Holy Days & Festival Calendar
2011
Google translate
The
dates of the 3 annual festivals (Exodus
23:14-16)
are printed in
blue, and the annual holy days
are in red.
How do the various
church groups calculate:
a) the 1st month of the year?
b) the 1st day of the 1st
month?
[1]
Hebrew (Jewish) Calendar
a) 19
year cycleb)
Molad of the 7th month.
[2]
Hebrew (Church of God) Calendar
a)
19 year cycle
b)
Molad of the 7th month.
[3]
a) New moon nearest
the vernal equinox [March 21,
01:21 hours Jerusalem Time].
b) Astronomical conjunction of sun/moon
April 3, 16:32 hours Jerusalem time.
[4]
a) New moon following
the vernal equinox [March 21,
01:21 hours Jerusalem Time]
b) Astronomical conjunction of sun/moon
April 3, 16:32 hours Jerusalem time.
[5]
a) New moon nearest
the vernal equinox [March 21,
01:21 hours Jerusalem Time]
b) Re-appearance of the light of the new
moon (Psalm 104:19) just after sunset
on March 6 & August 30 in Israel.
[6]
a) New moon following
the vernal equinox [March 21,
01:21 hours Jerusalem Time]
b) Re-appearance of the light of the new
moon (Psalm 104:19) just after sunset
on April 4 in Israel.
[7]
a) Aviv calendar - barley harvest in
Israel begins Sunday after Passover
(Lev.23:10-12)
b) Re-appearance of the light of the new
moon before Passover (Psalm 104:19)
just after sunset on April 4 in Israel. [provisional
date]
There are other calendar variations -
but the above are the main ones!
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New Year's Day
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Sep 29 |
Apr 5 |
Apr 3 |
Apr 3 |
Mar 7 |
Apr 5 |
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Passover
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Apr 18
[after
sunset]
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Apr 17
[after
sunset]
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Apr 15
[after
sunset]
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Apr 15
[after
sunset]
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Mar 19
[after
sunset]
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Apr 17
[after
sunset]
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Festival
of
Unleavened
Bread
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Apr 19
-Apr 26 |
Apr 19
-Apr 25 |
Apr 17-
Apr 23 |
Apr 17-
Apr 23 |
Mar 21-
Mar 27
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Apr 19
-Apr 25 |
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First
Day of
Unleavened
Bread
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Apr 19-
Apr 20
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Apr 19 |
Apr 17 |
Apr 17 |
Mar 21 |
Apr 19 |
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Last
Day of
Unleavened
Bread
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Apr 25
-Apr 26
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Apr 25 |
Apr 23 |
Apr 23 |
Mar 27 |
Apr 25 |
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Festival
of
Firstfruits
(Pentecost)
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Jun 8-
Jun 9
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Jun 12 |
Jun 12 |
Jun 12 |
May 23 |
Jun 20
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Day
of
Trumpets
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Sep 29-
Sep 30
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Sep 29 |
Sep 27 |
Sept 27 |
Aug 31 |
Sep 30
(poss.29) |
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Day of
Atonement
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Oct 8
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Oct 8
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Oct 6
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Oct 6
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Sep 9
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Oct 9
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Festival of
Tabernacles
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Oct 13-
Oct 19
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Oct 13-
Oct 19
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Oct 11-
Oct 18
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Oct 11
-Oct 18
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Sep 14
-Sep 20 |
Oct 14
-Oct 20
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First
Day of
Tabernacles
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Oct
13-
Oct 14
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Oct 13 |
Oct 11 |
Oct 11 |
Sep 14 |
Oct 14 |
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Eighth
Day
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Oct 20-
Oct 21
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Oct 20 |
Oct 18 |
Oct 18 |
Sep 21 |
Oct 21 |
Why do the
Jews keep the annual holy days for two
days?
At the time of the
Second Temple, when the
Sanhedrin announced the beginning of the
months on the basis of observation, the
communities living far from the seat of
the court could not be reached in time
by its messengers. Those communities, in
doubt about the day of the New Moon and
the festivals, established the custom of
celebrating an additional days for each
of the major holidays. Thus they were
certain to observe the festivals at the
same time as their brethren in
Israel, on the days sanctified by the
Sanhedrin. Whenever the Torah had
prescribed one day of holy convocation
and prohibition of work, they celebrated
two days, except on Yom Kippur
[Day of
Atonement], to avoid two
successive days of fasting. The second
holidays were adopted by the entire
Golah, the communities living
beyond the confines of Israel. Its
observance was continued by succeeding
generations for more than 2000 years,
and became a generally accepted law.
(Comprehensive Hebrew Calendar,
p.11, Arthur Spier)