Yahrzeit date calculator
Find the Hebrew date of passing and when the yahrzeit falls each year.
How the yahrzeit date is found
The yahrzeit is kept on the Hebrew date of passing. The calculator turns the regular date into a Hebrew date (one day later after sunset), then finds that Hebrew date in each coming year. Special rules apply to Adar in leap years and to the 30th of Cheshvan, Kislev and Adar I, which do not exist every year. These follow Hebcal's yahrzeit rules, the same ones used on our calendars.
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Questions and answers
What is a yahrzeit?
A yahrzeit is the anniversary of a death on the Hebrew calendar. Families light a memorial candle, say Kaddish and often study or give charity in the person's memory.
When does a yahrzeit start?
Like every Hebrew date, a yahrzeit begins at sundown the evening before the regular date shown and lasts until nightfall. Many families light a 24 hour candle at sundown.
What if the person passed away after sunset?
Tick after sunset. After sundown the Hebrew date had already moved to the next day, so the yahrzeit is one Hebrew day later.
What happens to an Adar yahrzeit in a leap year?
If the passing was in Adar of a regular year, Ashkenazic custom observes it in Adar I and Sephardic custom in Adar II, and some observe both. This calculator shows both dates, with Adar I first as the default. See Adar I or Adar II yahrzeit.
Is the first yahrzeit different?
Some customs differ for the first year, for example when burial was several days after the death. Ask your rabbi about the first yahrzeit.