ASHORTWORK
Biblical Understanding based on the Record of Scripture
YHVH created the sun and the moon and set them in the heavens, in part, to show when to observe His Festivals. The date listed on this calendar for the start of the 1st month and the 7th month is based on the first projected sighting, after sunset, of the renewing of the light of the moon.
Leviticus 23:26-28 NKJV
And the LORD spoke unto Moses saying:
"Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the day of Atonement (Coverings). It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.
And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement (Coverings), to make Atonement (Covering) for you before the LORD your God. ..."