This may be Year 6026 After Creation.
There is now sufficient barley development to declare this April New Moon as the beginning of the New Year.
The expected Abib 1 New Moon was not seen in Israel last night due to haze and cloud cover, but it has been seen in Australia, China, India and Africa, showing that it would otherwise have been easily visible.
Brian Convery (abibofgod.com) has therefore decided to postpone the start of the New Year for one day, while RenewedMoon.com has decided to accept these other sightings as valid, making this their first day of Abib, and using the earlier dates below for this year.
We have prayed about this unusual situation, and believe that we must accept that the New Moon was NOT SEEN in Israel, and thus delay the start of the month for a day.
We must all pray about this and do what we believe Jehovah wants us to do. So much for our earlier statement that this year would be clear-cut!
We are posting both sets of dates to allow for either decision.
I have made an error in the delayed Holy Days option for Israel and places westward. The Wave Offering and Pentecost are both six days later than previously given, and are as the revised Holy Days table now shows. Please accept my apologies. (14 April).
The Seventh-month New Moon should be easily visible in a clear sky. However, as always, we are dependent on the observation of the New Moon to determine which day it begins on.
We will keep you updated as information on this comes in.
These should be the Holy Days for Israel and all regions westward to the International Date Line for 2022:
Dates for those accepting the New Moon Observations from outside Israel:
Abib 1 begins at dusk on Saturday, 2 Apr.
The Passover Preparation Day begins at dusk on Friday, 15 Apr.
The Last Supper is the evening of Friday, 15 Apr.
The Passover Sacrifice is offered on the afternoon of Saturday, 16 Apr.
The First Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a Holy Day, begins at dusk on Saturday, 16 Apr and ends at dusk on Sunday, 17 Apr.
The Night of Solemn Observance begins at dusk on Saturday, 16 Apr.
The Wave Offering (the First-fruit) is on the morning of Sunday, 17 Apr.
The Last Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a Holy Day, begins at dusk on Friday, 22 Apr and ends at dusk on Saturday, 23 Apr.
First-fruits (Pentecost) begins at dusk on Saturday, 4 Jun and ends at dusk Sunday, 5 Jun.
Or with the one-day delay for those who only accept New Moon Observations within Israel as valid:
Abib 1 begins at dusk on Sunday, 3 Apr.
The Passover Preparation Day begins at dusk on Saturday, 16 Apr.
The Last Supper is the evening of Saturday, 16 Apr.
The Passover Sacrifice is offered on the afternoon of Sunday, 17 Apr.
The First Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a Holy Day, begins at dusk on Sunday, 17 Apr and ends at dusk on Monday, 18 Apr.
The Night of Solemn Observance begins at dusk on Sunday, 17 Apr.
The Wave Offering (the First-fruit) is on the morning of Sunday, 24 Apr.
The Last Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a Holy Day, begins at dusk on Saturday, 23 Apr and ends at dusk on Sunday, 24 Apr.
First-fruits (Pentecost) begins at dusk on Saturday, 11 Jun and ends at dusk Sunday, 12 Jun.
And these dates currently remain unchanged:
The Day of Trumpets begins at dusk on Tuesday, 27 Sep and ends at dusk on Wednesday, 28 Sep.
The Day of Atonement begins at dusk on Thursday, 6 Oct and ends at dusk on Friday, 7 Oct.
The First Day of the Feast of Booths (Ingathering), a Holy Day, begins at dusk on Tuesday, 11 Oct and ends at dusk on Wednesday, 12 Oct.
The Last Day of the Feast of Booths (Ingathering), begins at dusk on Monday, 17 Oct and ends at dusk on Tuesday, 18 Oct.
The Last Great Day begins at dusk on Tuesday, 18 Oct and ends at dusk on Wednesday, 19 Oct.
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The following Holy Day dates for 2022 are corrected (delayed one day) for the region east of Israel and west of the International Date Line.
Dates for those accepting the New Moon Observations from outside Israel:
Abib 1 begins at dusk on Sunday, 3 Apr.
The Passover Preparation Day begins at dusk on Saturday, 16 Apr.
The Last Supper is the evening of Saturday, 16 Apr.
The Passover Sacrifice is offered on the afternoon of Sunday, 17 Apr.
The First Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a Holy Day, begins at dusk on Sunday, 17 Apr and ends at dusk on Monday, 18 Apr.
The Night of Solemn Observance begins at dusk on Sunday, 17 Apr.
The Wave Offering (the First-fruit) is on the morning of Monday, 18 Apr.
The Last Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a Holy Day, begins at dusk on Saturday, 23 Apr and ends at dusk on Sunday, 24 Apr.
First-fruits (Pentecost) begins at dusk on Sunday, 5 Jun and ends at dusk Monday, 6 Jun.
Or with the one-day delay for those who only accept New Moon Observations within Israel as valid:
Abib 1 begins at dusk on Monday, 4 Apr.
The Passover Preparation Day begins at dusk on Sunday, 17 Apr.
The Last Supper is the evening of Sunday, 17 Apr.
The Passover Sacrifice is offered on the afternoon of Monday, 18 Apr.
The First Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a Holy Day, begins at dusk on Monday, 18 Apr and ends at dusk on Tuesday, 19 Apr.
The Night of Solemn Observance begins at dusk on Monday, 18 Apr.
The Wave Offering (the First-fruit) is on the morning of Monday, 25 Apr.
The Last Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a Holy Day, begins at dusk on Sunday, 24 Apr and ends at dusk on Monday, 25 Apr.
First-fruits (Pentecost) begins at dusk on Sunday, 12 Jun and ends at dusk Monday, 13 Jun.
And these dates currently remain unchanged:
The Day of Trumpets begins at dusk on Wednesday, 28 Sep and ends at dusk on Thursday, 29 Sep.
The Day of Atonement begins at dusk on Friday, 7 Oct and ends at dusk on Saturday, 8 Oct.
The First Day of the Feast of Booths (Ingathering), a Holy Day, begins at dusk on Wednesday, 12 Oct and ends at dusk on Thursday, 13 Oct.
The Last Day of the Feast of Booths (Ingathering), begins at dusk on Tuesday, 18 Oct and ends at dusk on Wednesday, 19 Oct.
The Last Great Day begins at dusk on Wednesday, 19 Oct and ends at dusk on Thursday, 20 Oct.
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Biblical Days begin at dusk one evening and end at dusk the next evening.
We will confirm the seventh month dates when its New Moon is seen.
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