Religious Observances Listings/Calendars
It is difficult to list all religious observances and holidays. To assist the Georgia State community, we have provided the following links from other institutions, which have helpful and extensive listings.
- Drexel University: https://drexel.edu/provost/calendars/religious-observances/
- American University: https://www.american.edu/ocl/kay/major-religious-holy-days.cfm
- Council of Presidents (public colleges and universities in Washington State): https://councilofpresidents.org/about/holiday-observance-calendar/
For your convenience, we have built a table of dates for some of the widely observed religious holidays from Academic Year 2021-22 through AY 2028-29. Holidays with an asterisk start at sundown.
Major Religious Observances/Holidays
Academic Year 2021-22 Through AY 2028-29
*Holidays with an asterisk start at sundown.
2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | |
Rosh Hashana* | Sept. 6-8, 2021 | Sept. 25 – 27, 2022 | Sept. 15 – 17, 2023 | Oct. 2-4, 2024 | Oct. 22-24, 2025 | Sept. 11-13, 2026 | Oct. 1-3, 2027 | Sept. 20-22, 2028 |
Yom Kippur* | Sept. 15-16, 2021 | Oct. 4-5, 2022 | Sept. 24-25, 2023 | Oct. 11-12, 2024 | Oct. 1-2, 2025 | Sept. 20-21, 2026 | Oct. 10-11, 2027 | Sept. 29-30, 2028 |
Navaratri | Oct. 7-15, 2021 | Sept. 26-Oct. 4, 2022 | Oct. 15-23, 2023 | Oct. 3-12, 2024 | Sept. 22- Oct.1, 2025 | Oct.11-19, 2026 | Sept. 30-Oct. 8, 2027 | Sept. 19-27, 2028 |
Diwali | Nov. 4, 2021 | Oct. 24, 2022 | Nov. 12, 2023 | Oct. 31, 2024 | Oct. 21, 2025 | Nov. 6, 2026 | Oct. 28, 2027 | Oct. 17, 2028 |
Hanukkah* | Nov. 28-Dec. 6, 2021 | Dec. 18-26, 2022 | Dec. 7-15, 2023 | Dec. 25-Jan. 2, 2024 | Dec. 14-22, 2025 | Dec. 4-12, 2026 | Dec. 24-Jan.1, 2027 | Dec. 12-20, 2028 |
Christmas Day (Western) | Dec. 25, 2021 | Dec. 25, 2022 | Dec. 25, 2023 | Dec. 25, 2024 | Dec. 25, 2025 | Dec. 25, 2026 | Dec. 25, 2027 | Dec. 25, 2028 |
Christmas Day (Orthodox & Coptic) | Jan. 7, 2022 | Jan. 7, 2023 | Jan. 7, 2024 | Jan. 7, 2025 | Jan. 7, 2026 | Jan. 7, 2027 | Jan. 7, 2028 | Jan. 7, 2029 |
Ash Wednesday (Western calendar) | March 2, 2022 | Feb. 22, 2023 | Feb. 14, 2024 | March 5, 2025 | Feb. 18, 2026 | Feb. 10, 2027 | March 1, 2028 | Feb. 14, 2029 |
Orthodox & Coptic Lent | March 7-April 23, 2022 | March 8-April 24, 2023 | March 18-May 4, 2024 | March 3-April 19, 2025 | Feb.23-April 4, 2026 | March 15-May 1, 2027 | Feb.28-April 15, 2028 | Feb.19-April 7, 2029 |
Ramadan* | April 2-May 1, 2022 | March 23-April 21, 2023 | March 11-April 9, 2024 | March 1-March 30, 2025 | Feb. 18-March 19, 2026 | Feb. 8-March 9, 2027 | Jan. 28-Feb. 26, 2028 | Jan. 16-Feb. 14, 2028 |
Passover* (first two days, starting at sundown) | April 15-16, 2022 | April 5-6, 2023 | April 22-23, 2024 | April 12-13, 2025 | April 1-2, 2026 | April 21-22, 2027 | April 10-11, 2028 | March 30-31, 2029 |
Good Friday (Western calendar) | April 15, 2022 | April 7, 2023 | March 29, 2024 | April 18, 2025 | April 3, 2026 | March 26, 2027 | April 14, 2028 | March 30, 2029 |
Easter (Western calendar) | April 17, 2022 | April 9, 2023 | March 31, 2024 | April 20, 2025 | April 5, 2026 | March 28, 2027 | April 16, 2028 | April 1, 2029 |
Orthodox and Coptic Holy Week | April 17-23, 2022 | April 9-15, 2023 | April 28-May 4, 2024 | April 13-19, 2025 | April 5-11, 2026 | April 26-May 2, 2027 | April 9-15, 2023 | April 1-7, 2029 |
Orthodox and Coptic Easter | April 24, 2022 | April 16, 2023 | May 5, 2024 | April 20, 2025 | April 12, 2026 | May 2, 2027 | April 16, 2028 | April 8, 2029 |
Eid al-Fitr* | May 2-3, 2022 | April 21-22, 2023 | April 9-10, 2024 | March 30-31, 2025 | March 19-20, 2026 | March 9-10, 2027 | Feb. 26-27, 2028 | Feb. 14-15, 2029 |
Eid al-Adha* | July 9-10, 2022 | June 28-29, 2023 | June 16-17, 2024 | June 6-7, 2025 | May 26-27, 2026 | May 16-17, 2027 | May 4-5, 2028 | April 23-24, 2029 |
Jewish and Muslim Holidays with Work Restrictions
Note: These guides are included here to help explain important holidays in these two major faiths - which are observed by many Georgia State students, faculty and staff - that have restrictions on work that may necessitate accommodations. Additional guides for other faiths are forthcoming.
Policy on Student Absences & Accommodations Due to Religious Holidays
The following applies regardless of course modality.
Students must provide instructors with reasonable notice of the dates of religious holidays on which they plan to be absent and must be given an equivalent opportunity to make up missed work according to an agreed-upon schedule. Such accommodations might include rescheduling an exam or giving the student a make-up exam, allowing an individual or group presentation to be made on a different date, letting a student attend a different section for the same class that week, adjusting a due date or assigning the student appropriate make-up work that is no more difficult than the original assignment.
Absence for a religious reason should be counted as an excused absence and should not be counted against any other excused absences permitted by the instructor. Should a complicated situation arise related to religious accommodations (for example, clinical rotations), contact your department chair, dean’s office or the Office of Legal Affairs at 404-413-0500.
Policy on Employee Accommodations Due to Religious Holidays
For further information, click here to visit the related listing in the DEI Resource Library, which contains Human Resources policies and forms.