Spring 2022 Religious Holidays
The following are spring 2021 religious holidays
Note: Please avoid scheduling events on the following religious holidays when possible.
This is not an all-encompassing document. Please reach out to us to share your insight.
Contact Dr. Jeanette Snider at jcsnider@umd.edu with questions or concerns.
January
- Epiphany- January 6, 2022 (Christian)
- Orthodox Christmas Day- January 7, 2022 (Orthodox)
- Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti- January 9, 2022 (Hindu)
- Lohri- January 13, 2022 (Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim)
- Pongal- January 14, 2022 (Hindu)
- Orthodox New Year- January 14, 2022 (Orthodox)
- Makar Sankranti- January 14, 2022 (Hindu)
- Tu B’Shevat- January 16, 2022 (Jewish)
- Thaipusam- January 18, 2022 (Hindu)
February
- Chinese New Year- February 1st-15th, 2022 (secular- derived from Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism)
- Vasant Panchami- February 5, 2022 (Hindu)
- Isra Mi’Raj- February 28th (Muslim)
- Lailat al Miraj - February 28th, 2022 (Muslim)
March
- Maha Shivaratri- March 1, 2022 (Hindu)
- Mardi Gras- March 1, 2022 (Christian)
- Ash Wednesday- March 2, 2022 (Christian)
- Lent- March 2nd-April 14th, 2022 (Christian)
- Purim- March 16, 2022 (Jewish)
- Holika Dahan- March 17, 2022 (Hindu)
- Shushan Purim - March 18th, 2022 (Jewish)
- St. Patrick’s Day- March 17, 2022
- Holi- March 18, 2022 (Hindu)
- Laylat Bara’at- March 18th-19th, 2022 (Muslim)
- Naw-Rúz- March 21, 2022 (Baha’i)
April
- Ramadan- April 2nd-May 2nd, 2022 (Muslim)
- Rama Navami- April 10, 2022 (Hindu)
- Palm Sunday - April 10, 2022 (Christian)
- Maundy Thursday- April 14, 2022 (Christian)
- Vaisakhi- April 14, 2022 (Sikh)
- Good Friday- April 15, 2022 (Christian)
- Passover- April 15-23rd, 2022 (Jewish)
- Holy Saturday- April 16, 2022 (Christian)
- Easter- April 17, 2022 (Christian)
- Easter Monday- April 18, 2022 (Christian)
- First day of Ridván- April 20th-21st, 2022 (Baha’i)
- Yom Hashoah- April 27, 2022 (Jewish)
- Laylat al Qadr- April 29, 2022 (Muslim)
- Ninth day of Ridván- April 29, 2022 (Baha’i)
May
- Twelfth day of Ridván- May 1st-2nd, 2022 (Baha’i)
- Eid al-Feitr- May 3, 2022 (Muslim)
- Yom HaZikaron - May 3, 2022 (Jewish)
- Yom HaAtzuma’ut - May 5, 2022 (Jewish)
- Cinco de Mayo- May 5, 2022
- Second Passover - May 15, 2022 (Jewish)
- Lag BaOmer- May 19, 2022 (Jewish)
- Ascension Day- May 26, 2022 (Christian)
- Yom Yerushalayim - May 28, 2022 (Jewish)
- Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh- May 29, 2022 (Baha’i)