There are 487 days until Purim 2028, on Sunday, 12 March 2028 (Sunday). Jewish holidays begin the evening before the date listed. 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 Purim 2028?
Purim 2028 is on Sunday, 12 March 2028 — Sunday. That is 487 days from today (11 November 2026) — 69 weeks and 4 days, or about 16.0 months. It is a Jewish observance. Jewish holidays begin the evening before the date listed.
How the countdown is worked out
The countdown is the number of days from today to the holiday's date: Sunday, 12 March 2028 minus 11 November 2026 is 487 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 Purim?
Purim is the Jewish festival celebrating the deliverance of the Jews from Haman's plot, as told in the Book of Esther. It falls on 14 Adar, and Jewish holidays begin the evening before the date listed.
How Purim is observed
People read the Book of Esther, give gifts of food (mishloach manot), donate to charity and hold costume parties. Children dress up, and triangular pastries called hamantaschen are eaten.
How the date is worked out
Purim is a moveable observance: its date changes from year to year. The table below gives the dates for 2026, 2027 and 2028, so you can see the pattern — and for planning more than a year ahead, use the days until calculator with the date for the year you need.
Purim dates — 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day of the week |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 March 2026 | Tuesday |
| 2027 | 23 March 2027 | Tuesday |
| 2028 | 12 March 2028 | Sunday |
Purim 2028 in the calendar
Purim 2028 is the 72nd day of 2028 — a leap year of 366 days — and it falls in ISO week 10 of the year. There are 294 days left in the year after it, and 31 days in March 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 Purim 2028 there are 294 days — 42 weeks — left in 2028.
Planning for Purim 2028
487 days is 15 months — plenty of time to plan. If Purim 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 — Sunday 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.
Purim 2028 falls on a Sunday — a weekend day — so most people get the day without taking time off. The practical effect is that the celebrations spread across the weekend, and the Friday or Monday around it is often taken as well — so if you are booking travel, the whole weekend is the busy period, not just the day itself.
The countdown in other units
The countdown to Purim 2028 is 487 days — which is 69 weeks and 4 days, 11688 hours, 701,280 minutes, or about 16.0 months. Of those 487 days, 347 are weekdays and 140 are weekend days — so if you are counting working days, there are 347 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.
Purim around the world
As a Jewish observance, this day follows the Hebrew calendar, and Jewish holidays begin the evening before the date listed. It is a public holiday in Israel, and in other countries it is observed by Jewish communities — with time off work depending on the employer and the country. The Hebrew calendar is lunisolar, so the Gregorian date moves from year to year.
Planning checklist for Purim 2028
| When | Task |
|---|---|
| Now | Put Sunday, 12 March 2028 in your calendar, with a reminder three months before. |
| Three months before | Book travel and request time off, if Purim 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 — the date is fixed — and finalise the plan. |
More countdowns
If you are counting down to Purim, 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 Purim 2026 and Purim 2028.
Frequently asked questions
When is Purim 2028?
Purim 2028 is on Sunday, 12 March 2028 (Sunday). Jewish holidays begin the evening before the date listed.
How many days until Purim 2028?
There are 487 days until Purim 2028 from 11 November 2026.
What day of the week is Purim 2028?
Purim 2028 is a Sunday.
When is Purim in 2026?
Purim 2026 is on Tuesday, 3 March 2026 (Tuesday).
Is Purim a public holiday?
Purim 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 Purim?
Purim is the Jewish festival celebrating the deliverance of the Jews from Haman's plot, as told in the Book of Esther. It falls on 14 Adar, and Jewish holidays begin the evening before the date listed.
How many weeks until Purim 2028?
There are 69 weeks and 4 days until Purim 2028 — 487 days in total.
How many working days are left until Purim 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 Purim 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). Jewish holidays begin the evening before the date listed. - 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.