When is Shavuot 2026?
Friday,
May 22, 2026
Begins at sundown on Thursday, May 21, 2026 (sunset is 8:11 PM in New York). Shavuot lasts one day in Israel and two elsewhere. 175 days ago, counted from Friday, November 13, 2026, US Eastern Time. Hebrew year 5786.
- Day of week
- Friday
- Against 2025
- 11 days earlier
- Hebrew year
- 5786
- Days ago
- 175
Why Shavuot falls when it does in 2026
Shavuot 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.
Shavuot 2026 on the calendar
| ISO week number, Monday to Sunday | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | |||||||
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| 20 | |||||||
| 21 | Shavuot | ||||||
| 22 | |||||||
| 23 |
Within a week of Shavuot in 2026
Which dates fall near Shavuot changes every year, because the calendars move against each other.
- PentecostSun, May 24
- Memorial DayMon, May 25
- Day of ArafahTue, May 26
- Eid al-AdhaWed, May 27