When is Simchat Torah 2026?
Sunday,
October 4, 2026
Begins at sundown on Saturday, October 3, 2026 (sunset is 6:34 PM in New York) and ends at nightfall on Sunday, October 4, 2026. In Israel, Simchat Torah is observed a day earlier, on the same day as Shemini Atzeret. 40 days ago, counted from Friday, November 13, 2026, US Eastern Time. Hebrew year 5787.
- Day of week
- Sunday
- Against 2025
- 11 days earlier
- Hebrew year
- 5787
- Days ago
- 40
Why Simchat Torah falls when it does in 2026
Simchat Torah 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.
Simchat Torah 2026 on the calendar
| ISO week number, Monday to Sunday | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | |||||||
| 41 | Simchat Torah | ||||||
| 42 | |||||||
| 43 | |||||||
| 44 |