Hebrew

Name

Canaanite

Name

Sacred

Month

Civil

Month

English

Equivalent

Fasts, Feasts, Etc.

Nisan

Abib

1

7

March/April

1^st  new moon

14^th Passover Lamb killed, begin unleavened bread

15^th Feast of Unleavened Bread

16^th Feast of First-Fruits (Harvest begins)

21^st Passover ends

Iyyar

ZIF

2

8

April-May

1^st new moon

6^th fast

10^th fast: death of Eli, Philistines capture ark

14^th Passover for those who missed the Passover

Sivan

3

9

May-June

1^st &nbspnew moon

6^th Pentecost, Feast of Weeks

Tammuz

4

10

June-July

Ab

5

11

July-August

1^st  new moon

Elul

ETHANIM

6

12

July-August

1^st  new moon

Tishri 

7

1

September-October

1^st  new moon, Beginning of the civil year

The Feast of Trumpets

10^th Day of Atonement

15^th Feast of
Tabernacles

22^nd 8th day of the Feast of Tabernacles.

Marcheshvan

BUL

8

2

October-November

1^st  new moon

Chislev

9

3

November-December

1^st new moon

Tebeth

10

4

December-January

1^st  new moon

Shebat 

11

5

January-February

1^st  new moon

Adar

12

6

February-March

1^st  new moon

VEADAR WeAdar (Adar)

13

The intercalated year

1^st  new moon

Four years out of every eleven years had 13 months