It was taught: Rabbi Eliezer says: From where do we know that the world was created in Tishrei? As it is said, "And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed" - which is the month in which the earth is full of grasses and the trees are full of fruit? You must say it is Tishrei, and that season was the time of the early rains, and rains came down and they sprouted, as it is said, "and a mist went up from the earth." Rabbi Yehoshua says: From where do we know the world was created in Nisan? As it is said, "And the earth brought forth" - which is the month in which the earth is full of grasses? You must say it is Nisan, and that season is the time when beast and animal mate with one another, as it is said (Psalms 65:14): "The meadows are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are covered with grain." And the other - is it not written "a fruit tree"? That refers to a blessing for the generations. And the other also - is it not written "and the earth brought forth grass"? That accords with Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi: all the works of creation were created in their full stature, created at their full size, created in their full beauty, as it is said (Genesis 2:1) "and all their host [tzeva'am]" - do not read it 'their host' but rather 'their beauty [tzivyonam].'
Was the World Created in Tishrei or in Nisan
Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 8:5
תַּנְיָא רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, מִנַיִן שֶׁבְּתִּשְׁרֵי נִבְרָא הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וַתּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע אֵי זֶהוּ חֹדֶשׁ שֶׁהָאָרֶץ מְלֵאָה דְשָׁאִים וְהָאִילָנוֹת מְלֵאִין פֵּירוֹת, הֱוֵי אוֹמֵר זֶה תִּשְׁרֵי וְאוֹתוֹ הַפֶּרֶק זְמַן רְבִיעָה הָיָה וְיָרְדוּ גְשָׁמִים וְצָמְחוּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר "וְאֵד יַעֲלֶה מִן הָאָרֶץ". רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר, מִנַּיִן שֶׁבְּנִיסָן נִבְרָא הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וַתּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ אֵיזֶהוּ חֹדֶשׁ שֶׁהָאָרֶץ מְלֵאָה דְּשָׁאִים הֱוֵי אוֹמֵר זֶה נִיסָן, וְאוֹתוֹ הַפֶּרֶק זְמַן בְּהֵמָה וְחַיָּה שֶׁמִּזְדַּוְּגִין זֶה לָזֶה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים סה, יד) "לָבְשׁוּ כָרִים הַצֹּאן וַעֲמָקִים יַעַטְפוּ בָר" וְאִידָךְ הָא כְּתִיב עֵץ פְּרִי הַהוּא לִבְרָכָה לְדוֹרוֹת וְאִידָךְ נַמִּי הָא כְּתִיב וַתּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ דֶשֶׁא הַהוּא לִכְדְּרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי כָּל מַעֲשֶה בְּרֵאשִׁית לְדַעְתָּם נִבְרְאוּ בְּקוֹמָתָן נִבְרְאוּ לְצִבְיוֹנָם נִבְרְאוּ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית ב, א) "וְכָל צְבָאָם" אַל תִּקְרֵי 'צְבָאָם' אֶלָא 'צִבְיוֹנָם'.