Holiday	2011	2012
New Year	Jan. 1	Jan. 1
Epiphany	Jan. 6	Jan. 6
Birth of a Prophet	Feb. 16	Feb. 5
Orthodox Easter	Mar. 24	Mar. 15
Passover	Mar. 19 - 26	Mar. 7 - 14
Christian Easter	Apr. 24	Apr. 8
Isra' and Me'raj	July 31	July 20
Ramadan Begins	Aug. 1	July 20
Festival of fast breaking	Aug. 11	Aug. 19
Nisfu Sha'ban	Aug. 18	Aug. 7
Eid al Fitr Ramadan Ends	Aug. 31	Aug. 21
Rosh Hashanah	Sept. 29	Sept. 17
Nuzulul Qur'an	Oct. 1	Sept. 20
Festival of sacrifice	Oct. 18	Oct. 26
Diwali	Oct. 26	Nov. 13
Islamic New Year	Nov. 27	Nov. 15
Thanks-giving	Nov. 24	Nov. 23
Chanukkah	Dec. 21 - 28	Dec. 9 - 16
Christmas	Dec. 25	Dec. 25