Hebrew calendar years: holidays, month boundaries and planning
Compare Hebrew years 5787 and 5788, check month boundaries and holiday dates, and download separate Israel and Diaspora planning calendars.
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Choose the year you are planning
A Hebrew year begins in Tishrei and spans parts of two Gregorian years. An entry for 5787 therefore includes autumn 2026 and the following spring and summer; it is different from a January–December 2027 calendar. These planners keep the numbered Hebrew year, its actual months and its selected observance schedule together.
| Year | First daytime date | Last daytime date | Days | Months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5787 · 2026–2027 | 385 | 13 · leap year | ||
| 5788 · 2027–2028 | 355 | 12 · ordinary year |
Read the day and its opening evening
The date you click in a table is the civil daytime portion of the Hebrew date. The Hebrew date opens in the previous local evening. A minor fast marked “dawn” starts on the listed civil morning; Yom Kippur and Tisha B’Av open the previous evening. Each year page displays the appropriate boundary separately.
The downloads are all-day planning entries for the selected Hebrew year. Their descriptions retain evening or dawn notes. Exact local sunset, nightfall, candle-lighting and service times depend on location and community and are not calculated by these year planners.
Keep the two festival schedules distinct
Each year has an Israel table and a Diaspora table. Passover has seven calendar days in Israel and eight in the Diaspora; Shavuot is on 6 Sivan in Israel and 6–7 Sivan in the Diaspora. Israel observes Simchat Torah on the same date as Shemini Atzeret, while the Diaspora lists the following day separately.
- Hebrew calendar 5787: months, holidays and planning dates
Plan Hebrew year 5787 (2026–2027) with 13 month boundaries, Jewish holiday dates, Israel and Diaspora schedules, and free calendar downloads.
- Hebrew calendar 5788: months, holidays and planning dates
Plan Hebrew year 5788 (2027–2028) with 12 month boundaries, Jewish holiday dates, Israel and Diaspora schedules, and free calendar downloads.
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Sources and calculation method
Prepared by Mazalogy with AI assistance using the linked references and tested local calendar calculations. Hebrew-year start data comes from Hebcal.com under CC BY 4.0. Holiday rows are calculated locally and checked against Hebcal’s published schedules; explanatory text is Mazalogy’s own.