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Every time follows a written rule: the minutes before sunset, the degrees below the horizon, the rounding. They are all on the Method page, with their sources.
This Friday, October 16
Zmanim in New York
5 Cheshvan 5787 · Erev Shabbat Noach
- Dawnsun at 16.1°
- Sunrisenetz
- Latest ShemaVilna Gaon
- Middaychatzot
- Plag hamincha
- Candle lighting18 min before sunset
- Sunsetshkiah
- Nightfallsun at 8.5°
In major cities
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Upcoming holidays
Hanukkah
December 4–12, 2026
First candle on Friday, December 4 evening, before the Shabbat candles.
25 Kislev 5787
Hanukkah 2026Tu BiShvat
Saturday, January 23, 2027
The new year of the trees. It begins on Friday, January 22 evening.
15 Sh'vat 5787
Tu BiShvat 2027Purim
Tuesday, March 23, 2027
Fast of Esther on Monday, March 22. Shushan Purim on Wednesday, March 24, in Jerusalem.
14 Adar II 5787
Purim 2027Passover
April 22–29, 2027
First Seder on Wednesday, April 21 evening. Eight days outside Israel, seven in Israel.
15 Nisan 5787
Passover 2027Times and zmanim
TodayCandle lighting, Havdalah and the zmanim of the day for your city, with the path of the sun.
Every time states its rule: 18 minutes before sunset for candle lighting, the sun 8.5° below the horizon for Havdalah.
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ZmanimShabbat
Every Shabbat on one screen: candle lighting, Havdalah, the parsha and the haftarah of your rite.
A reminder before candle lighting, and the time on your Lock Screen from noon on Friday.
Calendar
Every month in civil and Hebrew dates, with the holidays and the candle-lighting time under each Friday.
Tap a day to see its zmanim and what happens on it.
Family
Add your relatives: Moed works out each one’s yahrzeit and Hebrew birthday every year.
It reminds you ahead of time and gives the time for the yahrzeit candle, which never falls on Shabbat or a holiday.
These dates never leave your phone.
Hillulot
HillulotThe hillula of every tzaddik, day after day.
Moed tells you when it begins: the evening before, at sunset in your city.
A tzaddikWidgets
Widgets for the Home Screen and the Lock Screen.
The Hebrew date, the next zman and Friday’s candle lighting, at a glance.
Your custom
Candle lighting by city, or at 18, 20, 22, 30 or 40 minutes; Havdalah at 8.5° or 72 minutes; latest Shema by the Vilna Gaon or the Magen Avraham.
Every time in the app follows your choice right away.
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Candle lighting for your city, the zmanim of the day, the holidays, your family and the hillulot, with a reminder before every Shabbat.
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Articles
Shabbat
How candle lighting time is calculated
Sunset, 18 minutes, 40 in Jerusalem: where each Friday’s time comes from.
Holidays
How to light the Hanukkah candles: order and blessings
How many lights, from which side, at what time, and what to do when Hanukkah falls on a Friday.