Hanukkah is always observed on the 25th day of Kislev, the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar. That Hebrew calendar is based ...

The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles, and is not in sync with the Gregorian calendar which sets Christmas on Dec. 25. Hanukkah always begins on the 25th day of the ...

Christmas and Hanukkah coincided in 2023, an event not seen since 2005, inspiring joint celebrations of both holidays.

Why is Hanukkah so late this year? The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles, and is not in sync with the Gregorian calendar which sets Christmas on Dec. 25.

Until the 16th century, 25 December coincided with 29 Koiak of the Coptic calendar. However, upon the introduction of the Gregorian calendar in 1582, 25 December shifted 10 days earlier in comparison ...

The table above is the complete Sialkot Ramadan Calendar 2025. Here you can see the Sehri timing and iftar timing in Sialkot from the first to the last Ramadan fasting day. The Islamic and Gregorian ...

Islamic date today in Pakistan is 23 Jumada Al-Akhirah 1446 on 26 December, 2024. These dates are updated daily according to the Hijri calendar of 1446 AH and the Gregorian Calendar of 2024. Pakistan ...

Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this ...

Leap year is a very large part of the reason. Just as the secular leap year corrects a problem in the Gregorian calendar, the Jewish version corrects a problem in Judaism’s largely lunar-based ...

Board of Trustees, annual re-organizational meeting, 6 p.m.; immediately followed by regular meeting at 7 p.m. Salem Community Pantry, 794 E. Third St., food distribution, 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.; for ...

Recently, Lyric's first solid-state battery front-end equipment has been shipped to a customer in the United States. Relying on its deep accumulation in the field of solid-state battery technology ...