Judaism · 2030
In 2030, Hanukkah starts falls on a Thursday, running through Thursday, December 26, 2030.
Hanukkah starts 2030 falls on Thursday, December 19, 2030. That is a Thursday, a regular working weekday in most countries. It is the 353rd day of 2030 and sits in ISO week 51. If you are planning around it, the day of the week matters as much as the date itself, because it decides whether the observance creates a long weekend, a midweek pause, or a day that has to be moved under local substitute-holiday rules.
With Hanukkah starts on a Thursday, one day of leave on the Friday creates a four-day weekend, a popular bridge-day move.
Compared with 2029, when it fell on November 30, Hanukkah starts 2030 moves about 19 days later in the Gregorian calendar. This drift is normal for a holiday tied to a lunar or lunisolar calendar rather than a fixed civil date.
How the date moves in the years either side of 2030. Each year links to its own page with a countdown and the full day-of-week detail.
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish celebration beginning on the twenty-fifth day of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar. It commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple and the traditional account of oil lasting eight days. Each night, an additional candle is lit on the hanukkiah, and customs may include songs, blessings, fried foods, dreidel games, and gifts. Hanukkah usually falls in late November or December on the Gregorian calendar, though the exact date changes because the Hebrew calendar is lunisolar. timekit uses its shipped religious holidays data for the first day; observance begins at sundown the evening before.
Calendar note: Computed with the local Hebrew calendar engine; shown as an 8-day span.