Celebrates the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings and the beginning of a new cycle (work is prohibited)

Day of Celebrating the Torah. Celebration marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle Torah: Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12; Genesis 1:1-2:3; Numbers […]

Navaratri is a festival dedicated to the worship of the Hindu deity Durga. The word Navaratri means 'nine nights' in Sanskrit, nava meaning nine and ratri meaning nights. During these […]

Celebration of Lord Rama’s triumph over the evil King Ravana. Also celebrates the conquest by the Goddess Chamundeshwari over the demon King Mahishasura, a battle which took 10 days

Festival honoring endings, beginnings and the dead

Honors all of the saints known and unknown

Day of prayer for the dead, particularly but not exclusively one’s relatives

Festival of Lights. This date is amavasya—when puja is offered to Maha Lakshmi

Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur https://hebcal.com/h/sigd-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026

This Bahá'í holiday celebrates the birth of the Bab, one of the founders of the Bahá'í Faith.

Celebrates the birth of Bahá’u’lláh, the founder of the Bahá’í Faith