Dates
Tu B'Av 2025
Begins at sundown on August 8, 2025 and ends at nightfall on August 9, 2025.
Starts
August 8, 2025
at sundown
Ends
August 9, 2025
at nightfall
Length
1 day
work permitted
Years on file
7 years
2024 to 2030
Tu B'Av 2025 ended on August 9, 2025. The dates, times and customs below are kept as a record.
Next: Tu B'Av 2027, sundown August 17, 2027 →Israel or the diaspora?
Same date everywhere; barely marked outside Israel.
Tu B'Av is a minor festival described in the Mishnah as one of the happiest days of the year, when unmarried women would dance in the vineyards.
On the ground
What happens in Israel
Modern Israel treats it as a day for love and romance, with weddings, concerts and heavy advertising.
Every year on file
Tu B'Av in other years
The Hebrew calendar is lunisolar, so the Gregorian date moves by up to a month from year to year but stays in the same season.
The rest of 2025
Other Jewish holidays in 2025
8 of the 14 other dates on the 2025 calendar, in the order they fall. Each has its own page for 2025.
February 13, 2025
Tu BiShvat 2025
The new year of the trees. Tree planting in Israel and eating the fruits of the land.
March 14, 2025
Purim 2025
Celebrates the rescue of the Jews of Persia as told in the Book of Esther. Megillah readings, costumes, mishloach manot and festive meals.
April 13, 2025
Passover (Pesach) 2025
The festival of freedom, marking the Exodus from Egypt. Seder nights, matzah, and no chametz for eight days (seven in Israel).
April 24, 2025
Yom HaShoah 2025
Holocaust Remembrance Day. In Israel a two-minute siren brings the country to a standstill.
April 30, 2025
Yom HaZikaron 2025
Israel's Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror, the day before Independence Day.
May 1, 2025
Yom HaAtzmaut 2025
Israel's Independence Day, marking the declaration of the state in 1948.
May 16, 2025
Lag BaOmer 2025
The 33rd day of the Omer count. Bonfires, weddings and celebrations at Mount Meron.
June 2, 2025
Shavuot 2025
The festival of receiving the Torah at Sinai. All-night learning and dairy foods. Two days in the diaspora, one in Israel.
Frequently asked questions
When is Tu B'Av 2025?+
Tu B'Av 2025 begins at sundown on August 8, 2025 and ends at nightfall on August 9, 2025. Jewish days start in the evening, so the first full day is August 9, 2025.
How long is Tu B'Av?+
1 day. Same date everywhere; barely marked outside Israel.
Is Tu B'Av different in Israel?+
Same date everywhere; barely marked outside Israel.
What happens in Israel on Tu B'Av?+
Modern Israel treats it as a day for love and romance, with weddings, concerts and heavy advertising.