Date & time · hanukkahHow many days until Hanukkah

Hanukkah falls by the lunar calendar. The counter below runs in real time: days, hours, minutes and seconds until midnight on your own device clock.

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What this day is

The eight-day festival of lights, beginning on 25 Kislev in the Hebrew lunisolar calendar. Like every Jewish holiday it starts on the evening of the previous day.

The date is approximate

The holiday follows the lunar calendar and is confirmed by sighting the moon, so the date differs by a day between countries. Check with your own community calendar.

This year—the year is not in the lunar table

Next year—the year is not in the lunar table

Day off or working dayWorking daycelebrated, but the day is a working one

Working days left—Monday to Friday, day-swaps not counted

Long weekend—the date does not sit next to a weekend

How the date is worked outby the lunar calendarlunar calendar, a table of published dates