Middlebury's Religious Holidays and Policy
2022-23 Academic Year Holidays
As academic assignments and campus activities are planned for each term, please be aware that many members of the Middlebury College community observe one or more of the following religious holidays. Those marked with an * are considered to be “suspension of work” holidays. Please be aware that students might need to request accommodations according to college policy for work due, tests scheduled, or excused absences on those dates of their religious observance.
For those traditions following a lunar calendar, dates can vary slightly depending on moon sightings.
2022-23 Holiday Calendar
| September 23 | Mabon (Autumnal Equinox) - Wicca/Pagan |
| September 26-27 | *Rosh Hashanah (begins at sunset September 25) |
| October 5 | *Yom Kippur (begins at sunset OCtober 4) - Judaism |
| October 9 | Mawlid un Nabi (begins at sunset October 8) - Islam |
| October 10 | *Sukkot (begins at sunset October 9) - Judaism |
| October 18 | *Simhat Torah (begins at sunset October 17) - Judaism |
| October 24 | Diwali - Hindu, Jain, Sikh |
| October 31 | Samhain - Wicca/Pagan |
| November 1 | All Saints’ Day - Christian |
| December 7 | Sanghamitta Day - Buddhism |
| December 8 | Bodhi Day/Rohatsu - Buddism |
| December 19-26 | Hanukkah - Judaism |
| December 21 | Yule - Wicca/Pagan |
| December 25 | *Christmas - Christian |
| December 26 - January 1 | Kwanzaa - Interfaith |
| January 16 | Martin Luther King Jr., Day - Civic |
| February 2 | Ibolc - Wicca/Pagan |
| February 6 | Tu B’Shevat (begins at sunset February 5) - Judaism |
| February 17 | Laylat al-Miraj (begins at sunset February 16) - Islam |
| February 22 | Ash Wednesday - Christian |
| March 7 | Purim (begins at sunset March 6) - Judaism |
| March 7 | Holi - Hindu |
| March 23 - April 20 | Ramadan - Islam |
| April 6 - 13 | *Passover (begins at sunset April 5; first and last two days can be observed with cessation from work) - Judaism |
| April 7 and 9 | Good Friday and Easter (Western) - Christian |
| April 14 and 16 | Great Friday and Pesah (Orthodox Easter) - Christian |
| April 21 | *Eid al-Fitr (begins at sunset April 20) - Islam |
| May 1 | Beltane - Wicca/Pagan |
Religious Holidays
View Middlebury’s Religious Holiday policy, see Section “10. Religious Holidays”.
Interfaith Calendar
Review an Interfaith Calendar, with definitions of each holiday, from the Harvard Divinity School.