5 January 2028 (Wednesday)

5 January 2028 is a Wednesday: day no. 5 of the year, week no. 1 (weeks starting on Monday), quarter no. 1. January 2028 has 31 days, and 2028 is a leap year: the year therefore has 366 days. In the United States this date is written 1/5/2028; here it is written 5/1/2028. The first day of January 2028 is a Saturday and the last is a Monday. The year 2028 begins on Saturday and ends on Sunday.

Days until the date516
Weeks until the date73
Working days until the date363
Weekend days until 5 January 2028148
Public holidays until 5 January 202810
Working days in January 202820
Working days in 2028254
Weekend days in January 202811
Days off in 2028112
Public holidays in January 20282
Public holidays in 20287

January 2028

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Public holidays

2026

25 December 2026 (Friday) — Christmas Day
26 December 2026 (Saturday) — Boxing Day

2027

1 January 2027 (Friday) — New Year's Day
26 January 2027 (Tuesday) — Australia Day
26 March 2027 (Friday) — Good Friday
29 March 2027 (Monday) — Easter Monday
25 April 2027 (Sunday) — ANZAC Day
25 December 2027 (Saturday) — Christmas Day
26 December 2027 (Sunday) — Boxing Day

2028

1 January 2028 (Saturday) — New Year's Day

How many days in January 2028

  • How many days in January 2028 — in January 2028 has 31 days
  • How many days in 2028 — 2028 has 366 days

How many days until 5 January 2028

  • How many days until 5 January 2028 — 516 days
  • How many working days until 5 January 2028 — 363 working days
  • How many weekend days until 5 January 2028 — 148 non-working days
  • How many months until January 2028 — 17 months
  • How many hours until 5 January 2028 — 12384 hours
  • How many minutes until 5 January 2028 — 743040 minutes
  • Countdown in seconds to 5 January 2028 — 44582400 seconds

The Australian Open runs in Melbourne throughout January, and the Big Bash cricket season plays out across the same weeks. 5 January 2028 sits inside this national sporting calendar, alongside the height of the wet season across the tropical north and the peak of the summer beach season in the southern capital cities, before both the cricket and tennis seasons wind down in February.

A public holiday landing on a Wednesday sits in the middle of its working week rather than beside a weekend, so it does not create a long weekend on its own. Wednesday 5 January 2028 falls on this day of the week, at the working week's midpoint, three working days deep into the week.

The hours and minutes shown in the countdown to 5 January 2028 are calculated against the clock and time zone set on the device displaying this page, and the countdown reaches zero at midnight local to that device. Two people in different time zones will see slightly different figures at the exact same moment, each reflecting their own local midnight.