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Download the 2008-09 Religious Holiday Calendar (PDF)
Religious Holiday Calendar 08 - 09.pdf
updated April 22, 2009 cfs

Click here for a more complete Holy Days and Festivals Calendar.

Ten Year Calendar of Jewish Holy Days for School Years

2009 Religious Holiday Calendar

9Maudilon nabi oIslam (Birth of the Prophet)
10Purim~Jewish
11Holi*Hindu
21OstaraPagan
21Naw RuzBaha'i
5Palm SundayChristian
9-16Passover~Jewish
10Good FridayChristian
12Easter*Christian
19Orthodox EasterOrthodox Christians
21Yom Ha Shoah~Jewish
21First Day of RidvanBaha'i
29Ninth Day of RidvanBaha'i
1Beltane*Pagan
2Twelfth Day of RidvanBaha'i
9Buddha DayBuddhist
23Declaration of the BabBaha'i
29ShavuotJewish
29Ascension of Baha'u'llahBaha'i
30ShavuotJewish
31PentecostChristian
22Ramadan BeginsIslam
23Ganesha Chaturthi Hindu
19Erev Rosh HashanahJewish
20Eid al Fitr (End of Ramadan)Islam
22MabonPagan
27Kol Nidre (Eve of Day of Atonement)Jewish
28Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)*~Jewish
3-9Sukkot~Jewish
10Shemini Atzeret~Jewish
11Simchat Torah~Jewish
20Birth of Bad*~Baha'i
1Samhain*Pagan
12 Birth of Baha'u'llahBaha'i
27Eid al-Adha*Islam
28 Ascension of 'Abdu'l-BahaBaha'i
8Bodhi DayBuddhist
12-19Chanukah~Jewish
25Christmas*Christian
Code:

~ = 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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