Biblical Charts: Learn about Jewish months and festivals, as they appear in both calendars, ours and theirs.
JEWISH CALENDAR:
NAME OF MONTH: TISHRI
CORRESPONDS WITH: Sept-Oct
# OF DAYS: 30
MONTH OF CIVIL YEAR: 1st
MONTH OF SACRED YEAR: 7th
NAME OF MONTH: HESHVAN
CORRESPONDS WITH: Oct-Nov
# OF DAYS: 29 or 30
MONTH OF CIVIL YEAR: 2nd
MONTH OF SACRED YEAR: 8th
NAME OF MONTH: CHISLEV
CORRESPONDS WITH: Nov-Dec
# OF DAYS: 29 or 30
MONTH OF CIVIL YEAR: 3rd
MONTH OF SACRED YEAR: 9th
NAME OF MONTH: TEBETH
CORRESPONDS WITH: Dec-Jan
# OF DAYS: 29
MONTH OF CIVIL YEAR: 4th
MONTH OF SACRED YEAR: 10th
NAME OF MONTH: SHEBAT
CORRESPONDS WITH: Jan-Feb
# OF DAYS: 30
MONTH OF CIVIL YEAR: 5th
MONTH OF SACRED YEAR: 11th
NAME OF MONTH: ADAR
CORRESPONDS WITH: Feb-Mar
# OF DAYS:29 or 30
MONTH OF CIVIL YEAR: 6th
MONTH OF SACRED YEAR: 12th
NAME OF MONTH: NISAN
CORRESPONDS WITH: Mar-Apr
# OF DAYS: 30
MONTH OF CIVIL YEAR: 7th
MONTH OF SACRED YEAR: 1st
NAME OF MONTH: IYAR
CORRESPONDS WITH: Apr-May
# OF DAYS: 29
MONTH OF CIVIL YEAR: 8th
MONTH OF SACRED YEAR: 2nd
NAME OF MONTH: SIVAN
CORRESPONDS WITH: May-June
# OF DAYS: 30
MONTH OF CIVIL YEAR: 9th
MONTH OF SACRED YEAR: 3rd
NAME OF MONTH: TAMMUZ
CORRESPONDS WITH: June-July
# OF DAYS: 29
MONTH OF CIVIL YEAR: 10th
MONTH OF SACRED YEAR: 4th
NAME OF MONTH: AB
CORRESPONDS WITH: July-Aug
# OF DAYS: 30
MONTH OF CIVIL YEAR: 11th
MONTH OF SACRED YEAR: 5th
NAME OF MONTH: ELUL
CORRESPONDS WITH: Aug-Sept
# OF DAYS: 29
MONTH OF CIVIL YEAR: 12th
MONTH OF SACRED YEAR: 6th
Note: Since their year, shorter than the AD year, has 354 days, thus about every three years (seven times in 19 years) they add an extra 29-day-month known as VEADAR, between ADAR and NISAN.
By Rev. G. E. Newmyer – c 2015 – All rights reserved.
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