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Fall 20232023
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.
Monday, September 4: Labor Day
Tuesday, September 5: International Day of Charity
Wednesday, September 6: Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
Recommended accommodations: Avoid scheduling major academic deadlines on this day, since it is likely that students will be operating on very little sleep.
This two-day festival celebrates the birth of Krishna, a widely worshiped Hindu god. Krishna is considered to be a warrior, hero, teacher, and philosopher.
Friday, September 8: Nativity of Mary (Christian)
Christian celebration of the birth of the Virgin Mary. Tradition celebrates the event as a liturgical feast in the General Roman Calendar and in most Anglican liturgical calendars on September 8, nine months after the solemnity of her Immaculate Conception.
Monday, September 11: Paryushana Parva (Jain)
Recommended accommodations: Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events, or activities during the eight days of fasting.
Jain festival signifies human emergence into a new world of spiritual and moral refinement. This festival consists of eight days of intensive fasting, repentance, and pujas. Celebration of the natural qualities of the soul. The eighth day (Samvatsari) is the most important and is focused on forgiveness.
Tuesday, September 12: Paitishahem Gahanbar (Zoroastrian)
There are six Gahanbars (five-day festivals) spread throughout the year. This feast is the Zoroastrians celebrate the creation of the earth or the “feast of bringing in the harvest.”
Friday, September 15 - Saturday, September 16: Rosh Hashanah (Jewish)
**Holiday with significant work restriction
Recommended accommodations: Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events, or activities on this date. If planning an event, provide food accommodation (kosher restrictions apply).
The start of the Jewish New Year, a day of judgment and remembrance. The Jewish calendar celebrates the New Year in the seventh month (Tishrei) as a day of rest and celebration ten days before Yom Kippur.
September 15: Start of National Hispanic Heritage Month
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