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The New Jersey State Board of Education has adopted the
following list of religious holidays permitting pupil absence
from school for the 2017-2018 school year:
Religious Holidays
September
1
1-4
3
7
8
9
21
21-22
21-29
22
24
30
October
5-6
5-11
11-13
12
13
19
20
21
22
31
November
1
2
4
15
21
24
25
27
30
13-20
21
25
26
Ecclesiastical Year begins
Eid al Adha
Onam
His Holiness Sakya Trizin’s Birthday
Nativity of Mary
The Elevation of the Holy Cross
Muharram
Nativity of the Theotokos
Rosh Hashanah
New Year—Hijra
Navaratri/Dassehra
Mabon(Wicca/Pagan)
Ostata (Wicca/Pagan)
Feast of Trumpets
Duserra
Yom Kippur
Day of Atonement
Sukkot
Feast of Tabernacles
Sh’mini Atzeret
Last Great Day
Simchat Torah
Diwali
Installation of the Scriptures as Guru Granth
Birth of B’ab
Birth of the Baba’u’llah
Samhain-Beltane
All Saints’ Day
All Souls’ Day
Guru Nanak Dev Sahib Birthday
Nativity Fast begins
The Presentation of the Theotokos to the
Temple
Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom
Day of Covenant
Ascension of ‘Abdu’l Baha
January 2018
1
3-10
5
6
7
13
14
21
22
24
28
31
February
1
2
8
13
14
15
19
26-March 1
March
1
2-3
3-5
13
18
20
21
25
December
1
3
8
Maulid al-Nabi
First Sunday of Advent
Bodhi Day
Immaculate Conception
28
Hanukkah
Yule
Christmas
The Nativity of Christ
Zarathosht Diso
Gantan-sai
Mary, Mother of God
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
Vasant Panchami
Bodhi Day
Chinese/Lunar New Year
Tu B’shvat
Jonah’s Passover
Imbolic-Candlemas
The Presentation of Our Lord to the Temple
Nirvana Day (Buddhist)
Shrove Tuesday
Ash Wednesday
Maha Shivaratri
Nirvana Day (Jain)
Clean Monday
Intercalary Days
Purim
Holi
Hola Mohalla
L. Ron Hubbard’s Birthday
Souramana Yugadi
Ostara
Nowruz
Naw-Ruz
Mabon(Wicca/Pagan)
The Annunciation of the Theotokos
The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
Palm Sunday
Ramnavami
Khordad Sal
Chandramana Yugadi
29
31
31-April 6
31-April 7
April
1
2
3
6
8
9
13
13-20
20
21
25
29
30-May 2
May
1
2
3
10
16
20
20-21
24
27
29
June
4
10
15
16
24
Passover
Holy Friday
The Last Friday
Holy Thursday
Lazarus Saturday
Lord’s Evening Meal
Hanuman Jayanti
First Day of Unleavened Bread
Days of Unleavened Bread
Passover
Easter
Palm Sunday (Eastern Orthodox)
Easter Monday
Mahavir Jayanti
Holy Friday
Last Day of Unleavened Bread
Easter (Eastern Orthodox Christian)
Buddha’s Birthday/Buddha-Day
Bright Monday
Lailat al Miraj
Passover/Days of Unleavened Bread
Yom Ha’Azmaut
First Day of Ridvan
The 11 th Panchen Lama’s Birthday
Ninth Day of Ridvan
Theravadin New Year
Beltane
Lailat al Bara’ah
Twelfth Day of Ridvan
Lag B’Omer
Ascension of Our Lord
Ramadan
Pentacost (Christian)
Shavuot
Declaration of the Bab
Pentecost (Eastern Orthodox)
Ascension of Baha’u’llah
Visakha Puja
Fast of the Holy Apostles
Laylat as-Qadr (Islam)
Martyrdom of the Bab
Eid al Fitr (Islam)
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib
Litha
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, Grego-
rian and Julian calendars.
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