Purim 2018

March 2018 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 Purim Thursday March 1 -6 years, -8 months, -21 days or -2458 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Daylight Saving Start Sunday March 11 -6 years, -8 months, -11 days or -2448 days 12 13 14 15 16 17 St Patricks Day Saturday March 17 -6 years, -8 months, -5 days or -2442 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Palm Sunday Sunday March 25 -6 years, -7 months, -28 days or -2434 days 26 27 28 29 30 Good Friday Friday March 30 -6 years, -7 months, -23 days or -2429 days 31

Purim for the year 2018 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of February 28 ending at sundown on Thursday, March 1.

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 2018

Wednesday, February 28th is day number 59 of the 2018 calendar year with -6 years, -8 months, -22 days until Purim 2018.