Purim 2012

March 2012 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Purim Wednesday March 7 -12 years, -9 months, -18 days or -4676 days 8 9 10 11 Daylight Saving Start Sunday March 11 -12 years, -9 months, -14 days or -4672 days 12 13 14 15 16 17 St Patricks Day Saturday March 17 -12 years, -9 months, -8 days or -4666 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Purim for the year 2012 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Tuesday, March 6th ending at sundown on Wednesday, March 7th.

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 2012

Wednesday, March 7th is day number 67 of the 2012 calendar year with -12 years, -9 months, -18 days until Purim 2012.