Religious Holidays Policy
2026-27 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.
View Middlebury’s Religious Holiday policy, see Handbook Section 10, “Religious Holidays.”
2026-27 Holiday Calendar
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August 25, 2026 |
Mawlid un Nabi |
begins at sunset Aug. 24 |
Islam |
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September 12-13, 2026 |
*Rosh Hashanah |
begins at sunset Sept. 11 |
Judaism |
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September 22, 2026 |
Mabon/Autumnal Equinox |
Wicca/Pagan |
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September 21, 2026 |
*Yom Kippur |
begins at sunset Sept. 20 |
Judaism |
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Sept. 26- Oct. 2, 2026 |
*Sukkot |
begins at sunset Sept. 25 |
Judaism |
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October 4, 2026 |
*Simhat Torah |
begins at sunset Oct. 3 |
Judaism |
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October 31, 2026 |
Samhain |
Wicca/Pagan |
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November 1, 2026 |
All Saints’ Day |
Christian-Western |
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November 8, 2026 |
Diwali |
Hindu, Jain, Sikh |
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December 5-12, 2026 |
Hanukkah |
begins at sunset Dec. 4 |
Judaism |
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December 8, 2026 |
Bodhi/Rohatsu (Awakening Day) |
Buddhism |
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December 21, 2026 |
Yule |
Wicca/Pagan |
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December 23, 2026 |
Sanghamitta Day |
Buddhism |
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December 25, 2026 |
Christmas |
Christian |
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December 26, 2026 - January 1, 2027 |
Kwanzaa |
Interfaith |
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January 5, 2027 |
Laylat al-Miraj |
begins at sunset Jan. 4 |
Islam |
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January 18, 2027 |
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day |
Civic |
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January 23, 2027 |
Tu B’Shevat |
Judaism |
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February 2, 2027 |
Imbolc |
Wicca/Pagan |
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February 8, 2027 |
Ramadan begins |
Islam |
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Feb. 10, 2027 |
Ash Wednesday |
Christian |
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March 9, 2027 |
*Eid al-Fitr (Ramadan ends) |
begins at sunset Mar. 8 |
Islam |
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March 22, 2027 |
Holi |
Hindu |
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March 23, 2027 |
Purim |
begins at sunset Mar. 22 |
Judaism |
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March 26, 2027 |
Good Friday |
Western Christian |
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March 28, 2027 |
Easter |
Western Christian |
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April 22-29, 2027 |
*Passover (Pesach) |
begins at sunset April 21. First and last two days may be observed with cessation from work |
Judaism |
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April 30, 2027 |
Holy Friday |
Eastern Orthodox Christian |
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May 1, 2027 |
Beltane |
Wicca/Pagan |
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May 2, 2027 |
Pascha |
Eastern Orthodox Christian |
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May 16, 2027 |
Eid al-Adha |
Begins at sunset, May 15 |
Islam |
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June 11-12, 2027 |
Shavuot |
Begins at sunset, June 10 |
Judaism |
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June 6th, 2027 |
*Muharram (beginning of Islamic calendar/Critical for Shia Muslims) |
Begins at sunset, June 5th |
Islam |
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June 15th, 2027 |
*Ashura (10th day of Muharram) |
Morning till noon |
Islam |
Interfaith Calendar
Review an Interfaith Calendar, with definitions of each holiday, from the Harvard Divinity School.