Days Until New Year’s Day
The countdown to New Year’s Day is already selected. You get the days left, the weeks and days, and the hours and minutes. This year New Year’s Day is on Thursday, January 1, 2026. New Year’s Day is January 1, the first day of the calendar year. Once it has passed, the count turns to next year.
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How we calculate it
The countdown is the number of days from the date you count from (today by default) to the next New Year’s Day. If the date has already passed this year, it points to next year.
New Year’s Day falls on January 1. The calculator works the date out from that rule for each year, so it stays right as the years change.
Dates of New Year’s Day for the next five years: Thursday, January 1, 2026; Friday, January 1, 2027; Saturday, January 1, 2028; Monday, January 1, 2029; Tuesday, January 1, 2030.
Assumptions and limits
- The countdown is in whole days, from midnight to midnight, not to the hour.
- New Year’s Day is a U.S. federal holiday. When January 1 falls on a Saturday, federal employees take the Friday before off, and when it falls on a Sunday they take the Monday after (5 U.S.C. 6103). The calendar date does not move.
- Change the "Count from" date to count from any other day, or switch the event to your own date.
Frequently asked questions
How many days until New Year’s Day?
Today’s count is shown at the top of the calculator and updates every day. For 2026 New Year’s Day is on Thursday, January 1, 2026; after that date the calculator counts to next year.
What date is New Year’s Day in the next few years?
Thursday, January 1, 2026; Friday, January 1, 2027; Saturday, January 1, 2028; Monday, January 1, 2029; Tuesday, January 1, 2030.
Is New Year’s Day always on the same date?
Yes, the date is always January 1, but the weekday changes from year to year.
Is New Year’s Day a federal holiday?
New Year’s Day is a U.S. federal holiday. When January 1 falls on a Saturday, federal employees take the Friday before off, and when it falls on a Sunday they take the Monday after (5 U.S.C. 6103). The calendar date does not move.
Does the count include today?
No. It counts the days between the two dates, so from the day before to New Year’s Day is 1 day. On the day itself it shows that New Year’s Day is today.
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Worked example (a fixed example using the starting numbers, it does not change as you type)
Inputs: Count down to = New Year’s Day (January 1); Count from = October 29, 2026.
- Days until New Year’s Day 64
- Date Friday, January 1, 2027
- Weeks and days 9 weeks 1 day
- Hours 1,536
- Minutes 92,160