Except for minor fasts, holidays begin at sundown on the first date specified and
end at nightfall on the last date specified.
For example, if the dates for Rosh Hashana are listed as
-,
then the holiday begins at sundown on Sep 29
and ends at nightfall on Oct 1.
This page displays the Diaspora holiday schedule. The Israel schedule is used by Jews living in modern Israel.
Dates in bold are yom tov, so they have similar obligations and restrictions to Shabbat in the sense that normal “work” is forbidden.
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Pesach 🫓🍷 | ‑ W‑F ‑ Sa‑Tu ‑ Tu‑Th 15-22 Nisan 5749 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Th‑Sa 6-7 Sivan 5749 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ F‑Su 1-2 Tishrei 5750 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 10 Tishrei 5750 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ F‑Su ‑ M‑F 15-21 Tishrei 5750 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ F‑Sa 22 Tishrei 5750 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 23 Tishrei 5750 |
| Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5750 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat 5749 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim Katan 🎭️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 14 Adar I 5749 |
| Minor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ M‑Tu 14 Adar II 5749 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Tu‑W 15 Adar II 5749 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Th‑Th 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5749 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Th‑F 14 Iyyar 5749 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ M‑Tu 18 Iyyar 5749 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Tu‑W 15 Av 5749 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Th‑F 1 Elul 5749 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 23 Sa 23 Elul 5749 |
| Prayers for forgiveness in preparation for the High Holidays | |
Minor fasts begin at dawn and end at nightfall.
Tish'a B'Av begins at sundown on the first date specified and ends at nightfall on the second date specified.
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 20 M 13 Adar II 5749 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 19 W 14 Nisan 5749 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 20 Th 17 Tamuz 5749 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 9 Av 5749 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Oct 2 M 3 Tishrei 5750 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 27 Nisan 5749 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 4 Iyyar 5749 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 5 Iyyar 5749 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Th‑F 28 Iyyar 5749 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat 5749 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 27 Adar I 5749 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 11 Adar II 5749 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 18 Adar II 5749 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Adar II 5749 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 10 Nisan 5749 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 4 Av 5749 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 11 Av 5749 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Tishrei 5750 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Sh'vat 5749 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar I | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar I 5749 |
| Start of month of Adar I (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar II | ‑ M‑W 30 Adar I - 1 Adar II 5749 |
| Start of month of Adar II (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ W‑Th 1 Nisan 5749 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Th‑Sa 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5749 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Sivan 5749 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ Su‑Tu 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5749 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Av 5749 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ W‑F 30 Av - 1 Elul 5749 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5750 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ M‑W 30 Cheshvan - 1 Kislev 5750 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ W‑F 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5750 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |