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The University of Oregon is committed to compliance with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations relating to religious accommodations of its stakeholders, and respects the right of all students and employees to observe their religious holidays, and will make reasonable accommodations, upon request, for such observances.
You can use the following Religious Observances Calendar to identify events, classes, exams or UO activities which may intersect with religious observances.
Students who need to be absent from a class for religious obligation or observance reasons must make arrangements with instructors in advance.
A Student Religious Accommodation Request can be provided directly to the instructor by the end of the second week of the term. One form is required for each requested observance and for each course.
2022–2023
Fall 2022
| Date/Start Date | End Date | Observance | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday September 25 2022 | Tuesday September 27 2022 | Rosh Hashanah | Jewish |
| Tuesday October 4 2022 | Wednesday October 5 2022 | Yom Kippur | Jewish |
| Friday October 7 2022 | Saturday October 8 2022 | Mawlid-al-Nabi (Muhammed's birthday) | Islam |
| Sunday October 9 2022 | Sunday October 16 2022 | Sukkot [Feast of Tabernacles] | Jewish |
| Sunday October 16 2022 | Tuesday October 18 2022 | Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah | Jewish |
| Tuesday October 25 2022 | Wednesday October 26 2022 | Birth of the Báb | Bahá’í |
| Wednesday October 26 2022 | Thursday October 27 2022 | Birth of Bahá’u’lláh | Bahá’í |
| Saturday November 26 2022 | Sunday November 27 2022 | Day of the Covenant | Bahá’í |
| Monday November 28 2022 | Tuesday November 29 2022 | Ascension of ’Abdu’l-Bahá | Bahá’í |
| Sunday December 18 2022 | Monday December 26 2022 | Hanukkah (Chanukah) [8-day Feast] | Jewish |
| Wednesday December 21 2022 | Winter Solstice (1:47 p.m. PST) | ||
| Sunday December 25 2022 | Christmas | Western Christian | |
| Monday December 26 2022 | Sunday January 1 2023 | Kwanzaa | Interfaith / African- American |
* When an observance has an end date, the observance commences at sunset, or in the evening, of the start date, and ends at sunset, or in the evening, of the end date.
Winter 2023
| Date/Start Date | End Date | Observance | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday January 1 2023 | Gantan-sai (New Year) | Shinto | |
| Sunday January 8 2023 | Feast of the Nativity | Eastern Orthodox | |
| Sunday January 22 2023 | Monday January 23 2023 | Asian Lunar New Year [Year of the Rabbit] | Chinese |
| Monday March 6 2023 | Tuesday March 7 2023 | Purim | Jewish |
| Monday March 20 2023 | Tuesday March 21 2023 | Naw-Rúz (Bahá’í New Year) | Bahá’í |
| Monday March 20 2023 | Vernal Equinox (2:24 p.m. PDT) |
* When an observance has an end date, the observance commences at sunset, or in the evening, of the start date, and ends at sunset, or in the evening, of the end date.
Spring 2023
| Date/Start Date | End Date | Observance | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday March 22 2023 | Ramadan, Beginning | Islam | |
| Sunday April 2 2023 | Palm Sunday | Western Christian | |
| Wednesday April 5 2023 | Thursday April 6 2023 | Passover (Pesach), 1st two days | Jewish |
| Friday April 7 2023 | Good Friday | Western Christian | |
| Sunday April 9 2023 | Easter | Western Christian | |
| Tuesday April 11 2023 | Wednesday April 12 2023 | Passover (Pesach), concluding days | Jewish |
| Friday April 14 2023 | Holy Friday | Eastern Orthodox | |
| Sunday April 16 2023 | Palm Sunday | Eastern Orthodox | |
| Friday April 21 2023 | Ridván Festival, Day 1 of 12 | Bahá’í | |
| Friday April 21 2023 | Saturday April 22 2023 | Eid-al-Fitr (Eid-ul-Fitr) (first day of Shawwal) | Islam |
| Monday April 24 2023 | Pascha | Eastern Orthodox | |
| Saturday April 29 2023 | Ridván Festival, Day 9 of 12 | Bahá’í | |
| Tuesday May 2 2023 | Ridván Festival, Day 12 of 12 | Bahá’í | |
| Tuesday May 23 2023 | Wednesday May 24 2023 | Declaration of the Báb | Bahá’í |
| Thursday May 25 2023 | Saturday May 27 2023 | Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) | Jewish |
| Monday May 29 2023 | Tuesday May 30 2023 | Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh | Bahá’í |
| Wednesday June 21 2023 | Summer Solstice (7:58 a.m. PDT) |
* When an observance has an end date, the observance commences at sunset, or in the evening, of the start date, and ends at sunset, or in the evening, of the end date.
Summer 2023
| Date/Start Date | End Date | Observance | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday June 28 2023 | Thursday June 29 2023 | Eid al-Adha | Islam |
| Sunday July 9 2023 | Monday July 10 2023 | Martyrdom of the Báb | Bahá’í |
| Wednesday September 6 2023 | Janmashtami | Hindu |
* When an observance has an end date, the observance commences at sunset, or in the evening, of the start date, and ends at sunset, or in the evening, of the end date.
2023–2024
Fall 2023
| Date/Start Date | End Date | Observance | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday September 15 2023 | Sunday September 17 2023 | Rosh Hashanah | Jewish |
| Sunday September 24 2023 | Monday September 25 2023 | Yom Kippur | Jewish |
| Tuesday September 26 2023 | Wednesday September 27 2023 | Mawlid-al-Nabi (Muhammed's birthday) | Islam |
| Friday September 29 2023 | Friday October 6 2023 | Sukkot [Feast of Tabernacles] | Jewish |
| Friday October 6 2023 | Sunday October 8 2023 | Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah | Jewish |
| Thursday October 26 2023 | Friday October 27 2023 | Birth of the Báb | Bahá’í |
| Friday October 27 2023 | Saturday October 28 2023 | Birth of Bahá’u’lláh | Bahá’í |
| Sunday November 26 2023 | Monday November 27 2023 | Day of the Covenant | Bahá’í |
| Tuesday November 28 2023 | Wednesday November 29 2023 | Ascension of ’Abdu’l-Bahá | Bahá’í |
| Thursday December 7 2023 | Friday December 15 2023 | Hanukkah (Chanukah) [8-day Feast] | Jewish |
| Friday December 8 2023 | Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) | Buddhist | |
| Thursday December 21 2023 | Winter Solstice (7:27 p.m. PST) | ||
| Monday December 25 2023 | Christmas | Western Christian | |
| Tuesday December 26 2023 | Monday January 1 2024 | Kwanzaa | Interfaith / African- American |
* When an observance has an end date, the observance commences at sunset, or in the evening, of the start date, and ends at sunset, or in the evening, of the end date.
Winter 2024
| Date/Start Date | End Date | Observance | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday January 1 2024 | Gantan-sai (New Year) | Shinto | |
| Monday January 8 2024 | Feast of the Nativity | Eastern Orthodox | |
| Thursday January 18 2024 | Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) | Buddhist | |
| Saturday February 10 2024 | Sunday February 11 2024 | Asian Lunar New Year [Year of the Dragon] | Chinese |
| Sunday March 10 2024 | Ramadan, Beginning | Islam | |
| Tuesday March 19 2024 | Wednesday March 20 2024 | Naw-Rúz (Bahá’í New Year) | Bahá’í |
| Tuesday March 19 2024 | Vernal Equinox (8:06 p.m. PDT) | ||
| Saturday March 23 2024 | Sunday March 24 2024 | Purim | Jewish |
* When an observance has an end date, the observance commences at sunset, or in the evening, of the start date, and ends at sunset, or in the evening, of the end date.
Spring 2024
| Date/Start Date | End Date | Observance | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday March 24 2024 | Palm Sunday | Western Christian | |
| Friday March 29 2024 | Good Friday | Western Christian | |
| Sunday March 31 2024 | Easter | Western Christian | |
| Tuesday April 9 2024 | Wednesday April 10 2024 | Eid-al-Fitr (Eid-ul-Fitr) (first day of Shawwal) | Islam |
| Tuesday April 16 2024 | Pascha | Eastern Orthodox | |
| Sunday April 21 2024 | Ridván Festival, Day 1 of 12 | Bahá’í | |
| Monday April 22 2024 | Tuesday April 23 2024 | Passover (Pesach), 1st two days | Jewish |
| Sunday April 28 2024 | Monday April 29 2024 | Passover (Pesach), concluding days | Jewish |
| Monday April 29 2024 | Ridván Festival, Day 9 of 12 | Bahá’í | |
| Thursday May 2 2024 | Ridván Festival, Day 12 of 12 | Bahá’í | |
| Friday May 3 2024 | Holy Friday | Eastern Orthodox | |
| Sunday May 5 2024 | Palm Sunday | Eastern Orthodox | |
| Friday May 24 2024 | Saturday May 25 2024 | Declaration of the Báb | Bahá’í |
| Wednesday May 29 2024 | Thursday May 30 2024 | Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh | Bahá’í |
| Tuesday June 11 2024 | Thursday June 13 2024 | Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) | Jewish |
* When an observance has an end date, the observance commences at sunset, or in the evening, of the start date, and ends at sunset, or in the evening, of the end date.
Summer 2024
| Date/Start Date | End Date | Observance | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday June 16 2024 | Monday June 17 2024 | Eid al-Adha | Islam |
| Thursday June 20 2024 | Summer Solstice (1:50 p.m. PDT) | ||
| Monday July 8 2024 | Tuesday July 9 2024 | Martyrdom of the Báb | Bahá’í |
| Monday August 26 2024 | Janmashtami | Hindu |
* When an observance has an end date, the observance commences at sunset, or in the evening, of the start date, and ends at sunset, or in the evening, of the end date.
2024–2025
Fall 2024
| Date/Start Date | End Date | Observance | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday September 15 2024 | Monday September 16 2024 | Mawlid-al-Nabi (Muhammed's birthday) | Islam |
| Wednesday October 2 2024 | Friday October 4 2024 | Rosh Hashanah | Jewish |
| Friday October 11 2024 | Saturday October 12 2024 | Yom Kippur | Jewish |
| Wednesday October 16 2024 | Wednesday October 23 2024 | Sukkot [Feast of Tabernacles] | Jewish |
| Wednesday October 23 2024 | Friday October 25 2024 | Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah | Jewish |
| Saturday November 2 2024 | Sunday November 3 2024 | Birth of the Báb | Bahá’í |
| Sunday November 3 2024 | Monday November 4 2024 | Birth of Bahá’u’lláh | Bahá’í |
| Monday November 25 2024 | Tuesday November 26 2024 | Day of the Covenant | Bahá’í |
| Wednesday November 27 2024 | Thursday November 28 2024 | Ascension of ’Abdu’l-Bahá | Bahá’í |
| Saturday December 21 2024 | Winter Solstice (1:47 p.m. PST) | ||
| Wednesday December 25 2024 | Christmas | Western Christian | |
| Wednesday December 25 2024 | Thursday January 2 2025 | Hanukkah (Chanukah) [8-day Feast] | Jewish |
| Thursday December 26 2024 | Wednesday January 1 2025 | Kwanzaa | Interfaith / African- American |
* When an observance has an end date, the observance commences at sunset, or in the evening, of the start date, and ends at sunset, or in the evening, of the end date.
Winter 2025
| Date/Start Date | End Date | Observance | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday January 1 2025 | Gantan-sai (New Year) | Shinto | |
| Tuesday January 7 2025 | Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) | Buddhist | |
| Wednesday January 8 2025 | Feast of the Nativity | Eastern Orthodox | |
| Wednesday January 29 2025 | Thursday January 30 2025 | Asian Lunar New Year [Year of the Snake] | Chinese |
| Friday February 28 2025 | Ramadan, Beginning | Islam | |
| Thursday March 13 2025 | Friday March 14 2025 | Purim | Jewish |
| Wednesday March 19 2025 | Thursday March 20 2025 | Naw-Rúz (Bahá’í New Year) | Bahá’í |
| Thursday March 20 2025 | Vernal Equinox (2:01 a.m. PDT) |
* When an observance has an end date, the observance commences at sunset, or in the evening, of the start date, and ends at sunset, or in the evening, of the end date.
Spring 2025
| Date/Start Date | End Date | Observance | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday March 30 2025 | Monday March 31 2025 | Eid-al-Fitr (Eid-ul-Fitr) (first day of Shawwal) | Islam |
| Saturday April 12 2025 | Sunday April 13 2025 | Passover (Pesach), 1st two days | Jewish |
| Sunday April 13 2025 | Palm Sunday | Western Christian | |
| Friday April 18 2025 | Good Friday | Western Christian | |
| Friday April 18 2025 | Holy Friday | Eastern Orthodox | |
| Friday April 18 2025 | Saturday April 19 2025 | Passover (Pesach), concluding days | Jewish |
| Sunday April 20 2025 | Easter | Western Christian | |
| Sunday April 20 2025 | Palm Sunday | Eastern Orthodox | |
| Sunday April 20 2025 | Pascha | Eastern Orthodox | |
| Sunday April 20 2025 | Ridván Festival, Day 1 of 12 | Bahá’í | |
| Monday April 28 2025 | Ridván Festival, Day 9 of 12 | Bahá’í | |
| Thursday May 1 2025 | Ridván Festival, Day 12 of 12 | Bahá’í | |
| Friday May 23 2025 | Saturday May 24 2025 | Declaration of the Báb | Bahá’í |
| Wednesday May 28 2025 | Thursday May 29 2025 | Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh | Bahá’í |
| Sunday June 1 2025 | Tuesday June 3 2025 | Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) | Jewish |
* When an observance has an end date, the observance commences at sunset, or in the evening, of the start date, and ends at sunset, or in the evening, of the end date.
Summer 2025
| Date/Start Date | End Date | Observance | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday June 6 2025 | Saturday June 7 2025 | Eid al-Adha | Islam |
| Friday June 20 2025 | Summer Solstice (7:41 p.m. PDT) | ||
| Tuesday July 8 2025 | Wednesday July 9 2025 | Martyrdom of the Báb | Bahá’í |
| Friday August 15 2025 | Janmashtami | Hindu |
* When an observance has an end date, the observance commences at sunset, or in the evening, of the start date, and ends at sunset, or in the evening, of the end date.
2025–2026
Fall 2025
| Date/Start Date | End Date | Observance | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday September 4 2025 | Friday September 5 2025 | Mawlid-al-Nabi (Muhammed's birthday) | Islam |
| Monday September 22 2025 | Wednesday September 24 2025 | Rosh Hashanah | Jewish |
| Wednesday October 1 2025 | Thursday October 2 2025 | Yom Kippur | Jewish |
| Monday October 6 2025 | Monday October 13 2025 | Sukkot [Feast of Tabernacles] | Jewish |
| Monday October 13 2025 | Wednesday October 15 2025 | Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah | Jewish |
| Wednesday October 22 2025 | Thursday October 23 2025 | Birth of the Báb | Bahá’í |
| Thursday October 23 2025 | Friday October 24 2025 | Birth of Bahá’u’lláh | Bahá’í |
| Tuesday November 25 2025 | Wednesday November 26 2025 | Day of the Covenant | Bahá’í |
| Thursday November 27 2025 | Friday November 28 2025 | Ascension of ’Abdu’l-Bahá | Bahá’í |
| Thursday December 18 2025 | Friday December 26 2025 | Hanukkah (Chanukah) [8-day Feast] | Jewish |
| Sunday December 21 2025 | Winter Solstice (7:03 a.m. PST) | ||
| Thursday December 25 2025 | Christmas | Western Christian | |
| Friday December 26 2025 | Thursday January 1 2026 | Kwanzaa | Interfaith / African- American |
* When an observance has an end date, the observance commences at sunset, or in the evening, of the start date, and ends at sunset, or in the evening, of the end date.
Winter 2026
| Date/Start Date | End Date | Observance | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday January 1 2026 | Gantan-sai (New Year) | Shinto | |
| Thursday January 8 2026 | Feast of the Nativity | Eastern Orthodox | |
| Monday January 26 2026 | Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) | Buddhist | |
| Tuesday February 17 2026 | Ramadan, Beginning | Islam | |
| Tuesday February 17 2026 | Wednesday February 18 2026 | Asian Lunar New Year [Year of the Horse] | Chinese |
| Monday March 2 2026 | Tuesday March 3 2026 | Purim | Jewish |
| Thursday March 19 2026 | Friday March 20 2026 | Eid-al-Fitr (Eid-ul-Fitr) (first day of Shawwal) | Islam |
| Friday March 20 2026 | Saturday March 21 2026 | Naw-Rúz (Bahá’í New Year) | Bahá’í |
| Friday March 20 2026 | Vernal Equinox (7:45 a.m. PDT) |
* When an observance has an end date, the observance commences at sunset, or in the evening, of the start date, and ends at sunset, or in the evening, of the end date.
Spring 2026
| Date/Start Date | End Date | Observance | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday March 29 2026 | Palm Sunday | Western Christian | |
| Wednesday April 1 2026 | Thursday April 2 2026 | Passover (Pesach), 1st two days | Jewish |
| Friday April 3 2026 | Good Friday | Western Christian | |
| Sunday April 5 2026 | Easter | Western Christian | |
| Wednesday April 8 2026 | Thursday April 9 2026 | Passover (Pesach), concluding days | Jewish |
| Friday April 10 2026 | Holy Friday | Eastern Orthodox | |
| Sunday April 12 2026 | Palm Sunday | Eastern Orthodox | |
| Tuesday April 21 2026 | Ridván Festival, Day 1 of 12 | Bahá’í | |
| Friday April 24 2026 | Pascha | Eastern Orthodox | |
| Wednesday April 29 2026 | Ridván Festival, Day 9 of 12 | Bahá’í | |
| Saturday May 2 2026 | Ridván Festival, Day 12 of 12 | Bahá’í | |
| Thursday May 21 2026 | Saturday May 23 2026 | Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) | Jewish |
| Sunday May 24 2026 | Monday May 25 2026 | Declaration of the Báb | Bahá’í |
| Tuesday May 26 2026 | Wednesday May 27 2026 | Eid al-Adha | Islam |
| Friday May 29 2026 | Saturday May 30 2026 | Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh | Bahá’í |
* When an observance has an end date, the observance commences at sunset, or in the evening, of the start date, and ends at sunset, or in the evening, of the end date.
Summer 2026
| Date/Start Date | End Date | Observance | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday June 21 2026 | Summer Solstice (1:24 a.m. PDT) | ||
| Thursday July 9 2026 | Friday July 10 2026 | Martyrdom of the Báb | Bahá’í |
| Tuesday August 25 2026 | Wednesday August 26 2026 | Mawlid-al-Nabi (Muhammed's birthday) | Islam |
* When an observance has an end date, the observance commences at sunset, or in the evening, of the start date, and ends at sunset, or in the evening, of the end date.
2026–2027
Fall 2026
| Date/Start Date | End Date | Observance | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday September 4 2026 | Janmashtami | Hindu | |
| Friday September 11 2026 | Sunday September 13 2026 | Rosh Hashanah | Jewish |
| Sunday September 20 2026 | Monday September 21 2026 | Yom Kippur | Jewish |
| Friday September 25 2026 | Friday October 2 2026 | Sukkot [Feast of Tabernacles] | Jewish |
| Friday October 2 2026 | Sunday October 4 2026 | Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah | Jewish |
| Sunday October 25 2026 | Monday October 26 2026 | Birth of the Báb | Bahá’í |
| Monday October 26 2026 | Tuesday October 27 2026 | Birth of Bahá’u’lláh | Bahá’í |
| Thursday November 26 2026 | Friday November 27 2026 | Day of the Covenant | Bahá’í |
| Saturday November 28 2026 | Sunday November 29 2026 | Ascension of ’Abdu’l-Bahá | Bahá’í |
| Friday December 4 2026 | Saturday December 12 2026 | Hanukkah (Chanukah) [8-day Feast] | Jewish |
| Monday December 21 2026 | Winter Solstice (12:50 p.m. PST) | ||
| Friday December 25 2026 | Christmas | Western Christian | |
| Saturday December 26 2026 | Friday January 1 2027 | Kwanzaa | Interfaith / African- American |