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Fall
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2023
September
Friday, September 1: First Installation of Guru Granth Sahib in the Golden Temple (Sikh)
Sikh remembrance of the eternal installation of the holy books, Granth Sahib.
September 4: Labor Day
September 5: International Day of Charity
September 15: Start of National Hispanic Heritage Month
Celebrates the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America
September 22: Autumnal Equinox
September 23: Native American Day
Honors those who have been a part of the American tradition even before the United Stated came into being and hopes to change the way people view Native Americans and their culture
September 25 – 27: Rosh Hashanah
Celebrates Jewish New Year and is a time of reflection about the past year and year to come. It also begins the ten days of penitence culminating in Yom Kippur
September 26: First Day of Navaratri
A nine-day festival celebrating the victory of Goddess Durga over Mahishasura, and the victory
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October
- October 1: Start of LGBTQ+ History Month
- Celebrates the achievements of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender icons. Each day, a new LGBTQ+ icon is featured.
- October 5: Yom Kippur
- Meaning Day of Atonement, this Jewish holiday is a day to set aside to demonstrate repentance and make amends
- October 5: Vijayadashmi
- Also known as Dussehra, marks the end of Durga Puja and Navaratri. Huge effigies of Ravana are burned to celebrate the eternal promise that good will always vanquish evil
- October 7 – 8: Eid Milad-un-Nabi
- From sundown to sundown, this Islamic holiday commemorates the birth of the prophet Muhammad.
- October 9 – 16: Sukkot
- One of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals, this weeklong Jewish holiday is a time of dwelling and celebrates the gathering of the harvest and commemorates the miraculous protection God provided for the children of Israel when they left Egypt
- October 10: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
- Honors the cultures and histories of Native Americans
- October 11: National Coming Out Day
- Celebrates coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer
- October 20: Spirit Day (LGBTQ+)
- Creates awareness for the bullying and harassment that the LGBTQ+ community faces
- October 17 – 18: Shemini Atzeret
- Celebrated after Sukkot, this is an intimate Jewish celebration between themselves and the Creator
- October 18: Simchat Torah
- This holiday marks the completion of the annual cycle of weekly Torah readings and restarting the annual Torah-reading cycle
- October 24: Diwali
- Festival of lights celebrating new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil and lightness over darkness
November
- November 1 – 2: Día de los Muertos
- Reunites the living and the dead through celebration and remembrance
- November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
- Honors the memory of transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence
- November 25: Native American Heritage Day
- Celebrates cultures, traditions, and heritages of Native Americans, while recognizing their many contributions
December
- December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- Celebrates the value people with disabilities bring to the workplace and society.
- December 8: Bodhi Day
- Commemorates the day Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama (Shakyamuni), experienced enlightenment
- December 18 – 26: Hanukkah (Chanukah)
- Eight Day Jewish celebration celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting and special prayers
- December 26: First Day of Kwanzaa
- Celebrates universal African American heritage
Spring 2023
January
- January 22: Lunar New Year
- Tied to the lunar-solar calendar, this holiday is a time to bring friends and family together for feasting and festivities to celebrate the new year
February
- February 1: Start of Black History Month
- Celebrate contributions of African Americans to the United States
- February 18: Maha Shivaratri
- Major Hindu festival celebrating Lord Shiva, the God of destruction. Marks the overcoming of darkness and ignorance in life
March
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- Celebrate contributions of women to the United States
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- Commemorates the salvation of Jewish people in the ancient Persian empire
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of good over evil
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- This month-long holiday is observed through fasting and is a period of introspection, communal prayer in the mosque, and reading of the Quran
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- Hindu day of worship and celebration of the seventh avatar of Vishnu (Lord Rama)
April
- April 5 – 13: Passover
- This eight-day Jewish holiday commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt
- April 14: National Day of Silence
- National student-led demonstration where LGBTQ+ students and allies take a vow of silence to protest the harmful effects of harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ people in schools
- April 14: Vaisakhi
- Also known as Baisakhi, celebrate the founding of Sikhism
- April 21 – 22: Eid al-Fitr
- Marks the end of Ramadan and is distinguished by the performance of communal prayer at daybreak. It is also a time of official receptions and private visits, when friends greet one another, presents are given, new clothes are worn, and the graces of relatives are visited
- April 27 – 29: Gathering of Nations Pow Wow
- Indigenous people from more than 500 nations gather to celebrate Indigenous culture
May
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- Celebrate contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the United States
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