# When is Rosh Hashanah 2027?

> When is Rosh Hashanah 2027? Countdown to the Jewish New Year, the evening it begins, the next years, and WhatsApp reminders for the meal, the shul seats and the greetings.

Starts at sunset on Friday, October 1, 2027. Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset before 1 Tishrei and lasts two days. In 2027 it begins the evening of 1 October; in 2028 the evening of 20 September.

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and the start of the High Holy Days, ten days that end with Yom Kippur. Because the Hebrew calendar is lunisolar, the Gregorian date shifts each year, landing anywhere from early September to early October.
What gets forgotten is practical: honey and apples for the table, seats at services that book out, and the greetings to family that should go before sunset on the first night.

## The next few years

- 2027: Friday, October 1, 2027
- 2028: Wednesday, September 20, 2028

## Get a nudge before it

Each button opens WhatsApp with one message already typed for Poko, dated for this year. Press Send and it arrives when it's due.

- `Remind me on September 10 at 10am to book the Rosh Hashanah service seats`
- `Remind me on September 29 at 10am to buy honey, apples and the round challah`
- `Remind me on October 1 at 12pm to send Shana Tova messages before sunset`

## Questions, answered

**What time does it start?** At sunset on the evening shown. All Jewish holidays begin the evening before the calendar date.

**How long is Rosh Hashanah?** Two days, both in Israel and in the diaspora.

**When is Yom Kippur?** Nine days after Rosh Hashanah begins. See the separate Yom Kippur countdown.

**How do the reminders work?** Each Remind me button opens WhatsApp with one message already typed for Poko, dated for this year's occurrence. You press Send, Poko confirms the date, and the message arrives on WhatsApp when it is due. Nothing is sent by this page.

## Try it

Open WhatsApp and [message Pokobot](https://wa.me/919407606251?text=Remind%20me%20to%20drink%20water%20in%202%20minutes). The first message can be a real reminder:

- `Remind me to drink water in 2 minutes`

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