Purim 2006

March 2006 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 Ash Wednesday Wednesday March 1 -18 years, -1 months, -18 days or -6624 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Daylight Saving Start Sunday March 12 -18 years, -1 months, -7 days or -6613 days 13 Purim Monday March 13 -18 years, -1 months, -6 days or -6612 days 14 15 16 17 St Patricks Day Friday March 17 -18 years, -1 months, -2 days or -6608 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Purim for the year 2006 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Sunday, March 12th ending at sundown on Monday, March 13th.

Purim is celebrated on the 14th day in the month Adar using the Jewish calendar. For the Gregorian calendar the day falls in the months of February and March. The day commemorates back in the 4th century BC, when Jewish people were saved from a death decree according to the book of Esther.

Why do Jewish holidays start at nighttime?

According to the Torah, the story of creation in Genesis says “And it was evening, and it was morning day one”, “And it was evening, and it was morning; the second day”, thus night comes before day. So for the Jewish calendar all days begin at nightfall and end the next day at nightfall including holidays.

Days to Purim 2006

Monday, March 13th is day number 72 of the 2006 calendar year with -18 years, -1 month, -6 days until Purim 2006.