If your mother passed away on March 18, 2004 then indeed the yahrzeit is observed in Adar I in leap years and Adar during ordinary years.
In fact, this is exactly what the Hebcal Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar produces:
https://www.hebcal.com/yahrzeit?v=yahrzeit&y1=2004&m1=3&d1=18&t1=Yahrzeit
| Sat, 26 Feb 2022 | Person1's 18th Yahrzeit (25th of Adar I) |
| Sat, 18 Mar 2023 | Person1's 19th Yahrzeit (25th of Adar) |
| Tue, 5 Mar 2024 | Person1's 20th Yahrzeit (25th of Adar I) |
| Tue, 25 Mar 2025 | Person1's 21st Yahrzeit (25th of Adar) |
| Sat, 14 Mar 2026 | Person1's 22nd Yahrzeit (25th of Adar) |
| Thu, 4 Mar 2027 | Person1's 23rd Yahrzeit (25th of Adar I) |
Where are you seeing different results for March 18, 2004?
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suggestion for calendar
why not put the Hebrew Date in the daily secular date box as well
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Acharei Mot TTS, 3rd year (2022)
Yad LaTorah (c) 2002 lists Acharei Mot 5782 (2022) 30th April as A3 [Lev 16:1-16:34]. However, hebcal today, 8 February 2022, displays B2 [Lev. 17:1-18:26]. Which is correct? See Yad LaTorah pp. 105-106.
Hi, thanks for using Hebcal's triennial Torah Reading feature.
In December 2021 we updated our Triennial readings to reflect the November 2020 responsa from the CJLS which modified the 3rd year readings for a half-dozen parshiyot. We published a short note about this change on the Hebcal.com website here:
https://www.hebcal.com/home/3824/triennial-torah-reading-revision
Since you reference Yad LaTorah from 2002, this obviously was published before the November 2020 CJLS responsa. So Yad LaTorah was correct at the time it was published, but it has become out-of-date.
HebCal does not list Adar I or Adar II
A relative of mine passed on March 17, 1968. My family yahrzeit list says it was Adar II, but when verifying the dates in HebCal, the system does not indicate it was Adar II. Is the system supposed to indicate whether there was a leapyear that year, and show Adar I or Adar II. If not, this is an essential feature.
Hi, thanks for using the Hebcal Hebrew/Gregorian date converter.
https://www.hebcal.com/converter?gd=17&gm=3&gy=1968&g2h=1
Sun, 17 March 1968 (before sunset) = 17th of Adar, 5728
Hebrew year 5728 was not a leap year (note month: Adar).
Since Hebrew Year 5728 was not a leap year, our converter page displays "Adar" as there is no ambiguity about the month of Adar in a non-leap year.
Hi, thanks for writing to the Hebcal Jewish Calendar support page.
We don't conduct Shabbat services - we're just an online calendar resource.
Hebcal (pronounced HEEB-kal, as in Hebrew calendar) is a free Jewish calendar and holiday web site.
Our mission is to increase awareness of Jewish holidays and to help Jews to be observant of the mitzvot.
We offer a powerful custom Jewish calendar tool that lets you generate a list of Jewish holidays for any year (past, present or future). Also available are a Hebrew date converter, Shabbat candle lighting times and Torah readings (both full kriyah and triennial system), and a page to look up yahrzeits, birthdays and anniversaries.
Hi,
https://www.hebcal.com/converter?gd=29&gm=3&gy=1942&g2h=1
- Sun, 29 March 1942 = 11th of Nisan, 5702
- י״א בְּנִיסָן תש״ב
Since Passover is the 15th of Nisan, the parsha that week was Pesach.
outlook and ios
I created a Yartzheit calendar in HebCal and imported it into my Outlook calendar. I also link all my oulook calendars on my Iphone.
The yartzeit dates display correctly on outlook on my computer. But they are way off on my iPhone. Examples : Outlook date (correct one) followed by the date displayed in iPhone. 1/7-1/31, 1/18-2/11, 1/19-2/12, 1/27-2/20.
Why does it do so and how can I fix it.
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