Hanukkah always starts on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev, and lasts for eight days. It ends on the 2nd or 3rd of Tevet, depending on the year.
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 11 to 28 days. Hanukkah always begins in December or late November.
Here are the coinciding secular dates for the upcoming years. The candle lightings begin on the evening BEFORE the first date:
2013: November 27-December 5
2014: December 16-24
2015: December 6-14
Hanukkah always starts on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev
There is no special ending for the celebration of Hanukkah.
In 2011, Hanukkah began on the evening of December 20
Hanukkah is a festival.No other festival in another tradition necessarilycoincides with Hanukkah, since the date of Hanukkah is set by using the Hebrew calendar while the festivals of other religions are set using different calendars.
Hanukkah 2009 began in the evening of Friday the 11th of December and ended in the evening of Saturday the 19th of December.
December 17, 2012
Yes. All Jewish holidays end at sunset.
December 20, 2011
December 6, 1904
The evening of December 4, 2007
Hanukkah begins on the 25th of Kislev. This is at the end of November or during the month of December.
Hanukkah is celebrated for eight days, starting on the Hebrew date of 25 Kislev. The sixth day of Hanukkah always occurs on a new moon. None of the days of Hanukkah occur on a full moon.