Israel Calendar

Israel uses Israel Standard Time (UTC+2) and summer time (UTC+3) from late March to late October. The working week runs Sunday to Thursday. Official holidays follow the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, so their Gregorian dates shift from year to year, and every holiday — like Shabbat — begins at sundown the evening before.

Date	Holiday	Country	Type
2026-03-03	Purim	Israel	observance
2026-04-02	Passover (Pesach), first day	Israel	religious
2026-04-08	Passover (Pesach), seventh day	Israel	religious
2026-04-14	Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)	Israel	observance
2026-04-21	Memorial Day (Yom HaZikaron)	Israel	observance
2026-04-22	Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzmaut)	Israel	national
2026-05-22	Shavuot	Israel	religious
2026-09-12	Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)	Israel	religious
2026-09-13	Rosh Hashanah, second day	Israel	religious
2026-09-21	Yom Kippur	Israel	religious
2026-09-26	Sukkot, first day	Israel	religious
2026-10-03	Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah	Israel	religious
2026-12-05	Hanukkah, first day	Israel	observance

The official rest days are the two days of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, the first day of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, the first and seventh days of Passover, Independence Day and Shavuot. Purim, Hanukkah, Yom HaShoah and Yom HaZikaron are shown as observances. Independence Day moves by a day or two when its Hebrew date would clash with Shabbat.