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March 20

Hindu
Observed on March 20, 2026
  • Eid al-FitrIslamic

    Eid al-Fitr, the festival of breaking the fast that concludes Ramadan.

    Follows the lunar Hijri calendar; the observed date can vary by a day with the moon sighting.

YahrzeitHebrew-calendar remembrance

The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on March 20 this year.

  • R. Sholom Dovber Schneersohn (Rebbe Rashab of Lubavitch)d. 1920 CE

    Fifth Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch

  1. 1943 CEHindu · died

    Heinrich Zimmer, a leading Western interpreter of Indian philosophy, myth, and art, died of pneumonia in New York while teaching at Columbia University.

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