UCSD Interfaith Calendar 2012

January | February | March | April | May | June
July | August | September | October | November | December

January

  • Mary, Mother of God 1st - Catholic (Holy Day of Obligation)
  • Makar Sankranti 14th - Hindu

February

  • Maha Shivaratri 3rd - Hindu
  • Ash Wednesday 22nd - Catholic (Lent begins)

March

  • Purim * 8th - Jewish
  • Holi * 8th - Hindu
  • Naw-Ruz * 21st - Baha’i 

April

  • Palm Sunday 1st - All Christian
  • Holy Thursday 5th - Catholic
  • Good Friday 6th - All Christians Hanuman
  • Mahavir Jayanti 6th - Hindu
  • Eve of Passover 6th - Jewish
  • Holy Saturday 7th - Christian
  • Passover * 7th - 14th - Jewish
  • Easter Sunday 8th - All Christians
  • Buddha’s Enlightenment 15th - Buddhist
  • First Day of Ridvan * 21st - Baha’i 
     

May

  • Twelfth Day of Ridvan - 2nd - Baha’i
  • Ascension of Christ 20th - Catholic (Holy Day of Obligation)
  • Declaration of the Báb * 23rd - Baha’i
  • Pentecost 27th - All Christian
  • Shavuot * 27th - 28th - Jewish
  • Ascension of Baha’u’llah 29th - Baha’i

June

  • Buddha’s Turning the Wheel of Dharma 4th - Buddhist 

July

  • Guru Purnima 3rd - Hindu
    The Martyrdom of the Báb * 9th - Baha’i
    Ramadan begins * 20th - 21st - Islamic

August

  • Raksha Bandhan 2nd - Hindu
  • Krishna Janmashtami 10th - Hindu
  • Assumption of Mary 15th - Catholic (Holy Day of Obligation)
  • Eid Al Fitr 19th - Ramadan ends - Islamic

September

  • Rosh Hashanah * 17th -18th - Jewish
  • Ganesh Chaturthi 19th - Hindu
  • Buddha’s Return from Heaven 22nd - Buddhist
  • Yom Kippur * 26th - Jewish 

October

  • Sukkot * 1st - 7th – Jewish
  • Shemini Atzeret * 8th - Jewish
  • Simhat Torah * 9th - Jewish
  • Navaratri 16th - 23rd - Hindu
  • Birth of the Báb * 20th - Baha’i
  • Dassera 24th - Hindu
  • Eid al Adha * 26th - 27th - Islamic

November

  • All Saints Day 1st - Catholic (Holy Day of Obligation)
  • All Soul’s Day 2nd - Catholic
  • Birth of Bahá’u’lláh * 12th - Baha’i
  • Diwali 13th - Sikh
  • Day of Covenant * 26th - Baha’i
  • Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Baha * 28th - Baha’i

December

  • First Sunday of Advent 2nd - Christian
  • Immaculate Conception 8th - Catholic (Holy Day of Obligation)
  • Hanukkah * 9th - 16th - Jewish
  • Christmas 25th - All Christian

* Holy days start at sundown of beginning date and end at sundown or nightfall of concluding date.