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Ascension Day 2028

Thursday 25 May 2028

The Thursday 39 days after Easter Sunday, the sixth Thursday of the Western (Gregorian) Easter season.

In 2028, Ascension Day falls on Thursday 25 May 2028 in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Alsace-Moselle, Germany (all 16 states), Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland (all 26 cantons). It is a Thursday: one day of leave on the Friday after it gives a four-day weekend. The 2028 date for Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Alsace-Moselle, Germany (all 16 states), Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland (all 26 cantons) is provisional – calculated from the rule, because the official calendar for that year is not published yet. For comparison in Austria, the 2027 date was Thursday 6 May 2027 and the 2029 date is Thursday 10 May 2029.

Dates in 2028

Thursday 25 May 2028

provisional – calculated from the rule

provisional – calculated from the rule

provisional – calculated from the rule

provisional – calculated from the rule

France

France: provisional – calculated from the rule

Alsace-Moselle: provisional – calculated from the rule

Germany

Germany (nationwide): provisional – calculated from the rule

Baden-Württemberg: provisional – calculated from the rule

Bavaria: provisional – calculated from the rule

Berlin: provisional – calculated from the rule

Brandenburg: provisional – calculated from the rule

Bremen: provisional – calculated from the rule

Hamburg: provisional – calculated from the rule

Hesse: provisional – calculated from the rule

Lower Saxony: provisional – calculated from the rule

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: provisional – calculated from the rule

North Rhine-Westphalia: provisional – calculated from the rule

Rhineland-Palatinate: provisional – calculated from the rule

Saarland: provisional – calculated from the rule

Saxony: provisional – calculated from the rule

Saxony-Anhalt: provisional – calculated from the rule

Schleswig-Holstein: provisional – calculated from the rule

Thuringia: provisional – calculated from the rule

provisional – calculated from the rule

provisional – calculated from the rule

provisional – calculated from the rule

provisional – calculated from the rule

provisional – calculated from the rule

provisional – calculated from the rule

Switzerland

Aargau: provisional – calculated from the rule

Appenzell Ausserrhoden: provisional – calculated from the rule

Appenzell Innerrhoden: provisional – calculated from the rule

Basel-Landschaft: provisional – calculated from the rule

Basel-Stadt: provisional – calculated from the rule

Bern: provisional – calculated from the rule

Fribourg: provisional – calculated from the rule

Geneva: provisional – calculated from the rule

Glarus: provisional – calculated from the rule

Grisons: provisional – calculated from the rule

Jura: provisional – calculated from the rule

Lucerne: provisional – calculated from the rule

Neuchâtel: provisional – calculated from the rule

Nidwalden: provisional – calculated from the rule

Obwalden: provisional – calculated from the rule

Schaffhausen: provisional – calculated from the rule

Schwyz: provisional – calculated from the rule

Solothurn: provisional – calculated from the rule

St. Gallen: provisional – calculated from the rule

Thurgau: provisional – calculated from the rule

Ticino: provisional – calculated from the rule

Uri: provisional – calculated from the rule

Valais: provisional – calculated from the rule

Vaud: provisional – calculated from the rule

Zug: provisional – calculated from the rule

Zurich: provisional – calculated from the rule

See also: Whit Monday 2028, Corpus Christi 2028.

About Ascension Day

Ascension Day marks the day on which, in the Christian tradition, Jesus ascended into heaven. It falls 39 days after Easter Sunday, which is the fortieth day of the Easter season when the days are counted inclusively, so it is always a Thursday. Because Easter Sunday follows the Western (Gregorian) calendar, Ascension Day moves between 30 April and 3 June. Some churches observe the feast on the following Sunday, but where it is a public holiday the Thursday is the day off.

It is a public holiday in much of continental Europe, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, and in Switzerland it is a holiday in all 26 cantons. It is not a public holiday in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Italy or Poland; Italy took it off its list of civil holidays in 1977. The Orthodox churches date their own Ascension from Orthodox Easter, but none of Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece and Romania makes it a public holiday.

Because it always falls on a Thursday, Ascension Day invites a bridge: one day of leave on the Friday gives a four-day weekend. In 2026 the national administration of Liechtenstein gives its own staff that Friday off as a bridge day, while in most places the Friday is a normal working day. The holiday never needs a substitute day, since it cannot fall on a weekend. It is followed ten days later by Whit Sunday, and its related feasts are Whit Monday and Corpus Christi.

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