Purim 2024

March 2024 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Daylight Saving Start Sunday March 10 -9 months, -11 days or -286 days 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 St Patricks Day Sunday March 17 -9 months, -4 days or -279 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Palm Sunday Sunday March 24 -8 months, -28 days or -272 days 25 26 27 28 29 Good Friday Friday March 29 -8 months, -23 days or -267 days 30 31 Easter Sunday March 31 -8 months, -21 days or -265 days

Purim for the year 2024 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of March 23 ending at sundown on Sunday, March 24.

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 2024

Saturday, March 23rd is day number 83 of the 2024 calendar year with -8 months, -29 days until Purim 2024.