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Biblical Appointed Times — 2026

The dates below, as well as the work-rest guidance, are drawn from the Torah passages cited and calculated using Jerusalem as the reference location, with the New Moon determined at approximately 0% illumination. Times shown are for Jerusalem, Israel; follow your own local sunset times accordingly. We recognize that some groups interpret the New Moon as beginning when the first visible crescent reaches approximately 1–2% illumination. This calendar does not use that approach, because we understand it to rely on a later interpretive tradition rather than an explicit biblical instruction.

Spring equinoxMarch 20, 2026 · 4:46 PM IST
Month 1 conjunction nearest equinoxMarch 19, 2026 · 3:25 AM IST
Month 1 · Day 1Thursday, March 19, 2026 (sunset-to-sunset day)
Calendar method: Month 1 is established by the Jerusalem lunar conjunction nearest the spring equinox, whether the conjunction occurs shortly before or shortly after the equinox. If the conjunction occurs during the night in Jerusalem, Day 1 begins with that same night; if it occurs during daylight, Day 1 begins at the following sundown in Jerusalem.
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Rosh Chodesh

Beginning of Each Biblical Month

Each entry marks Day 1 using this calendar’s Jerusalem conjunction rule: a conjunction during the night begins Day 1 with that same night; a conjunction during daylight begins Day 1 at the following sundown. Month 1 is identified as Aviv/Abib (Deuteronomy 16:1). The Torah gives a work restriction for Day 1 of Month 7; it does not state a general work prohibition for every beginning of a month.

MONTH 1

Rosh Chodesh — Biblical Month 1 (Aviv/Abib)

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Begins at Sundown: Wed, Mar 18 · 5:50 PM IST → Thu, Mar 19 · 5:50 PM IST (Jerusalem)

Jerusalem conjunction (~0%): Thu, Mar 19 · 3:25 AM IST

MONTH 2

Rosh Chodesh — Biblical Month 2

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Begins at Sundown: Fri, Apr 17 · 7:10 PM IDT → Sat, Apr 18 · 7:11 PM IDT (Jerusalem)

Jerusalem conjunction (~0%): Fri, Apr 17 · 2:54 PM IDT

MONTH 3

Rosh Chodesh — Biblical Month 3

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Begins at Sundown: Sat, May 16 · 7:30 PM IDT → Sun, May 17 · 7:31 PM IDT (Jerusalem)

Jerusalem conjunction (~0%): Sat, May 16 · 11:03 PM IDT

MONTH 4

Rosh Chodesh — Biblical Month 4

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Begins at Sundown: Mon, Jun 15 · 7:47 PM IDT → Tue, Jun 16 · 7:47 PM IDT (Jerusalem)

Jerusalem conjunction (~0%): Mon, Jun 15 · 5:56 AM IDT

MONTH 5

Rosh Chodesh — Biblical Month 5

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Begins at Sundown: Tue, Jul 14 · 7:47 PM IDT → Wed, Jul 15 · 7:47 PM IDT (Jerusalem)

Jerusalem conjunction (~0%): Tue, Jul 14 · 12:45 PM IDT

MONTH 6

Rosh Chodesh — Biblical Month 6

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Begins at Sundown: Wed, Aug 12 · 7:27 PM IDT → Thu, Aug 13 · 7:26 PM IDT (Jerusalem)

Jerusalem conjunction (~0%): Wed, Aug 12 · 8:38 PM IDT

MONTH 7

Rosh Chodesh — Biblical Month 7

YOM TERUAH · WORK NOT PERMITTED

Saturday, September 12, 2026

Begins at Sundown: Fri, Sep 11 · 6:52 PM IDT → Sat, Sep 12 · 6:50 PM IDT (Jerusalem)

Jerusalem conjunction (~0%): Fri, Sep 11 · 6:28 AM IDT

MONTH 8

Rosh Chodesh — Biblical Month 8

Sunday, October 11, 2026

Begins at Sundown: Sat, Oct 10 · 6:14 PM IDT → Sun, Oct 11 · 6:13 PM IDT (Jerusalem)

Jerusalem conjunction (~0%): Sat, Oct 10 · 6:51 PM IDT

MONTH 9

Rosh Chodesh — Biblical Month 9

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Begins at Sundown: Mon, Nov 9 · 4:44 PM IST → Tue, Nov 10 · 4:44 PM IST (Jerusalem)

Jerusalem conjunction (~0%): Mon, Nov 9 · 9:03 AM IST

MONTH 10

Rosh Chodesh — Biblical Month 10

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

Begins at Sundown: Tue, Dec 8 · 4:36 PM IST → Wed, Dec 9 · 4:36 PM IST (Jerusalem)

Jerusalem conjunction (~0%): Wed, Dec 9 · 2:53 AM IST

MONTH 11

Rosh Chodesh — Biblical Month 11

Friday, January 8, 2027

Begins at Sundown: Thu, Jan 7 · 4:51 PM IST → Fri, Jan 8 · 4:52 PM IST (Jerusalem)

Jerusalem conjunction (~0%): Thu, Jan 7 · 10:26 PM IST

MONTH 12

Rosh Chodesh — Biblical Month 12

Sunday, February 7, 2027

Begins at Sundown: Sat, Feb 6 · 5:18 PM IST → Sun, Feb 7 · 5:19 PM IST (Jerusalem)

Jerusalem conjunction (~0%): Sat, Feb 6 · 5:57 PM IST

Planning time off from work: Entries marked WORK NOT PERMITTED are days for which the cited Torah passage expressly prohibits work or servile/customary work. For a normal daytime job, request off the large civil date shown as DAY TO REQUEST OFF. Remember that the biblical day begins at sundown on the preceding civil date.
Moedim

Biblical Appointed Times

Wed Apr 1

Passover (Pesach)

NO EXPRESS FEAST-DAY WORK PROHIBITION

Month 1 · Day 14

Begins at Sundown: Tue, Mar 31 · 6:58 PM IDT → Wed, Apr 1 · 6:59 PM IDT (Jerusalem)

Work instruction: No express feast-day work prohibition is stated for Passover Day 14 in Leviticus 23.

The Passover sacrifice is on the fourteenth day between the evenings. The Feast of Unleavened Bread begins as Day 15 starts at sunset.

Scripture: Leviticus 23:5; Exodus 12:6

Thu Apr 2

Feast of Unleavened Bread (Hag Matzot) — Day 1

WORK NOT PERMITTED

Month 1 · Day 15

DAY TO REQUEST OFF Thursday, April 2, 2026
Begins at Sundown: Wed, Apr 1 · 6:59 PM IDT → Thu, Apr 2 · 7:00 PM IDT (Jerusalem)

Work instruction: No servile/customary work.

First day of the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread.

Scripture: Leviticus 23:6–7; Numbers 28:17–18

Sun Apr 5

Feast of Firstfruits (Yom HaBikurim)

NO EXPRESS FEAST-DAY WORK PROHIBITION

Day after the weekly Sabbath during Unleavened Bread

Begins at Sundown: Sat, Apr 4 · 7:01 PM IDT → Sun, Apr 5 · 7:02 PM IDT (Jerusalem)

Work instruction: No express feast-day work prohibition is stated for the wave-sheaf day in Leviticus 23.

In this calendar, “the Sabbath” is read as the weekly Sabbath that occurs during Unleavened Bread.

Scripture: Leviticus 23:10–16

Wed Apr 8

Feast of Unleavened Bread (Hag Matzot) — Day 7

WORK NOT PERMITTED

Month 1 · Day 21

DAY TO REQUEST OFF Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Begins at Sundown: Tue, Apr 7 · 7:03 PM IDT → Wed, Apr 8 · 7:04 PM IDT (Jerusalem)

Work instruction: No servile/customary work.

Seventh and final day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

Scripture: Leviticus 23:6–8; Numbers 28:25

Sun May 24

Feast of Weeks (Shavuot)

WORK NOT PERMITTED

Fiftieth day from Firstfruits

DAY TO REQUEST OFF Sunday, May 24, 2026
Begins at Sundown: Sat, May 23 · 7:35 PM IDT → Sun, May 24 · 7:36 PM IDT (Jerusalem)

Work instruction: No servile/customary work.

Count seven complete weekly Sabbaths; the day after the seventh Sabbath is the fiftieth day.

Scripture: Leviticus 23:15–21; Deuteronomy 16:9–10

Sat Sep 12

Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah)

WORK NOT PERMITTED

Month 7 · Day 1

DAY TO REQUEST OFF Saturday, September 12, 2026
Begins at Sundown: Fri, Sep 11 · 6:52 PM IDT → Sat, Sep 12 · 6:50 PM IDT (Jerusalem)

Work instruction: No servile/customary work.

A solemn rest, memorial of blowing, and holy convocation.

Scripture: Leviticus 23:23–25; Numbers 29:1

Mon Sep 21

Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)

WORK NOT PERMITTED

Month 7 · Day 10

DAY TO REQUEST OFF Monday, September 21, 2026
Begins at Sundown: Sun, Sep 20 · 6:40 PM IDT → Mon, Sep 21 · 6:38 PM IDT (Jerusalem)

Work instruction: No work. This is stated more strongly than “no servile work.”

Afflict yourselves; Leviticus 23:32 expressly gives the observance from evening to evening.

Scripture: Leviticus 23:26–32; Numbers 29:7

Sat Sep 26

Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) — Day 1

WORK NOT PERMITTED

Month 7 · Day 15

DAY TO REQUEST OFF Saturday, September 26, 2026
Begins at Sundown: Fri, Sep 25 · 6:33 PM IDT → Sat, Sep 26 · 6:32 PM IDT (Jerusalem)

Work instruction: No servile/customary work.

First day of the seven-day Feast of Booths.

Scripture: Leviticus 23:33–36, 39

Fri Oct 2

Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) — Day 7

NO EXPRESS FEAST-DAY WORK PROHIBITION

Month 7 · Day 21

Begins at Sundown: Thu, Oct 1 · 6:25 PM IDT → Fri, Oct 2 · 6:24 PM IDT (Jerusalem)

Work instruction: No express feast-day work prohibition is stated for Day 7 in Leviticus 23.

The seven-day Feast of Booths concludes; the commanded rest assembly follows on Day 8.

Scripture: Leviticus 23:34–36, 39–43

Sat Oct 3

Eighth-Day Assembly

WORK NOT PERMITTED

Month 7 · Day 22

DAY TO REQUEST OFF Saturday, October 3, 2026
Begins at Sundown: Fri, Oct 2 · 6:24 PM IDT → Sat, Oct 3 · 6:23 PM IDT (Jerusalem)

Work instruction: No servile/customary work.

The solemn assembly on the eighth day following the seven days of Sukkot.

Scripture: Leviticus 23:36, 39; Numbers 29:35

Biblical basis and calculation notes

Month 1: Exodus 12:2 establishes the first month, and Deuteronomy 16:1 commands Israel to observe the month of Aviv/Abib. Scripture does not explicitly state an equinox formula or a lunar-illumination percentage. This calendar therefore identifies the spring equinox and Jerusalem conjunction as the astronomical calculation method used to apply those biblical instructions.

Day boundary: Leviticus 23:32 explicitly gives an evening-to-evening boundary for the Day of Atonement. This calendar uses the same sundown-to-sundown convention when presenting biblical days. For each lunar reference, if conjunction occurs during the Jerusalem night, that night begins Day 1; if conjunction occurs during daylight, Day 1 begins at the following sundown.

Firstfruits and Shavuot: Leviticus 23:11, 15–16 places the wave sheaf on the day after the Sabbath and then commands a count of seven complete Sabbaths / fifty days. This calendar uses the weekly Sabbath occurring during Unleavened Bread, placing Firstfruits on the first day of the week after that Sabbath and Shavuot on the fiftieth day. This is identified as an interpretive choice because other readings exist.

Work restrictions: Unleavened Bread Days 1 and 7, Shavuot, Month 7 Day 1, Sukkot Day 1, and the Eighth-Day Assembly prohibit servile/customary work. The Day of Atonement is stricter: Leviticus 23:28 commands that no work be done. Passover on Day 14 and the wave-sheaf day do not contain an express feast-day work prohibition in Leviticus 23. Sukkot Day 7 is likewise not identified there as a no-work day; the prohibitions apply to Day 1 and Day 8.

Work scheduling: The “day to request off” is the daytime civil date contained within the sundown-to-sundown biblical day. Anyone whose work shift extends past sundown on the preceding civil date should also arrange to be off for that portion of the previous evening.

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