To be safe, prohibited activity should cease 10 minutes before the stated time.
TIMES FOR PESACH - SYDNEY - 5785/2025
Fast of the First Born: Thursday, 10 April
Search for chametz: Thursday night 10 April after nightfall
Latest time for eating chametz: Before 10.02am Shabbat 12 April
Latest time for selling & burning : Friday 11 April, before 10.59am.
Latest time for removal of chametz: Shabbat morning 10.59am The ‘Kol Chamira’ should have been recited by this time.
Candle Lighting:
1st night Yom Tov at 6.12pm
2nd night Yom Tov after 6.12pm
Shabbat & 7th night Yom Tov at 5.11pm
8th night Yom Tov after 6.05pm
The Seder: Should not begin before 6.12pm on Saturday night, 12 April. The second seder night is Sunday, 13 April after nightfall
Pesach Ends: Sunday 20 April at 6.15pm. Chametz maybe eaten from 6.25pm
TIMES FOR PESACH
Latest times for eating chametz Shabbat morning 12 April 2025
| City |
Times for Burning Chametz on Friday morning
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Times for stopping to eat chametz on shabbat morning
12 April 2025 |
Time for saying Kol Chamira on Shabbat morning
12 April 2025 |
Times for Candle Lighting on Friday Evening
11 April 2025 |
Times for candle lighting on First Seder night. Satuday night 12 April 2025 |
| Jerusalem | 11.36am | 10.32am | 11.36am | 6.29pm | 7.41pm |
| Sydney | 10.59am | 10.02am | 10.59am | 5.20pm | 6.12pm |
| Melbourne | 11.25am | 10.28am | 11.25am | 5.41pm | 6.35pm |
| Adelaide | 11.19pm | 10.22am | 11.19am | 5.40pm | 6.33pm |
| Brisbane | 10.51am | 9.53am | 10.51am | 5.17pm | 6.10pm |
| Perth | 10.20am | 10.23am | 11.21am | 5.44pm | 6.38pm |
| Canberra | 11.06am | 10.10am | 11.06am | 5.27pm | 6.21pm |
| Hobart | 11.16am | 10.20am | 11.16am | 5.27pm | 6.21pm |
| Darwin | 11.49am | 10.49am | 11.49am | 6.26pm | 7.20pm |
| New Zealand | |||||
| Auckland | 11.26am | 10.28am | 11.26am | 5.43pm | 6.37pm |
| Wellington | 11.24am | 10.29am | 11.24am | 5.39pm | 6.33pm |
| Christchurch | 11.36am | 10.39am | 11.36am | 5.45pm | 6.39pm |
1. We list Jerusalem times in line with the Biblical teaching that Jerusalem be always our focus at any joyous time
2. The time of Candle Lighting Thursday night is the time when 1st night yom tov ends; no preparation may be made before that time, for the seder.