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September 2025

Iroquois Green Corn Ceremony

Ongoing through Tue., Sep. 30, 2025

Tradition:

Indigenous American

A time of renewal involving fasting, dances, offerings, and readings from the code of Handsome Lake.

Jicarilla Apache Ghost Dance

Ongoing through Tue., Sep. 30, 2025

Tradition:

Indigenous American

New Mexico.

Ghambar Paitishem

Fri., Sep. 12 – Tue., Sep. 16, 2025

Tradition:

Zoroastrianism

Celebrates the creation of the Earth and the harvesting of the summer crop.

Mabon

Mon., Sep. 22, 2025

Tradition:

Wicca/Paganism

Autumnal Equinox and the second harvest festival, celebrating the equivalence of light and dark, the arrival of Autumn and thanksgiving for the Earth’s bounty.

Navaratri

Mon., Sep. 22 – Thu., Oct. 2, 2025

Tradition:

Hinduism

A nine-night (nav-rat) celebration of nine auspicious forms of Shakti/Devi (feminine divine power/the Goddess).

Rosh Hashanah

Mon., Sep. 22 – Wed., Sep. 24, 2025

Tradition:

Judaism

The Jewish New Year and the anniversary of the creation of the world, Rosh Hashanah is the first of the Ten Days of Awe (also known as the Ten Days of Repentance) that conclude on Yom Kippur. It marks the beginning of the holiest time of the year for Jews.

October 2025

Navaratri

Mon., Sep. 22 – Thu., Oct. 2, 2025

Tradition:

Hinduism

A nine-night (nav-rat) celebration of nine auspicious forms of Shakti/Devi (feminine divine power/the Goddess).

Cherokee Great New Moon Festival

Wed., Oct. 1 – Fri., Oct. 31, 2025

Tradition:

Indigenous American

October marks the beginning of the new year.

Yom Kippur

Wed., Oct. 1 – Thu., Oct. 2, 2025

Tradition:

Judaism

The conclusion of the 10 Days of Awe, Yom Kippur is the holiest and most solemn of all days in the Jewish year. It is characterized by repentance, fasting, and forgiveness. Yom Kippur begins on the evening of Wednesday, October 1, at sundown.