Holiday Countdowns
Live countdowns to the next occurrence of major holidays, updated every minute.
Independence Day
July 4
36 days away
July 4, 2026
Labor Day
1st Monday of September
101 days away
September 7, 2026
Halloween
October 31
155 days away
October 31, 2026
Thanksgiving
4th Thursday of November
181 days away
November 26, 2026
Christmas
December 25
210 days away
December 25, 2026
New Year's Day
January 1
217 days away
January 1, 2027
Valentine's Day
February 14
261 days away
February 14, 2027
Easter
Spring Sunday
303 days away
March 28, 2027
Memorial Day
Last Monday of May
367 days away
May 31, 2027
About holiday countdowns
A holiday countdown is a live timer that shows exactly how much time remains until a celebration โ Christmas, Thanksgiving, Diwali, Chinese New Year, Easter, Halloween, and many more. People search for these countdowns to plan travel, prepare gifts, coordinate family gatherings, and simply enjoy the anticipation. Because the timer ticks in real time, every refresh gives you the exact days, hours, minutes, and seconds left โ no manual math required.
Our hub pulls together the major holidays across eight countries so you can find the one you care about in a single place. Fixed-date holidays like July 4 in the United States, Canada Day on July 1, or Bastille Day on July 14 are straightforward. Moving holidays โ Easter, Chinese New Year, Diwali, Thanksgiving, Golden Week, Chuseok, and others โ are computed automatically using the correct lunar or rule-based calendar, so the displayed date is always the right one for the current year.
How the countdowns work
Each card stores the canonical date rule for its holiday โ a fixed month and day, an nth-weekday-of-month formula (like the fourth Thursday of November), or a lunar calendar lookup. When you open the page, your browser compares the current local time to the next occurrence of that rule and renders the delta live. When a holiday passes, the counter rolls forward to the next year automatically, so you never need to reset anything manually.
Because everything runs in your browser, there are no servers involved and no cookies needed to remember your preferences. You can bookmark the specific countdown you care about โ for example the Christmas countdown or the New Year countdown โ and come back any time for a fresh, accurate live timer.