The Jewish Calendar

The Jewish Calendar is divide into several parts. One is the " Sacred year" and then the "Civil year" The sacred year begins in the spring then the First month of Civil year is the seven Sacred month.

Twelve Lunar months with a thirteen month seven times in every nineteen years. The Natural Day went from Sunrise to Sunset with the Natural night from Sunset to Sunrise. From Sunset to Sunset was the Civil Day.

Hours were counted from six in the morning and six in the evening.

The First Watch was in the evening from six to nine, Second Watch was from nine to twelve, Third Watch was from twelve to three, and the Fourth Watch was from three to six in the morning. Each Watch was a three hour period.

THE MONTH		APPROXIMATELY	FEASTS
1st Month	Abib or Nisan	April	Passover
2nd Month	Ziv or Lyar	May
3rd Month	Sivan	June	Pentecost
4th Month	Tammuz	July
5th Month	Ab	August
6th Month	Elul	September
7th Month	Ethanim or Tishri	October	Tabernacles
8th Month	Bul or Marcheshvan	November
9th Month	Chisley	December	Dedication
10th Month	Tebeth	January
11th Month	Shebat	February
12th Month	Adar	March	Purium

Later in Maccabees time the Feast of Dedication was instituted.

In the time of Esther the Feast of Purium was instituted