The calendar
Jewish Holidays
Exact dates for every Jewish holiday, computed from the Hebrew calendar. Holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the first date shown.
Next: Rosh Hashanah
September 12, 2026
begins at sundown the evening before
Holidays in 2026
15
7 major festivals, 6 with work restricted
Today's Hebrew date
28 Elul
Hebrew year 5786
Calendars on file
7 years
2024 to 2030
Next up
Rosh Hashanah ראש השנה
Begins at sundown on September 11, 2026; first day September 12, 2026.
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Every holiday
Coming up
The next date for each of the 15 holidays on the Hebrew calendar, in order. Every card opens a guide with dates from 2024 to 2030.
September 12, 2026
Rosh Hashanah
The Jewish New Year (start of Hebrew year 5787). Shofar blasts, apples and honey, two days of prayer and festive meals.
September 21, 2026
Yom Kippur
The Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the Jewish year. A 25-hour fast from sundown to nightfall.
September 26, 2026
Sukkot
The festival of booths. A week of meals in the sukkah with the four species. The first two days are yom tov in the diaspora.
October 3, 2026
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
The closing festival of Sukkot, followed by Simchat Torah: finishing and restarting the Torah reading with dancing. One combined day in Israel, two in the diaspora.
December 5, 2026
Hanukkah
The festival of lights: eight nights of candle lighting marking the rededication of the Temple. Latkes, sufganiyot and dreidels.
January 23, 2027
Tu BiShvat
The new year of the trees. Tree planting in Israel and eating the fruits of the land.
March 23, 2027
Purim
Celebrates the rescue of the Jews of Persia as told in the Book of Esther. Megillah readings, costumes, mishloach manot and festive meals.
April 22, 2027
Passover (Pesach)
The festival of freedom, marking the Exodus from Egypt. Seder nights, matzah, and no chametz for eight days (seven in Israel).
May 4, 2027
Yom HaShoah
Holocaust Remembrance Day. In Israel a two-minute siren brings the country to a standstill.
May 11, 2027
Yom HaZikaron
Israel's Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror, the day before Independence Day.
May 25, 2027
Lag BaOmer
The 33rd day of the Omer count. Bonfires, weddings and celebrations at Mount Meron.
June 11, 2027
Shavuot
The festival of receiving the Torah at Sinai. All-night learning and dairy foods. Two days in the diaspora, one in Israel.
August 12, 2027
Tisha B'Av
Fast day mourning the destruction of both Temples in Jerusalem. If the 9th of Av falls on Shabbat, the fast is observed on Sunday.
August 18, 2027
Tu B'Av
A minor festival of love and new beginnings, often called the Jewish Valentine's Day.
Year by year
Holiday calendar by year
7 full calendars. Each one lists every holiday with the evening it starts, the first full day, the last day, and whether work is restricted.
The mechanism
A calendar counted by the moon
Each Hebrew month begins near the new moon and runs 29 or 30 days, which puts twelve of them at about 354 days: eleven short of the civil year. Seven years in every nineteen add a thirteenth month so the festivals stay in their seasons.
That is why a holiday can fall in early September one year and in October the next, and why Purim moves to Adar II in a leap year. Every date on this page is computed from the calendar itself, so it holds for any year, not just the ones people usually publish.
The shape of the year
Four kinds of day, 15 dates
2026 holds 15 dated holidays: 7 major festivals, 4 minor ones, 3 modern Israeli days and 1 public fast day.
6 of them include yom tov, when traditional observance prohibits work. On Passover and Sukkot only the days at each end are restricted: the days between are chol hamoed, when most work is permitted. Hanukkah, Purim and the modern Israeli days do not restrict work at all.
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Frequently asked questions
Why do Jewish holidays fall on different dates every year?+
Jewish holidays follow the Hebrew calendar, which is lunisolar: months track the moon while leap months keep holidays in their seasons. Against the Gregorian calendar, dates shift within a window of about a month.
When do Jewish holidays start, evening or morning?+
Every Jewish holiday begins at sundown on the evening before its first calendar day and ends at nightfall on its last day.
Which Jewish holidays restrict work?+
The yom tov days, when traditional observance prohibits work, are: both days of Rosh Hashanah; Yom Kippur; the first two and last two days of Passover; the first two days of Sukkot; Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah; and both days of Shavuot. In Israel each of those pairs is a single day. The days in between on Passover and Sukkot are chol hamoed, when most work is permitted, and that includes Hoshana Rabbah, the last day of Sukkot itself. Hanukkah, Purim and the modern Israeli holidays do not restrict work.
What is the difference between Israeli and diaspora observance?+
Outside Israel most yom tov days are doubled: Passover opens with two seder nights, and Shavuot and Shemini Atzeret run two days. In Israel they are single days. Our tables show diaspora dates and note the differences.