Passover starts 2028 is on Saturday, April 8, 2028

The exact date of Passover starts 2028

Passover starts 2028 falls on Saturday, April 8, 2028. That is a Saturday, which means it lands on a weekend. It is the 99th day of 2028 and sits in ISO week 14. If you are planning around it, the day of the week matters as much as the date itself, because it decides whether the observance creates a long weekend, a midweek pause, or a day that has to be moved under local substitute-holiday rules.

Falling on a Saturday, Passover starts overlaps a normal weekend. Where it is a public holiday, many countries shift the day off to the following Monday, so check local substitute-day rules.

Compared with 2027, when it fell on April 20, Passover starts 2028 moves about 11 days earlier in the Gregorian calendar. This drift is normal for a holiday tied to a lunar or lunisolar calendar rather than a fixed civil date.

Passover starts around 2028

How the date moves in the years either side of 2028. Each year links to its own page with a countdown and the full day-of-week detail.

About Passover starts

Passover, or Pesach, is a major Jewish festival commemorating the Exodus from Egypt and the liberation of the Israelites from slavery. It begins on the fifteenth day of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar and is observed for seven or eight days depending on community practice. The first night is centered on the seder, a ritual meal with readings, symbolic foods, questions, and storytelling. During the festival, many Jewish households avoid chametz, leavened grain products. Because the Hebrew calendar is lunisolar, Passover's Gregorian start date moves within March or April. timekit uses the date in its 2026-2035 religious holidays data; religious observance begins at sundown the previous evening.

Calendar note: Computed with the local Hebrew calendar engine; shown as a 7-day span.

Passover starts 2028, common questions

When is Passover starts 2028?

Passover starts 2028 falls on Saturday, April 8, 2028, running through Friday, April 14, 2028.

What day of the week is Passover starts 2028?

In 2028, Passover starts falls on a Saturday, which is a weekend day.

When is Passover starts the year after 2028?

In 2029, Passover starts falls on Thursday, March 29.

What date was Passover starts 2027?

In 2027, Passover starts fell on Tuesday, April 20.

Why does the date of Passover starts change each year?

Because the Hebrew calendar is lunisolar, Passover's Gregorian start date moves within March or April. timekit uses the date in its 2026-2035 religious holidays data; religious observance begins at sundown the previous evening.