Office of Stern Life | Significant Moments

Please be mindful of the following significant moments during which members of the NYU Stern community observe. Then plan accordingly. If you wish to add an important moment or would like to revise the existing list, please contact Dr. Mullins.

• Feast of the Epiphany (Christian)
• Eastern Orthodox Christmas (Christian Orthodox)
• Shabbat  (Jewish)
  * Please note Shabbat is a weekly holiday and will be celebrated every Friday evening and Saturday.
• Sankranti (Hindu)
• Birth of Guru Gobind Singh (Sikh)
• Birthday of Ali ibn Abi Talib* (Muslim)

• Imbolc (Pagan / Wiccan)
• Lunar New Year (Buddhist)
• Losar (Buddhist)
• Ash Wednesday (Christian)
• Parinirvana Day (Buddhist)
• Magha Puja (Buddhist)
• Chotrul Duchen (Buddhist)

• Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
• Ramadan* (Muslim)
• Eastern Orthodox Beginning of Lent (Christian Orthodox)
• NowRuz** (Multifaith / Baha'i / Zoroastrianism)
• Ostara (Pagan / Wiccan)
• Holi* (Hindu)
• Good Friday (Christian)
• Easter (Christian)

• Purim* (Jewish)
• Passover* (Jewish)

• Laylat al-Qadr* (Muslim)
• Hanamatsuri (Buddhist)
• Eid al-Fitr* (Muslim)
• Southeast Asian New Year (Buddhist)
• Vaisakhi/Sikh New Year (Sikh)
• Ramanavami (Hindu)
• First Day of Ridván** (Bahá'í)
• Ninth Day of Ridván** (Bahá'í)

• Beltane (Pagan / Wiccan)
• Twelfth Day of Ridván** (Bahá'í)
• Eastern Orthodox Good Friday (Christian Orthodox)
• Eastern Orthodox Easter (Christian Orthodox)
• Vesak/Visakha (Buddhist)
• Ascension Day (Christian)
• Shavuot* (Jewish)
• Declaration of the Báb** (Bahá'í)
• Buddha's Birthday (Buddhist)

• Eid Al-Adha (Islam)
• Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib (Sikh)
• Hijiri New Year (Islam) 

• Ashura (Islam)
• Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola (Christian/Catholic)
• Asalha Puja (Buddhist)

• Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)

• Rosh Hashanah* (Jewish)
• Navratri (Hindu)
• Yom Kippur* (Jewish)
• Sukkot* (Jewish)
• Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah* (Jewish)

• Diwali* (Hindu)

• All Saints Day (Christian/Catholic)
• Birth of the Bab (Bahá'í)
• Birth of Baháúllah (Bahá'í)
• Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib (Sikh)
• St. Andrew’s Feast Day (Catholic)

• Christmas (Christian/Catholic)
• Kwanzaa (Christian/Catholic)
• Hanukkah* (Jewish)

* Starred holidays are calculated on a lunar calendar and the dates change every year. Jewish and Muslim holidays begin and end at sundown on the first and last days listed.

** Two stars: Bahá’í days are calculated on a solar calendar, with each day ending and beginning at sunset. The day on which a Holy Day is observed begins at sunset of the day before the Gregorian calendar dates listed.