Time of the Year for Y’shua’s Birth. The tradition that He was born on December 25th dates to second and third century adoption of pagan celebrations to make conversion of pagans blend with early Christians. December 25th was the celebration of Saturn, the Roman god honored at the winter solstice. The goddess Ishtar was celebrated at the spring equinox. Both of those were made permanent celebrations at the Council of Nicea in 325AD with Constantin presiding. We know from Luke’s description of Y’shua’s birth that it could not have been late December.