Office of Religious Life
Primary Sacred Times for World Religions
OCTOBER 2008
| 1 |
Eid al Fitr * **- Ramadan ends - Islam |
| OCT | |
| 4 |
St Francis Day - Catholic Chrisian |
| OCT | |
| 9 |
Yom Kippur * - Jewish |
| OCT | |
| 9 |
Dusera ** - Hindu |
| OCT | |
| 13 |
Thanksgiving - Interfaith - Canada |
| OCT | |
| 14 |
Sukkot * - Jewish |
| OCT | |
| 20 |
Birth of the B'ab * - Baha'i Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh |
| OCT | |
| 21 |
Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish |
| OCT | |
| 22 |
Simchat Torah * - Jewish |
| OCT | |
| 26 |
Reformation Day - Protestant Christian |
| OCT | |
| 28 |
Milvian Bridge Day - Christian Diwali - Deepavali ** - Hindu - Sikh - Jain |
| OCT | |
| 31 |
All Hallows Eve - Christian Definitions |
| OCT |
* 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.
Calendar Definitions are available here. Data from www.interfaithcalendar.org.