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Printable calendar · October 2028

October 2028 calendar

A single-month calendar for October 2028, drawn to the real dimensions of US Letter or A4, with Columbus Day marked in its cell. Thirty-one days from a Sunday to a Tuesday — and one of the few months where starting the week on Monday costs a row rather than saving one.

SheetLetter 8.5×11 in PeriodOctober 2028 Week rows5 rows Week startsSunday Holidays1 marked
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Holidays in October 2028

October 2028 carries one federal holiday, Columbus Day, observed as Indigenous Peoples' Day in many states, on Monday, October 9. The federal rule sets it as the second Monday in October, so it is found by counting. Halloween appears in the list below as an observance and is not drawn into the grid.

How this October 2028 page works

October 2028 begins on a Sunday, which makes the default Sunday-start grid unusually neat: the month opens flush in the first column with no leading blanks, and 31 days fold into five rows. Choose the Monday start and that reverses — the 1st is pushed to the end of the first row and the month spills into a sixth. It is the mirror image of April, and worth a moment's thought before printing, because five rows means taller cells. Halloween closes the month on a Tuesday.

The drawing is an SVG in millimeter units, so a day cell has a real width before it has a rendered one, and the print stylesheet hands the exact dimensions of your chosen paper to the print dialog. Nothing is served as a raster or a pre-made PDF — the browser draws the vectors and writes the PDF itself if you ask it to. The dates are computed: a Sunday start and 31 days, filled cell by cell, with Columbus Day placed from its federal definition as the second Monday of the month.

Left off on purpose: week numbers, moon phases, and non-federal observances inside the cells. Halloween on Tuesday the 31st is listed below the sheet and stays out of the grid. Two options change the drawing itself. The coloring layout compresses the month into the lower part of the page beneath a framed blank panel — a natural fit for October. The Monday week start is the consequential one here, taking the month from five rows to six. Keep print scale at 100%, "Actual size", or the grid shrinks and the measurements go with it.

Frequently asked questions

What day of the week does October 2028 start on?
On a Sunday, October 1, ending on Tuesday, October 31. Because it opens on a Sunday, the default Sunday-start grid begins flush in the first column with no empty leading cells, and the 31 days fit into five week rows.
Why does the Monday-start option add a row to October 2028?
Because the month begins on a Sunday. Under a Monday-start week, that Sunday is the last column of the first row rather than the first, which pushes every subsequent date one place along and spills the month into a sixth row. It is the opposite of April 2028, where the Monday start saves a row. The dates do not change — only how they are arranged, and how tall the cells end up.
When is Columbus Day in 2028?
Monday, October 9, 2028, observed as Indigenous Peoples' Day in many states. The federal rule places it on the second Monday in October rather than a fixed date, so this sheet locates it by counting. It is marked in its grid cell and, being a Monday by definition, generates no separate observed date.
Is Halloween marked on the October 2028 calendar?
It appears in the observances list below the sheet, not as a mark in the grid. Halloween is Tuesday, October 31, in 2028. It is not a federal holiday, so it is not drawn into a cell — the same rule that keeps Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day out of their months' grids.
Can I print October 2028 as a coloring calendar?
Yes, and it is a popular month for it. The coloring layout compresses the date grid into the lower portion of the page and frames a blank panel above, keeping the dates usable while giving a child somewhere to draw. Same computed dates, same true page dimensions, and the same requirement to leave print scale on "Actual size".

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