When Is Hanukkah 2024 Start Date. Hanukkah 2024 begins at sundown on wednesday, december 25 and ends the evening of thursday, january 2, 2025 (8 nights). The first night of hanukkah 2024 starts at nightfall on wednesday, dec.

The timing of hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the second. Hanukkah starts on the hebrew calendar date of 25 kislev.