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CALENDAR OF RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES: 2013-2014
Holiday or Observance Religious Group Dates Additional Notes
Mawlid-al-Nabi
(Mohammad’s birthday)
Islamic January 14#
Martin Luther King Day January 20
Valentine’s Day February 14
President’s Day
(Washington’s Birthday)
February 17
The Nineteen Day Fast Bahá’í March 2-20
Daylight Saving Time Starts March 9
St. Patrick’s Day March 17
Vernal Equinox March 20
*Naw Ruz (New Year) Bahá’í March 21
*Passover (Pesach) Jewish April 15-22
Good Friday
Easter
Christian/
Christian Orthodox
Christian/
Christian Orthodox
April 18
April 20
*First Day of Ridvan Bahá’í April 21
*Ninth Day of Ridvan Bahá’í April 29
*Twelfth Day of Ridvan Bahá’í May 2
Cinco de Mayo May 5
Mother’s Day May 11
*Declaration of the Báb Bahá’í May 23
Memorial Day May 26
Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh Bahá’í May 29
*Shavuot Jewish June 4
Father’s Day June 15
Summer Solstice June 21
April 15-16, 22-22
Primary Obligation Days
Beginning of Ramadan Islamic June 29# June 29-July 29
Independence Day July 4
*Martyrdom of the Báb Bahá’í July 9
Lailat ul Qadr Islamic July 24#
Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) Islamic July 29# June 29-July 29
Labor Day September 1
*These holidays have been designated non-work days by the religions that celebrate them.
#Some of these dates are not fixed to a calendar but based on the actual sighting of the moon and therefore there may be
some variance by a day.