Calendar of Appointed Times (Feasts) dates for 2025

A number of people have asked for a calendar of Appointed Times (Feast Dates) for 2025, set out to the gregorian calendar

The Appointed Times, originally given to Israel for observance, are equally relevant to believers today who have been grafted into Israel. However, this truth often gets lost in modern Christianity, where many worship the Messiah under a name with questionable origins, claim to follow Him, yet rarely rely on the Scriptures as their sole authority for doctrine and practices.

The Feasts of the Father, outlined in the Bible, were established for the Israelites as part of their covenant with Him. These include:
Passover
Unleavened Bread
First-fruits
Pentecost (Shavuot)
Trumpets (Yom Teruah)
Atonement (Yom Kippur)
Tabernacles (Sukkot)

In the New Testament, we see that the Messiah, His disciples, and the early church faithfully observed these Feasts. For example, the Apostle Paul adhered to the Feasts, as evidenced in Acts 18:21 and Acts 20:1–6. Furthermore, in Colossians 2:16–17, Paul refers to the Feasts as a shadow of things to come, implying their ongoing significance. Paul exhorted others to follow the Feasts in Colossians 5:8.

Colossians 5:8 So then let us celebrate the festival, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

The observance of these Appointed Times serves as a reminder of the Father’s salvation plan and His covenant with His people. They are not outdated rituals but timeless instructions, providing an opportunity for believers to align their worship with the Scriptures and to remember the Messiah's fulfillment of the Spring Feasts, as well as the prophetic significance of the Autumn Feasts that are yet to be fulfilled.

Many people have been taught by their denominations that the Feasts are no longer relevant to believers today. This teaching often stems from the belief that the Messiah's sacrifice and resurrection fulfilled all of the Torah, rather than just the first part of the Father's salvation plan. While the Messiah’s sacrifice did fulfill the need for blood offerings for the forgiveness of sin, and He now stands as our mediator, this does not mean the Feasts are obsolete. The notion that the Feasts were part of the Old Covenant and are now replaced by the New Covenant is inconsistent with what the Scriptures actually say. Instead, this belief reflects a denominational doctrine that has diverted many from the fullness of the Father’s salvation plan.

The Scriptures and the Messiah emphasize the fulfillment of the Law and the establishment of a renewed covenant. While the Messiah's sacrifice fulfilled the sacrificial elements of the Law and the Spring Feasts, the Autumn Feasts remain unfulfilled. These Feasts represent the great ingathering and the end-time judgment, which are key components of the Father’s salvation plan.

To teach that the Feasts are no longer necessary is to imply that the Messiah removed the Father’s salvation plan, which could not be further from the truth. As believers grafted into Israel, the Natsarim remember and celebrate the Feasts as part of their walk with the Father. The Messiah Himself affirmed in Matthew 5:17:

Matthew 5:17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to complete.

The Feasts are not abolished but are profound shadows of both fulfilled events (the Spring Feasts) and prophetic events yet to come (the Autumn Feasts).

The Spring Feasts reveal the beginning of the Father’s salvation plan. The need for blood sacrifices was fully satisfied through the Messiah’s ultimate sacrifice, which serves as the ongoing atonement for our sins. Thus, the Spring Feasts are fulfilled, and the sacrificial system is completed. However, the Autumn Feasts remind us of what is yet to come, calling believers to remain vigilant and aligned with the Father’s plan for redemption and restoration.

The Autumn feasts provide a prophetic glimpse of what is yet to come and guide us in our personal journey with the Messiah. Yom Teruah (the Feast of Trumpets) emphasises repentance, Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) highlights redemption, and Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles) celebrates rejoicing.

On Yom Teruah, the sound of the ram’s horn calls believers to repent and confess their sins before the Father. Yom Kippur is the appointed time for peace with the Father through the atonement of sin, representing the Messiah’s blood sacrifice on our behalf. During Sukkot, believers fulfill the Father’s command to rejoice over the harvest, symbolising the in-gathering of souls, and give thanks for His goodness.

However, to truly experience His joy, we must first journey through repentance and redemption. This requires each believer to take a personal step of faith, acknowledging the Messiah’s work and aligning their lives with His purpose.

The Scriptures provide limited clarity on what calendar the Father requires us to follow or when the Scriptural day begins. Among believers, there is much debate about which calendar aligns with His instructions. I recommend reading the web page "The Hebrew Calendar" for further insights. It is evident that during the Babylonian captivity, the Hebrew calendar underwent adjustments, merging elements of the Babylonian calendar. For example, the tradition of a sunset-to-sunset day replaced the Scriptural sunrise-to-sunrise day, and the naming of months was also adopted.

Genesis details how the Father precisely established the stars, sun, and moon, ordaining the cycles of new moons to mark the months and seasons. He instructed Moses to gather the people on His Appointed Days—times He designed to celebrate His provision and unveil His plan of redemption. These Appointed Times are intricately linked to the Hebrew calendar.

Ensuring accuracy in dates and times is essential for observing these sacred occasions. Today, we follow a solar year, lunar month, solar week, and solar day calendar, but understanding and aligning with the Scriptural framework is key to fully honoring the Father’s Appointed Times.

The luni-solar calendar ensures that significant events such as Passover (the Messiah's sacrifice) and Tabernacles align with a full moon, while the Feast of Trumpets coincides with a new moon (when the moon is not visible). In Genesis 1:14, the Scriptures explain that the lights in the expanse of the heavens serve as signs to mark appointed times, days, and years. Additionally, in Psalm 104:19, David highlights the role of the moon in determining the timing of festivals, underscoring its significance in the divine calendar.

Genesis 1:14 And Elohim said, “Let lights come to be in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and appointed times, and for days and years,

Psalm 104:19 He made the moon for appointed times; The sun knows its going down.

Contrary to popular belief, and as supported by the Scriptures, the "24 hour day period" observed by Moses follows a sunrise-to-sunrise cycle, as outlined in the Hebrew calendar. This concept is consistently evident throughout the Scriptures, but one key reference I would encourage readers to examine is:

Exodus 12:6 ‘And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same new moon. Then all the assembly of the congregation of Israel shall slay it between the evenings........ 14 ‘And this day shall become to you a remembrance. And you shall celebrate it as a festival to Yahuah throughout your generations – celebrate it as a festival, an everlasting law.

Leviticus 23:5 ‘In the first new moon, on the fourteenth day of the new moon, between the evenings, is the Passover to Yahuah.

The phrase "between the evenings" traditionally refers to the time period from late afternoon until about an hour before sunset. A Passover feast cannot exist without the accompanying Passover sacrifice. The directive in verse 14 to observe this day as a memorial clearly refers to the singular day of Passover. It does not imply two separate days—one for the sacrifice and another for the feast. Instead, it emphasizes that Passover is a single day comprising two interconnected parts, both of which must occur on the same day, as stated in verse 14: "this day shall be unto you for a memorial."

The only way this sequence can be fulfilled, and it would have been plainly obvious to those alive at the time of Moses, was for the day to begin and end at sunrise. The Messiah must also have kept sunrise to sunrise as the Gospels record a sequence where only the slaughter of the Passover lamb and the Passover supper had to be on the same 24 hour day.

Matthew 26: 17 And on the first day of Unleavened Bread the taught ones came to Yahusha, saying to Him, “Where do You wish us to prepare for You to eat the Pĕsaḥ?”

Mark 14:12 And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they were slaughtering the Passover lamb, His taught ones said to Him, “Where do You wish us to go and prepare, for You to eat the Passover?

Luke 22: 7 And the Day of Unleavened Bread came when the Passover had to be slaughtered.

Consequently the Feast days span two gregorian calendar dates, starting at sunrise on one day, and finishing at sunrise on the following day.

The only one of the following Appointed Times that is not sunrise to sunrise is Yom Kippur. This departure is clearly spelt out in the Scriptures as being different to other days in Leviticus 23:32. If this day had the same beginning and end, it would not have been necessary to specify it.

Leviticus 23:17 32 ‘It is a Sabbath of rest to you, and you shall afflict your beings. On the ninth day of the new moon at evening, from evening to evening, you observe your Sabbath.”

Using a sunrise to sunrise "day" enables the sequences set out in Genesis and Exodus to stand alone as correct, without requiring interpretation. I think the adoption of sunset to sunset was a Babylonian calendar change that was made, and therefore one that we should not keep. Dates in red printing are High Sabbaths. On these days no servile work should be done, unless it needs to be done, e.g. medical aid, watering or feeding people or stock etc. The focus for these days is the Fathers word, and spending time seeking the Father.

According to https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SKYCAL/SKYCAL.html?cal=2023#skycal, the new moon occurs at 12:58 on the 29 March 2025. This makes the first day of Nisan to equate to the gregorian date of 29 March 2025. This then sets the days for the Feasts for the 2025 year.

The table below sets out the Appointed Times for 2025. The days in red are High Sabbath Days, and these are days on which you only do essential work. The day is set aside to Yahuah, to worship, study, pray and join with other believers to celebrate the Fathers Salvation plan

A comparison of the Hebrew calendar to the gregorian calendar is below. Note that the Hebrew month is tied to the lunar calendar, and not the solar calendar which is the gregorian calendar.

There are some interesting parallels in the Feast dates of Yahuah. For instance:

The first month of the year is Nisan, and the calendar could begin before the Vernal Equinox, but would be close (vernal equinox is when day and night are the same length)
The exodus from captivity started with the Passover, but it also ended with the Passover as the Hebrews crossed the Jordan into Israel, the promised land on the 10 day of the first month (Joshua 4:19), and first ate the produce of the land on Passover day (Joshua 5:10). That is, the Hebrews exodus from captivity is framed at both ends with Passovers. Our salvation also started with Passover with the sacrifice of the Messiah, but has not yet ended.
On the 10th day of the first month of the year, the Passover lamb is selected. And the 10th day of the seventh month (half a year later) is the Yom Kippur - the Day of Atonement.
The Feast of Unleavened Bread starts on the 15th day of the first month and continues for a week. The Feast of Tabernacles starts on the 15th day of the seventh month and continues for a week. Both of these weeks start and end with a High Sabbath (Set Apart day).
If you believe in the lunar-solar calendar, both Passover and Tabernacles fall on the full moon.

Some additional interesting facts, days set out in the Scriptures can be divided into three groups.

Days requiring no work be done unless that work is necessary, ie relates to safety or health;

The weekly Sabbath - Leviticus 23:3
10th Tishri, The Day of Atonement - Leviticus 23:28,30,31

Days requiring no customary (occupational/servile) work be done unless that work is necessary, ie relates to safety or health;

15th Nisan, 1st day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread - Leviticus 23:7
21st Nisan, 7th day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread - Leviticus 23:8
6th Sivan, Feast of Weeks/Pentecost - Leviticus 23:21
1 Tishri, Day of Trumpets - Lev 23:25
15 Tishri, 1st day of Feast of Tabernacles - Leviticus 23:35
22nd Tishri, Last Great Day - Leviticus 23:36

Days on which any work could be done;

14th day of Nissan, Passover - Leviticus 23:5
The first day of the new week following 15 Nisan, Feast of first fruits - Leviticus 23:10 to 14
16th to 20th Nisan, 2nd day to 6th day of Feast of Unleavened Bread - Leviticus 23:5, 6
16th to 21st Tishri, 2nd day to 7th day of the Feast of Tabernacles - Leviticus 23:35,36

The Messiah, His disciples, and the early church faithfully observed the Feasts, setting an example for us to follow. Their actions demonstrate that we, too, are called to honor these sacred times. However, our commitment to being set apart should extend beyond the observance of the Feasts. We are called to live a life of holiness, separate from the sin in the world, every day—not just on these appointed days. The Feasts serve as reminders of this ongoing call to walk in obedience and alignment with the Father’s will.

Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you prove what is that good and well-pleasing and perfect desire of Elohim.

Web page last updated 12 January 2025