Year | Purim1 | 1st day of Passover2 | 1st day of Shavuot3 | 1st day of Rosh Hashanah4 | Yom Kippur5 | 1st day of Sukkot6 | Shemini Atzeret7 | 1st day of Hanukkah8 |
2015 | March 5 | April 4 | May 24 | September 14 | September 23 | September 28 | October 5 | December 7 |
2016 | March 24 | April 23 | June 12 | October 3 | October 12 | October 17 | October 24 | December 25 |
2017 | March 12 | April 11 | May 31 | September 21 | September 30 | October 5 | October 12 | December 13 |
2018 | March 1 | March 31 | May 20 | September 10 | September 19 | September 24 | October 1 | December 3 |
2019 | March 21 | April 20 | June 9 | September 30 | October 9 | October 14 | October 21 | December 23 |
2020 | March 10 | April 9 | May 29 | September 19 | September 28 | October 3 | October 10 | December 11 |
NOTE: All holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the date given.
- Feast of Lots.
- Feast of Unleavened Bread.
- Hebrew Pentecost; or Feast of Weeks, or of Harvest, or of First Fruits.
- Jewish New Year.
- Day of Atonement.
- Feast of Tabernacles, or of the Ingathering.
- Rejoicing of the Law. In Israel, Simchat Torah is celebrated on the day before the date given.
- Festival of Lights.
Length of Jewish holidays:
Orthodox and Conservative:
In Israel: Purim: 1 day. Passover: 7 days; first and last are holy. Shavuot: 1 day. Rosh Hashanah: 2 days. Yom Kippur: 1 day. Sukkot: 7 days; first is holy. Shemini Atzeret: 1 day. Hanukkah: 8 days.
Outside Israel: Purim: 1 day. Passover: 8 days; first 2 and last 2 are holy. Shavuot: 2 days. Rosh Hashanah: 2 days. Yom Kippur: 1 day. Sukkot: 7 days; first 2 are holy. Shemini Atzeret: 2 days (2nd called Simchat Torah). Hanukkah: 8 days.
Reform:
Purim: 1 day. Passover: 7 days; first and last are holy. Shavuot: 1 day. Rosh Hashanah: 1 day. Yom Kippur: 1 day. Sukkot: 7 days; first is holy. Shemini Atzeret: 1 day. Hanukkah: 8 days.