Jewish holidays calendar for any year
This Jewish holidays calendar lists every festival and fast of a year — Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, Chanukah, Purim, Pesach, Shavuot and Tisha B’Av, the minor fasts, Tu BiShvat, Lag BaOmer, the modern Israeli days and, if you like, Rosh Chodesh — with the Hebrew date, when each begins, and candle-lighting and end times for your city.
It follows Israel or Diaspora practice automatically from the city you choose (one or two days of yom tov), and a five-year table shows when the main holidays fall in coming years, so you can plan school terms, travel and family visits.
How to use the Jewish Holidays Calendar
- Choose your City, or press Use my location; check the candle-lighting minutes for your community.
- Enter the Year. Holiday customs switch between Israel and the Diaspora automatically, or choose one.
- Tick the groups to show: festivals, fasts, minor days, modern Israeli days and Rosh Chodesh.
- Read the dates, the Hebrew date and the times; holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the first day.
- Use Copy list, Download CSV or Add to calendar to keep the dates.
Jewish Holidays Calendar features
Complete year
Major festivals, all six public fasts, minor days, modern Israeli days and optional Rosh Chodesh.
Israel or Diaspora
Two-day festivals outside Israel and one-day festivals in Israel, set from your city or by hand.
Times for your city
Candle lighting on the eve, second-night candles after nightfall and the end of each yom tov.
Moved fasts handled
Fasts that fall on Shabbat move to Sunday, or back to Thursday for Ta’anit Esther and the Fast of the Firstborn.
Five-year overview
When Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Pesach, Chanukah and more fall for five years ahead.
How the dates are calculated
Jewish holidays fall on fixed dates of the Hebrew calendar — Rosh Hashanah on 1–2 Tishrei, Yom Kippur on 10 Tishrei, Pesach from 15 Nisan — so their Gregorian dates move from year to year. The Hebrew calendar here is pure arithmetic (the molad of Tishrei and the postponement rules, as in Reingold and Dershowitz’s Calendrical Calculations), shared with the Hebrew date converter. Every Jewish day begins at sundown, so a holiday listed for Saturday 12 September begins on Friday evening.
Several days move by fixed rules. Tzom Gedaliah, the 17th of Tammuz and Tisha B’Av are postponed to Sunday when they fall on Shabbat; Ta’anit Esther and the Fast of the Firstborn are brought forward to Thursday. Yom HaShoah moves off Friday and Sunday, and Yom HaAtzma’ut and Yom HaZikaron move off Friday, Shabbat and Monday under the present Israeli rules (shown from 2004). The automatic test compares the dates with Hebcal for 2026–2031 and 2035, in Israel and the Diaspora.
Candle lighting is sunset minus your community’s minutes (18 in most places, 40 in Jerusalem); on a second festival night candles are lit after nightfall, and the holiday ends at nightfall, as on the Shabbat times page. Fast start and end times are on the fast times page.
| Holiday | Hebrew date | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosh Hashanah | 1–2 Tishrei | Sat 12 – Sun 13 Sep | Sat 2 – Sun 3 Oct |
| Yom Kippur | 10 Tishrei | Mon 21 Sep | Mon 11 Oct |
| Sukkot | 15 Tishrei | Sat 26 Sep | Sat 16 Oct |
| Chanukah | 25 Kislev | Sat 5 Dec | Sat 25 Dec |
| Purim | 14 Adar | Tue 3 Mar | Tue 23 Mar |
| Pesach | 15 Nisan | Thu 2 Apr | Thu 22 Apr |
| Shavuot | 6 Sivan | Fri 22 May | Fri 11 Jun |
Israel and the Diaspora
Outside Israel, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Pesach and Shavuot each have two days of yom tov, and Simchat Torah is a separate day after Shemini Atzeret; in Israel each has one day, and Simchat Torah is celebrated on Shemini Atzeret. Pesach lasts eight days in the Diaspora and seven in Israel. Visitors and residents follow different customs, so the page lets you override the automatic choice.
Jewish Holidays Calendar FAQ
When is Rosh Hashanah 2026?
Rosh Hashanah 5787 begins at sundown on Friday 11 September 2026 and lasts until nightfall on Sunday 13 September.
When are the Jewish holidays in 2027?
Enter 2027 in the Jewish holidays calendar: Pesach begins on the evening of 21 April, Rosh Hashanah on the evening of 1 October and Yom Kippur on the evening of 10 October 2027.
Why do Jewish holidays start the evening before?
The Hebrew day runs from sundown to sundown, following “there was evening and there was morning” in Genesis.
Are holidays different in Israel?
Yes — one day of yom tov instead of two for Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Pesach and Shavuot, and Pesach is seven days long.
Which fasts are listed?
Yom Kippur and Tisha B’Av, which begin at sundown, and the minor dawn-to-nightfall fasts: Tzom Gedaliah, Asara B’Tevet, Ta’anit Esther, the Fast of the Firstborn and the 17th of Tammuz.
Can I add the holidays to my phone calendar?
Yes — press Add to calendar to download an .ics file with every holiday in the list.