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Hebrew (CAL_3)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: cal_3.ttl
- Name
hebrew- Attribute
- CAL Calendar System
- Definition
- A lunisolar calendar system evolved under religious and agricultural influences and used to schedule religious holidays and events in Judaism.
- Description
- The 354-day Hebrew calendar dates from "the Beginning", Anno Mundi (A.M.) in the the fourth millennium B.C.E. AM 5774 began at sunset on September 4, 2013 C.E., and will end at sunset September 24, 2014 C.E. It will fall behind the Gregorian calendar by one day every 231 years. It varies in a repeating 19-year Metonic cycle of 235 lunar months, with the addition of an intercalary lunar month every 2 or 3 years to compensate for the 11-day difference with the solar year (approximately 365 days).
- Accepted
- 2021-01-03
- Defined by
- IPHG/VMST
- Allowed for
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.