Thanks. I was looking at a couple of different versions of the Ezras Torah luach today, and I see they list following two different ways of announcing (see below, highlighting mine). 

I checked the Miles Cohen Luach (used by the conservative movement) and I didn't find molad announcements at first glance.

I think we can improve how Molad times are rendered. Picking a compact form like "Wednesday, 7:18am and 7 chalakim" might be preferred over the long form announced in synagogue.

From Ezras Torah luach 5781:

Thus, the

traditional way of announcing the Molad

for MarCheshvan would be to announce:

"The Molad for MarCheshvan will be

Shabbos morning, twenty three minutes

after 3." (The times of Molad is in Israel,

see page 70).

"The Molad for MarCheshvan will be

Shabbos morning, twenty three minutes

after 3."

And from 5780:

THE TIMES OF

מולדות THE NEW MOON

The Molads are announced by the

Gabbai at the time of the Blessing of the

New Month, which takes place on the

Shabbos before Rosh Chodesh (with the

exception of the month of Tishrei whose

Molad is not announced). The time for

the Molad of each month is traditionally

expressed in the days, minutes, and

Chalokim after the hour. (A Cheilek, the

smallest traditional measurement of

the time, is 1/1080 of an hour, or 1/18

of a minute, which amounts to a little

more than three seconds.) Thus, the

traditional way of announcing the

Molad for MarCheshvan would be to

announce: “The Molad for MarCheshvan

will be Monday, Oct. 28, 6:34 PM and

6 Chalokim.” (The times of Molad is in

Israel, see page 67).

TISHREI: – Sunday, Sep. 29, 5:50 AM

and 5 Chalokim.

MARCHESHVAN: – Monday, Oct. 28

6:34 PM and 6 Chalokim.

KISLEV: – Wednesday, Nov. 27, 7:18

AM and 7 Chalokim.

TEVES: – Thursday, Dec. 26, 8:02 PM

and 8 Chalokim.

SHEVAT: – Saturday, Jan. 25, 8:46 AM

and 9 Chalokim.

ADAR: – Sunday, Feb. 23, 9:30 PM

and 10 Chalokim.

NISAN: – Tuesday, March 24, 10:14

AM and 11 Chalokim.

IYAR: – Wednesday, April 22, 10:58

PM and 12 Chalokim.

SIVAN: – Friday, May 22, 11:42 AM

and 13 Chalokim.

TAMUZ: – Sunday, June 21, 12:26 AM

and 14 Chalokim.

AV: – Monday, July 20, 1:10 PM. and

15 Chalokim.

ELUL: – Wednesday, August 19, 1:54

AM and 16 Chalokim.

We have added Molad times to the Hebrew Date converter. They appear on the Shabbat prior to Rosh Chodesh.

On weekdays, the sections from Prophets and Writings in Tanakh Yomi are recited according to the ancient Masoretic division of sedarim. Hebcal uses the section divisions as published by Sefaria.org.

For example, looking at recent days:

Friday, 24 October 2025

Joshua Seder 9

Joshua 14:15-17:3

Sunday, 26 October 2025

Joshua Seder 10

Joshua 17:4-18:27

Monday, 27 October 2025

Joshua Seder 11

Joshua 18:28-19:50

Indeed, the Masoretic sectional divisions seem closely but not perfectly aligned with modern chapter divisions.

I'm not an expert in why and how the Masoretic sectional divisions differ from modern chapter divisions. 

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Thanks for the suggestion about adding molad times to the Hebrew date converter.

If you'd like to see historical molad, you can use the undocumented molad=1 URL parameter on the Custom Calendar page like this:

https://www.hebcal.com/hebcal?v=1&year=5783&yt=H&molad=1&maj=off&min=off&nx=off&mod=off&mf=off&ss=off

Molad times are displayed in the "memo" field of our Shabbat Mevarchim calendar feed

https://www.hebcal.com/ical/#heading-mevarchim

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