2025 - 2026 Religious Holidays Schedule
| ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-26 | ||
| HOLIDAY | FAITH | DATE(S) |
| Tisha B'Av | Judaism | August 2nd - August 3rd |
| Paryushan-Parva | Jainism | August 20th - August 27th |
| Krishna Janmashtami | Hinduism | August 26th |
| Birth of the Prophet Muhammad (Sunni) | Islam | September 4th |
| Mawlid al-Nabi (Sunni) | Islam | September 5th |
| Birth of the Prophet Muhammad (Shia) | Islam | September 8th |
| Rosh Hashanah* | Judaism | September 22nd - September 24th |
| Yom Kippur* | Judaism | October 1st - October 2nd |
| Sukkot* | Judaism | October 6th - October 13th |
| Shemini Atzeret | Judaism | October 13th - October 15th |
| Simchat Torah* | Judaism | October 14th - October 15th |
| Diwali | Jainism, Sikhism, Hinduism | October 20th |
| Birth of the Báb* | Bahá’í | October 22nd |
| Birth of Bahá’u’lláh* | Bahá’í | October 23rd |
| Hanukkah | Judaism | December 14th - December 22nd |
| Christmas | Christianity | December 25th |
| Kwanzaa | Interfaith / African-American | December 26th - January 1st |
| Gantan-sai | Shinto | January 1st |
| Feast of the Epiphany | Christianity | January 6th |
| Eastern Orthodox Christmas (Julian Calendar) | Orthodox Christianity | January 6th |
| Sankranti | Hinduism | January 14th |
| Lunar New Year | Confucianism / Taoism / Buddhism | February 17th |
| Ramadan begins | Islam | February 17th - March 19th |
| Ash Wednesday | Christianity | February 18th |
| Eastern Orthodox Beginning of Lent | Orthodox Christianity | February 23rd |
| Purim | Judaism | March 2nd - March 3rd |
| ‘Alá’ (Loftiness) 19 day fast | Bahá’í | March 2nd - March 20th |
| Holi - Festival of Colors | Hinduism | March 4th |
| 23rd Night of Ramadan | Islam | Expected March 8th |
| Eid al-Fitr (date can vary by a day) | Islam | March 19th - March 20th |
| Nowruz* | Bahá’í | March 20th |
| Palm Sunday | Christianity | March 29th |
| Mahavira-Jayanti | Jainism, Sikhism, Hinduism | March 31st |
| Passover* | Judaism | April 1st - April 9th |
| Good Friday | Christianity | April 3rd |
| Holy Friday | Orthodox Christianity | April 3rd |
| Easter | Christianity | April 5th |
| Eastern Orthodox Easter | Christianity | April 12th |
| Yom HaSho'ah | Judaism | April 13th - April 14th |
| Baisakhi | Sikhism | April 14th |
| First Day of Ridvan* | Baha’i | April 20th - April 21st |
| Ninth Day of Ridván* | Bahá’í | April 28th - April 29th |
| Vesak (Visakha Puja)- Buddah Day* | Buddhism | May 1st |
| Twelfth Day of Ridván | Bahá’í | May 2nd |
| Last day of Ridvan | Bahá’í | May 2nd |
| Shavuot | Judaism | May 21st - May 23rd |
| Declaration of the Báb | Bahá’í | May 23rd - May 24th |
| Pentecost | Christianity | May 24th |
| Eid al-Adha | Islam | May 26th - May 27th |
| Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh | Bahá’í | May 28th - May 29th |
| Juneteenth | Interfaith / African-American | June 19th |
| Muharram | Islam | June 26th |
*These holidays have been designated non-work days by the religions that celebrate them.
Reference our religious observation policy here.
If there is a holiday you feel should be on this calendar and is currently not, please email provostsoffice@tc.columbia.edu.