Adar I

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Hebrew calendar month intercalary month leap month

Adar I is the leap-year intercalary month added to the Hebrew calendar before the regular month of Adar.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Adar II	4
Adar Aleph	1
Adar Rishon	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hebrew calendar month ⓘ intercalary month ⓘ leap month ⓘ
addedBefore	Adar ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Adar I ⓘ surface form: Adar Aleph Adar I ⓘ surface form: Adar Rishon First Adar ⓘ
associatedWithHoliday	Purim Katan ⓘ
calendarFunction	intercalation to align lunar months with solar year ⓘ
calendarType	religious year numbering ⓘ
containsFast	Ta’anit Esther in some traditions ⓘ
contrastedWith	Adar ⓘ surface form: Adar (in common years) Adar II ⓘ
follows	Tevet ⓘ surface form: Shevat
halachicNote	major Purim is observed in Adar II, not Adar I ⓘ
hasApproximateGregorianOccurrence	February–March ⓘ
hasLength	30 days ⓘ
hasNumericDesignation	month 12 in leap years ⓘ
holidayStatus	regular month for most religious observances ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
occursFrequency	7 times in every 19-year Metonic cycle ⓘ
occursIn	Hebrew leap year ⓘ
occursInYearsOfCycle	11th year of 19-year cycle ⓘ 14th year of 19-year cycle ⓘ 17th year of 19-year cycle ⓘ 19th year of 19-year cycle ⓘ 3rd year of 19-year cycle ⓘ 6th year of 19-year cycle ⓘ 8th year of 19-year cycle ⓘ
partOf	Hebrew calendar ⓘ
positionInLeapYear	12th month ⓘ month before Adar II ⓘ
precedes	Adar ⓘ Adar I self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Adar II
PurimKatanDate	14 Adar I ⓘ
ShushanPurimKatanDate	15 Adar I ⓘ
usedByCommunity	Karaite Jews ⓘ surface form: Karaite Judaism Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
usedFor	dating of Jewish legal documents in leap years ⓘ
usedIn	Hebrew calendar ⓘ surface form: lunisolar Hebrew calendar
usedInContext	Jewish civil life in Hebrew dates ⓘ Jewish liturgy ⓘ Jewish religious observance ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adar I → alsoKnownAs → Adar I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adar Rishon

Adar I → alsoKnownAs → Adar I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adar Aleph

Nisan → followsMonthInLeapYears → Adar I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adar II

Hebrew calendar → hasLeapMonth → Adar I ⓘ

Adar → hasLeapYearVariant → Adar I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adar II

Hebrew calendar → hasMonth → Adar I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adar II

Purim Katan → occursInAdarIvsAdarII → Adar I ⓘ

Purim Katan → occursInMonth → Adar I ⓘ

Adar I → precedes → Adar I self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adar II