Purim 2026

March 2026 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 Purim Monday March 2 1 year, 3 months, 8 days or 465 days 3 4 5 6 7 8 Daylight Saving Start Sunday March 8 1 year, 3 months, 14 days or 471 days 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 St Patricks Day Tuesday March 17 1 year, 3 months, 23 days or 480 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Palm Sunday Sunday March 29 1 year, 4 months, 7 days or 492 days 30 31

Purim for the year 2026 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of March 2 ending at sundown on Tuesday, March 3.

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 2026

Monday, March 2nd is day number 61 of the 2026 calendar year with 1 year, 3 months, 8 days until Purim 2026.