We are no nearer locating the — er — source of all this unpleasantness. Ron and Hermione were supposed to be studying for their exams, which would finish on the day of the third task, but they were putting most of their efforts into helping Harry prepare. While none of the explicitly mentioned dates are the end of term, we can approximate the end of term using various bits of information scattered through the books.
The first chapter of Chamber of Secrets takes place on Harry's birthday July 31st. This doesn't tell us how many weeks it has been. However, we know from another passage that it is more than two weeks:. For the first couple of weeks back, Harry had enjoyed muttering nonsense words under his breath and watching Dudley tearing out of the room as fast as his fat legs would carry him.
But the long silence from Ron and Hermione had made Harry feel so cut off from the magical world that even taunting Dudley had lost its appeal — and now Ron and Hermione had forgotten his birthday.
These quotes are not really enough to narrow down a precise end of term it could be referring to anything like weeks earlier which could put the end of the term anywhere from mid-June to early July. In the beginning of Prisoner of Azkaban we are told that Harry received a phone call from Ron one week into vacation:. So Harry had had no word from any of his wizarding friends for five long weeks, and this summer was turning out to be almost as bad as the last one.
He had been thirteen years old, without realizing it, for a whole hour. If we count the five weeks as starting from Ron's phone call then Harry's birthday would have been six weeks after the term in Chamber of Secrets had ended, giving us an end date of sometime in mid June which would be consistent with the exam timetable mentioned above.
In the beginning of Goblet of Fire when Harry's scar hurts, it is described as a fortnight before going back to Hogwarts:. This puts us in mid-August. When Harry then decides to tell Sirius about his scar hurting, we are told that he had only found out about Sirius being his godfather two months earlier 1 :. This would mean that the events at the end of Prisoner of Azkaban occurred around mid-June.
In Goblet of Fire the term must have ended just about the last day of June or the first day of July, because it is twice described as going on for one week after the last exam which as mentioned above was on June 24th :. June had arrived, but to the fifth years this meant only one thing: Their O.
They received their examination schedules and details of the procedure for O. It can't have been right in the beginning of June, because they didn't get their schedules until "their next Transfiguration lesson" and as the first exam was on a Monday morning, it would have to have been the next week already.
The exams going for two weeks means that the last exam would have been shortly after mid-June. Details of the events that led to the Ministry turnaround are still hazy, though it is believed that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and a select band of followers known as Death Eaters gained entry to the Ministry of Magic itself on Thursday evening. The castle seemed very quiet even for a Sunday. Everybody was clearly out in the sunny grounds, enjoying the end of their exams and the prospect of a last few days of term unhampered by studying or homework.
This indicates that the term continued for about a week after the exams, i. Indeed we are later told that by the train ride home a week had elapsed since Harry had last seen Sirius, which was the day of the last exam:.
The week that had elapsed since he had last seen Sirius seemed to have lasted much, much longer:. In the beginning of Half-Blood Prince there are three references that indicate that Dumbledore brought Harry to the Burrow two weeks after the end of the previous term. Harry's thoughts about being picked up are:. It just seemed too good to be true that he was going to be rescued from the Dursleys after a mere fortnight of their company.
I gather that you have been taking the Daily Prophet over the last two weeks? Additionally, there are several references that point to the day of the last exam when Sirius died and Harry heard the prophecy being a few weeks prior to this day of going to the Burrow. Ever heard of Sirius Black? You must have done — been in the papers for the last couple of years — died a few weeks ago —".
He was reminded of words he had heard a few weeks ago, words that had a horrible and particular meaning to him: Neither can live while the other survives Moreover, it had seemed the right destiny for him since he had heard the prophecy a few weeks ago. The term "a few weeks" would seem to indicate at least more than two weeks.
As established above, the day Harry heard the prophecy was one week before the end of term, so it would have been three weeks prior to Harry coming to the Burrow which would be consistent with the use of "a few weeks". However, on the day they receive their O. This seems to imply that the exams were completed a month earlier, which would make this a week later than the three weeks mentioned above. Of course, the various uses of "weeks" or "month" are not necessarily perfectly precise, so it may have been something in between.
This takes place on the day Harry leaves Privet Drive, so this would tell us that he arrived at the Burrow approximately four weeks after Dumbledore died. We are next told of a conversation that took place on the third night of Harry's stay at the Burrow:.
And we know that they came one day before Harry's birthday because the day after his birthday is the day of the wedding:. As Harry birthday is July 31st, the Delacours must have arrived on July 30th. The conversation with Ginny must then have been on July 29th, which means that July 27th was the day that Harry read "today's Prophet " in which Dumbledore's death was described as having occurred 4 weeks previously.
This means that Dumbledore died on one of the last days of June. This can be further demonstrated from the trio's meeting with Scrimgeour during Harry's birthday meal. Harry says:. Scrimgeour's justification was a law that allows the Ministry to confiscate the contents of a will.
Hermione points out that the law only allows the Ministry 31 days for this:. After Dumbledore's death in Half-Blood Prince we are told that all lessons and exams were canceled:. This implies that exams had not even started yet, and certainly that they had not been completed yet, despite it already being the last day of June.
As exams normally go on for a week or two weeks for O. On one such evening, when Ginny had retired to the library, and Harry was sitting beside the window in the common room, supposedly finishing his Herbology homework but in reality reliving a particularly happy hour he had spent down by the lake with Ginny at lunchtime, Hermione dropped into the seat between him and Ron with an unpleasantly purposeful look on her face.
Thus, the setting here is one evening during the time period that Ginny was preparing for O. Following the conversation with Hermione, Harry is informed that Dumbledore wants to see him:. Harry was shaken from these bitter reflections by the appearance at his side of Jimmy Peakes, who was holding out a scroll of parchment. Harry and Dumbledore, of course, find the Horcrux and Dumbledore dies.
Thus, the day Dumbledore died was during the time period when Ginny was still preparing for her O. This tells us that the term was scheduled to continue for more than two additional weeks, which per the above calculations takes us past mid-July.
Thus, it appears that there is no set date for the end of term. Fifty years prior to Chamber of Secrets the term ended some time after June 13th. In Philosopher's Stone we don't know when the term ended. In Goblet of Fire it seems to have ended at the very end of June or the very beginning of July. In Order of the Phoenix it appears to have ended about a week before the end of June.
In Half-Blood Prince it appears to have extended all the way to mid-July. Though this is what is stated in Goblet of Fire , it is technically incorrect. Harry actually found out that Sirius was his godfather well before Sirius told him.
He overheard Fudge mention it when he was in the Three Broomsticks:. Nothing changed when they left school. Black was best man when James married Lily.
Then they named him godfather to Harry. Harry has no idea, of course. You can imagine how the idea would torment him. Despite this, the point is the same, namely, that Sirius had only become a part of Harry's life two months earlier.
There is, perhaps, a slight difficulty with this. It soon became apparent that the Minister had only wanted to come in order to try to convince Harry to cooperate with the Ministry of Magic , which he refused to do. Scrimgeour , offended, soon left, along with Percy, whose siblings threw mashed parsnip at him. Ron was also appalled when he opened the gift sent by his girlfriend Lavender Brown — a necklace with the words " my sweetheart " in gold.
He was shocked that Lavender could think he would like such an item, and chucked it under his pillow. Harry received a parcel full of maggots from Kreacher , but declared that he still preferred it to Ron's necklace. During what would have been their Christmas holidays in , Harry and Hermione were camping alone in the wilderness, as Ron had left them following a row with Harry. He saved Harry's life and destroyed the locket Horcrux.
A few days later, the trio headed to the home of Xenophilius Lovegood in order to investigate a symbol and hoping that Luna Lovegood would be home for the holidays. However, Luna had been abducted by the Death Eaters upon leaving Hogwarts for the Christmas holidays, and was imprisoned in the dungeons of Malfoy Manor.
Her father, desperate to get her back, attempted to ambush the trio, but they escaped, and Xenophilius was subsequently imprisoned in Azkaban. Harry Potter Wiki Explore. Rowling Story. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Christmas holidays. View source. History Talk 0. Do you like this video? Play Sound. Or has this been happening inside my head?
A hundred fat, roast turkeys; mountains of roast and boiled potatoes; platters of chipolatas; tureens of buttered peas, silver boats of thick, rich gravy and cranberry sauce — and stacks of wizard crackers every few feet along the table Harry pulled a wizard cracker with Fred and it didn't just bang, it went off with a blast like a cannon and engulfed them all in a cloud of blue smoke, while from the inside exploded a rear admiral's hat and several live, white mice.
Hermione Granger : " There might be a way. Of course, it would be difficult. And dangerous, very dangerous. Hermione Granger : " Ron and Ginny say you've been hiding from everyone since you got back from St Mungo's. And you won't look at any of us! Then, as Charlie isn't coming home, that just leaves Harry and Ron in the attic, and if Fleur shares with Ginny Drink butterbeer.
Get candy at Honeydukes, or ice cream at Florean Fortescue's. Laziz Henkele Supporter. How long are classes in Harry Potter? We have classes that last 45 minutes, or 90 minutes, depending on context. Binn's Magical History single class - 1. Dusan Vel Supporter. Why does Harry Potter go home every summer? The reason Harry had to suffer through every summer with the Dursleys, as I understand it, is to maintain the blood protection given to him by Lily's sacrifice.
After Voldemort uses Harry's blood to get his body back , Harry's touch is no longer lethal to him. Atanaska Oemichen Beginner.
What do Hogwarts students do on weekends? They can do whatever they want. There is no schedule. Sleep, chill in the common room, hang out with friends, homework, study, Quidditch practice, Hogsmead trips etc.
They don't need to get breakfast or lunch and dinner even during weekdays, but it turns out food is something essential even for wizards. Solmira Baluta Beginner. Does Dumbledore live at Hogwarts? Dumbledore would have lived at Hogwarts during the school year. The teachers all seem to live in Hogwarts during the school year. Xiya Meiffert Beginner. Where did Tom Riddle go in the summer?
Tom Riddle goes to the Orphanage, where he was born and lived before going to Hogwarts, during the summer holidays. However he tried to talk to Headmaster of Hogwarts Professor Dippet about staying in the castle after term ends but he was refused. Ask A Question. Co-authors: 5. Updated On: 23rd April, Views: 1, Similar Asks.
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