Holiday Calendar 2025-26

Please note that many religious observances begin at sundown on the first day listed and end at sundown the next day.

This calendar has been compiled from multiple published sources, and we have done our best to verify information, but errors may have crept in. Send corrections, suggestions, omissions, or additions to wellbeing@pitt.edu.

HolidayDateReligion
August (2025)  
Raksha BandhanAug. 9Hindu
International Youth DayAug. 12 
Senior Citizen DayAug. 21 
International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its AbolitionAug. 23 
Women's Equality Day (U.S.)Aug. 26 
Ganesh ChaturthiAug. 27Hindu
September (2025)  
National Hispanic Heritage MonthSeptember 
Labor DaySept. 1 
Mawlid Al-Nabi (also known as Milad Al Nabi)Sept. 4-5Muslim
Ullambana (also known as Obon) (Western Asia)Sept. 6Buddhist
Autumnal EquinoxSept. 22 
Rosh HashanahSept. 22–24Jewish
October (2025)  
National Disability Employment Awareness MonthOctober 
Filipino-American History MonthOctober 
LGBTQIA+ History MonthOctober 
Domestic Violence Awareness MonthOctober 
Yom KippurOct. 1–2Jewish
DussehraOct. 2Hindu
SukkotOct. 7–13Jewish
Indigenous Peoples' DayOct. 13 
Shemini AtzeretOct. 13–15Jewish
Simchat TorahOct. 14–15Jewish
DiwaliOct. 20-21Hindu
Bandi-Chhor DiwasOct. 21Sikh Muslim
Birth of the BábOct. 22Bahá'í
Gur-Gaddi Guru Granth SahibOct. 23Sikh Muslim
Birth of the Bahá'u'lláhOct. 23Bahá'í
United Nations DayOct. 24 
Reformation DayOct. 31Christian (Protestant)
All Hallow's Eve (Halloween)Oct. 31 
November (2025)  
National Native American Heritage MonthNovember 
Pitt Military Appreciation MonthNovember 
All Saints' DayNov. 1Christian
All Souls' DayNov. 2Christian
Election DayNov. 4 
Guru Nanak Dev Ji's BirthdayNov. 5Sikh Muslim
Kristallnacht Remembrance DayNov. 9 
Veterans DayNov. 11 
International Day for ToleranceNov. 16 
Transgender Day of RemembranceNov. 20 
Day of the CovenantNov. 25Bahá'í
Thanksgiving Day (U.S.)Nov. 27 
Advent BeginsNov. 30Christian (Western)
December (2025)  
World AIDS DayDec. 1 
International Day of Disabled PersonsDec. 3 
Bodhi DayDec. 8Buddhist
International Human Rights DayDec. 10 
Our Lady of Guadalupe DayDec. 12Christian (Roman Catholic)
Hanukkah (also known as Chanukah)Dec. 14–22, 2025Jewish
Bill of Rights DayDec. 15 
Winter SolsticeDec. 21 
Christmas EveDec. 24Christian (Western)
Christmas DayDec. 25Christian (Western)
KwanzaaDec. 26 – Jan. 1, 2025 
January (2026)  
New Year's DayJan. 1 
Mahayana New YearJan. 3Buddhist
EpiphanyJan. 6Christian (Western)
Guru Gobind Singh Ji's BirthdayJan. 5Sikh
Christmas EveJan. 6Christian (Eastern)
Christmas DayJan. 7Christian (Eastern)
Makar SankrantiJan. 14Hindu
World Religion DayJan. 19 
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. DayJan. 19 
International Holocaust Memorial DayJan. 27 
February (2026)  
Black History MonthFebruary 
National Freedom DayFeb. 1 
Tu BiShvatFeb. 1–2Jewish
Valentine's DayFeb. 14 
Nirvana DayFeb. 15Buddhist
Maha ShivaratriFeb. 15–16Hindu
Ramadan Feb. 18–March 19Muslim
Lunar New YearFeb. 17Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist
Ash Wednesday (Lent Begins)Feb. 18Christian (Western)
World Day of Social JusticeFeb. 20 
Clean Monday (also known as Pure Monday)Feb. 23Christian (Eastern)
Intercalary Days or Ayyám-i-HáFeb. 25-March 1Bahá'í
March (2026)  
Women's History MonthMarch 
Nineteen Day FastMarch 2–20Bahá'í
PurimMarch 3Jewish
Magha PujaMarch 3Buddhist
HoliMarch 4Hindu
Hola MohallaMarch 4–6Sikh
International Women's DayMarch 8 
Lailat Al-QadrMarch 16Muslim
St. Patrick's DayMarch 17Christian (Western)
Eid Al-Fitr (Ramadan Ends)March 20–22Muslim
Nowruz (also known as Persian New Year)March 20Zoroastrian
International Day for the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationMarch 21 
Khordad SalMarch 26Zoroastrian
Rama NavamiMarch 26Hindu
Palm SundayMarch 29Christian (Western)
Cesar Chavez DayMarch 31 
April (2026)  
Arab American Heritage MonthApril 
Passover (also known as Pesach)April 1–9Jewish
Holy ThursdayApril 2Christian (Western)
Theravada (Solar New Year)April 2–5Buddhist
Good FridayApril 3Christian (Western)
EasterApril 5Christian (Western)
Day of SilenceApril 10 
Holy FridayApril 10Christian (Eastern)
Pascha (Orthodox Easter)April 12Christian (Eastern)
Yom HashoahApril 13–14Jewish
Vaisakhi (also spelled Baisakhi)April 14Sikh
Festival of RidvanApril 21–May 2Bahá'í
May (2026)  
Asian Pacific American Heritage MonthMay 
Jewish American Heritage MonthMay 
National Day of Prayer (U.S.)May 1Interfaith
Visakha PujaMay 1Buddhist
Lag B'OmerMay 4–5Jewish
Mother's DayMay 10 
World Day of Cultural DiversityMay 21 
ShauvotMay 22–23Jewish
Declaration of the BabMay 24Bahá'í
PentecostMay 24Christian (Western)
Memorial DayMay 25 
Eid Al-AdhaMay 27-30Muslim
Ascension of Baha'u'llahMay 28–29Bahá'í
PentecostMay 31Christian (Eastern)
June (2026)  
LGBTQIA+ Pride MonthJune 
World Environment DayJune 5 
Anne Frank DayJune 12 
Race Unity DayJune 14 
Flag Day (U.S.)June 14 
JuneteenthJune 19 
Father's DayJune 21 
Summer SolsticeJun. 21 
AshuraJune 26Muslim
July (2026)  
Independence DayJuly 4 
Martyrdom of the BabJuly 10Bahá'í
Tish'a B'avJuly 22–23Jewish
Americans with Disabilities Act DayJuly 26 
Dharma DayJuly 29Buddhist