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2008 MAJOR RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS
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March 21 Friday Naw-Ruz (Baha'i New Year) (follows fasting March 2-20)
March 21 Friday Good Friday (Crucifixion of Jesus)
March 23 Sunday Easter (western) (Resurrection of Jesus)
April 20 Sunday Passover (Slavery to Freedom) (1st of 8 days)
April 21 Monday Ridvan begins (Festival commemorates declaration of Baha'u'llah in garden of Ridvan in Baghdad 1863) (12 days)
April 27 Sunday Easter (Orthodox) (Resurrection of Jesus)
June 9 Monday Shavuot (Moses receives Ten Commandments) (1st day of 2)
September 2* Tuesday Ramadan begins (Month of Fasting) (30 days)
September 30 Tuesday Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) (1st day of 2)
October 2 (or 3)* Thursday/(Friday) Eid al-Fitr (Feast of Fast-breaking) Ramadan ends
October 9 Thursday Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
October 14 Tuesday Sukkot (Celebrate harvest in small booths in desert) (1st of 7)
October 28 # Tuesday Diwali (Festival of Lights; Coronation of Lord Rama; worship of Mahalakshmi)
November 12 Wednesday Birth of Baha'u'llah (Prophet-founder of Baha'i faith, b. 1817)
December 9* Tuesday Eid Ul Adha (Feast of sacrifice, ending Hajj) (3 Days)
December 22 Monday Hanukkah begins (Festival of Lights) (1st of 8 days)
December 25 Thursday Christmas (Birth of Jesus)
December 26 Friday Kwanzaa (African-American cultural celebration)(1st day of 7)
  • All Jewish, Islamic and Baha'i holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the date given
  • (*) Islamic holidays are subject to the actual first sighting of the new crescent moon
  • (#) Hindu holidays are subject to change depending on the Hindu lunar calendar as interpreted in India and on local customs.
  • On the 9 Baha'i holy days, including the 3 listed here, work should be suspended.