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Academic Year 22-23
Fall 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.
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
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 of good over evil