That Hebrew calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar cycles. But the Gregorian calendar established by Pope ...

Google just rolled out a Hebrew calendar function on its Google Calendar, enabling users to display Hebrew dates alongside the Gregorian ones. Announced on Wednesday ...

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published Feb. 29, 2016. This year is Leap Year in both the secular Gregorian calendar — the one most of the world goes by — and in the Hebrew calendar.

The Gregorian calendar, which is based on Earth's yearly progression around the Sun, and the lunar-solar Hebrew calendar, which also incorporates the phase of the Moon, don't line up very well.

The date of Passover also changes from year to year on the Gregorian Calendar. However, it always starts on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan, the first month of the Hebrew year.

The Hebrew calendar is is based on the lunar cycle, the Old Farmer's Almanac says, which means the dates of the holiday according to the Gregorian calendar change yearly.

Hanukkah's start date on the Gregorian calendar varies year by year because the Jewish calendar is based on luni-solar calendar cycles. According to Chabad, months under the Hebrew calendar follow ...

Google Calendar goes Hebrew The internet search engine also offers Chinese, Islamic and Persian calendar options which users can choose from their browser at home. By JTA MAY 17, 2014 02:50 ...

That Hebrew calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar cycles. But the Gregorian calendar established by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 defines one year by the time it takes for Earth to ...