dates listed for 2026 Computed from each holiday's ruleHolidays and observances in 2026
Date Day Observance From today Jan 1 Thursday New Year 272 days ago Jan 19 Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day 254 days ago Feb 2 Monday Groundhog Day 240 days ago Feb 14 Saturday Valentine's Day 228 days ago Feb 16 Monday Presidents' Day 226 days ago Feb 17 Tuesday Chinese New Year 225 days ago Feb 17 Tuesday Mardi Gras 225 days ago Feb 18 Wednesday Ash Wednesday 224 days ago Feb 18 Wednesday the start of Ramadan 224 days ago Mar 8 Sunday the start of Daylight Saving Time 206 days ago Mar 17 Tuesday St. Patrick's Day 197 days ago Mar 20 Friday Eid al-Fitr 194 days ago Mar 20 Friday Spring (March Equinox) 194 days ago Apr 2 Thursday Passover 181 days ago Apr 3 Friday Good Friday 180 days ago Apr 5 Sunday Easter Sunday 178 days ago Apr 22 Wednesday Earth Day 161 days ago May 5 Tuesday Cinco de Mayo 148 days ago May 10 Sunday Mother's Day 143 days ago May 25 Monday Memorial Day 128 days ago May 27 Wednesday Eid al-Adha 126 days ago Jun 19 Friday Juneteenth 103 days ago Jun 21 Sunday Father's Day 101 days ago Jun 21 Sunday Summer (June Solstice) 101 days ago Jul 4 Saturday 4th of July 88 days ago Sep 7 Monday Labor Day 23 days ago Sep 12 Saturday Rosh Hashanah 18 days ago Sep 21 Monday Yom Kippur 9 days ago Sep 22 Tuesday Fall (September Equinox) 8 days ago Oct 10 Saturday Diwali 10 days Oct 12 Monday Columbus Day 12 days Oct 31 Saturday Halloween 31 days Nov 1 Sunday the end of Daylight Saving Time 32 days Nov 3 Tuesday Election Day 34 days Nov 11 Wednesday Veterans Day 42 days Nov 26 Thursday Thanksgiving 57 days Nov 27 Friday Black Friday 58 days Dec 5 Saturday Hanukkah 66 days Dec 21 Monday Winter (December Solstice) 82 days Dec 24 Thursday Christmas Eve 85 days Dec 25 Friday Christmas 86 days Dec 31 Thursday New Year's Eve 92 days
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2026 is an ordinary year with 365 days. It begins on a Thursday and ends on a Thursday, and it contains 53 ISO weeks, 261 weekdays and 52 Saturdays. The next leap year after 2026 is 2028. The shortest month is February and the longest months, at 31 days, are January, March, May, July, August, October and December. Today is Wednesday, September 30, 2026, which is day 273 of 365. That leaves 92 days, 13 full weeks (plus 1 day) and 3 whole months after this one, or about 25.2% of the year. Of the remaining time, 66 days are weekdays and 26 fall on a weekend, before public holidays are taken out. The table lists the main civil, religious and cultural dates for 2026 with the weekday and the days from today. Each name links to a live countdown, and lunar or movable dates such as Easter, Diwali and Ramadan are calculated for exactly this year. The next dates worth planning around in 2026 are Diwali (Saturday, October 10); Columbus Day (Monday, October 12); Halloween (Saturday, October 31); the end of Daylight Saving Time (Sunday, November 1). The full list, with the number of days from today for each, is on the 2026 holiday calendar, and every name there links to a countdown in days, weeks or months. Quarter one runs from January 1 to March 31, quarter two ends on June 30, quarter three on September 30 and quarter four on December 31. Payroll, tax deadlines, school terms and fiscal reporting are all built on those boundaries. If you are planning across a year end, note that Thursday, December 31, 2026 is the last day and Friday, January 1, 2027 is the first day of the next year. Today is Wednesday, September 30, 2026. That is day 273 of 365 in 2026, in ISO week 40, with 92 days to go before the year ends. The next dates people plan around are Diwali on Saturday, October 10; Columbus Day on Monday, October 12; Halloween on Saturday, October 31. The moon is a Waning Gibbous tonight, with about 81% of its face lit. All of these figures are recalculated when the page loads, so they always describe the day you open it, not the day the page was published.2026 in numbers
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2026 has 365 days. No. February has 28 days in 2026. January 1, 2026 is a Thursday. December 31, 2026 is a Thursday. There are 53 ISO weeks in 2026, and 52 full weeks plus 1 extra day. There are 261 weekdays (Monday to Friday), before holidays are removed. 2026 has 52 Saturdays. As of today, 92 days are left in 2026. About 13 full weeks and 1 days are left in 2026. 3 whole months remain after the current month. 74.8% of 2026 is complete. 66 weekdays remain, before public holidays. Q1 starts January 1, Q2 April 1, Q3 July 1 and Q4 October 1. Diwali on Saturday, October 10, 2026. A year is a leap year if it is divisible by 4, except century years, which must also be divisible by 400. Yes. All figures are recalculated from today's date whenever the page loads, in the -04:00 time zone. Yes. Use the year links below or type any year into the box above.Frequently asked questions
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