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Hanukkah candle lighting dates are different when using converter
Hi, I tried to convert the first day of candle lighting on Hebcal converter. When entering 10 December 2020 ( After Sunset), it says Chanukah: 2 candles. The Hebcal calendar says Chanukah starts 10 December 2020 at sundown which means we light 1 Candle with shamash? It would be very helpful if someone can confirm this. Thank you.
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Thanks for the feedback. We agree that the date converter gives confusing results. We have changed it for past and future years to be more clear:
https://www.hebcal.com/converter?gd=10&gm=12&gy=2020&gs=on&g2h=1
When you look at the month view on the calendar results page or via one of our downloads, we still display the number of candles
December 2020
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Chanukah: 1 Candle | 11 Chanukah: 2 Candles | 12 Chanukah: 3 Candles |
13 Chanukah: 4 Candles | 14 Chanukah: 5 Candles | 15 Chanukah: 6 Candles | 16 Chanukah: 7 Candles | 17 Chanukah: 8 Candles | 18 Chanukah: 8th Day | 19 |
20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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Thanks for the feedback. We agree that the date converter gives confusing results. We have changed it for past and future years to be more clear:
https://www.hebcal.com/converter?gd=10&gm=12&gy=2020&gs=on&g2h=1
When you look at the month view on the calendar results page or via one of our downloads, we still display the number of candles
https://www.hebcal.com/hebcal?v=1&maj=on&min=on&i=off&year=2020&yt=G&month=12&lg=s&c=off&geo=none&nx=off&mod=off&mf=off&ss=off&set=off
December 2020
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Chanukah: 1 Candle11
Chanukah: 2 Candles12
Chanukah: 3 Candles13
Chanukah: 4 Candles14
Chanukah: 5 Candles15
Chanukah: 6 Candles16
Chanukah: 7 Candles17
Chanukah: 8 Candles18
Chanukah: 8th Day19
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