Hanukkah always starts on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev, and lasts for eight days. The Hebrew calendar does not line up with the western calendar because it has a completely different leap year system that can shift holidays each year by to 11-28 days.
Here are the coinciding secular dates for the upcoming years. The candle lightings begin on the evening BEFORE the first date:
2011: December 20-28
2012: December 8-16
2013: November 27-December 5
2014: December 16-24
2015: December 6-14
You begin fasting at 6:26 pm tonight (Sunday night) and break fast tomorrow night (Monday night) at 7:20pm. Found the info on the chabad LA website.
the first night of Hanukkah starts at sundown on Tuesday, December 20, 2011
at night like at 8:00pm
Hanukkah can start on any day of the week except Tuesday.
Hanukkah starts with the lighting of a special candle holder called a Chanukiah (Hanukkah-menorah).
tomorrow night at 7 pm EST
Because Jewish days start at sunset. So last night was the beginning of the first day.
Hanukkah begins at sunset on Tuesday, December 20, 2011. You should light your first candle this night.
In 2011, Hanukkah began on the evening of December 20
Jerusalem, Israel.
This year (2011) the first candle was lit on Dec. 20. The eighth and last night of Hanukkah candlelighting will be on Dec. 27.
There is no specific Hanukkah party. Some people have parties on Hanukkah and some don't. If there is a party on hanukkah, it can be on any one of the 8 nights, at any time.