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Below are the Julian Calendar dates for the festivals
celebrated by the ancient church as determined by the rules of the Calculated Hebrew Calendar
as stated by Hillel (leap or embolismic years 3, 6, 8, 11,14, 17, 19 in a 19
year cycle). Here there is no adjustment made preventing Pentecost from
occurring in the summer rather than spring. In this method Pentecost has been determined by the priestly method
of counting 50 days beginning with the Sunday on which the priests offered the
wavesheaf during the Days of Unleavened Bread. Since the Days of Unleavened
Bread consist of seven days there can be only one Sunday during the festival.
The wavesheaf offering had
to occur during the Days of Unleavened Bread. When
Passover occurred on a weekly
Sabbath the Sunday during the Days of Unleavened
Bread was also the first annual Sabbath (Nisan 15). The method for determining
Pentecost utilized by the Pharisees was to count the 50 days from Nisan 15 (the
first annual Sabbath or Passover Sabbath) which fixed for them Sivan 6 as
Pentecost.
Pentecost always occurs on a Sunday.
Leviticus 23:15 states that Pentecost is counted "from [beginning with] the
day after the sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave
offering..." The priests performed the wavesheaf offering on Sunday, that is on
the day after the weekly Sabbath. With a Sunday the first day, seven full weeks
(or forty-nine days) takes one to the fiftieth day, again on a Sunday. One
counts 50 days beginning with the Sunday of the wavesheaf offering, during the
Days of Unleavened Bread, which is the day after a regular weekly Sabbath not an
annual Sabbath.
Before you can count fifty days to Pentecost, you need the
starting point, which is the Sunday of the wavesheaf offering. The table below
is an overview of the relationship of Passover and the wavesheaf offering:
|
Passover (Nisan 14) |
Wavesheaf Offering |
Days After Passover |
|
Friday (Thurs. eve)
|
Nisan 16 (Sunday) |
2 |
|
Wednesday |
Nisan 18 |
4 |
|
Monday |
Nisan 20 |
6 |
|
Sabbath |
Nisan 15 |
1 |
Below is a chart providing the dates of the principal festivals and holy days
(Annual Sabbaths) for the 19 year cycle beginning 22 CE and ending 40 CE.
|
FESTIVALS AND HOLY DAYS CE 22-40
Hillel II [New Cycle] Method |
|
CEa |
Passover
Nisan 14 |
1st
Day UB
Nisan 15 |
Wavesheaf
Offered |
Last
Day UB
Nisan 21 |
Priestly
Pentecost
(varies) |
Pharisee
Pentecost
Sivan 6 |
Hebrew Year
Beginning
Tishri 1 |
Hebrew
Year
Typeb |
Elapsed
Years
in
Cyclec |
Trumpets
Tishri 1 |
Atonement
Tishri 10 |
Tabernacles
Tishri 15 |
Last
Great Day
Tishri 22 |
|
22 |
Apr 4 Sat |
Apr 5 Sun |
Apr 5 Sun |
Apr 11 Sat |
May 24 Sun |
May 25 Mon |
3782 |
CC |
1 |
Sep 15 Tue |
Sep 24 Thu |
Sep 29 Tue |
Oct 6 Tue |
|
23 |
Mar 24 Wed |
Mar 25 Thu |
Mar 28 Sun |
Mar 31 Wed |
May 16 Sun |
May 14 Fri |
3783 |
CR |
2 |
Sep 4 Sat |
Sep 13 Mon |
Sep 18 Sat |
Sep 25 Sat |
|
24 |
Apr 12 Wed |
Apr 13 Thu |
Apr 16 Sun |
Apr 19 Wed |
Jun 4 Sun |
Jun 2 Fri |
3784 |
EC |
3 |
Sep 23 Sat |
Oct 2 Mon |
Oct 7 Sat |
Oct 14 Sat |
|
25 |
Apr 2 Mon |
Apr 3 Tue |
Apr 8 Sun |
Apr 9 Mon |
May 27 Sun |
May 23 Wed |
3785 |
CC |
4 |
Sep 13 Thu |
Sep 22 Sat |
Sep 27 Thu |
Oct 4 Thu |
|
26 |
Mar 22 Fri |
Mar 23 Sat |
Mar 24 Sun |
Mar 29 Fri |
May 12 Sun |
May 12 Sun |
3786 |
CR |
5 |
Sep 2 Mon |
Sep 11 Wed |
Sep 16 Mon |
Sep 23 Mon |
|
27 |
Apr 9 Wed |
Apr 10 Thu |
Apr 13 Sun |
Apr 16 Wed |
Jun 1
Sun |
May 30 Fri |
3787 |
ED |
6 |
Sep 20 Sat |
Sep 29 Mon |
Oct 4 Sat |
Oct 11 Sat |
|
28 |
Mar 29 Mon |
Mar 30 Tue |
Apr 4 Sun |
Apr 5 Mon |
May 23 Sun |
May 19 Wed |
3788 |
CC |
7 |
Sep 9 Thu |
Sep 18 Sat |
Sep 23 Thu |
Sep 30 Thu |
|
29 |
Apr 16 Sat |
Apr 17 Sun |
Apr 24 Sun |
Apr 23 Sat |
May 12 Sun |
Jun 6 Mon |
3789 |
ED |
8 |
Sep 27 Tue |
Oct 6 Thu |
Oct 11 Tue |
Oct 18 Tue |
|
30 |
Apr 5 Wed |
Apr 6
Thu |
Apr 9 Sun |
Apr
12 Wed |
May 28
Sun |
May 26 Fri |
3790 |
CR |
9 |
Sep 16 Sat |
Sep 25 Mon |
Sep 30 Sat |
Oct 7 Sat |
|
31 |
Mar
26 Mon |
Mar
27 Tue |
Apr 1 Sun |
Apr 2 Mon |
May 20 Sun |
May 16 Wed |
3791 |
CC |
10 |
Sep 6 Thu |
Sep 15 Sat |
Sep 20 Thu |
Sep 27 Thu |
|
32 |
Apr
14 Mon |
Apr
15 Tue |
Apr 20 Sun |
Apr
21 Mon |
Jun 8
Sun |
Jun 4 Wed |
3792 |
EC |
11 |
Sep 25 Thu |
Oct 4 Sat |
Oct 9 Thu |
Oct 16 Thu |
|
33 |
Apr 3
Fri |
Apr 4
Sat |
Apr 5 Sun |
Apr
10 Fri |
May 24
Sun |
May 24 Sun |
3793 |
CR |
12 |
Sep 14 Mon |
Sep 23 Wed |
Sep 28 Mon |
Oct 5 Mon |
|
34 |
Mar
22 Mon |
Mar
23 Tue |
Mar 28 Sun |
Mar
29 Mon |
May 16 Sun |
May 12 Wed |
3794 |
CD |
13 |
Sep 2 Thu |
Sep 11 Sat |
Sep
16 Thu |
Sep
23 Thu |
|
35 |
Apr
11 Mon |
Apr
12 Tue |
Apr 17 Sun |
Apr
18 Mon |
Jun 5
Sun |
Jun 1 Wed. |
3795 |
EC |
14 |
Sep 22 Thu |
Oct 1 Sat |
Oct 6
Thu |
Oct
13 Thu |
|
36 |
Mar
30 Fri |
Mar
31 Sat |
Apr 1 Sun |
Apr 6
Fri |
May 20
Sun |
May 20 Sun |
3796 |
CR |
15 |
Sep 10 Mon |
Sep 19 Wed |
Sep
24 Mon |
Oct 1 MON |
|
37 |
Mar 20 Wed |
Mar 21 Thu |
Mar 24 Sun |
Mar
27 Wed |
May 12
Sun |
May 10 Fri |
3797 |
CC |
16 |
Aug 31 Sat |
Sep 9 Mon |
Sep 14 Sat |
Sep 21 Sat |
|
38 |
Apr 7
Mon |
Apr 8
Tue |
Apr 13 Sun |
Apr
14 Mon |
Jun 1
Sun |
May 28 Wed |
3798 |
ED |
17 |
Sep 18 Thu |
Sep 27 Sat |
Oct
2 Thu |
Oct 9
Thu |
|
39 |
Mar
27 Fri |
Mar
28 Sat |
Mar 29 Sun |
Apr 3 Fri |
May 17 Sun |
May 17 Sun |
3799 |
CR |
18 |
Sep 7 Mon |
Sep 16 Wed |
Sep 21 Mon |
Sep 28 Mon |
|
40 |
Apr 15 Fri |
Apr 16 Sat |
Apr 17 Sun |
Apr 22 Fri |
Jun 5 Sun |
Jun 5 Sun |
3800 |
EC |
19 |
Sep 26 Mon |
Oct 5 Wed |
Oct 10 Mon |
Oct 17 Mon |
aJulian years.
bTypes of Hebrew Years:
CC = Common Complete [355 days
CD = Common Deficient [353 days]
CR = Common Regular [354 days]
EC = Embolismic Complete [385 days]
ED = Embolismic Deficient [383 days]
cEmbolismic (leap) years are in red.
dMean conjunction (not the actual conjunction)
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