Is Tachanun said today?

The answer is for today's daytime prayers. Tachanun is never said at Maariv, so the Jewish date changing at nightfall does not change it.

When Tachanun is not said

Across Ashkenaz, Sfard and Edot HaMizrach, Tachanun is left out:

• On Shabbat and Yom Tov, including Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, Pesach and Shavuot.
• On Rosh Chodesh, both days when it lasts two.
• The whole month of Nisan.
• From Erev Yom Kippur to the end of Tishrei in most communities: Erev Yom Kippur, the days between Yom Kippur and Sukkot, Sukkot, Isru Chag and, by widespread custom, the rest of the month.
• All eight days of Chanukah (25 Kislev to 2 or 3 Tevet).
• Tu BiShvat (15 Shevat).
• Purim and Shushan Purim (14 and 15 Adar, or Adar II in a leap year), and Purim Katan and Shushan Purim Katan (14 and 15 Adar I).
• Pesach Sheni (14 Iyar) and Lag BaOmer (18 Iyar).
• From Rosh Chodesh Sivan through 12 Sivan: the days before Shavuot, Shavuot, and the days of tashlumin after it.
• Tisha B'Av (9 Av), which Eichah calls a mo'ed, and Tu B'Av (15 Av).
• Erev Rosh Hashanah (29 Elul), though many say it within the Selichot that morning.

Tachanun is said on most fast days: Tzom Gedaliah, the 10th of Tevet, Ta'anit Esther and the 17th of Tammuz. Tisha B'Av is the exception.

At Mincha the afternoon before

Tachanun is also left out at Mincha on the afternoon before most of these days: on Friday afternoon before Shabbat, on Erev Rosh Chodesh, Erev Chanukah, Erev Purim, the day before Lag BaOmer, and so on. On Erev Shabbat it is still said at Shacharit.

Who is present

Even on an ordinary weekday, the minyan leaves out Tachanun in a house of mourning during shiva, when a groom is present during his week of sheva brachot, and when the father, sandek or mohel of a baby having a brit milah that day is present. Customs here vary in the details; ask your rabbi.

Where communities differ

• Yom HaAtzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim: most communities in Israel and many religious-Zionist communities elsewhere leave Tachanun out; many others say it.
• The end of Tishrei: most communities wait until after Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan; some resume the day after Isru Chag.
• 13 Sivan: some communities, mostly outside Israel, still leave it out.
• Pesach Sheni: a few communities say it.
• Chassidic communities also leave it out on the yahrzeits of their rebbes and on their own festive days, such as 19 Kislev.

When in doubt, follow your own synagogue and nusach. This page follows the widespread practice found in most siddurim.

Days without Tachanun in 5787 (2026–2027)

Besides every Shabbat. Each row is the daytime of those dates; the Jewish date begins the evening before.

What is Tachanun?

Tachanun ("supplication") follows the Amidah on weekday mornings and afternoons. In Ashkenaz and Sfard its core is nefilat apayim, Psalm 6 said with the head resting on the arm; Sfard first adds Vidui and the Thirteen Attributes. Edot HaMizrach say Vidui, the Thirteen Attributes and Psalm 25, usually without leaning the head. On Monday and Thursday mornings a longer passage, Vehu Rachum, is added in Ashkenaz. Because Tachanun is a plea in a mood of contrition, it is set aside on days of joy.