Purim 2009

March 2009 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Daylight Saving Start Sunday March 8 -15 years, -8 months, -14 days or -5738 days 9 Purim Monday March 9 -15 years, -8 months, -13 days or -5737 days 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 St Patricks Day Tuesday March 17 -15 years, -8 months, -5 days or -5729 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Purim for the year 2009 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Sunday, March 8th ending at sundown on Monday, March 9th.

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 2009

Monday, March 9th is day number 68 of the 2009 calendar year with -15 years, -8 months, -13 days until Purim 2009.