2023-2024 List of Religious Holidays
Rider University fully supports the right of students and faculty to observe religious holidays. Below is information on important religious holidays and on Rider University policies regarding class attendance and students’ responsibilities to make up missed work.
Per university policy, the University Academic Policy Committee encourages all faculty to honor the desire of students to observe major religious holidays by permitting students to make up work missed on the day or days in question, including any tests or examinations. This position is endorsed with the understanding that students are responsible for all class work missed.
Faculty observing these holidays are encouraged to communicate with students via Canvas and/or email if they plan on cancelling the class meeting to observe the holiday. Students who are missing class to observe the holiday need to email the professor prior to missing class and request the opportunity to make arrangements to complete any missed work.
Please note these holidays occurring during the 2023-2024 academic year:
- Rosh Hashanah will be observed from sundown Friday, September 15, 2023 through sundown on Sunday, September 17, 2023.
- Navaratri will begin on Sunday, October 15 and ends on Tuesday, October 24, 2023.
- Yom Kippur will be observed from sundown Sunday, September 24, 2023 through sundown on Monday, September 25, 2023.
- Sukkot will be observed from sundown Friday, September 29, 2023 through Friday, October 6, 2023.
- Diwali will be observed on Sunday, November 12, 2023.
- Guru Nanak Jayanti will be observed on Monday, November 27, 2023.
- Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur will be observed on Friday, November 24, 2023.
- Hanukkah will be observed from sundown on Thursday, December 7 through sundown on Friday, December 15, 2023.
- Christmas Eve will be observed Sunday, December 24, 2023.
- Christmas will be observed Monday, December 25, 2023.
- Kwanzaa will be observed Tuesday, December 26, 2023 through Monday, January 1, 2024.
- New Year will be observed Monday, January 1, 2024.
- Lunar New Year will be observed Saturday, February 10, 2024.
- Hola Mohalla will be observed beginning Monday, March 25, 2024 and ends on
- Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
- Ramadan will be observed beginning the evening of Sunday, March 10, 2024 and ends in the evening of Monday, April 8, 2024.
- Passover will be observed beginning at sundown on Monday, April 22, 2024 and ends on the evening of Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
- Good Friday will be observed on Friday, March 29, 2024.
- Easter will be observed on Sunday, March 31, 2024.
- Hajj Days will begin in the evening of Friday, June 14, 2024 and ends in the evening of Wednesday, June 19, 2024.
- Day of Arafat will begin in the evening of Saturday, June 15, 2024 and ends in the evening of Sunday, June 16, 2024.
- Eid al-Adha will begin in the evening of Sunday, June 16, 2024 and ends in the evening of Monday, June 17, 2024.
- Islamic New Year will begin in the evening of Saturday, July 6, 2024 and ends in the evening of Sunday, July 7, 2024.
Please note the exact dates of Islamic holidays cannot always be determined in advance, due to the nature of the Islamic Lunar Calendar.
Your sensitivity is greatly appreciated. If there are other important religious holidays which may affect class attendance or offerings, please contact the Provost's office, or send an email to [email protected].