Yom Kippur fast times for your city
This page gives the Yom Kippur fast times for your city — candle lighting, the start of the fast at sunset and its end at nightfall — and the start and end of every other Jewish fast of the year: Tisha B’Av, Tzom Gedaliah, Asara B’Tevet, Ta’anit Esther, the Fast of the Firstborn and the 17th of Tammuz.
Communities differ about when nightfall comes and when a minor fast begins, so the page shows the choices: dawn at 16.1° or 72 minutes before sunrise, and nightfall by the angle of the Sun or a fixed number of minutes after sunset. The defaults match the widely used Hebcal calendar.
How to use the Yom Kippur & Jewish Fast Times
- Choose your City, or press Use my location.
- Enter the Year; the page opens at the next Yom Kippur.
- Set the candle lighting minutes your community uses (18 in most places, 40 in Jerusalem).
- Pick when minor fasts begin and when fasts end, as your rabbi rules.
- Read the table, then copy the times or Add to calendar.
Yom Kippur & Jewish Fast Times features
Every fast of the year
The two full fasts and the five minor public fasts, with moved dates shown.
Times for any city
Sunrise, sunset, dawn and nightfall from the Sun’s position for your coordinates and time zone.
Halachic options
Dawn by angle or minutes, and nightfall at 8.5°, 7.083°, 6.45°, or 42, 50 or 72 minutes.
Fast length
How long each fast lasts with the options you chose.
Calendar export
An .ics file with the start and end of every fast.
When the fasts begin and end
Yom Kippur (10 Tishrei) and Tisha B’Av (9 Av) are full fasts of about 25 hours: they begin at sunset on the evening before and end at nightfall the next day. On Yom Kippur candles are lit before sunset, and many begin the fast a little earlier still (tosefet Yom Kippur). The minor fasts — Tzom Gedaliah, Asara B’Tevet, Ta’anit Esther, the Fast of the Firstborn on the eve of Pesach and the 17th of Tammuz — run from dawn (alot hashachar) to nightfall of the same day.
Dawn is commonly taken as the Sun 16.1° below the horizon, or 72 minutes before sunrise. Nightfall (tzeit hakochavim) is when three stars appear: many use the Sun 8.5° below the horizon at the end of Shabbat and Yom Kippur, and earlier angles such as 7.083° or 6.45° at the end of other fasts; others wait a fixed 42, 50 or 72 minutes after sunset. The defaults here are Hebcal’s, and the automatic test compares 22 New York times for 2026 and 2027 with Hebcal to the minute.
| Fast | Hebrew date | Runs | If on Shabbat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tzom Gedaliah | 3 Tishrei | dawn to nightfall | Sunday |
| Yom Kippur | 10 Tishrei | sunset to nightfall | kept on Shabbat |
| Asara B’Tevet | 10 Tevet | dawn to nightfall | never on Shabbat |
| Ta’anit Esther | 13 Adar | dawn to nightfall | the Thursday before |
| Fast of the Firstborn | 14 Nisan | dawn (ended by a siyum) | the Thursday before |
| 17th of Tammuz | 17 Tammuz | dawn to nightfall | Sunday |
| Tisha B’Av | 9 Av | sunset to nightfall | Sunday |
Planning the day
Eat the pre-fast meal so that you finish before the start time shown, and plan to break the fast only after the end time. For festival candle-lighting and the whole year’s holidays see the Jewish holidays calendar; for weekly times see Shabbat times. The fast of the firstborn is usually discharged by attending a siyum on the morning of the eve of Pesach.
Yom Kippur & Jewish Fast Times FAQ
When does Yom Kippur 2026 start and end in New York?
Candle lighting is at 6:38 pm on Sunday 20 September 2026, the fast begins at sunset (6:56 pm) and ends at 7:35 pm on Monday 21 September with the default nightfall.
How long is the Yom Kippur fast?
About 25 hours from sunset to nightfall; the page shows the exact length for your city and options.
When does the fast end tonight?
Choose your city: the end time in the table is nightfall by the option you picked. Some wait longer, such as 72 minutes after sunset.
What time does a minor fast begin?
At dawn — the default is the Sun 16.1° below the horizon, which is often 70–90 minutes before sunrise.
Why do websites give different Yom Kippur fast times?
They use different definitions of nightfall and different candle-lighting minutes; this page shows which one it uses and lets you change it.
Do I have to fast if I am ill or pregnant?
Rules differ for illness, pregnancy and nursing — ask your rabbi and your doctor.