Chaplaincy

*   Means that Holy days begin at sundown the day before this date. 
** Regional customs, group preference or moon sightings may cause a variation of this date.
     Bold titles are primary holy days of a tradition.

OCTOBER 2009

• 3-9 (3-4 Primary Obligation Days)

  • Sukkot * - Jewish

• 4

  • St Francis Day - Catholic Christian

• 10

  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish

• 11

  • Simchat Torah * - Jewish

• 12

  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith - Canada

• 17

  • Diwali (Deepavali) ** - Hindu, Jain

• 20

  • Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh

  • Birth of the Bab - Baha'i

• 25

  • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian

• 28

  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian

• 31

  • All Hallows Eve - Christian

NOVEMBER 2009

• 1

  • All Saints' Day - Christian

  • Samhain * - Wicca Northern hemisphere

  • Beltane * - Wicca Southern hemisphere

• 2

  • All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian

  • Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday Sikh

• 12

  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i

• 15

  • Nativity Fast begins (through Dec 24) - Orthodox Christian

• 22

  • Christ the King - Christian

• 24

  • Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh

• 25-28

  • Hajj * - Islam

• 26

  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith - USA

  • Day of Covenant * - Baha'i

  • Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * ** - Islam

• 27

  • Eid al Adha * ** - Islam

• 28

  • Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha * Baha'i

• 29

  • First Sunday of Advent - Christian

• 30

  • Saint Andrew's Day - Christian

DECEMBER 2009

• 6

  • Saint Nicholas Day - Christian

• 8

  • Bodhi Day  (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhism

  • Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian

• 12

  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian

  • Advent Fast begins - Orthodox Christian

• 12-19

  • Hanukkah * - Jewish

• 16-Dec 25

  • Posadas Navidenas - Christian

• 18

  • Hijra - New Year * ** - Islam

• 21 Winter Solstice

  • Yule - Christian

  • Yule * - Wicca  northern hemisphere

  • Litha * - Wicca  southern hemisphere

• 25

  • Christmas * - Christian

• 26

  • Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra - Zoroastrian

• 27

  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian

  • Ashura * - Islam

• 28

  • Holy Innocents - Christian

• 31

  • Watch Night - Christian