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Why does the Jewish calendar year start in September while the year actually begins in March?

There are two beginning of the year on a Jewish calendar:

1. The civil/solar new year begins in the fall on the 1st of Tishrei (which is the 7th month) while
2. the religious new year begins in the spring on the 1st of Nisan.

Some believe that the date that Adam and Eve were created was in the fall on Tishrei 1 (the 7th month of the Jewish calendar) so believe this month is the beginning of the new year. Others look at Ex 21:2 (NKJV) where God says "This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you." and then He goes on to describe the preperation for the Passover which is in Nisan which is in the spring and why Nisan is the beginning of the new year.

I've heard some suggest that it makes no sense for God to start the year in the fall which is then followed by winter. Rather it makes more sense to start a year in the spring. So why did it start in the Fall?

I don't know for sure on this, but some have suggested that when God created the Earth, Israel was actually in the southern hemisphere meaning that Tishrei would have actually been in the spring time. When the flood came, the tectonic plates shifted moving Israel into its current location in the

So this doesn't really answer the question other than to say that the difference is between the civil and religious year.

Tait - 2026-04-20

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