Hanukkah 2025

December 2025 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 St Nicholas Day Saturday December 6 11 months, 14 days or 349 days 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Hanukkahi Sunday December 14 11 months, 22 days or 357 days 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Christmas Day Thursday December 25 1 year, 3 days or 368 days 26 27 28 29 30 31 New Years Eve Wednesday December 31 1 year, 9 days or 374 days

Hanukkah for the year 2025 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of December 14 ending at sundown on Monday, December 22.

Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival with the first day known as Chanukah, Festival of Lights, and Feast of Dedication. In the Jewish calendar, the first day of Hanukkah is on the 25th day of the month of Kislev. In the Gregorian calendar, Hanukkah may occur between late November to late December.

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 Hanukkah 2025

Sunday, December 14th is day number 348 of the 2025 calendar year with 11 months, 22 days until the start of Hanukkah 2025.