Finding The True Sabbath On Enoch’s Calendar

As you see, the 364^th day, or the final sabbath of the solar year, is on September 20^th, 2026 — a Sunday. Then, there’s two leap days on September 21^st and 22^nd. From here we reach the fall equinox on the 23^rd, which is day 1 of the next solar year. After this we count to 7, and then reach the new year’s sabbath on September 29^th — a Tuesday.

That’s the difference between a 365-day and 366-day solar year. Subtle, but important to know. The sabbath will always push back 1 or 2 weekdays at the end of September.

So The Sabbath… Moves???

Yes it does.

Contrary to popular belief, the sabbath is not stationary. It’s not a day that can be found on our Sunday through Saturday week, and then be kept the rest of our lives. That may seem logical with today’s calendars, and with our modern perspectives, but on the Creator’s calendar — it’s not. When our days are perfectly aligned to the sun, moon, and stars, it’s actually necessary for the sabbath to shift from year to year.

Here’s why.

Passover Is The Key

Early on in my quest to find the true sabbath, I had a theory. A single, uncompromising thought that I felt could narrow down my search. I believed that whenever the sabbath was, it could never land on the same day as Passover. Not once. Not ever. I believed this for two reasons.

Here’s my first…

1.) The Passover is a preparation day for the Feast of Unleavened Bread; and preparation days come before the sabbath, when we complete all our work before resting.

To show this, we’re given a witness in each of the gospel accounts. When the Messiah was crucified on Passover, as our Passover lamb, it was also called “preparation day.”

Luke 23:53-54 — ⁵³ And taking it down, he wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb hewn out of the rock, where no one was yet laid. ⁵⁴ And it was Preparation day, and the Sabbath was approaching. (The Scriptures)

• • (Check out Matthew 27:59-62, Mark 15:42-43, and John 19:14, 31, 42 for more witnesses.)

It makes sense the Passover is considered a preparation day, does it not? There’s a lot of work to be done as we prepare for the Feast of Unleavened Bread; and the 1^st day of the feast actually is a sabbath. How could we prepare for the feast if there were two sabbaths in a row? I’m not sure that’s even possible.

Here’s my second reason…

2.) Do you know the command that was given to the children of Israel when it came to preparing the Passover offering? It must be roast in fire.

Exodus 12:8-9 — ⁸ And they shall eat the flesh on that night, roasted in fire – with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. ⁹ Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted in fire, its head with its legs and its inward parts. (The Scriptures)

This was the detail that sealed it for me, because one of the things we are not permitted to do on the sabbath is kindle a fire.

Exodus 35:3 — Do not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day. (The Scriptures)

Now, I could make an argument that it’s the kindling of a fire that’s prohibited, and not the fire itself. But even so, that doesn’t take away from the fact that Passover required slaughtering an animal, cooking it, as well as all the other preparations that came for the feast. That’s still a lot of work to be done.

Think about this: would the Father ever give a command that broke another one of his commands? Absolutely not. His ways are perfect, unchanging. With that truth in mind, this only further cemented my original thought….

• • The Passover and the sabbath can never be on the same day.

And not only the Passover, but the 2^nd Passover too. Don’t forget, in Numbers 9 an additional command is given, permitting the Israelites to keep Passover a month later if they are traveling or due to uncleanness. So now, my search got even tighter…

• • The Passover and the 2^nd Passover can never be on the sabbath day.

Boy, this was getting intense. Two days a year, every year, that the 7^th day of the week could never hit. Was that even possible? It had to be. But I had to find it. I had to prove it. And I was going to stop at nothing until I did.

The Wrong Sabbaths

Right away I was able to eliminate the two sabbath options mentioned earlier. The first was the Saturday sabbath, because it’s a stationary day of the week. And because it doesn’t shift with the luminaries, Passover will inevitably land on Saturday at some point. For example in 2015 and 2022, Passover was on a Saturday. No bueno.

The second sabbath option was the lunar sabbath. For those who are unaware, some people keep the sabbath according to each lunar cycle. When the new moon arrives, the sabbath resets, and will be on the 7^th, 14^th, 21^st, and 28^th of that lunar month. I understand the logic, but here’s the problem: Passover is on the 14^th of the 1^st month. So when you’re keeping a lunar sabbath, every year the sabbath and Passover are in violation of each other. Yikes.

The Right Sabbath (With Results)

With Saturday and the moon out of the way, it was on to the solar calendar. I tried several different options across the solar spectrum; and with each one that failed, I could tell I was getting closer. Eventually, with sheer grit and determination, I found what I was searching for: a consistent 7^th day on the Enoch calendar that never falls on Passover. And thankfully, it’s not too hard to find — once you know where to look.

But first, let me prepare you a moment….

In case you don’t know, the sun and moon travel in 19-year cycles. After 19 years, they repeat. And this cycle never stops. So for example, if the 29^th day of the 6^th lunar month is on day 1 of the solar year (as in 2025), then in 19 years (2044) the same days will realign. The pattern is immaculate.

With that understanding, you just need to find the lunisolar pattern over a 19-year period. Then, you can go backwards and forwards, knowing the pattern for as long as the sun and moon have endured, and will endure. That’s easier said that done, believe me. But it is possible. With the Father’s help, all things are.

Alright, with that preparation out of the way, it’s time for the results. This is what the Passover calendar looks like when we start the solar year on the fall equinox. On the left-side of the table, I have Passover and 2^nd Passover. Above them are the 7 days of the solar week (1^st day, 2^nd day, etc.). And in each box I’ve calculated the number of times that Passover and 2^nd Passover land on each day.

Check it out.

When Starting The Solar Year On The Fall Equinox (September)

What do you think? Are you as speechless as I was? I hope so. Because personally, I’ve never seen a greater piece of evidence attesting to our Creator, יהוה, than this. The sun and moon literally revolve around keeping his feasts. The Passover falls on each day of the week multiple times, except for the 7^th day. Same with 2^nd Passover. The only difference is it never falls on the 5^th day either for 2^nd Passover, and I believe that’s a result of the empty 7^th day for the Passover slot shifting back a month. Either way, this is what convinced me that the starting point of the year is the fall equinox, and that the sabbath is 7 days later.

Here’s the same calendar example from 2026, just to give you a better idea of what this looks like. As you’ll see again, day 1 of the solar year is on September 23^rd. For the lunar year, this is the 11^th day of the 7^th month. Tuesday will be the sabbath starting on September 29^th — the 7^th day from the equinox.