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Business Days in August 2028 for Israel

August 2028 has 23 working days under the Israeli public holiday calendar. August 2028 contains no Israeli public holidays on a weekday. The month covers 31 calendar days, of which 8 are Friday and Saturday (Shabbat). That count drives invoice cycles, payroll runs, and any contract that defines deadlines as a number of working days in Israel.

working days

23

Calendar Days

31

Weekend Days

8

public holidays

0

Work Weeks

4.6

August 2028 business day calendar
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public holidays in August 2028

No Israeli public holidays fall on a weekday in August 2028, so banks and Israel financial markets keep their regular schedule for the entire month.

Israel August deadlines

Mas Hachnasa monthly VAT for July is due August 15. The Israel Stability Report from the Bank of Israel typically publishes August or September with banking sector and macroprudential indicators. Many Israeli corporates run reduced summer hours and TASE trading volumes thin.

Day-of-Week Distribution

The count of each weekday in August 2028. Useful for shift scheduling, weekly recurring billing, and any rota that depends on a specific day of the week landing in-month.

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Israel reporting cycles and business-day rules

Israeli business-day cycles align with Mas Hachnasa (Israel Tax Authority) monthly VAT deadlines on the 15th of the following month, Bituach Leumi (National Insurance Institute) monthly contributions, and quarterly corporate income tax instalments. The Bank of Israel operates ZAHAV as the wholesale RTGS system on bank business days. The workweek is Sunday through Thursday; Friday is a half-day in many sectors and Saturday (Shabbat) is a full closure under the Hours of Work and Rest Law. TASE (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange) trades Sunday through Thursday. ISA (Israel Securities Authority) regulates listed-entity disclosures with quarterly cycles.

August 2028 working days compared by country

Working-day counts vary across countries because each country observes its own public holidays. The table below puts Israel alongside the other ten supported holiday calendars for August 2028.

How August 2028 compares year over year

August 2027 had 22 working days, so August 2028 has 1 more working day year over year. On the surrounding months, July 2028 has 21 working days and September 2028 has 19. Looking forward, August 2029 has 23 working days under the same Israeli public holiday calendar.

Using this calculator in Israel

A Tel Aviv treasury operator uses the 23-day August 2028 count to align Bank of Israel ZAHAV RTGS settlement with Mas Hachnasa monthly VAT cutoffs on the 15th and Bituach Leumi (National Insurance) cycles. A Jerusalem law firm uses business-day math to track Hofesh Shavua workweek (Sunday-Thursday) and Bank of Israel financial-services regulatory windows. A Haifa tech-park controller uses working-day counts to align TASE listed-entity quarterly disclosures and Innovation Authority grant milestones.

For informational purposes only

This calculator provides general estimates based on business day counting rules. It does not constitute legal advice. Deadlines in legal, regulatory, or contractual matters may be subject to jurisdiction-specific rules, court orders, or statutory exceptions. Always verify critical deadlines with a qualified professional.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many business days are in August 2028 for Israeli public?
August 2028 has 23 working days under the Israeli public holiday calendar. The month spans 31 calendar days, of which 8 fall on a weekend and 0 are Israeli public holidays that lands on a weekday. The remaining 23 weekdays are countable as working days for invoicing, deadline tracking, and contract math.
Which Israel holidays affect August 2028?
August 2028 contains no Israeli public holidays that fall on a weekday. Banks, the central clearing system, and Israel financial markets keep their normal schedule throughout the month under this calculator's national-only holiday set.
Why is Friday treated as a weekend day in this calculator?
Israel's workweek is Sunday through Thursday under the Hours of Work and Rest Law. Friday is a partial-day working day for many sectors (typically morning hours only, with banks and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange closed at 14:00 or earlier), and Saturday (Shabbat) is a full closure for banks, public transit, and most retail. This calculator uses Friday-Saturday as the conservative weekend pair, treating Friday as a non-business day for B2B settlement purposes. Tech sector and multinational employers in Israel sometimes operate Monday-Friday by individual agreement, but the conservative count is what this calculator emits.
How are the Jewish high holidays handled in working-day math?
The Israeli national holidays follow the Hebrew (lunisolar) calendar and shift by 10-13 days year over year against the Gregorian calendar. The major closures include Rosh Hashanah (2 days), Yom Kippur, the first day of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah, the first and seventh days of Passover, and Shavuot. Yom Ha'atzmaut (Independence Day) on 5 Iyar typically shifts to an adjacent weekday if it would fall on a Friday or Saturday. Tisha B'Av (fast day) is a partial bank closure but not gazetted as a public holiday. This calculator includes the nine major bank-closing dates.
Why does the business-day count vary year to year?
Two things shift the monthly count for Israel. First, the day of the week the first of the month lands on changes the count of each weekday. Second, Israeli public holidays anchored to a fixed date shift their weekday across years. Some years a fixed-date holiday lands on a weekend; some countries shift the observance to an adjacent weekday and some absorb it into the weekend. August 2027 had 22 working days, so August 2028 has 1 more working day year over year.

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