God’s Calendar
We are used to using the Roman Calendar, with it’s January and February etc. But are you used to God’s own calendar? When the Bible talks about Nisan we need to check that Nisan is legitimate. That’s what this page is all about. Remember, each day begins and ends at sunset.
People have invented many calendars, but there is only one calendar of God. This is described in detail in the Bible. The sun, moon and stars were not only created to give us light, but also to be able to correctly determine the time and the feast days of God. Many people think it’s all complicated, but God’s calendar is very simple to understand. In short: Each month begins with the first visible crescent moon, known as the “new light”. The full moon is always in the middle of the month and when there is no more moonlight to be seen, the month is over. In this way, the 7 feast days of the year (the high annual Sabbaths) can be clearly determined. God’s calendar is correct because it links the heavenly bodies with nature and time. In concrete terms, this means that when we see the state of the moon and nature (state of development of vegetation), we always know which day of the year we are on. The constellation of the stars in the course of the year gives us additional information, because it allows us to orient ourselves not only temporally, but also regionally (geographically). Only the Bible has such an excellent calendar.
We don’t celebrate Christmas or Easter because they are not in the Bible, but we celebrate God’s own Festivals which in 2025 are:
| 2025 | Date |
| Passover *++ | Nisan 14 |
| Feast of Unleavened Bread * | Nisan 15-21 |
| Pentecost* | Sivan 5 |
| Feast of Trumpets* | Tishri 1 |
| Day of Atonement* | Tisri 10 |
| Feast of Tabernacles* | Tishri 15-21 |
| The Eighth Day* | Tishri 22 |
| * Begins evening before; ++ Observed evening before |
So, try and find them in the calendars below. They are all there!
The other thing I’d like to cover is the death of Jesus on the cross. Tradition says it was on the Friday, but that would contradict the Bibilcal saying that He was in the grave for 3 days and 3 nights. The “three days and three nights” of Matthew 12:40 are reckoned as follows: late Wednesday (Night 1), early Thursday (Day 1), late Thursday (Night 2), early Friday (Day 2), late Friday (Night 3), early Saturday (Day 3). So Jesus was crucified on a Wednesday. It’s because the Thursday was a Sabbath day, the Sabbath day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Have a look at the following image:
