In the spirit of diversity and inclusion, we provide the following list of multifaith holy days & festivals realizing that it is not exhaustive.

Should you wish your faith’s days to be included, please contact the Chaplain for cosideration.

Phone: 416.675.6622 ext. 4427
Email: chaplain@humber.ca

01 Thursday
Bashkakodini-Giizis (Aboriginal-Ojibwe)
Water Freezing Moon; National Native Month (Canada); Aboriginal Education Month (Humber College).

All Saints’ Day (Christianity)
Honours known and unknown saints throughout the history of Christianity.

02 Friday
Karva Chauth or Karwachauth (Hinduism)
Celebrates the story of a newly-married queen’s care for her husband, the king, in which women fast for one day until moonrise for the long-life and health of their husbands, with the first such fast especially important. At moonrise, the husband feeds the first morsel of food to his wife.

All Souls Day (Christianity-Catholicism)
A day for prayers of intercession by the living faithful to help cleanse the souls of those departed.

04 Sunday
End of Daylight Savings Time (Canada)

Qudrat (Baha’i)
Qudrat, meaning Power, is the thirteenth month of the Baha’i year.

07 Wednesday
Take Your Kids to Work Day (Canada)
Parents take their children to their workplace; an educational, fun experience.

09 Friday
Remembrance Day Ceremonies (Humber College)
Ceremonies are held at each main campus to honour Canadian soldiers who fought in the two World Wars and other conflicts.

11 Sunday
Remembrance Day (Canada)
A day of remembrance to honour Canadian soldiers who died in The Great War and World War II and those who have given their lives in similar conflicts in service of their country and for freedom since then. Many wear a red poppy as a symbol of this commemoration.

12 Monday
Birth of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)
The birth of the founder of the Baha’i faith; Baha’is suspend work on this day.

13 Tuesday
New Moon
Total Solar Eclipse (Equatorial)

Diwali or Festival of Lights (Sikhism, Hinduism)
A popular festival dedicated to the Goddess Kali in Bengal and Lakshmi, Goddess of Wealth, in the rest of India and is associated with stories about the destruction of evil by Vishnu in one of his many manifestations.

Mahavira Jayanti (Jainism)
The Festival of Lamps and celebrates the attainment by Lord Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara, of nirvana and release from the cycle of rebirth (moksha).

15 Thursday
Hijra or First of Muharram (Islam)
The start of a ten day festival to celebrate the Hijra (migration) of Mohammed and his followers from Mecca to Medina, where the first Islamic ummah (community) was established, in 622 CE.

Shichi-Go-San (Shinto)
Prayers are offered for the growth and long life of younger children. They dress up and their parents take them to a shrine to visit a guardian deity.

23 Friday
Qawl (Speech) (Baha’i)
Qawl, meaning Speech, if the fourteenth month of the Baha’i year.

24 Saturday
Ashura (Islam)
Commemorates the martyrdom of Husain (Prophet Mohammad’s grandson) observed by Shi’ites on the 10th day of Muharram.

Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji(Sikhism)
Commemorates the death of the ninth Guru who is remembered for his defence of the Sikh faith and also of Hinduism and religious liberty.

25 Sunday
St. Catherine's Day (Christianity)
Commemorates a Christian martyr of Alexandria in the fourth century A.D.

26 Monday
The Day of the Covenant (Baha’i)
Anniversary of the appointment of Abdul-Baha, the son of Baha’u’llah, as the Centre of the Covenant.

28 Wednesday
Full Moon
Lunar Eclipse (Equatorial)

The Ascension of ‘Abdul-Baha (Baha’i)
Commemorates the death of ‘Abdul-Baha who guarded the unity of the Baha’I faith.

Birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Sikhism-Bikarami)
The founder of the Sikh faith and the first of the Ten Gurus, was born in 1469 CE. An accomplished poet, 974 of his hymns are in the Sikh scriptures, the Guru Granth Sahib.

Lokasha Jayanti (Jainism)
The full moon of the calendar’s first month is a time to celebrate the births of revered and scholarly persons, the most famous of whom is the 15th Century reformer Lonka Saha whose opposition to temple worship and the use of images led to the founding of the Sthanakavasi sect, which emphasizes scholarship.