The New Jersey State Board of Education has adopted the
following list of religious holidays permitting pupil absence
from school for the 2016-2017 school year:
Religious Holidays
September
1
5
7
8
10
11-14
14
October
1-10
3
3-4
11
12
17-23
20
24
25
30
31
November
1
2
14
15
21
24
25
27
December
8
14
21
25
25-Jan 1
26
Ecclesiastical Year begins
Ganesha Chaturthi
His Holiness Sakya Trizin’s Birthday
Nativity of Mary
Nativity of the Theotokos
Hajj Day
Eid al Adha
Onam
The Elevation of the Holy Cross
Navaratri
Feast of Trumpets
Rosh Hashanah
Duserra
Yom Kippur
Day of Atonement
Sukkot
Feast of Tabernacles
Birth of B’ab
Installation of the Scriptures as Guru Granth
Last Great Day; Shemini Atzeret
Simcat Torah
Diwali
Goverdhan Puja
All Saints’ Day
Samhain-Beltane
Birth of the Bab
All Souls’ Day
Birth of the Baba’u’llah
Guru Nanak Dev Sahib Birthday
Nativity Fast begins
The Presentation of the Theotokos to the Temple
Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom
Day of Covenant
First Sunday of Advent
Ascension of ‘Abdu’l Baha
Bodhi Day
Immaculate Conception
Mawlid an Nabi
Yule
Christmas
The Nativity of Christ
Hanukkah
Zarathosht Diso
January
1
3-10
5
6
7
13
14
15
28
February
1
2
11
15
25
25-28
28
March
1
12
13
20
21
25
27
28
April
1
2
5
9
10
11
11-14
11-17
11-18
13
13-20
14
16
Gantan-sai
Holy Convocation
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib
Feast of Epiphany
Feast of Theophany
Nativity of Christ
Feast of the Nativity
Maghi
Makar Sankranti and Pongal
World Religion Day
Chinese/Lunar New Year
Vasant Panchami
Imbolic-Candlemas
The Presentation of Our Lord to the Temple
Tu B’shvat
Nirvana Day
Maha Shivaratri
Intercalary Days
Shrove Tuesday
Ash Wednesday
Purim
L.Ron Hubbard’s Birthday
Holi
Hola Mohalla
Ostara
Naw Ruz
Nowruz
The Annunciation of the Theotokos
The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
Clean Monday
Khordad Sal
Chandramana Yugadi
Souramana Yugadi
Lazarus Saturday
Palm Sunday(Eastern Orthodox)
Ramnavami
Palm Sunday (Christian)
Passover
Mahavir Jayanti
Lord’s Evening Meal
Hanuman Jeyanti
First Day of Unleavened Bread
Theravadin New Year
Days of Unleavened Bread
Passover
Holy Thursday
Passover/Days of Unleavened Bread
Holy Friday
Easter
17
20
24
25
28
May
1
10
12
14
23
25
27
28
31
June
1
4
16
21
29
Easter Monday
Last Day of Unleavened Bread
Bright Monday
First Day of Ridvan
Lailat al Miraj
The 11th Panchen Lama’s Birthday
Ninth Day of Ridvan
Beltane
Yom Ha’Azmaut
Twelfth Day of Ridvan
Buddha’s Birthday/Buddha Day
Lailat al Bara’ah
Lag B’Omer
Declaration of the Bab
Ascension of Our Lord
Ramadan
Ascension of Baha’u’llah
Shavuot
Shavuot
Pentecost (Christian)
Pentecost (Eastern Orthodox)
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib
Litha
Fast of the Holy Apostles
Disclaimer: New Jersey Department of Education has made every attempt to ensure the accuracy of the dates. The information has been verified through the use
of various sources and some dates may vary due to the lunar, Gregorian and Julian
calendars.
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