When is Lag BaOmer 2026?
Tuesday,
May 5, 2026
Begins at sundown on Monday, May 4, 2026 (sunset is 7:54 PM in New York) and ends at nightfall on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. 192 days ago, counted from Friday, November 13, 2026, US Eastern Time. Hebrew year 5786.
- Day of week
- Tuesday
- Against 2025
- 11 days earlier
- Hebrew year
- 5786
- Days ago
- 192
Why Lag BaOmer falls when it does in 2026
Lag BaOmer is fixed in the Hebrew calendar, which is lunisolar: twelve lunar months fall about eleven days short of a solar year, so a leap month is added seven times in every nineteen. That is why the Gregorian date swings rather than drifts — 11 days earlier than 2025, and why it always lands in roughly the same season.
Lag BaOmer 2026 on the calendar
| ISO week number, Monday to Sunday | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | |||||||
| 19 | Lag BaOmer | ||||||
| 20 | |||||||
| 21 | |||||||
| 22 | |||||||
| 23 |
Within a week of Lag BaOmer in 2026
Which dates fall near Lag BaOmer changes every year, because the calendars move against each other.
- BeltaneFri, May 1
- Cinco de MayoTue, May 5
- Mother's DaySun, May 10