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Download the 2006-07 Religious Holiday Calendar (PDF)
2006-07 Religious Holy Day Calendar (PDF).pdf

2007-2008 Religious Holiday Calendar

8SamvatsariJain
12Erev Rosh HashanahJewish
13Rosh HashanahJewish
13Ramadan Begins Islam
15Ganesha Chaturthi Hindu
21MabonPagan
21Kol Nidre (Eve of Day of Atonement)Jewish
22Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)*~Jewish
27-Oct.3Sukkot~Jewish
4Shemini Atzeret~Jewish
5Simchat Torah~Jewish
12-20Navatri/Durga Puja oHindu
13Eid al Fitr (End of Ramadan)Islam
21Dusserah oHindu
20Birth of Bad*~Baha'i
31Samhain*Pagan
1All Saints DayChristian
2All Souls DayChristian
9Diwali*Hindu
12 Bith of Baha'u'llahBaha'i
24Guru Nanak Dev BirthdaySikh
28 Ascension of 'Abdul-BahaBaha'i
5 - 12Chanukah~Jewish
8Bodhi DayBuddhist
12Immaculate ConceptionChristian/Roman Catholic
20Eid al-Adha*Islam
21YulePagan
25Christmas*Christian
27Kwanzaa beginsInterfaith
1Last day of KwanzaaInterfaith
6EpiphanyChristian/Roman Catholic
7Christmas*Christian/Eastern Orthodox
10Al Higra *oIslam
22Tu B'shevat~Jewish
23-25Mahayana Buddhist NewYearBuddhist
2ImbolcPagan
6Ash WednesdayChristian
15 Nirvana DayiBuddhist
6 Maha ShivaratriHindu
16Palm SundayChristian
20Maudilon nabi oIslam (Birth of the Prophet)
21Purim~Jewish
21Good FridayChristian
22Holi*Hindu
23Easter*Christian
20-26 Passover~Jewish
27AscensionChristian
1Beltane*Pagan
2Yom Ha Shoah~Jewish
11PentecostChristian
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~ = Jewish and Baha'i Holy Days begin at sunset the previous day

o = Certain Hindu and Muslim Holy Days are calculated on a lunar calendar and are approximate.

* = High Holy Day. Grinnell acknowledges and embraces the religious diversity among its students. The administration is aware that the academic calendar occasionally conflicts with religious High Holy Days. Faculty have no written policy to accommodate the religious obligations of some students, but are asked to consider student requests for excused absences on these days. Students are asked to notify faculty of syllabus conflicts early in the semester and to request permission to make-up work or to reschedule examinations if necessary.

 
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