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Sun. 4/24
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All day
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lunar eclipse
(penumbral)
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Mon. 5/2
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All day
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May Day
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Thu. 5/5
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All day
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Cinco de Mayo
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Sun. 5/8
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All day
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Mother's Day
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Sun. 5/29
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All day
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John F. Kennedy's Birthday
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Mon. 5/30
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All day
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Memorial Day
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All day
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Spring Holiday
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Tue. 6/14
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All day
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Flag Day
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Sun. 6/19
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All day
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Father's Day
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All day
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Father's Day
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Mon. 7/4
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All day
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Independence Day
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Tue. 7/12
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All day
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Battle of Boyne Day (N. Ireland)
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Mon. 8/1
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All day
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Summer Bank Holiday (Scotland)
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Mon. 8/29
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All day
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Late Summer Holiday, excl Scotland
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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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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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