There are 689 days until Yom Kippur 2028, on Saturday, 30 September 2028 (Saturday). 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 Yom Kippur 2028?
Yom Kippur 2028 is on Saturday, 30 September 2028 — Saturday. That is 689 days from today (11 November 2026) — 98 weeks and 3 days, or about 22.6 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: Saturday, 30 September 2028 minus 11 November 2026 is 689 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 Yom Kippur?
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day in Judaism, ten days after Rosh Hashanah. It is a day of fasting, prayer and repentance. Jewish holidays begin the evening before the date listed.
How Yom Kippur is observed
Jews fast for 25 hours, attend synagogue for most of the day and seek forgiveness. It is a public holiday in Israel, where even secular life pauses.
How the date is worked out
Yom Kippur 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.
Yom Kippur dates — 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day of the week |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 September 2026 | Monday |
| 2027 | 11 October 2027 | Monday |
| 2028 | 30 September 2028 | Saturday |
Yom Kippur 2028 in the calendar
Yom Kippur 2028 is the 274th day of 2028 — a leap year of 366 days — and it falls in ISO week 39 of the year. There are 92 days left in the year after it, and 30 days in September 2028. In the Northern Hemisphere it is autumn; 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 Yom Kippur 2028 there are 92 days — 13 weeks — left in 2028.
Planning for Yom Kippur 2028
689 days is 22 months — plenty of time to plan. If Yom Kippur 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 — Saturday 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.
Yom Kippur 2028 falls on a Saturday — 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 Yom Kippur 2028 is 689 days — which is 98 weeks and 3 days, 16536 hours, 992,160 minutes, or about 22.6 months. Of those 689 days, 492 are weekdays and 197 are weekend days — so if you are counting working days, there are 492 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.
Yom Kippur 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 Yom Kippur 2028
| When | Task |
|---|---|
| Now | Put Saturday, 30 September 2028 in your calendar, with a reminder three months before. |
| Three months before | Book travel and request time off, if Yom Kippur 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 Yom Kippur, 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 Yom Kippur 2026 and Yom Kippur 2028.
Frequently asked questions
When is Yom Kippur 2028?
Yom Kippur 2028 is on Saturday, 30 September 2028 (Saturday). Jewish holidays begin the evening before the date listed.
How many days until Yom Kippur 2028?
There are 689 days until Yom Kippur 2028 from 11 November 2026.
What day of the week is Yom Kippur 2028?
Yom Kippur 2028 is a Saturday.
When is Yom Kippur in 2026?
Yom Kippur 2026 is on Monday, 21 September 2026 (Monday).
Is Yom Kippur a public holiday?
Yom Kippur 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 Yom Kippur?
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day in Judaism, ten days after Rosh Hashanah. It is a day of fasting, prayer and repentance. Jewish holidays begin the evening before the date listed.
How many weeks until Yom Kippur 2028?
There are 98 weeks and 3 days until Yom Kippur 2028 — 689 days in total.
How many working days are left until Yom Kippur 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 Yom Kippur 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.