This calendar lists University of Wyoming holidays, closures, traditional observances,
and days of religious significance for diverse religions. Although many of these days
are not University holidays or closures, faculty and staff are asked to use this information
and their discretion when responding to student, staff and faculty requests for time
off for religious purposes and planning campus events. Please take special note of those holidays that have been designated non-work days
by the religions that celebrate them.
NOTE:
Date |
Holiday/Observance |
Religion |
|---|---|---|
| January | ||
| January 1 | New Year's Day | |
| January 6 | Theophany | Orthodox Cbristianity |
| January 7 | Feast of the Nativity/Christmas | Orthodox Christianity |
| January 24 | Tu Bishvat | Judaism |
| January 25 | Mahayana New Year | Buddhism |
| February | ||
| February 2 | The Presentation of Christ | Orthodox Christianity |
| February 10 | Lunar New Year | |
| February 13 | Mardi Gras | Christianity |
| February 14 | Ash Wednesday | Christianity |
| February 15 | Parinirvana Day | Buddhism |
| February 24 | Māgha Pūjā | Buddhism |
| March | ||
| March 8 | Maha Shivarati | Hinduism |
| March 10 - April 9 | Ramadan^ | Islam |
| March 17 | St. Patrick's Day | Christianity |
| March 18 | Clean Monday/Great Lent Begins | Orthodox Christianity |
| March 19 - March 20 | Naw-Rúz | Baháʼí Faith |
| March 21 | Ostara | Paganism |
| March 23 | Purim | Judaism |
| March 24 | Palm Sunday | Christianity |
| March 25 | Holi | Hinduism |
| March 25 | Annunciation of the Theotokos | Orthodox Christianity |
| March 29 | Good Friday* | Christianity |
| March 31 | Easter* | Christianity |
| April | ||
| April 5 | Laylat al-Qadr^ | Islam |
| April 9 - April 10 | Eid Al-Fitr*^ | Islam |
| April 14 | Baisaikhi | Sikhism |
| April 16 - 19 | Theravadin New Year | Buddhism |
| April 21 - April 30 | Ridvan | Baha’i Faith |
| April 22 - April 30 | Passover | Judaism |
| April 28 | Psalm Sunday | Orthodox Christianity |
| May | ||
| May 3 | Good Friday | Orthodox Christianity |
| May 5 | Cinco De Mayo | |
| May 5 | Pascha (Easter) | Orthodox Christianity |
| May 5 | Yam Hashoah | Judaism |
| May 22 - 23 | Declaration of the Bab | Bahá’í Faith |
| May 23 | Vasek | Buddhism |
| May 27 - 28 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah | Bahá’í Faith |
| May 27 | Memorial Day |
| June | ||
| June 11 - 13 | Shavout* | Judaism |
| June 13 | Ascension | Orthodox Christianity |
| June 16 | Guru Arjan martyrdom | Sikhism |
| June 16 - June 19 | Eid al-Adha*^ | Islam |
| June 20 | Litha Summer Solstice | Paganism |
| June 23 | Pentecost | Orthodox Christianity |
| July | ||
| July 7 - July 8 | Hijri New Year | Islam |
| July 8 | Martyrdom of the Bab | Baha’i Faith |
| July 23 | Seventeenth of Tammuz | Judaism |
| July 24 | Pioneer Day | Mormonism |
| August | ||
| August 6 | Transfiguration | Orthodox Christianity |
| August 13 - 15 | Obon | Buddhism |
| August 15 | Dormition of the Theotokos | Orthodox Christianity |
| August 19 | Rakhi | Hinduism |
| August 26 - 27 | Krishna Janmashtami* | Hinduism |
| September | ||
| September 8 |
Nativity of Theotokos
|
Orthodox Christianity |
| September 14 |
Elevation of the Holy Cross
|
Orthodox Christianity |
| September 15 - September 16 | Eid Milad un Nabi*^ | Islam |
| September 16 | Mexico Independence Day | |
| September 21 | Fall Equinox | Paganism |
| October | ||
| October 2 - October 4 | Rash Hashanah* | Judaism |
| October 3 - October 12 | Navratri | Hinduism |
| October 11 - October 12 | Yam Kippur* | Judaism |
| October 16 - October 23 | Sukkot* | Judaism |
| October 20 | Birth of the Bab* | Baha’i Faith |
| October 23 - 25 | Shemini Atzeret* | Judaism |
| October 31 | Diwali | Hinduism |
| October 31 | Halloween | |
| October 31 - November 2 | Dia de Los Muertos | |
| November | ||
| November 1 | All Saints' Day | Christianity |
| November 2 | All Souls' Day | Christianity |
| November 12 | Birth of Baha’u’llah* | Baha’i Faith |
| November 21 | Presentation of Theotokos | Orthodox Christianity |
| November 24 | Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib* | Sikhism |
| November 25 | Day of the Covenant | Baha’i Faith |
| November 27 | Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha | Baha’i Faith |
| November 28 | Thanksgiving | |
| December | ||
| December 6 | St. Nicholas Day | Christianity |
| December 8 | Bodhi Day | Buddhism |
| December 21 - January 1 | Yule Summer Solstice | Paganism |
| December 25 | Christmas | Christianity |
| December 25 - January 2 | Hanukkah | Judaism |
| December 26 - January 1 | Kwanza | |
| January | ||
| January 1 | Feast Day of St. Basil | Orthodox Christianity |
| January 1 | Gantan-Sai | Shinto |
| January 6 | Epiphany | Catholism |
| January 7 | Bodhi Day* | Buddhism |
| January 7 | Orthodox Christmas | Orthodox Christianity |
| January 13 | Lohri (Maghi) | Sikhism |
| January 14 | Makar Sankranti* | Hinduism |
| January 19 | World Relgion Day | Baha'i Faith |
| January 29 | Chinese New Year | Confucian/Buddhism/Daoism |
| February | ||
| February 1 | Imbolc | Paganism |
| February 13 | Laylat al Bara’a | Islam |
| February 14 | St. Valentine's Day | Catholisism |
| February 15 | Nirvana Day | Buddhism |
| February 26 | Maha Shivaratri* | Hinduism |
| February 29 | Ramadan Starts* | Islam |
| March | ||
| March 5 | Ash Wednesday | Christianity |
| March 13 | Purim | Judaism |
| March 14 | Holi* | Hinduism |
| March 20 | Ostara | Paganism |
| March 22 | Nuruz | Baha'i Faith |
| March 30 | Ramadan Ends | Islam |
| March 31 | Eid al-Fitr^ | Islam |
| April | ||
| April 10 | Mahavir Jayanti | Jain Faith |
| April 12 | Passover Begins* | Judaism |
| April 14 | Vaisakhi | Sikhism/Hinduism |
| April 18 | Good Friday | Christianity |
| April 20 | Passover Ends | Judaism |
| April 20 | Easter | Christianity |
| April 20 | Pascha | Orthodox Christianity |
| April 22 | Ridvan | Baha'i Faith |
| May | ||
| May 1 | Beltane | Paganism |
| May 5 | Buddha Day | Buddhism |