| January |
|
Day
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Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
Other days of Indigenous or cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Friday
|
1
|
New Year's Day - Secular
Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
|
Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
|
New Years Day – Australia wide
|
University closed
|
|
Tuesday
|
5
|
|
Twelfth Night - Christian
Birthday of Goru Gobindh Singh - Sikh
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
6
|
|
Epiphany - Christian
Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian
Nativity of Christ (Christmas Day - Armenian Christian
Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) - Christian
|
|
|
| Thursday |
7 |
Nativity of Christ - Orthodox Christian
|
Ethiopian Christmas - Rastafarian
|
|
|
| Sunday |
10 |
|
Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian |
|
|
| Wednesday |
13 |
|
St Hilary's Day - Christian |
|
|
| Thursday |
14 |
|
Maghi - Sikh
Makar Sankrant - Hindu |
|
|
| Friday |
15 |
|
Seijin Shiki (Adult's Day) - Shinto
|
|
|
| Sunday |
17 |
|
Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Christian
World Religion Day - Baha’i
|
|
|
| Monday |
18 |
|
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins - Christian |
|
|
| Tuesday |
19 |
|
Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian |
Anniversary Day - Southland NZ |
|
| Wednesday |
20 |
|
Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
|
|
|
| Thursday |
21 |
|
St Agnes Day - Christian |
|
|
| Sunday |
24 |
|
Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian |
|
|
| Monday |
25 |
|
Conversion of St Paul - Christian
|
Anniversary Day - Wellington NZ |
|
| Tuesday |
26 |
|
|
Australia Day - Australia-wide |
University Closed |
| Wednesday |
27 |
|
National Holocaust Day - Jewish/Multifaith
|
|
|
| Thursday |
28 |
|
St Thomas Aquinas - Christian |
|
|
|
Saturday
|
30
|
|
Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist
Tu B'shevat * - Jewish
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
31
|
|
Birrhday of Guru Har Rao - Sikh
|
|
|
| February |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Monday
|
1
|
|
|
Anniversary Day – Nelson NZ
Anniversary Day – Auckland NZ
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
2
|
|
Candlemas - Christian
Presentation of Christ in the Temple - AnglicanChristian
Imbolc * - Wicca (Northern hemisphere)
Lughnassad * - Wicca (Southern hemisphere)
St Brigid of Kildare - Celtoc Christian
|
|
|
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Wednesday
|
3
|
Setsubun Sai - Shinto
|
|
|
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| Saturday |
6 |
|
|
Waitangi Day – New Zealand
|
|
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Sunday
|
7
|
|
Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
8
|
|
Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist
|
|
|
| Thursday |
11 |
|
Our Lady of Lourdes Day - Christian |
|
|
| Friday |
12 |
|
Maha Shivaratri ** - Hindu
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
13
|
|
|
Second Anniversary of Apology to the Stolen Generation
|
|
|
Sunday
|
14
|
Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist
|
St Valentine's Day - Christian
Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
15
|
|
Nirvana Day (alternative date) ** - Buddhist
Great Lent-Clean Monday - Christian
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
16
|
|
Shrove Tuesday - Christian
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
17
|
|
Ash Wednesday – Lent begins - Christian
|
|
|
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Sunday
|
21
|
|
Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
25
|
|
Fast of Esther (Ta'anit Esther) - Jewish
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
26
|
|
Intercalary Days begin * - Baha'i
Mawlid an Nabi * ** - Islam
|
|
|
| Sunday |
28 |
|
Purim * - Jewish
Holi ** - Hindu
|
|
|
| March |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Monday
|
1
|
|
Hola Mohala - Sikh
Shushan Purim - Jewish
St David of Wales - Christian |
Labour Day – Western Australia
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
2
|
|
Nineteen Day Fast start - Baha'i
|
|
|
| Wednesday |
3 |
|
Hina-matsuri (Festival of Dolls) - Shinto
Milad un Nabi (Shia) - Islam |
|
|
| Friday |
5 |
|
St Piran's Day - Christian
Women's World Day of Prayer - Christian |
|
|
|
Monday
|
8
|
|
|
International Women’s Day
Eight Hours Day – Tasmania
Labour Day – Victoria
Adelaide Cup Day – South Australia
Canberra Day – ACT
Anniversary Day – Taranaki NZ
|
|
|
Saturday
|
13
|
|
L Ron Hubbard birthday - Scientology
|
|
|
| Sunday |
14 |
|
Mothering Sunday - Christian
|
|
|
| Tuesday |
16 |
|
Vaisaki - New Year - Hindu |
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
17
|
|
St Patrick's Day - Christian
|
|
|
| Friday |
19 |
|
St Joseph, husband of the Blessed Mary - Christian |
|
|
|
Saturday
|
20
|
|
Ostara * - Wicca (Northern hemisphere)
Mabon * - Wicca (Southern hemisphere)
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
21
|
Naw Ruz (New Year) - Baha’i
|
Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
Passion Sunday ** - Christian
Shuban Sai - Equinox Day - Shinto
|
|
|
| Monday |
22 |
|
|
Anniversary Day – Otago NZ
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
24
|
|
Annunciation of Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
Ramanavami ** - Hindu
|
|
|
| Saturday |
27 |
|
Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian |
|
|
|
Sunday
|
28
|
|
Palm Sunday - Christian/Orthodox Christian
Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) - Zoroastrian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
29
|
Mahavir Jayanti - Jain
|
Fast of the Firstborn - Jewish
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
30
|
Pesach (Passover, first day) - Jewish
Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
|
Theravadin New Year ** - Buddhist
Lord’s Evening Meal - Jehovah’s Witness Christian
Hanuman Jayanti - Hindu
|
|
|
| Wednesday |
31 |
Pesach (Passover, second day) - Jewish |
|
|
|
| April |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Thursday
|
1
|
|
Maundy Thursday - Christian
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
2
|
Good Friday - Christian
|
|
Good Friday - Australia-wide
|
University closed
|
|
Sunday
|
4
|
Easter - Christian
|
|
|
|
| Monday |
5 |
Pesach (Passover, second last day) - Jewish |
|
Easter Monday - Australia-wide |
University closed |
| Tuesday |
6 |
Pesach (Passover, last day) - Jewish |
|
Easter Tuesday - Australia-wide |
University closed |
| Sunday |
11 |
|
Yom HaSho'ah - Jewish |
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
13
|
|
Vaisakhi - Sikh
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
14
|
Baisakhi - Sikh
|
Birthday of the Guru Nanak - Sikh
Hola Mohalla - Sikh
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
18
|
|
Yom Hazikaron - Jewish
Birthday of the Guru Tegh Bahadur - Sikh
Birthday of the Guru Angad Dev - Sikh
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
19
|
|
Yom Ha'tzmaut - Jewish
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
21
|
First Day of Ridvan * *** - Baha’i
|
Anniversary of the Haile Selassie's visit to Jamaica - Rastafarian
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
23
|
|
St George’s Day - Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
25
|
|
|
ANZAC Day – Australia wide
|
|
| Monday |
26 |
|
|
ANZAC Day - Australia-wide |
University closed |
| Wednesday |
28 |
|
Theravadin New Year * - Buddhist |
|
|
| Thursday |
29 |
Ninth Day of Ridvan - Baha'i |
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
30
|
|
St James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
| May |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Saturday
|
1
|
|
Beltane * - Wicca (Northern hemisphere)
Samhain * - Wicca (Southern hemisphere)
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
2
|
Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha’i
|
Lag B’Omer * - Jewish
Birthday of the Guru Arjan Dev - Sikh
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
3
|
|
|
May Day – Northern Territory
Labour Day – Queensland
|
|
|
Thursday
|
6
|
|
National Day of Prayer - Interfaith USA
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
12
|
|
Yom Yerushalayim - Jewish
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
13
|
|
Ascension of Jesus - Christian
|
|
|
| Wednesday |
19 |
Shavuot * - Jewish
|
|
|
|
| Thursday |
20 |
Shavuot * - Jewish
|
|
|
|
| Sunday |
23 |
Declaration of the Bab * - Baha’i
|
Pentecost - Christian
Birthday of the Guru Amar Das - Sikh |
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
26
|
|
|
National Sorry Day
|
|
|
Thursday
|
27
|
Buddha Day Visakha Puja Vesak ** - Buddhist
|
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
29
|
Ascension of Baha’u’llah * - Baha’i
|
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
30
|
|
All Saints - Orthodox Christian
Trinity - Christian
|
|
|
| June |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
| Thursday |
3 |
|
Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
7
|
|
|
Foundation Day – Western Australia
Queen’s Birthday – New Zealand
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
9
|
|
St Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
11
|
|
Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
14
|
|
|
Queen’s Birthday – all except Western Australia
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
16
|
|
Martyrdom of the Guru Arjan Dev - Sikh
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
19
|
|
New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
21
|
|
First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
Litha * - Wicca (Northern hemisphere)
Yule * - Wicca (Southern hemisphere)
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
24
|
|
St John the Baptist birth - Christian
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
29
|
|
Feast of Sts Peter and Paul - Christian
17th Tammuz - Jewish
|
|
|
| July |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Sunday
|
4
|
|
|
NAIDOC Week
|
|
|
Monday
|
5
|
|
Birthday of the Guru Hargobind - Sikh
|
NAIDOC Week
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
6
|
|
|
NAIDOC Week
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
7
|
|
|
NAIDOC Week
|
|
|
Thursday
|
8
|
|
|
NAIDOC Week
|
|
| Friday |
9 |
Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i |
|
NAIDOC Week |
|
|
Saturday
|
10
|
|
|
NAIDOC Week
|
|
|
Sunday
|
11
|
|
St Benedict’s Day - Catholic Christian
|
NAIDOC Week
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
13
|
|
Ulambana (Obon) ** - Buddhist
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
14
|
|
Ulambana (Obon) ** - Buddhist
|
|
|
| Thursday |
15 |
|
Ulambana (Obon) ** - Buddhist
St Vladimir’s Day - Christian
St Swithin's Day - Christian
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
16
|
|
Ethiopian Constitution Day - Rastafarian
|
|
|
| Tueday |
20 |
|
Tisha B'Av * - Jewish
Jameshedi Noruz (Qadimi) - Zoroastrian
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
23
|
|
Haile Selassi I birthday - Rastafarian
Birthday of the Guru Har Krishen - Sikh
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
24
|
|
Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
25
|
|
St James the Great Day - Christian
Khordad Sal (Qadimi) - Zoroastrian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
26
|
Asalha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
|
Lailat al Bara'ah - Islam
|
|
|
| August |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Sunday
|
1
|
|
Lammas - Christian
Fast Day in honour of Holy Mother of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
Lughnassad * - Wicca (Northern hemisphere)
Imbloc * - Wicca (Southern hemisphere)
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
2
|
|
|
Picnic Day – Northern Territory
|
|
|
Friday
|
6
|
|
Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
9
|
|
|
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
11
|
Ramadan begins * ** - Islam
|
Ganesha Chaturthi ** - Hindu
|
Royal Show - Queensland
|
|
|
Sunday
|
15
|
|
Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
17
|
|
Birthday of Marcus Garvey - Rastafarian
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
19
|
|
Jamshedi Noruz (Shenshai) - Zoroastrian
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
24
|
|
Raksha Bandham ** - Hindu
Khordad Sal (Shensai) - Zoroastrian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
29
|
|
Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian
|
|
|
| September |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Wednesday
|
1
|
|
Ecclesiastical Year begins - Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
| Thursday |
2 |
Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu |
|
|
|
| Sunday |
5 |
|
Paryushana ** - Jain |
|
|
| Monday |
6 |
|
Lailat al Kadr * ** - Islam
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
8
|
|
Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian
Nativity of the Theotokos - Christian
|
|
|
| Thursday |
9 |
Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
|
|
|
|
| Friday |
10 |
Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
Eid al Fitr * ** Ramadan ends - Islam
|
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
11
|
|
Ethiopian New Years Day - Rastafarian
Ganesha Chaturthi ** - Hindu
Fast of Gedalliah - Jewish
|
|
|
| Sunday |
12 |
Paryushana - Jain |
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
14
|
|
Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Christian
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
18
|
Yom Kippur * - Jewish
|
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
23
|
Sukkot * - Jewish
|
Mabon * - Wicca (Northern hemisphere)
Ostara * - Wicca (Southern hemisphere)
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
24
|
Sukkot * - Jewish
|
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
25
|
|
Sukkot * - Jewish
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
26
|
|
Sukkot * - Jewish
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
27
|
|
Sukkot * - Jewish
|
Queen’s Birthday – Western Australia
Anniversary Day – Canterbury South NZ
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
28
|
|
Sukkot * - Jewish
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
29
|
|
Sukkot * - Jewish
Michael and All Angels - Christian
Hoshanah Rabbah - Jewish
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
30
|
Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
|
|
|
|
| October |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Friday
|
1
|
Simchat Torah * - Jewish
|
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
4
|
|
St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
5
|
|
|
Labour Day – NSW, ACT and South Australia
|
|
|
Friday
|
8
|
|
Navaratri (starts) ** - Hindu |
|
|
| Saturday |
9 |
|
Birthday of the Guru Ram Das - Sikh |
|
|
|
Monday
|
11
|
|
Thanksgiving - Interfaith Canada
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
13
|
|
St Edward's Day - Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
17
|
Dasera ** - Hindu
|
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
20
|
Birth of the Bab * - Baha'i
|
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
22
|
|
|
Anniversary Day – Hawkes Bay NZ
|
|
|
Monday
|
25
|
|
|
Labour Day – New Zealand
|
|
|
Thursday
|
28
|
|
Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
31
|
|
All Hallows Eve - Christian
Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
|
|
|
| November |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Monday
|
1
|
|
All Saints’ Day - Christian
Samhain * - Wicca (Northern hemisphere)
Beltane * - Wicca (Southern hemisphere)
|
Anniversary Day – Marlborough NZ
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
2
|
|
All Souls’ Day - Catholic Christian
Anniversary of the Coronation of Haile Selassie - Rastafarian
|
Melbourne Cup Day - Melbourne
|
|
|
Friday
|
5
|
Diwali (Deepavali) ** - Hindu, Jain
|
|
|
|
| Thursday |
11 |
|
Armistice Day - Multifaith |
|
|
|
Friday
|
12
|
Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
|
|
Anniversary Day – Canterbury NZ
|
|
|
Sunday
|
14
|
|
Remembrance Sunday - Multifaith
Hajj * - Islam
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
15
|
|
Nativity Fast begins (until 24 December) - Orthodox Christian
Waqf al Arafa Hajj Day * ** - Islam
Shichigosan - Shinto
Hajj * - Islam
|
|
|
| Tuesday |
16 |
Eid al Adha * ** - Islam
|
Hajj * - Islam |
|
|
| Wednesday |
17 |
|
Hajj * - Islam |
|
|
| Thursday |
18 |
|
Hajj * - Islam |
|
|
|
Sunday
|
21
|
Birthday of the Guru Nanak - Sikh
|
Christ the King - Christian
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
23
|
|
Niinamesei - Shinto
|
|
|
| Wednesday |
24 |
|
Martyrdom of the Guru Tegh Bahadur - Sikh
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
25
|
|
Thanksgiving - Interfaith USA
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
26
|
|
Day of the Covenant * - Baha'i
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
28
|
|
First Sunday of Advent - Christian
Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha * - Baha'i |
|
|
|
Monday
|
29
|
|
|
Anniversary Day – Chatham Islands NZ
Anniversary Day – Westland NZ
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
30
|
|
St Andrew’s Day - Christian
|
|
|
| December |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
| Thursday |
2 |
|
Hanukkah begins * - Jewish
|
|
|
| Friday |
3 |
|
Hanukkah - Jewish
|
|
|
| Saturday |
4 |
|
Hanukkah - Jewish
|
|
|
| Sunday |
5 |
|
Hanukkah - Jewish
|
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Monday
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6
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Hanukkah - Jewish
St Nicholas Day
- Christian |
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Tuesday
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7
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Hanukkah - Jewish
Hijra New Year * ** - Islam
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Wednesday
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8
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Hanukkah - Jewish
Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhist
Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian |
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| Thursday |
9 |
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Hanukkah - Jewish
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Sunday
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12
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Feast Day: Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
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Monday
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13
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St Lucy's Day - Christian
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Thursday
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16
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Ashura * ** - Islam
Posadas Navidenas - Christian
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Friday
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17
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Posadas Navidenas - Christian
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Saturday
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18
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Posadas Navidenas - Christian
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Sunday
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19
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Posadas Navidenas - Christian
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Monday
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20
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Posadas Navidenas - Christian
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Tuesday
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21
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Posadas Navidenas - Christian
Yule * - Wicca (Northern hemisphere)
Litha * - Wicca (Southern hemisphere)
Yule - Christian
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Wednesday
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22
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Posadas Navidenas - Christian
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| Thursday |
23 |
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Posadas Navidenas - Christian |
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University closed |
| Friday |
24 |
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Posadas Navidenas - Christian |
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University closed |
| Saturday |
25 |
Christmas * - Christian |
Posadas Navidenas - Christian |
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Sunday
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26
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Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
Zarathosht Diso - (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) - Zoroastrian
St Stephen's Day - Christian
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Boxing Day – all except South Australia
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University closed
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Sunday
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27
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Ashura * - Islam
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University Closed
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Tuesday
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28
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Holy Innocents - Christian
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Proclamation Day – South Australia
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University closed
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Friday
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31
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Watch Night - Christian
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New Year's Eve
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University closed
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Begins at sunset on the previous day
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**
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Local customs may vary this day
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***
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Ridvan Baha'i commemoration of the twelve day period in 1863 when Baha'u'llah declared that He was God's Messenger for this age. Work is to be suspended on days 1, 9, and 12 of the festival.
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