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Gospel Records of Jesus' Birth -- Bible Discussion

The question is whether you believe and trust
the Holy Word of Elohim in Luke 1
or you trust the traditions of man

Yah'shua's birth on Sukkot (September 26 at sundown to October 3 2007)
(Sukkot is the Feast of Tabernacles or booths, where we live in temporary shelters.
Sukkot is when YHvH took on a temporary garment to be with His People
and to die as the Lamb of G-d on Pesach in order to bring salvation to all
who would call on His Name : Yah'shua ( YHvH is become my salvation)).
Sukkot as the date is supported by Elizabeth's pregnancy of John the Immerser.
The time sequence is outlined by the Holy Word of Elohim in Luke 1 with Zacharias.
Zacharias served as a high priest and based on his tribe, we know when he served
and when he was struck dumb and when John was conceived.
John would have been born on Pesach. Most Jews believed that
Elijah would come at Pesach to announce the coming of the Messiah
Factor in when Miriam visited her cousin Elizabeth,
Elizabeth was six months pregnant (Luke 1:26)
Thus the timing of Yah'shua's birth can be ascertained.
John (1:14) tells us that Yah'shua was made flesh and tabernacled among us.
Eight days after the beginning of Sukkot is another Holy Feast Day called Shemini Atzeret.
Eight days after a Jewish male is born he is circumcised.
Nine months back from Sukkot is Chanukah where the light entered the temple.

b'SHEM Yah'shua

The question is whether you believe and trust the Holy Word of Elohim in Luke 1 or you trust the traditions of man

Unless I miss my guess, you are relying on some "traditions" as well: based on his tribe, we know when he served and when he was struck dumb and when John was conceived.

Do we not know that from a "tradition of men", i.e. which tribe was serving when the Temple was destroyed?

John would have been born on Pesach. Most Jews believed that Elijah would come at Pesach to announce the coming of the Messiah

Most Jews believed to me sounds like a tradition of men.

There seem to be other man-made assumptions in your exegesis as well, so I'm a little puzzled by your anti-tradition attitude, especially considering--as any good Jew knows--the oral tradition is not something to be discarded as if it were a meaningless distraction from the Holy Scripture.