Date of Purim

[melengro]

Okay, this is a pretty barebones, specific, technical question:

On what Gregorian date did the Jewish holiday Purim fall in 1977? It's a character's date of birth.

Comments

[y2jdingo]

www.hebcal.com says March 4.

http://www.hebcal.com/hebcal/?year=1977&v=1&month=x&yt=G&nh=on&nx=on&i=off&vis=on&set=on&c=off&geo=zip&zip=&m=72&.cgifields=nx&.cgifields=nh&.s=Get+Calendar

[melengro]

Do we know if that's the day on whose sundown it began or the day through which it continued?

[npkedit]

It started on the night of the 3rd and ended at sundown on the 4th. The 4th was a Friday and Purim can never start on Friday night. If that occurs, it's pushed to Saturday night and Sunday.

[dagonell]

Um, non-jew here. Why can't Purim start on a Friday?
-- Dagonell

[asthecrowfly]

'cause Friday is the start of the Sabbath.