Elul is the 6th month of the Jewish year, roughly corresponding to September.
Elul is the sixth month of the Jewish calendar. It roughly corresponds with September, though its dates shift several days back and forth as the (Hebrew) lunisolar calendar is periodically realigned with the solar seasons (the Gregorian calendar).
In the Hebrew calendar, the month of Av is followed by the month of Elul.
Elul (????) is the 6th month on the Hebrew calendar. The name of the month, like all the other Hebrew months, was brought from the Babylonian Exile. Elul originated from the Akkadian word for "Harvest". A similar month name was also used in Akkadian, in the form el?lu.
Depending on which Hebrew year you are looking at (civil or ecclesiastical), it is either Elul (אלול) or Adar (אדר)
Hebrew month
As of April 18, the Hebrew month is Nissan.
Elul, an autumn month, is the sixth.See also the Related Link.The Hebrew calendar
Elul (אלול)
This may be somewhat confusing, but here it is: Printed Jewish calendars, or books that outline the order of prayers through the year, will begin with the month of 'Tishrei' ... the month in which Rosh Hashana, "Head of the Year", occurs ... usually corresponding to sometime in September. The next month ... second in the printed calendar ... is 'Cheshvan'. But the Torah refers to those months as the seventh and eighth months respectively. As far as the Torah is concerned, the first month is the month of 'Nissan' ... the month in which Passover occurs ... corresponding to some time in March or April. On that basis, the second month is 'Iyar'.
The Hebrew calendar wasn't destroyed, we use it to this day. Today's date is: 14th of Elul, 5771 [September 13, 2011].
after Av (אב) comes Elul (אלול)
The Hebrew month Adar is the same in all countries. It is a Spring month.
In the Hebrew calendar, the month of Nissan immediately precedes Iyar.