The Jewish day begins and ends at sundown. Thus, all holidays begin at sundown of the day preceding the date shown and end at sundown of the (last) day shown.

Since the Jewish calendar begins with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish year always straddles two years from the civil calendar. In other words, spring holidays (such as Pesach and Shavuot) occur in the civil year following Rosh Hashanah.

An additional note: not all Jews observe two days for holidays shown as lasting two days.

Civil Year 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
Jewish Year 5765 5766 5767 5768 5769
Shabbat (Sabbath) Friday Evening to Saturday evening
Erev Rosh Hashanah Wed
9/15/2004		 Mon
10/3/2005		 Fri
9/22/2006		 Wed
9/12/2007		 Mon
9/29/2008
Rosh Hashanah Thu-Fri
9/16-9/17
2004		 Tue-Wed
10/4-10/5
2005		 Sat-Sun
9/23-9/24
2006		 Thu-Fri
9/13-9/14
2007		 Tue-Wed
9/30-10/1
2008
Fast of Gedalyah Sat
9/18/2004		 Thu
10/6/2005		 Mon
9/25/2006		 Sat
9/15/2007		 Thu
10/2/2008
Erev Yom Kippur Fri
9/24/2004		 Wed
10/12/2005		 Sun
10/1/2006		 Fri
9/21/2007		 Wed
10/8/2008
Yom Kippur Sat
9/25/2004		 Thu
10/13/2005		 Mon
10/2/2006		 Sat
9/22/2007		 Thu
10/9/2008
Succos (Sukkot) Thu-Wed
9/30-10/6
2004		 Tue-Mon
10/18-10/24
2005		 Sat-Fri
10/7-10/13
2006		 Thu-Wed
9/27-10/3
2007		 Tue-Mon
10/14-10/20
2008
Hoshanah Rabbah Wed
10/6/2004		 Mon
10/24/2005		 Fri
10/13/2006		 Wed
10/3/2007		 Mon
10/20/2008
Shemini Atzeret Thu
10/7/2004		 Tue
10/25/2005		 Sat
10/14/2006		 Thu
10/4/2007		 Tue
10/21/2008
Simchas Torah Fri
10/8/2004		 Wed
10/26/2005		 Sun
10/15/2006		 Fri
10/5/2007		 Wed
10/22/2008
Chanukah (Hanukkah) Wed-Wed
12/8-12/15
2004		 Mon-Mon
12/26/2005-
1/2/2006		 Sat-Sat
12/16-12/23
2006		 Wed-Wed
12/5-12/12
2007		 Mon-Mon
12/22-12/29
2008
Tu B'Shvat Tue
1/25/2005		 Mon
2/13/2006		 Sat
2/3/2007		 Tue
1/22/2008		 Mon
2/9/2009
Purim Katan Wed
2/23/2005		     Wed
2/20/2008		  
Fast of Esther Thu
3/24/2005		 Mon
3/13/2006		 Thu
3/1/2007		 Thu
3/20/2008		 Mon
3/9/2009
Purim Fri
3/25/2005		 Tue
3/14/2006		 Sun
3/4/2007		 Fri
3/21/2008		 Tue
3/10/2009
Shushan Purim Sat
3/26/2005		 Wed
3/15/2006		 Mon
3/5/2007		 Sat
3/22/2008		 Wed
3/11/2009
Erev Pesach (Passover) Sat
4/23/2005		 Wed
4/12/2006		 Mon
4/2/2007		 Sat
4/19/2008		 Wed
4/8/2009
Pesach (Passover) Sun-Sun
4/24-5/1
2005		 Thu-Thu
4/13-4/20
2006		 Tue-Tue
4/3-4/10
2007		 Sun-Sun
4/20-4/27
2008		 Thu-Thu
4/9-4/16
2009
Yom HaAtzma'ut Thu
5/12/2005		 Wed
5/3/2006		 Mon
4/23/2007		 Thu
5/8/2008		 Fri
5/8/2009
Pesach Sheini Mon
5/23/2005		 Fri
5/12/2006		 Wed
5/2/2007		 Mon
5/19/2008		 Fri
5/8/2009
Lag BaOmer Fri
5/27/2005		 Tue
5/16/2006		 Sun
5/6/2007		 Fri
5/23/2008		 Tue
5/12/2009
Yom Yerushalayim Mon
6/6/2005		 Fri
5/26/2006		 Wed
5/16/2007		 Fri
5/23/2008		 Fri
5/22/2009
Shavuot Mon-Tue
6/13-6/14
2005		 Fri-Sat
6/2-6/3
2006		 Wed-Thu
5/23-5/24
2007		 Mon-Tue
6/9-6/10
2008		 Fri-Sat
5/29-5/30
2009
Seventeenth of Tammuz Sun
7/24/2005		 Thu
7/13/2006		 Tue
7/3/2007		 Sun
7/20/2008		 Thu
7/9/2009
Tisha B'Av Sun
8/14/2005		 Thu
8/3/2006		 Tue
7/24/2007		 Sun
8/10/2008		 Thu
7/30/2009
Tu B'Av Sat
8/20/2005		 Wed
8/9/2006		 Mon
7/30/2007		 Sat
8/16/2008		 Wed
8/5/2009
Selichos Begin Sun
9/25/2005		 Sun
9/17/2006		 Sun
9/9/2007		 Sun
9/21/2008		 Sun
9/13/2009

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