day (Christianity)
November 5: Guru Nanak Jayanti (Sikhism)
November 24: Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikhism)
December 8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Christianity)
December 8: Bodhi Day (Buddhism)

SPRING 2026

January 13: Maghi (Sikhism)
February 15-16: Maha Shivaratri* (Hinduism)
February 17: Lunar New Year (Taoism)
February 17-March 18: Ramadan* (Islam)
February 18: Ash Wednesday (Christianity)
February 18-19: Ramakrishna Jayanti* (Hinduism)
March 1-20: Nineteen Day Fast* (Baha'i Faith)
March 19-20: Eid al-Fitr* (Islam)
March 20: Nowruz (Zoroastrianism)
March 26: Rama Navami (Hinduism)
March 26: Khordad Sal (Zoroastrianism)
April 1-9: Passover* (Judaism)
April 3: Good Friday (Christianity)
April 5: Easter (Christianity)
April 10: Orthodox Good Friday (Christianity)
April 12: Pascha (Christianity)
April 20-May 2: Ridvan* (Baha'i Faith)
May 1: Vesak (Buddhism)