You have reached the SIGCHI web archive. Switch to the new website view or email us if you have a question or feedback. We thank you for your patience while we complete our transition to the new site.

Midsummer

Midsummer is the period of time in the middle of the summer. The exact dates vary among different cultures. The celebration predates Christianity, and existed under different names and traditions around the world.

Eid al-Adha

Eid al-Adha • عيد الأضحى‎. The first two days are observed.

Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah • ראש השנה‎ is sunset through next sunset.

Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur • יוֹם כִּיפּוּר is nightfall the first day and all day the second day.

Diwali

Diwali (or Deepawali) is observed on the first two days: 4th for the south and 5th for the north (generally).

Thanksgiving (USA)

The Thursday is the observed Thanksgiving Day and the following Friday is typically also taken off. Many in USA will travel during the four-day weekend.

New Year’s Day

New Year's Day is a festival observed in most of the world on 1 January, the first day of the year in the modern Gregorian calendar. 1 January is
also New Year's Day on the Julian calendar, but this is not the same day as
the Gregorian one. Whilst most solar calendars begin the year regularly at
or near the northern winter solstice, cultures that observe a lunisolar or
lunar calendar celebrate their New Year's Day at less fixed points relative
to the solar year. In pre-Christian Rome under the Julian calendar, the day
was dedicated to Janus, god of gateways and beginnings, for whom January is
also named. From Roman times until the middle of the 18th century, the new
year was celebrated at various stages and in various parts of Christian
Europe on 25 December, on 1 March, on 25 March and on the movable feast of
Easter.

If you wish to subscribe or export the calendar, use the “Subscribe to calendar” button above (for iCal, Outlook, or Google). Note: Google and iCal will update events on a monthly basis. 

• Need help subscribing?

Community Events are not officially hosted by SIGCHI.
Want to add an event or add a holiday.
Need to compare time zones?

Questions? Email sigchi-4all@acm.org.