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Counting the Omer 2026

Forty-nine days are counted from the omer, the first sheaf of the barley harvest, to Shavuot, as the Torah commands in Leviticus 23:15–16. Each evening the new day is counted aloud.

In 2026: in Masorti and Reform practice the first count is on the evening of Thursday 2 April 2026, and Shavuot is on Friday 22 May 2026. Karaites count from Sunday 5 April 2026, and Shavuot is on Sunday 24 May 2026.

Masorti and Reform

From the second night of Pesach

The count begins on 16 Nisan, the second day of Pesach, and is said at nightfall for the day that is beginning, so the first count is on the evening of the first day of Pesach. Lag BaOmer is the 33rd day. Israel counts on the same evenings.

Day	Counted on the evening of	The count
1	Thu 2 Apr, nightfall	1 day
2	Fri 3 Apr, nightfall	2 days
3	Sat 4 Apr, nightfall	3 days
4	Sun 5 Apr, nightfall	4 days
5	Mon 6 Apr, nightfall	5 days
6	Tue 7 Apr, nightfall	6 days
7	Wed 8 Apr, nightfall	1 week
8	Thu 9 Apr, nightfall	1 week and 1 day
9	Fri 10 Apr, nightfall	1 week and 2 days
10	Sat 11 Apr, nightfall	1 week and 3 days
11	Sun 12 Apr, nightfall	1 week and 4 days
12	Mon 13 Apr, nightfall	1 week and 5 days
13	Tue 14 Apr, nightfall	1 week and 6 days
14	Wed 15 Apr, nightfall	2 weeks
15	Thu 16 Apr, nightfall	2 weeks and 1 day
16	Fri 17 Apr, nightfall	2 weeks and 2 days
17	Sat 18 Apr, nightfall	2 weeks and 3 days
18	Sun 19 Apr, nightfall	2 weeks and 4 days
19	Mon 20 Apr, nightfall	2 weeks and 5 days
20	Tue 21 Apr, nightfall	2 weeks and 6 days
21	Wed 22 Apr, nightfall	3 weeks
22	Thu 23 Apr, nightfall	3 weeks and 1 day
23	Fri 24 Apr, nightfall	3 weeks and 2 days
24	Sat 25 Apr, nightfall	3 weeks and 3 days
25	Sun 26 Apr, nightfall	3 weeks and 4 days
26	Mon 27 Apr, nightfall	3 weeks and 5 days
27	Tue 28 Apr, nightfall	3 weeks and 6 days
28	Wed 29 Apr, nightfall	4 weeks
29	Thu 30 Apr, nightfall	4 weeks and 1 day
30	Fri 1 May, nightfall	4 weeks and 2 days
31	Sat 2 May, nightfall	4 weeks and 3 days
32	Sun 3 May, nightfall	4 weeks and 4 days
33	Mon 4 May, nightfall	4 weeks and 5 days Lag BaOmer
34	Tue 5 May, nightfall	4 weeks and 6 days
35	Wed 6 May, nightfall	5 weeks
36	Thu 7 May, nightfall	5 weeks and 1 day
37	Fri 8 May, nightfall	5 weeks and 2 days
38	Sat 9 May, nightfall	5 weeks and 3 days
39	Sun 10 May, nightfall	5 weeks and 4 days
40	Mon 11 May, nightfall	5 weeks and 5 days
41	Tue 12 May, nightfall	5 weeks and 6 days
42	Wed 13 May, nightfall	6 weeks
43	Thu 14 May, nightfall	6 weeks and 1 day
44	Fri 15 May, nightfall	6 weeks and 2 days
45	Sat 16 May, nightfall	6 weeks and 3 days
46	Sun 17 May, nightfall	6 weeks and 4 days
47	Mon 18 May, nightfall	6 weeks and 5 days
48	Tue 19 May, nightfall	6 weeks and 6 days
49	Wed 20 May, nightfall	7 weeks

Karaite

From the morrow after the Sabbath

Karaites read “the morrow after the Sabbath” as the Sunday in the Feast of Unleavened Bread, so the count begins on a Sunday and Shavuot always falls on a Sunday. Each day is counted at sunset, when the day begins. Karaite dates are projected, and may move a day once the new moon is sighted.

Day	Counted on the evening of	The count
1	Sat 4 Apr, sunset	1 day
2	Sun 5 Apr, sunset	2 days
3	Mon 6 Apr, sunset	3 days
4	Tue 7 Apr, sunset	4 days
5	Wed 8 Apr, sunset	5 days
6	Thu 9 Apr, sunset	6 days
7	Fri 10 Apr, sunset	1 week
8	Sat 11 Apr, sunset	1 week and 1 day
9	Sun 12 Apr, sunset	1 week and 2 days
10	Mon 13 Apr, sunset	1 week and 3 days
11	Tue 14 Apr, sunset	1 week and 4 days
12	Wed 15 Apr, sunset	1 week and 5 days
13	Thu 16 Apr, sunset	1 week and 6 days
14	Fri 17 Apr, sunset	2 weeks
15	Sat 18 Apr, sunset	2 weeks and 1 day
16	Sun 19 Apr, sunset	2 weeks and 2 days
17	Mon 20 Apr, sunset	2 weeks and 3 days
18	Tue 21 Apr, sunset	2 weeks and 4 days
19	Wed 22 Apr, sunset	2 weeks and 5 days
20	Thu 23 Apr, sunset	2 weeks and 6 days
21	Fri 24 Apr, sunset	3 weeks
22	Sat 25 Apr, sunset	3 weeks and 1 day
23	Sun 26 Apr, sunset	3 weeks and 2 days
24	Mon 27 Apr, sunset	3 weeks and 3 days
25	Tue 28 Apr, sunset	3 weeks and 4 days
26	Wed 29 Apr, sunset	3 weeks and 5 days
27	Thu 30 Apr, sunset	3 weeks and 6 days
28	Fri 1 May, sunset	4 weeks
29	Sat 2 May, sunset	4 weeks and 1 day
30	Sun 3 May, sunset	4 weeks and 2 days
31	Mon 4 May, sunset	4 weeks and 3 days
32	Tue 5 May, sunset	4 weeks and 4 days
33	Wed 6 May, sunset	4 weeks and 5 days
34	Thu 7 May, sunset	4 weeks and 6 days
35	Fri 8 May, sunset	5 weeks
36	Sat 9 May, sunset	5 weeks and 1 day
37	Sun 10 May, sunset	5 weeks and 2 days
38	Mon 11 May, sunset	5 weeks and 3 days
39	Tue 12 May, sunset	5 weeks and 4 days
40	Wed 13 May, sunset	5 weeks and 5 days
41	Thu 14 May, sunset	5 weeks and 6 days
42	Fri 15 May, sunset	6 weeks
43	Sat 16 May, sunset	6 weeks and 1 day
44	Sun 17 May, sunset	6 weeks and 2 days
45	Mon 18 May, sunset	6 weeks and 3 days
46	Tue 19 May, sunset	6 weeks and 4 days
47	Wed 20 May, sunset	6 weeks and 5 days
48	Thu 21 May, sunset	6 weeks and 6 days
49	Fri 22 May, sunset	7 weeks

In ActivePray, the count stands on the Today tab each day of the Omer, with a reminder in the evening if you turn it on.

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