There are 541 days until Eid al-Adha 2028, on Friday, 5 May 2028 (Friday). The exact date depends on moon sighting or the local calendar and can shift by a day. This page counts down to the day, explains what it is and how it is observed, and gives the dates for 2026, 2027 and 2028.
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When is Eid al-Adha 2028?
Eid al-Adha 2028 is on Friday, 5 May 2028 — Friday. That is 541 days from today (11 November 2026) — 77 weeks and 2 days, or about 17.8 months. It is a Islamic observance. The exact date depends on moon sighting or the local calendar and can shift by a day.
How the countdown is worked out
The countdown is the number of days from today to the holiday's date: Friday, 5 May 2028 minus 11 November 2026 is 541 days. The count is in calendar days — it counts the days you have to wait, not the number of midnights, and it does not count today. The countdown timer recomputes the number live, second by second, and the days until calculator does the same calculation for any date you choose. If the holiday is in a different time zone from you, the day starts at a different moment — but the date is the date, and the countdown is in days, so the time zone does not change the number.
What is Eid al-Adha?
Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice, is the second of the two main Islamic festivals. It falls during the Hajj pilgrimage and commemorates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son. Its date depends on the lunar calendar, so it can shift by a day.
How Eid al-Adha is observed
Families attend prayers, share a festive meal and, where it is the custom, sacrifice an animal and share the meat with family and the poor. It is a public holiday across the Muslim world.
How the date is worked out
Eid al-Adha follows a lunar or lunisolar calendar, so its date moves each year and the exact date depends on the moon sighting or the local calendar. The dates on this page are the expected dates; they can shift by a day. For planning travel or time off, confirm the date with an official source for your country — and for religious observance, with your local religious authority.
Eid al-Adha dates — 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day of the week |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 May 2026 | Wednesday |
| 2027 | 17 May 2027 | Monday |
| 2028 | 5 May 2028 | Friday |
Eid al-Adha 2028 in the calendar
Eid al-Adha 2028 is the 126th day of 2028 — a leap year of 366 days — and it falls in ISO week 18 of the year. There are 240 days left in the year after it, and 31 days in May 2028. In the Northern Hemisphere it is spring; in the Southern Hemisphere the seasons are reversed.
The week number matters more than people think: in business and government across Europe, dates are often given as week numbers, and the week number finder gives the ISO week for any date. The day-of-year number is used in astronomy, in logistics and in some payroll systems. And the days-left figure is the useful one for planning the rest of the year: after Eid al-Adha 2028 there are 240 days — 34 weeks — left in 2028.
Planning for Eid al-Adha 2028
541 days is 17 months — plenty of time to plan. If Eid al-Adha means travel, book it now: fares and hotels are usually cheapest months in advance, and the popular dates sell out. If it means time off work, put the request in early, especially if the holiday falls on a weekday — Friday is a working day for most people, so the day off needs to be booked. And if it means gifts or preparations, the countdown is long enough that a little planning each week is worth more than a rush in the last few days.
Eid al-Adha 2028 falls on a Friday — a weekday — so most people need to take the day off to mark it properly. Book the time off early, especially if the holiday is one people travel for: the days around a weekday holiday are among the busiest travel days of the year, and the fares rise as the date approaches.
The countdown in other units
The countdown to Eid al-Adha 2028 is 541 days — which is 77 weeks and 2 days, 12984 hours, 779,040 minutes, or about 17.8 months. Of those 541 days, 387 are weekdays and 154 are weekend days — so if you are counting working days, there are 387 of them left before the holiday. The days between dates calculator works out the same numbers for any two dates, and the business days calculator counts the working days excluding public holidays.
Eid al-Adha around the world
As an Islamic observance, this day follows the Islamic lunar calendar, so its date moves each year and the exact date depends on the sighting of the new moon — it can shift by a day. It is a public holiday across the Muslim world. The lunar calendar is about 11 days shorter than the solar year, so Islamic observances move backwards through the seasons, falling about 11 days earlier each year.
Planning checklist for Eid al-Adha 2028
| When | Task |
|---|---|
| Now | Put Friday, 5 May 2028 in your calendar, with a reminder three months before. |
| Three months before | Book travel and request time off, if Eid al-Adha means either — fares are usually cheapest this far out. |
| One month before | Buy gifts or make preparations, and confirm plans with family. |
| One week before | Check the date once more — lunar dates can shift by a day — and finalise the plan. |
More countdowns
If you are counting down to Eid al-Adha, you may also be counting down to Christmas Day 2028, New Year's Day 2028, Easter Sunday 2028. And for the same holiday in another year, see Eid al-Adha 2026 and Eid al-Adha 2028.
Frequently asked questions
When is Eid al-Adha 2028?
Eid al-Adha 2028 is on Friday, 5 May 2028 (Friday). The exact date depends on moon sighting or the local calendar and can shift by a day.
How many days until Eid al-Adha 2028?
There are 541 days until Eid al-Adha 2028 from 11 November 2026.
What day of the week is Eid al-Adha 2028?
Eid al-Adha 2028 is a Friday.
When is Eid al-Adha in 2026?
Eid al-Adha 2026 is on Wednesday, 27 May 2026 (Wednesday).
Is Eid al-Adha a public holiday?
Eid al-Adha is a religious observance; whether it is a public holiday depends on the country. It is a public holiday in the countries where that religion is the majority or an official faith.
What is Eid al-Adha?
Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice, is the second of the two main Islamic festivals. It falls during the Hajj pilgrimage and commemorates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son. Its date depends on the lunar calendar, so it can shift by a day.
How many weeks until Eid al-Adha 2028?
There are 77 weeks and 2 days until Eid al-Adha 2028 — 541 days in total.
How many working days are left until Eid al-Adha 2028?
Count the weekdays between today and the holiday: the business days calculator does it, excluding weekends and the public holidays you add. The countdown in other units above gives the weekday count for Eid al-Adha 2028.
Sources
- IANA Time Zone Database, via Node.js Intl (
Intl.DateTimeFormatwithtimeZone) — offsets, daylight saving dates and local times in this article were worked out from the IANA database, not typed from memory. - TimeFlow's own time-zone data (
data/cities.ts,data/dst.ts), computed from the IANA database. - Holiday dates: TimeFlow's own holiday data (
data/holidays.ts). Lunar and lunisolar dates are labelled approximate: the exact local date depends on moon sighting or the local calendar and can shift by a day. - TimeFlow's countdown timer and days until calculator — the live tools behind the countdown on this page.
- Time-zone and daylight saving rules are set by governments and can change. For flights, deadlines and meetings that cannot move, confirm the time with an official source.