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The Feasts of the LORD

Seven appointed times are written into Leviticus 23 — three in spring, one at the wheat harvest, three in the fall. The DAVAR engine computes their Gregorian dates for the coming cycle from the fixed Hebrew calendar, sets each beside its own words in Scripture, and labels honestly what it does and does not establish. No apps, no scripts; every date computed at C-speed.

These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. — Leviticus 23:4

The Seven Appointed Times, Computed

Computed live by the DAVAR engine from the fixed (arithmetic) Hebrew calendar: the seven appointed feasts of Leviticus 23, with their Gregorian dates for the coming cycle. The present Hebrew year is 5786 — a common year of 354 days across 12 months.

This engine implements the rabbinic fixed calendar of Hillel II — the same arithmetic behind printed Jewish calendars — converting each feast to the Gregorian calendar by Rata Die day numbers. Observational reckonings (sighted new moon, aviv barley) can shift a date by a day or a whole month, and Firstfruits carries an ancient Pharisee/Sadducee dispute over “the morrow after the sabbath.” Each feast begins at sundown the previous evening. This is a teaching instrument — not prophecy proof and not date-setting. Scripture is the authority — see /apologetics.

Next appointed time

Trumpets יום תרועה

Saturday, September 12, 2026 — in 76 da

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Trumpets Teruah Atonement Kippur Tabernacles Sukkot Passover Pesach Unleavened Bread Matzot Firstfruits Bikkurim Pentecost (Weeks) Shavuot the appointed feasts of Leviticus 23 — spring (gold) and fall (blue)
FeastHebrew dateGregorian dateWhenScripture
Trumpets יום תרועה
A memorial of the blowing of trumpets — a holy convocation opening the seventh month.
Tishri 1Saturday, September 12, 2026in 76 daysLeviticus 23:24
Atonement יום כיפור
The holiest day — souls afflicted, the high priest entering the Most Holy Place with blood (Leviticus 16).
Tishri 10Monday, September 21, 2026in 85 daysLeviticus 23:27
Tabernacles סוכות
Seven days dwelling in booths — the ingathering, remembering the wilderness, Israel in God’s shadow.
Tishri 15Saturday, September 26, 2026 (7 days)in 90 daysLeviticus 23:34
Passover פסח
The LORD’s Passover at evening — the lamb slain, blood on the door, death passing over (Exodus 12).
Nisan 14Wednesday, April 21, 2027in 297 daysLeviticus 23:5
Unleavened Bread מצות
Seven days with no leaven — a holy convocation; leaven, a picture of sin, is put away.
Nisan 15Thursday, April 22, 2027 (7 days)in 298 daysLeviticus 23:6
Firstfruits ביכורים
The first sheaf of the harvest waved before the LORD — the pledge of the full harvest to come.
Nisan 16Friday, April 23, 2027in 299 daysLeviticus 23:10
Pentecost (Weeks) שבועות
Fifty days counted from Firstfruits — the wheat harvest, two leavened loaves waved before the LORD.
Sivan 6Friday, June 11, 2027in 348 daysLeviticus 23:16

Counting the omer from Firstfruits to Pentecost, the engine reckons 50 days — “seven sabbaths shall be complete… even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days” (Leviticus 23:15

In the words of the Law — Leviticus 23

Verses are pulled verbatim from the King James Version. The pattern lines below are one historic interpretive tradition (the feasts as foreshadowings) — offered for study, not as proof or prediction.

Passover — Leviticus 23:5
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’S passover. — KJV

Pattern (interpretive): Long read as fulfilled at the Cross: “Christ our passover is sacrificed for us” (1 Cor 5:7).

Unleavened Bread — Leviticus 23:6
And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. — KJV

Pattern (interpretive): Read by many as the sinless body in the tomb — “the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth” (1 Cor 5:8).

Firstfruits — Leviticus 23:10
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: — KJV

Pattern (interpretive): Tied by many to the Resurrection — “Christ the firstfruits of them that slept” (1 Cor 15:20).

Pentecost (Weeks) — Leviticus 23:16
Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD. — KJV

Pattern (interpretive): Associated with the Law given at Sinai and, in Acts 2, the outpouring of the Spirit.

Trumpets — Leviticus 23:24
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. — KJV

Pattern (interpretive): Often linked to a future gathering “at the last trump” (1 Cor 15:52) — an interpretation, not a date.

Atonement — Leviticus 23:27
Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. — KJV

Pattern (interpretive): Read in Hebrews as fulfilled by the High Priest who entered “once into the holy place” (Heb 9:12).

Tabernacles — Leviticus 23:34
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. — KJV

Pattern (interpretive): Looked to by many as God dwelling with His people — “the tabernacle of God is with men” (Rev 21:3).

See also the Nativity Date convergence, the Chronology Atlas, the Star of Bethlehem, and the full Scriptorium. For Scripture-first study see /bible-search.

Computed inside davar_http from the fixed (arithmetic) Hebrew calendar of Hillel II — the same reckoning behind printed Jewish calendars — and converted to the Gregorian calendar by Rata Die day numbers (Dershowitz & Reingold). Observational calendars (sighted new moon, aviv barley, Karaite) can shift a date by a day or a whole month, and Firstfruits carries the ancient dispute over "the morrow after the sabbath." Feast days begin at sundown the previous evening. This is a teaching instrument — not prophecy proof and not date-setting — and Scripture, not the calendar, is the authority.

How the Engine Works

First the engine fixes Rosh Hashanah: it computes the molad (the mean conjunction of the new moon) for the year, adds the four classical postponement rules (the dehiyyot) that keep the Day of Atonement and the seventh-day Sabbath from colliding, and lands on the first of Tishri. From that anchor it walks the month lengths of the lunisolar year — which runs 353 to 385 days, with a thirteenth month (Adar II) added seven times in nineteen years — to place every feast, then converts each to the Gregorian calendar through Rata Die day numbers.

The spring feasts and Pentecost are reckoned from Nisan; Pentecost is found by counting the omer, fifty days from Firstfruits. The fall feasts open the seventh month. Everything is plain C running on the server; the page you are reading is the rendered result, with no client JavaScript. Because observational calendars differ, treat the dates as the rabbinic fixed-calendar reckoning, not the only possible one.

Go Deeper

This engine computes a calendar; it does not set dates for prophecy:

The Chronology Atlas — Creation to the Nativity, computed.

The Star of Bethlehem — the night sky over the Nativity.

Apologetics — the case for Scripture, five domains.

Search the Bible — every KJV verse.