The LORD’s Holidays & Dates
(Lev 23:2, 4)
Dates are listed below for the 2 ways the LORD’s holidays are figured for those who want to know in order to celebrate the holidays or just want to know when they are taking place. 1st way is at the top section by New Moon sightings. 2nd way is at the bottom section. This list will be updated to stay current. There will be articles from WhyAlive about some of the LORD’s holidays coming soon, but until then the links will go to Hebrew4Christians. See their Holidays page for more info. See the “Marriage” article from WhyAlive to see how the holidays line up with the marriage. Some people are asking about the Shemiththah/Shemitah years and the Yovel/Jubilee years. Though you could calculate those years using the WhyAlive Timeline, these years are at the very bottom of this page.
Is the Zadok calendar a valid calendar?
Another article found in WhyAlive’s Timeline helps explain more about the LORD’s holidays as well called
When was YESHUA’s Ministry, Death, and Resurrection?
Scripture Readings for Shabbat and Holidays
The holidays calculated according to the New Moon being established by the 1st sighting of its 1st light.
The first light of the Moon seen after an astronomical new moon establishes the 1st day of the month that occurs at sunset [ref]. This is how the Hebrew calendar was to be calculated according to the LORD. There is a time when the Moon is dark. The 1st day the light of the Moon is seen is considered the Rosh Chodesh (New Moon). The Danjon limit is the smallest angular separation between the Sun and the Moon when the first light of the Moon can be seen [ref]. A Danjon limit of 7 is used in these calculations with a limit below 7 possibly seen (have to have two witness see it though) but not affecting most months. If there are 2 dates, it is because the Danjon limit is to close to predict the exact date.
A Hebrew day goes from sunset to sunset (Lev 23:32). Also, If there are 29 days in a month, the month may have 30 days if the weather does not allow for the Moon to be seen on the 29th day. (Just a note: a 29.5 day month is an average, months can be shorter or longer, I have seen a month with 28 days.)
Different things can cause a leap month (13th month) to be added [ref]. Leap months are added if the 16th day of the 1st month would occur before the vernal spring equinox (3/19, 3/20, 3/21) [ref: (goto verse 8)]. But, there has to be barley ready to harvest for Yom haBikkurim (Day of the First Fruits) (Ex 9:31; 12:1; Lev 23:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14), so this is the main timing event for the the first month of ha’Aviv/ha’Abib (Nisan) [ref]. We will be using observations from Yisra’el/Israel from this site and this site and this site to know if the barley is ready for the year.
(All data is figured using NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Horizons Systems with location set to Jerusalem.)
Final dates for first day of month will use observations from Yisra’el/Israel from this site and this site.
Rosh-Chodesh/New-Moon
(Full article at the link above)
(Head-of-Month/New-Moon/1st-day-of-month) (Num 10:10; 28:11; Amos 8:4, 5)
1st day of 1st month: ha’Aviv/ha’Abib (Nisan):
sunset on 3/20/2026 to sunset on 3/21/2026
1st day of 2nd month: Ziv (Iyar):
sunset on 4/18/2026 to sunset on 4/19/2026
1st day of 3rd Month (Sivan):
sunset on 5/17/2026 to sunset on 5/18/2026
1st day of 4th Month (Tammuz):
sunset on 6/15/2026 to sunset on 6/16/2026
1st day of 5th Month (Av):
sunset on 7/15/2026 to sunset on 7/16/2026
1st day of 6th Month (Elul):
sunset on 8/13/2026 to sunset on 8/14/2026
1st day of 7th month: ha’Ethanim (Tishri):
sunset on 9/12/2026 to sunset on 9/13/2026
1st day of 8th month: Bul (Cheshvan):
sunset on 10/11/2026 to sunset on 10/12/2026
1st day of 9th Month (Kislev):
sunset on 11/10/2026 to sunset on 11/11/2026
1st day of 10th Month (Tevet):
[sunset on 12/9/2026 to sunset on 12/10/2026] or [sunset on 12/10/2026 to sunset on 12/11/2026]
1st day of 11th Month (Shevat):
sunset on 1/19/2026 to sunset on 1/20/2026
sunset on 1/8/2027 to sunset on 1/9/2027
1st day of 12th Month (Adar):
sunset on 2/18/2026 to sunset on 2/19/2026
sunset on 2/7/2027 to sunset on 2/8/2027
1st day of 13th Month (Adar II):
This was the last leap month: sunset on 3/1/2025 to sunset on 3/2/2025
Rosh-Chodashim/New-Year-of-Months
(Beginning-of-Months/New-Year-of-the-Months/Beginning-of-Religious-Year/1st day of 1st month) (Ex 12:1, 2, 3):
sunset on 3/20/2026 to sunset on 3/21/2026
Lamb/Goat brought in home for Pesach/Passover
(10th-day-of-1st-month) (Ex 12:3, 4, 5):
sunset on 3/29/26 to sunset on 3/30/26
Pesach/Passover
(Passover/14th-&-15th-of-1st-month) (Ex 12:6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49; Lev 23:5; Num 9:10, 11):
3 PM on 4/3/2026 to sunset on 4/4/2026
1st Day of Chag-haMatztzot/Feast-of-Unleavened-Bread
(Feast-of-Unleavened-Bread/15th-day-of-1st-month) (Ex 12:15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20; Lev 23:6, 7):
Starts 12 noon on 4/3/2026; sunset on 4/3/2026 to sunset on 4/4/2026
Yom-haBikkurim/Day-of-First-Fruits
(Day-of-the-First-Fruits/Day-after-Shabbat[Sabbath]-during-Chag-haMatztzot[Feast-of-Unleavened-Bread])
There are 2 ways to figure this date. The First way is according to the Pharisees, and the 2nd way according to the Sadducees who were in charge of the Temple during the time of YESHUA. the Scripture actually can be read either way, and YESHUA actually fulfilled both ways (that is another topic):
1st way (Pharisees):
The 16th day of the 1st month which is the day after the shabbat [sabbath] of the 1st Day of Chag haMatztzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread) (Lev 23:10, 11).
2nd way (Sadducees):
The day after the regular Shabbat [Sabbath] of the week of Chag haMatztzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread) (Lev 23:10, 11):
(This year they are on the same day.)
1st way of after the 1st Day of Chag haMatztzot (Pharisees):
sunset on 4/4/2026 to sunset on 4/5/2026
2nd way of after the Shabbat of the week of Chag haMatztzot (Sadducees):
sunset on 4/4/2026 to sunset on 4/5/2026
7th & Last day of Chag-haMatztzot/Feast-of-Unleavened-Bread
(Feast-of-Unleavened-Bread/21st-day-of-1st-month) (Ex 12:18; Lev 23:6, 8):
sunset on 4/9/2026 to sunset on 4/10/2026
Shavu’ot/Pentecost
(Feast-of-Weeks/Pentecost/50th-day-from-Yom-haBikkurim[Day-of-the-First-Fruits])
Because there are 2 different dates for Yom haBikkurim, there are 2 different dates for Shavu’ot (Lev 23:15, 16, 21):
(This year they are on the same day.)
50th day from on 1st way of figuring Yom haBikkurim (Pharisees) (from day after the shabbat of the 1st Day of Chag haMatztzot):
sunset on 5/23/2026 to sunset on 5/24/2026 (from 16th day)
50th day from 2nd way of figuring Yom haBikkurim (Sadducees) (from day after the regular Shabbat of the week of Chag haMatztzot):
sunset on 5/23/2026 to sunset on 5/24/2026 (from Shabbat of week)
Yom-Teru’ah/Day-of-Trumpet-Blast
(Day-of-Trumpet-Blast/1st-day-of-7th-month/Rosh-haShanah/Head-of-the-Year/New-Year-of-the-Year/Beginning-of-Civil-Year) (Lev 23:24, 25; Num 29:1):
sunset on 9/12/2026 to sunset on 9/13/2026
Yom-Kippurim/Day-of-Atonements
(Day-of-Atonement/10th-day-of-7th-month) (Lev 16:29, 30, 31; 23:27, 28; Num 29:7):
sunset on 9/21/2026 to sunset on 9/22/2026
1st Day of Sukkot/Tabernacles
(Feast-of-Tabernacles/Feast-of-Booths/15th-day-of-7th-month) (Lev 23:34, 35; Num 29:12):
sunset on 9/26/2026 to sunset on 9/27/2026
Hosha’na-Rabbah/7th-Day-of-Sukkot
(Great-Salvation/7th-&-Last-day-of-Sukkot/21st-day-of-7th-month) (Lev 23:34, 39; Num 29:12, 32):
sunset on 10/2/2026 to sunset on 10/3/2026
Shemini ‘Atzeret/8th-Day-of-Assembly
(8th-Day-of-Assembly/22nd-day-of-7th-month) (Lev 23:34, 35, 36, 39; Num 29:12, 35):
sunset on 10/3/2026 to sunset on 10/4/2026
Minor Holidays or Holidays & Fasts that were added later:
Shiv’ah-‘Asar-B-Tammuz
(Fast-of-4th-Month/17th-day-of-4th-month/3-week-fast-begins) (Zech 8:19):
sunset on 7/1/2026 to sunset on 7/2/2026
Tish’ah-B’Av
(Fast-of-5th-Month/9th-day-of-5th-Month/3-week-fast-ends) (Zech 8:19):
sunset on 7/23/2026 to sunset on 7/24/2026
Rosh HaShanah LeMa’sar Behemah
(Head-of-Year-[New-Year]-for-Tithing-Animals/1st-day-of-6th-Month) [ref]:
sunset on 8/13/2026 to sunset on 8/14/2026
Chanukkah/Hanukkah
(Hanukkah/Feast-of-Dedication/8-day-feast-starting-on-25th-day-of-9th-Month) (Jhn 10:22):
sunset on 12/4/2026 to sunset on 12/12/2026
(YouTube Audio Video: 1st Maccabees gives the story behind Chanukkah. Chanukkah is within the 4 chapter. This is a historical book in the apocrypha, not to be taken as Scripture but as historical. It can also be read on the World English Bible (WEB) Online.)
‘Asarah-B-Tevet
(Fast-of-10th-Month/10th-day-of-10th-Month) (Zech 8:19; 2 Kgs 25:1):
[sunset on 12/18/2026 to sunset on 12/19/2026] or [sunset on 12/19/2026 to sunset on 12/20/2026]
Tu B’Shevat
(New-Year-for-Trees/15th-day-of-11th-month) [ref]:
sunset on 2/2/2026 to sunset on 2/3/2026
sunset on 1/22/2027 to sunset on 1/23/2027
Purim
(Feast-of-Lots/14th-&-15th-day-of-last-month) (Est 9:21, 22, 23):
(would change to next month if there is a leap month, should not be one yet I would think)
sunset on 3/3/2026 to sunset on 3/4/2026 & sunset on 3/4/2026 to sunset on 3/5/2026
sunset on 2/20/2027 to sunset on 2/21/2027 & sunset on 2/21/2027 to sunset on 2/22/2027
The holidays calculated according to the New Moon being established by the astronomical new moon.
This is according to how the current Jewish leadership calculates the Hebrew calendar. They also have 2 days for some holidays. The below dates are the calculated first day (the second day would be the next day).
Rosh Chodesh
(Head-of-Month/New-Moon/1st-day-of-month)
1st day of 1st month: ha’Aviv/ha’Abib (Nisan):
sunset on 3/18/2026 to sunset on 3/19/2026
1st day of 2nd month: Ziv (Iyar):
sunset on 4/17/2026 to sunset on 4/18/2026
1st day of 3rd Month (Sivan):
sunset on 5/16/2026 to sunset on 5/17/2026
1st day of 4th Month (Tammuz):
sunset on 6/15/2026 to sunset on 6/16/2026
1st day of 5th Month (Av):
sunset on 7/14/2026 to sunset on 7/15/2026
1st day of 6th Month (Elul):
sunset on 8/13/2026 to sunset on 8/14/2026
1st day of 7th month: ha’Ethanim (Tishri):
sunset on 9/11/2026 to sunset on 9/12/2026
1st day of 8th month: Bul (Cheshvan):
sunset on 10/11/2026 to sunset on 10/12/2026
1st day of 9th Month (Kislev):
sunset on 11/10/2026 to sunset on 11/11/2026
1st day of 10th Month (Tevet):
sunset on 12/10/2026 to sunset on 12/11/2026
1st day of 11th Month (Shevat):
sunset on 1/18/2026 to sunset on 1/19/2026
sunset on 1/8/2027 to sunset on 1/9/2027
1st day of 12th Month (Adar):
sunset on 2/17/2026 to sunset on 2/18/2026
sunset on 2/7/2027 to sunset on 2/8/2027
1st day of 13th Month (Adar II):
sunset on 3/9/2027 to sunset on 3/10/2027
Rosh Chodashim
(Beginning-of-Months/New-Year-of-the-Months/Beginning-of-Religious-Year):
1st day of 1st month: ha’Aviv/ha’Abib (Nisan):
sunset on 3/18/2026 to sunset on 3/19/2026
Lamb/Goat brought in home for Pesach/Passover
(10th-day-of-1st-month):
sunset on 3/27/2026 to sunset on 3/28/2026
Pesach
(Passover/14th-&-15th-of-1st-month):
3 PM on 4/1/2026 to sunset on 4/2/2026
1st Day of Chag haMatztzot
(Feast-of-Unleavened-Bread/15th-day-of-1st-month):
sunset on 4/1/2026 to sunset on 4/2/2026
Yom haBikkurim
(Day-of-the-First-Fruits/Day-after-Shabbat[Sabbath]-during-Chag-haMatztzot[Feast-of-Unleavened-Bread])
There are 2 ways to figure this date:
{1st way} The 16th day of the 1st month which is the day after the shabbat [sabbath] of the 1st Day of Chag haMatztzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread) (Lev 23:10, 11).
{2nd way} The day after the regular Shabbat [Sabbath] of the week of Chag haMatztzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread) (Lev 23:10, 11):
1st way of after the 1st Day of Chag haMatztzot:
sunset on 4/2/2026 to sunset on 4/3/2026 (16th day)
2nd way of after the Shabbat of the week of Chag haMatztzot:
(They do not use this way at this time)
7th & Last day of Chag haMatztzot
(Feast-of-Unleavened-Bread/21st-day-of-1st-month):
sunset on 4/7/2026 to sunset on 4/8/2026
Shavu’ot
(Feast-of-Weeks/Pentecost/50th-day-from-Yom-haBikkurim[Day-of-the-First-Fruits])
Because there are 2 different dates for Yom haBikkurim, there are 2 different dates for Shavu’ot (Lev 23:15, 16):
50th day from on 1st way of figuring Yom haBikkurim:
sunset on 5/21/2026 to sunset on 5/22/2026 (from 16th day)
50th day from 2nd way of figuring Yom haBikkurim:
(They do not use this way at this time)
Yom Teru’ah
(Day-of-Trumpet-Blast/1st-day-of-7th-month/Rosh-haShanah/Head-of-the-Year/New-Year-of-the-Year/Beginning-of-Civil-Year):
sunset on 9/11/2026 to sunset on 9/12/2026
Yom Kippur
(Day-of-Atonement/10th-day-of-7th-month):
sunset on 9/20/2026 to sunset on 9/21/2026
1st Day of Sukkot
(Feast-of-Tabernacles/Feast-of-Booths/15th-day-of-7th-month):
sunset on 9/25/2026 to sunset on 9/26/2026
Hosha’na Rabbah
(Great-Salvation/7th-&-Last-day-of-Sukkot/21st-day-of-7th-month:
sunset on 10/1/2026 to sunset on 10/2/2026
Shemini ‘Atzeret
(8th-Day-of-Assembly/22nd-day-of-7th-month):
sunset on 10/2/2026 to sunset on 10/3/2026
Minor Holidays or Holidays & Fasts that were added later:
Shiv’ah-‘Asar-B-Tammuz
(Fast-of-4th-Month/17th-day-of-4th-month/3-week-fast-begins):
sunset on 7/1/2026 to sunset on 7/2/2026
Tish’ah-B’Av
(Fast-of-5th-Month/9th-day-of-5th-Month/3-week-fast-ends):
sunset on 7/22/2026 to sunset on 7/23/2026
Rosh HaShanah LeMa’sar Behemah
(Head-of-Year-[New-Year]-for-Tithing-Animals/1st-day-of-6th-Month):
sunset on 8/13/2026 to sunset on 8/14/2026
Chanukkah
(Hanukkah/Feast-of-Dedication/8-day-feast-starting-on-25th-day-of-9th-Month):
sunset on 12/4/2026 to sunset on 12/12/2026
‘Asarah-B-Tevet
(Fast-of-10th-Month/10th-day-of-10th-Month):
sunset on 12/19/2026 to sunset on 12/20/2026
Tu B’Shevat
(New-Year-for-Trees/15th-day-of-11th-month):
sunset on 2/1/2026 to sunset on 2/2/2026
sunset on 1/22/2027 to sunset on 2/23/2027
Purim
(Feast-of-Lots/14th-&-15th-day-of-last-month):
[sunset on 3/2/2026 to sunset on 3/3/2026] & [sunset on 3/3/2026 to sunset on 3/4/2026]
[sunset on 3/22/2027 to sunset on 3/23/2027] & [sunset on 3/23/2027 to sunset on 3/24/2027]
Yovel/Jubilee Years
(This was from The Seals, Trumpets, & Bowls of Revelation) Like the 7th day of the week being a day of rest called the Sabbath (Shabbat), the 7th year is a year of rest for the land called the Shemiththah (Shemitah) (Ex 20:8, 9, 10, 11; Lev 25:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). The year after 7-weeks-of-years/the-7th-Shemiththah (7 × 7 Shemitah = 49 years) is the 50th year called a Yovel (Jubilee) and is a year of release, return, and rest for the family of the LORD and their land (Lev 25:8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 25, 28, 39, 40, 41, 47, 54). The verses of Leviticus 25:8, 9, 10 allow for the Yovel/Jubilee to be calculated by counting 49 consecutive years (if Yovel is during the 1st year of counting the next 49 years) or by counting 50 consecutive years (if Yovel is its own year and the 1st year of counting the next 49 years is after it) from the beginning of the year, starting with the 1st day of the 7th Hebrew month (ha’Ethanim/Tishri) around the fall equinox and announced with shophar/shofar on the 10th day of ha’Ethanim (Tishri) (Lev 25:9; Rosh Hashanah 8b:10). (The 1st day of ha’Aviv [Nisan] around the spring equinox is the New Year for the beginning of the months [Ex 12:2; 13:4].)
(This is from the Timeline) We know in what years the Shemiththah/Shemitah year occurs every 7th year allowing for the 49 count Yovel (Jubilee) [5]. Due to the events noted in the Map of Seals, Trumpets, & Bowls, we know when a 49 count or 50 count Yovel/Jubilee occurs. The Shemiththah/Shemitah and Yovel/Jubilee count started when Yisra’el/Israel entered Kena‘an/Canaan (Lev 25:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12). Then all the Word/Scripture has to fit what is already known. And, the counting of the 49 count Yovel/Jubilee that started after Yisra’el/Israel entered Kena‘an/Canaan also started the year of 1 AC (After Creation) (4012 BC) beginning on the 1st day of ha’Ethanim (Tishri). (The 50 count Shemiththah and Yovel start to be counted during the 2nd Temple. There is no event that even comes close to lining up with the 50 count Yovel before the 2nd Temple.)
The last 49 count Yovel/Jubilee was during the Hebrew year that occurred starting on the 1st day of the-7th-Month/ha’Ethanim/Tishri in 2016 AD and ended on the last day of the 6th-Hebrew-Month/Elul in 2017 AD. It was the 123rd Yovel since Creation. It was the 71st Yovel since Yisra’el/Israel entered Kena‘an/Canaan.
The last 50 count Yovel/Jubilee was during the Hebrew year that occurred starting on the 1st day of the-7th-Month/ha’Ethanim/Tishri in 2017 AD and ended on the last day of the 6th-Hebrew-Month/Elul in 2018 AD. It was the 51st Yovel since the 2nd Temple was finished.
Shemiththah/Shemitah Years
The last Shemiththah/Shemitah for the 49 count Yovel/Jubilee was during the Hebrew year that occurred starting on the 1st day of the-7th-Month/ha’Ethanim/Tishri in 2022 AD and ended on the last day of the 6th-Hebrew-Month/Elul in 2023 AD.
The next Shemiththah/Shemitah for the 49 count Yovel/Jubilee will be during the Hebrew year that occurs starting on the 1st day of the-7th-Month/ha’Ethanim/Tishri in 2029 AD and ending on the last day of the 6th-Hebrew-Month/Elul in 2030 AD.
The last Shemiththah/Shemitah for the 50 count Yovel/Jubilee was during the Hebrew year that occurred starting on the 1st day of the-7th-Month/ha’Ethanim/Tishri in 2024 AD and ended on the last day of the 6th-Hebrew-Month/Elul in 2025 AD.
The next Shemiththah/Shemitah for the 50 count Yovel/Jubilee will be during the Hebrew year that occurs starting on the 1st day of the-7th-Month/ha’Ethanim/Tishri in 2031 AD and ending on the last day of the 6th-Hebrew-Month/Elul in 2032 AD.
Just a final note: we only celebrate the 49 count Yovel & Shemiththah. But, we keep track of the 50 count.