Jewish Calendar
The Jewish calendar has 12 months that follow the cycles on the moon which means that they are between 29-30 days. This results in a year of between 353 – 355 days in length. To re-align the calendar with the 365 days of a year, a 13th month (Adar II) is added in the 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th, and 19th years of every 19-year cycle.
This means that the Jewish and Modern calendars are constantly shifting in relation to each other.
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Modern Calendar |
Jewish Calendar |
Significant Events |
Season / Harvests |
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January |
Tebeth (29 Days) |
Winter |
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February |
Shebet (30 Days) |
Winter |
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March |
Adar (29/30 Days) |
14-15th of Adar is the feast of Purim. Celebrate the salvation of the Jews in the time of Esther |
Winter |
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April |
Abib / Nisan (30 days) |
Spring Latter & Spring Rains |
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May |
Ziv / Iyyar (29 Days) |
Spring Wheat Harvest |
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June |
Sivan (30 Days) |
6-7 of Sivan is the Shauvot / Pentecost. The Feast of Weeks or the harvest festival.2 |
Spring |
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July |
Tammuz (29 Days) |
Summer Grape Harvest |
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August |
Ab (30 Days) |
Summer |
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September |
Elul (29 Days) |
Summer |
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October |
Ethanism / Tishri (30 Days) |
1st Feast of Trumpets3 10th is Day of Atonement4 (Yom Kippur) |
Autumn |
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November |
Bul / Marchesvan (29/30 Days) |
Autumn |
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December |
Chislev (29/30 Days) |
Autumn |
Reference to: https://hiskingdom.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Hebrew-Calendar-Compared-to-the-Gregorian.pdf