When is Simchat Torah 2028?
Friday,
October 13, 2028
Begins at sundown on Thursday, October 12, 2028 (sunset is 6:19 PM in New York) and ends at nightfall on Friday, October 13, 2028. In Israel, Simchat Torah is observed a day earlier, on the same day as Shemini Atzeret. 700 days from today, Friday, November 13, 2026, US Eastern Time. Hebrew year 5789.
- Day of week
- Friday
- Against 2027
- 10 days earlier
- Hebrew year
- 5789
- Days away
- 700
Why Simchat Torah falls when it does in 2028
Simchat Torah is fixed in the Hebrew calendar, which is lunisolar: twelve lunar months fall about eleven days short of a solar year, so a leap month is added seven times in every nineteen. That is why the Gregorian date swings rather than drifts — 10 days earlier than 2027, and why it always lands in roughly the same season.
Simchat Torah 2028 on the calendar
| ISO week number, Monday to Sunday | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | |||||||
| 41 | Simchat Torah | ||||||
| 42 | |||||||
| 43 | |||||||
| 44 |
Within a week of Simchat Torah in 2028
Which dates fall near Simchat Torah changes every year, because the calendars move against each other.
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