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Sat. 8/6
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All day
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Transfiguration
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Mon. 8/15
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All day
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Assumption Day
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Thu. 9/1
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All day
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Isra Me'raj
(Isra wa Al-Miraj)
Laylat Al-Isra wa Al-Miraj ("the night journey and ascension") commemorates the journey of the Prophet Muhammad from Makkah to Jerusalem, his ascension into the seven heavens, and his return in the same night. These events acknowledge that all the Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) have one and the same God as their source.
In this night, Muslims believe, the Prophet was instructed to establish the five daily prayers in their current form. On this night, Muslims believe, Muhammad prayed together with Abraham, Moses and Jesus in the area of the Al-Aqsa mosque.
The rock from which he is believed to have ascended to heaven to speak with God is the one seen inside the Dome of the Rock. Isra wa Al-Miraj as it is sometimes called is celebrated on the twenty-seventh of Rajab of the Islamic calendar.
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Mon. 9/5
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All day
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Labor Day
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Mon. 9/19
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All day
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Nisfu Sha'ban
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Sun. 10/2
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All day
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Feast of the Guardian Angels
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All day
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Feast of the Gaurdian Angles
Catholic day
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Mon. 10/3
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All day
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solar eclipse
(annular)
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Wed. 10/5
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All day
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Ramadan
The ninth month of the Moslem calendar. Commemorates the month in which the Koran was revealed to Mohammed. Observance involves prayer and abstention from food, drink, smoking, and sex, from sunrise to sundown. After sundown brings party time. The first day of Ramadan is a holiday in many Islamic countries.
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Mon. 10/10
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All day
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Columbus Day
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Mon. 10/17
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All day
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lunar eclipse
(partial)
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Sun. 10/23
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All day
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Daylight Saving Time Ends
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All day
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Creation
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Sun. 10/30
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All day
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Daylight Saving Time Ends
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All day
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Laitaltul-Qadr
(Laylat Al-Qadr)
Laylat Al-Qadr ("the night of power.") falls on one of the last ten days of Ramadan on an odd numbered day (such as the twenty-third, twenty-fifth or twenty-seventh), In the Qur'an this night is said to be equal to one thousand months and on this night the prayers of the sincere Muslim are certain to be answered.
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Mon. 10/31
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All day
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Halloween
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All day
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Reformation Day
Protestant day (Oct 31). On this day in 1517 Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses on the door of the church in Wittenberg Germany, thereby beginning the Protestant Reformation. Lutherans observe this day on the preceding of following Sunday.
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Tue. 11/1
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All day
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All Saints Day
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Fri. 11/4
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All day
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Eidul-Fitr
(Eid al-Fitr)
Just as festivity becomes the atmosphere when the fast is broken each day at sunset, happiness becomes doublefold when the month of fasting is finally completed and the Eid Al-Fitr is celebrated.
The most elaborate dishes are served at large banquets to which relatives and friends are invited. These colorful celebrations are the climax of the sense of fullfiliment characterizing,a month of fasting and hardships, increasing the bonds of connectedness among humankind and between humankind and God.
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Fri. 11/11
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All day
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Veteran's Day
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