Pacific values diversity in our community, including in the many religious traditions that reflect us. The below is guidance to faculty and coaches for consideration of allowances for religious observances, as well as for students who would like to request an accommodation to support a religious observance.  

This list, though exhaustive in its inclusion of traditions represented on our campus, is not complete. Please direct suggestions for additions to the list of religious days of observance to the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Among the religious holidays that might pose conflicts with the 2026–2027 academic calendar are:

Weekly

 FaithDate
Shabbat* JewishFriday sunset to Saturday sunset 
Jumu’ah IslamThursday sunset to Friday sunset 

June and July 2026

 FaithDate
10th of Muharram (Ashura) **IslamJune 25-26, 2026
Tisha B’AvJewish July 22-23, 2026

August 2026

 FaithDate
Arbaʽeen**IslamAugust 4-5, 2026
Mawlid/Birth of Prophet Muhammad (Sunni)**Islam August 25, 2026
Mawlid/Birth of Prophet Muhammad (Shia) **IslamAugust 30, 2026

September 2026

 FaithDate
Installation of the Guru Granth SahibSikhSeptember 1, 2026
Paryushan **JainSeptember 8-15, 2026
Rosh Hashanah *Jewish September 11-13, 2026
Yom Kippur *Jewish   September 20-21, 2026
Sukkot *JewishSeptember 25-October 2, 2026

October 2026

 FaithDate
Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah *Jewish October 2-4, 2026 
General ConferenceLatter-day SaintsOctober 3-4, 2026

November 2026

 FaithDate
Diwali **Hindu    November 8, 2026
Birth of the Báb ***Baha'iNovember 10, 2026
Birth of Bahá'u'lláh ***Baha'iNovember 11, 2026
Guru Nanak Dev Ji JayantiSikhNovember 24, 2026
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur JiSikhNovember 24, 2026

December 2026

 FaithDate
Hanukkah * JewishDecember 14-22
Birthday of ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib **IslamDecember 23, 2026
Christmas Christian December 25 
KwanzaaInterfaith/African-American December 26, 2026–January 1, 2027

January 2027

 FaithDate
Feast of the EpiphanyChristianJanuary 6, 2027
Eastern Orthodox ChristmasOrthodox ChristianJanuary 7, 2027
Lohri-MaghiSikhJanuary 13-14, 2027
Sankranti****      HinduJanuary 14, 2027
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji  SikhJanuary 15, 2027

February 2027

 FaithDate
Lunar New Year Interfaith/NationalFebruary 6, 2027
Ramadan **         Islam February 7-March 8, 2027
Ash Wednesday Christian February 10, 2027
Lent Begins Christian February 10, 2027

March 2027

 FaithDate
Eid al-Fitr **IslamMarch 9, 2027
Eastern Orthodox Beginning of LentOrthodox ChristianMarch 15, 2027
Now-Rúz ***Interfaith/National/Bahai March 20, 2027
HoliHinduMarch 22, 2027
Purim*  JewishMarch 22-23, 2027
Good FridayChristianMarch 26, 2027
Easter   ChristianMarch 28, 2027

April 2027

 FaithDate
General ConferenceLatter-day SaintsApril 3-4, 2027
Passover (Pesach) *JewishApril 21-29, 2027 
Eastern Orthodox Good Friday Orthodox Christian April 30, 2027 
VaisakhiSikhApril 14, 2027
First Day of Ridván ***     Baha'iApril 21, 2027
Ninth Day of Ridván ***    Baha'iApril 29, 2027

May 2027

 FaithDate
Eastern Orthodox EasterOrthodox ChristianMay 2, 2027
Twelfth Day of Ridván ***Baha'i May 2, 2027
Ascension Day Christian May 6, 2027
Buddha Day (Vesak)**** BuddhismMay 13, 2027
Holy Day of Arafah (Hajj) **Islam     May 15, 2027
Eid al-Adha **IslamMay 16-17, 2027
Declaration of the Báb ***Baha'iMay 23, 2027
Eid al-Ghadir **Islam May 24-25, 2027
Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh ***Baha'iMay 29, 2027

June and July 2027

 FaithDate
1st of Muharram (Islamic New Year) ** IslamJune 5-6, 2027
Eastern Orthodox Ascension DayOrthodox ChristianJune 10, 2027
Shavuot *JewishJune 10-12, 2027
10th of Muharram (Ashura) **IslamJune 14-15, 2027
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji     SikhJune 16, 2027
JuneteenthInterfaith/African AmericanJune 19, 2027
Martyrdom of the Bab ***Baha'iJuly 9, 2027

*Jewish holy days begin and end at sundown on the first and last days listed.

**These holidays are calculated on a lunar calendar and are approximate. Muslim holidays begin and end at sundown on the first and last days listed.

***The Baha'i day ends and a new one begins at sunset; consequently, the day on which a Holy Day is observed begins at sunset of the day before the Gregorian calendar dates given above.

****Regional variations