Purim 2020

March 2020 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Daylight Saving Start Sunday March 8 -4 years, -8 months, -14 days or -1720 days 9 10 Purim Tuesday March 10 -4 years, -8 months, -12 days or -1718 days 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 St Patricks Day Tuesday March 17 -4 years, -8 months, -5 days or -1711 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Purim for the year 2020 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of March 9 ending at sundown on Tuesday, March 10.

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 2020

Monday, March 9th is day number 69 of the 2020 calendar year with -4 years, -8 months, -13 days until Purim 2020.