Religious Holidays

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Holiday	Recommended Accommodation	2022	2023	2024	Religion
Pascha/Easter	Because this holiday falls on Sunday, academic accommodations may not be required.	Sun, 04/24/22	Sun, 04/16/23	Sun, 05/05/24	Eastern Orthodox Christian
Pesach/Passover	Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events and activities on the first two and last two days of the holiday, provide food accommodation	Fri, 04/15/22 to Sat, 04/23/22	Wed, 04/05/23 to Thu, 04/13/23	Mon, 04/22/24 to Tue, 04/30/24	Jewish
Purim	Purim is not subject to the restrictions on work that affect some other holidays; however, some sources indicate that Jews should not go abou	Thu, 03/17/22 to Fri, 03/18/22	Mon, 03/06/23 to Tue, 03/07/23	Sat, 03/23/24 to Sun, 03/24/24	Jewish
Raksha Bandhan	None.	Thu, 08/11/22	Wed, 08/30/23	Mon, 08/19/24	Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh
Ramadan	If possible, avoid scheduling major academic deadlines during this time.	Sat, 04/02/22 to Sun, 05/01/22			Islamic
Rosh Hashanah	Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events, or activities on this date.	Sun, 09/25/22 to Tue, 09/27/22	Fri, 09/15/23 to Sun, 09/17/23	Wed, 10/02/24 to Fri, 10/04/24	Jewish
Samhain	None.	Mon, 10/31/22 to Tue, 11/01/22	Tue, 10/31/23 to Wed, 11/01/23	Thu, 10/31/24 to Fri, 11/01/24	Wiccan
Setsubum-sai	None.	Thu, 02/03/22	Fri, 02/03/23	Sat, 02/03/24	Shinto
Shavuot	Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events and activities.	Sat, 06/04/22 to Mon, 06/06/22	Thu, 05/25/23 to Sat, 05/27/23	Tue, 06/11/24 to Thu, 06/13/24	Jewish
Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah	Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events, or activities on this date.	Sun, 10/16/22 to Tue, 10/18/22	Fri, 10/06/23 to Sun, 10/08/23	Wed, 10/23/24 to Fri, 10/25/24	Jewish