Israel National & Interfaith Calendar -2017-١٤٣٨תשע"ז
Jewish
Oct. 2nd - Rosh Hashana eve 5777 (New Year eve)*
Oct. 3rd- 4th - Rosh Hashana 5777 (New Year)* Oct. 5 - Tzom Gedalya (Gedalya Fast) Oct. 11th - Yom Kippur eve (Day of Atonement evening)* Oct. 12th - Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)* Oct. 16th - Sukkot eve (Feast of Tabernacles evening)* Oct. 17th- 23th – Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret eve* Oct. 24th - Shemini Atzeret (Simhat Torah)* Nov. 29th Sigd eve Nov. 30th Sigd
th Dec. 24 - Chanukah eve (Lighting of first candle) Dec. 25th - Jan. 1st –Chanukah Jan. 8th – Tzom 10 B'Tvet Feb. 11nd Tu b'Shvat (15th of the month of Shvat)
th Mar. 9 Ta'anit Esther (Fast of Esther) Mar. 11th Purim eve Mar. 12th Purim (Purim evening for Jerusalem, Safed) Mar. 13th Shushan Purim (Purim for Jerusalem, Safed)
April 10th Pesach evening (Passover)*
April 11th - 17th Pesach*
May 13th Lag b'Omer eve
May 14th Lag b'Omer
May 30th - Shavuot eve (Pentecost evening)*
May 31st - Shavuot (Pentecost)*
July 11th -Tzom Shiv'a Asar b'Tammuz (Seventeenth of Tammuz Fast)
July 31st - Tish'a b'Av eve (Ninth of Av Fast) Aug. 1st - Tish'a b'Av
Aug. 6th - Tu b'Av eve
Aug. 7th - Tu b'Av Sept. 20th - Rosh Hashana eve 5778 (New Year eve)*
Sept. 21st – 22nd Rosh Hashana 5778 (New Year)* Sept. 24th - Tzom Gedalya (Gedalya Fast) Sept. 29th - Yom Kippur eve (Day of Atonement evening)*
Sept. 30th - Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)* Oct. 4th - Sukkot eve (Feast of Tabernacles evening)* Oct. 5th - 12th – Sukkot* Oct. 12th - Shemini Atzeret (Simchat Torah) eve* Oct. 13th - Simhat Torah* Nov. 17th - Sigd eve Nov. 18th – Sigd Dec. 12th Chanukah eve (Lighting of first candle) Dec. 13th - 20th Chanukah
National & DST
th Oct. 30 – DSTime Ends 02:00 Nov. 1st- Rehavam Ze'evi Memorial Day Nov. 13th – Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day Dec. 6th – David Ben-Gurion Memorial Day Jan. 10th – Ze'ev Jabotinsky Memorial Day Mar. 9th - Joseph Trumpeldor Day Memorial Day
Mar. 24th - DSTime Begins 02:00
April 24th Holocaust Memorial Day
April 30th Memorial Day eve
May 1st Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism
May 1st Independence Day eve
May 2nd Independence Day* May 7th - Binyamin Ze'ev Herzl Memorial
May 24th - Jerusalem Day
Oct. 29th - DSTime Ends 02:00 Nov. 1st – Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day
*Public holiday Samaritan
April 10th Samaritan Passover offering
Baha'i
th Oct. 20 - Birth of the Báb Mar. 2nd -20th Nineteen Day Fast Mar. 21st Naw-Rúz (Bahá'í New Year)
April 21st Ridván Festival (First Day)
th Oct. 20 - Birth of the Báb
Druze
Jan. 25th - al-Khader (Holiday of the prophet Eliyahu)
Apr. 24th – 27th - Nabi Shu'eib (Prophet Shu'eib)
July 25th - Nabi al-Khidr
Aug. 31st - Sept. 1st Eid al-Adha*/Eid al-Adha* (Feast of Sacrifice) Sept. 10th - Nabi Sabalan
Muslim
Oct. 2nd - Muharram eve 1438 (Islamic New Year eve) Oct. 3rd - Muharram 1438 (Islamic New Year)
Dec.9th – Milad an-Nabi eve
Dec.10th – Milad an-Nabi
April 24th al-Isra' and al-Mi'raj (Prophet Mohamed's Ascension)
May 11th Lailat al Bara'ah eve
May 12th Lailat al Bara'ah
May 26th - Ramadan eve
May 27th – June 25th [Month of] Ramadan
June 24th - Eid al-Fitr eve "Festival of Breaking the Fast" concluding Ramadan
June 25th - Eid al-Fitr
Aug. 30th - Hajj eve: Day of Arafat Aug. 31st - Hajj: Day of Arafat
Aug. 31st - Sept. 1st Eid al-Adha*/Eid al-Adha* (Feast of Sacrifice)
Sept. 20th - Muharram 1439 eve (Islamic New Year)
Sept. 21st - Muharram 1439 (Islamic New Year) Nov. 30th - Milad an-Nabi eve - Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad Dec. 1st – Milad an-Nabi
Christian
Dec. 24th Christmas eve Dec. 25th -26th – Christmas Jan. 1st - New Year (חג ההתגלות - Jan. 6th - Three Kings Day (Epiphany Jan. 7th - Orthodox Christmas Mar. 1st Ash Wednesday
March 25th Annunciation Day
April 9th Palm Sunday
April 13th - Maundy (Holy) Thursday
April 14th - Good Friday
April 15th - Great Saturday
April 16th-17th - Easter Sunday and Monday (also for Orthodox)
May 25th - Ascension Day
June 4th-5th – Pentecost (Sunday and Monday) Dec. 24th Christmas eve Dec. 25th -26th – Christmas