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WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN<br />
<strong>Jesus</strong> <strong>was</strong> certainly born sometime in this month<br />
If we extrapolate the Gregorian Calendar the Hebrew month of<br />
Tevet falls in the months of December/January whatever the year<br />
of <strong>Jesus</strong>’ birth <strong>was</strong>.<br />
January 1, 1 AD is 18 Tevet a Monday<br />
Date of 25 Dec 8 BC <strong>was</strong> 25 Tevet 3574<br />
Date of 25 Dec 7 BC <strong>was</strong> 6 Tevet 3575<br />
Date of 25 Dec 6 BC <strong>was</strong> 16 Tevet 3576<br />
Date of 25 Dec 5 BC <strong>was</strong> 27 Tevet 3577<br />
Date of 25 Dec 4 BC <strong>was</strong> 9 Tevet 3578<br />
Date of 25 Dec 3 BC <strong>was</strong> 20 Tevet 3579<br />
Date of 25 Dec 2 BC <strong>was</strong> 1 Shevat 3580<br />
Date of 25 Dec 1 BC <strong>was</strong> 11 Tevet 3581<br />
These are arrived at by using the fourth century calendar system.<br />
There is always a possibility of error due to possible insertion of a 13 th<br />
month of variable days as Adar II called intercalary month to correct<br />
the sidereal change to accommodate season. Along with that, we have<br />
some uncertainty due to the uncertainty of the sixth month of<br />
pregnancy of Elizabeth. This will introduce a difference of up to 15 +<br />
days either way. This is exactly what we see here. The date of birth<br />
we estimated <strong>was</strong> 14 Tevet<br />
14 (+/-)15 is between 29 and 1 of Tevet or more which is equivalent to<br />
between 15 th of December and January 15 th which allows for extreme<br />
uncertainties in the pregnancy of Elizabeth and of Mary.<br />
Christmas in fact <strong>was</strong> celebrated on January 7 for many Orthodox<br />
churches, January 6 for the Armenian Apostolic Church and January 19<br />
for the Armenians of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. It is certain that<br />
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