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Years 2011 - 2020

CIVIL YEAR	New Moon (conjunction) Times		A likely first sighting at Jerusalem on	New Year's Day	First Day of Unleavened Bread	Last Day of Unleavened Bread	Feast of Pentecost	Feast of Trumpets	Fast of Atonement	First Day of Tabernacles	Last Great Day of Tabernacles
2011	Abib	3 April 16:32	4 April	5 April	19 April	25 April	8 June	29 September	8 October	13 October	20 October
	Ethanim	27 September 13:09	28 September
2012	Abib	22 March 16:37	23 March	24 March	7 April	13 April	27 May	17 September	26 September	1 October	8 October
	Ethanim	16 September 04:11	17 September
2013	Abib	11 March 21:51	13 March	13 March	27 March	2 April	16 May	7 September	16 September	21 September	28 September
	Ethanim	5 September 13:36	6 September
2014	Abib	30 March 20:45	1 April	1 April	15 April	21 April	4 June	26 September	5 October	10 October	17 October
	Ethanim	24 September 08:14	25 September
2015	Abib	20 March 11:36	21 March	22 March	5 April	11 April	25 June	15 September	24 September	29 September	6 October
	Ethanim	13 September 08:31	14 September
2016 *	Abib	9 March 03:54	10 March	10 March	24 March	30 March	13 May	3 September	12 September	17 September	24 September
	Ethanim	1 September 11:03	2 September
2017	Abib	28 March 04:57	29 March	29 March	12 April	18 April	1 June	22 September	1 October	6 October	13 October
	Ethanim	20 September 07:30	21 September
2018	Abib	17 March 15:11	18 March	19 March	2 April	8 April	22 May	11 September	20 September	25 September	2 October
	Ethanim	9 September 20:01	11 September
2019	Abib	6 March 18:04	7 March	8 March	22 March	28 March	11 May	1 September	10 September	15 September	22 September
	Ethanim	30 August 12:37	31 August
2020	Abib	24 March 11:28	25 March	26 March	9 April	15 April	29 May	19 September	28 September	3 October	10 October
	Ethanim	20 September 07:30	21 September

NOTE: An asterisk (*) beside the year 2016 in the chart above means the sacred calendar year will be started one month earlier than in the popular Jewish calendar. See below for Alternative Dates.

Why the Difference?

2. FIRST SIGHTINGS OF THE NEW MOON
As stated in the Calendar booklet concerning First Visibility:
It is not possible to infallibly predict the exact date and time of the first sighting of a new moon. Greenwich Observatory in England confirms this fact. Therefore when setting up a calendar in advance, it is necessary to proceed using all the known facts at one's disposal; facts such as

• Conjunction times in Jerusalem Standard Time (JST).
• New moon-rise & new moon-set times in JST.
• Full moon times in JST.

• First Sightings of the New Moon: The earliest recorded time a new moon has been seen with the naked eye after a conjunction (the astronomical new moon) is just under 15 hours. Normally first sightings occur anytime between 15 and 48 hours after a conjunction.
  This has led us to follow the 'General Guideline' of allowing a minimum of 24 hours after a conjunction for the new born crescent to become visible. If a month is begun on the day of the conjunction, as is the case in some 40% of months in the Jewish calendar, then the month will be started a day early!
• Morning Sightings: A new moon may be looked for in the evening of the 29^th day of each month OR on the morning of the 30^th day. This was the practice of the ancient Sanhedrin.
  If on the morning of the 30^th day the new moon was seen, then the day was reckoned as the 1^st of the new month and not the 30^th of old. If morning sightings are not undertaken, then it is possible that some months could be started a day late!
• Full Moon: Another point to be considered when setting the start date of a month in advance is the time when the full moon will occur. In the two festival months of Abib (Nisan) and Ethanim (Tishri) it is important to ensure that the start of the 15th day occurs as near as possible to the full moon. This will ensure that the First Day of Unleavened Bread and the Feast of Tabernacles (occurring as they do on the 15^th days) will be observed at the 'fullness of time,' that is when the moon is full. If these festival months are begun too late because a morning sighting was not undertaken, then these two feasts will be observed a day late!

3. THE YEARS 2016 & 2019
You will notice from the chart above that in these years A Voice In The Wilderness - Canada has started the year a month before the popular Jewish calendar. The reason is that we have selected the new moon nearest the true equinox (20^th March) to begin Abib (Nisan). In year 2016 this conjunction occurs on 9^th March at 03:54 hours (Jerusalem Time) and the new moon is expected to be seen on the morning of 10^th, thus making 10^th March the 1^st Abib.

4. SIGNS IN THE SKY
Many believers become polarised about the matter of keeping the correct Feast days. It is, of course, vitally important; and that is why A Voice In The Wilderness - Canada makes such an effort to get it right. But let no one forget that the GREAT FEASTS (the realities to which all the current feasts point) will be miraculously highlighted by signs in the sun, moon and stars! We will not then be dependant upon computer printout, or the knowledge and skill of leaders feverishly arguing amongst themselves as to who is correct.

In the near future there shall be SIGNS IN THE SKY which will clearly mark out the correct feasts, sacred seasons or Sabbatical Year just as they did when the Saviour hung on the cross. On that occasion the sun went out for over three hours. That was no eclipse by any means; for an eclipse only lasts a few minutes.

Matt.27: 45

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

When the Saviour died on that memorable day, even the Roman soldier confessed:

ALTERNATIVE DATES
The following dates are given for those who wish to celebrate the Feasts in
A.D. 2016 a month after A Voice In The Wilderness - Canada.