Pacific values diversity in our community, including in the many religious traditions that reflect us. The below is guidance to faculty and coaches for consideration of allowances for religious observances, as well as for students who would like to request an accommodation to support a religious observance.  

This list, though exhaustive in its inclusion of traditions represented on our campus, is not complete. Please direct suggestions for additions to the list of religious days of observance to the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Among the religious holidays that might pose conflicts with the 2025-2026 academic calendar are:

Weekly

 FaithDate
Shabbat* JewishFriday sunset to Saturday sunset 
ܳ’a&Բ;IslamThursday sunset to Friday sunset 

June and July 2025

 FaithDate
Eid al-Ghadeer ** Islam June 14-15 
1st of Muharram (Islamic New Year) ** Islam July 26 
10th of Muharram (Ashura) ** Islam July 5-6 

August and September 2025

 FaithDate
Tisha B’Av JewishAugust 2-3 
ʽ**&Բ;IslamAugust 14-15 
Paryushan ** Jain August 11-28 
Mawlid/Birth of the Prophet Muhammad (Sunni) **IslamSeptember 4-5
Mawlid/Birth of the Prophet Muhammad (Shia) ** IslamSeptember 9-10 
Rosh Hashanah *JewishSeptember 22-24

October 2025

 FaithDate
Yom Kippur *Jewish October 1-2 
General ConferenceLatter-day SaintsOctober 4-5 
Sukkot *JewishOctober 6-13
Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah * Jewish October 13-15
Installation of Granth Sahib Ji as GuruSikhOctober 20 
Diwali ** Hindu October 21
Birth of the Báb *** Baha'iOctober 22
Birth of Bahá'u'lláh *** Baha'iOctober 23

November 2025

 FaithDate
Guru Nanak’s BirthdaySikhNovember 5
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur JiSikhNovember 24 

December 2025 and January 2026

 FaithDate
Hanukkah *JewishDecember 14-22
Christmas Christian December 25 
KwanzaaInterfaith/African-American December 26–January 1
Birthday of ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib **IslamJanuary 3
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh JiSikhJanuary 6
Feast of the Epiphany ChristianJanuary 6
Eastern Orthodox Christmas Orthodox Orthodox ChristianJanuary 7
Lohri-MaghiSikhJanuary 13 
Sankranti HinduJanuary 14 

February and March 2026

 FaithDate
Lunar New Year Interfaith/NationalFebruary 17
Ramadan Begins** Islam February 17-18
Ash Wednesday Christian February 18
Lent Begins Christian March 18
Ramadan **IslamFebruary 18-March 21
Eastern Orthodox Beginning of Lent OrthodoxOrthodox Christian February 23
Purim* JewishMarch 2-3
Holi Hindu March 4
Now-Rúz *** Interfaith/National/BahaiMarch 20
Eid al-Fitr **    IslamMarch 21 

April 2026

 FaithDate
Passover (Pesach) * JewishApril 1-9
Good Friday ChristianApril 3
General ConferenceLatter-day SaintsApril 4-5
EasterChristianApril 5
Eastern Orthodox Good Friday Orthodox ChristianApril 10
Eastern Orthodox Easter  Orthodox ChristianApril 12 
VaisakhiSikhApril 14
First Day of Ridván *** Baha'iApril 20 
Ninth Day of Ridván *** Baha'iApril 29 

May 2026

 FaithDate
Twelfth Day of Ridván *** Baha'i May 1 
Buddha Day (Vesak)Buddhism May 1 
Ascension Day ChristianMay 14
Eastern Orthodox Ascension Day Orthodox Christian  May 21
Shavuot * JewishMay 21-23
Declaration of the Báb *** Baha'i May 23 
Holy Day of Arafah (Hajj) **IslamMay 25-26
Eid al-Adha **IslamMay 27 
Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh ***Baha'i May 29 

June and July 2026

 FaithDate
Eid al-Ghadeer ** IslamJune 3-4
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev JiSikhJune 16
1st of Muharram (Islamic New Year) **Islam June 16
JuneteenthInterfaith/African AmericanJune 19 
10th of Muharram (Ashura) ** Islam June 25-26
Martyrdom of the Bab *** Baha'iJuly 8-9 

*Jewish holy days begin and end at sundown on the first and last days listed.

**These holidays are calculated on a lunar calendar and are approximate. Muslim holidays begin and end at sundown on the first and last days listed.

***The Baha'i day ends and a new one begins at sunset; consequently, the day on which a Holy Day is observed begins at sunset of the day before the Gregorian calendar dates given above.