Black Friday Countdown

How many days until Black Friday?

As of October 17, 2026, Black Friday is 41 days away. That is 5 weeks and 6 days, or 11% of a year; the timer above has the exact figure for today in your time zone.

Black Friday dates, 2026 to 2031

When is Black Friday 2026? Dates through 2035

How the date of Black Friday is set

Black Friday is the day after US Thanksgiving, so it falls between November 23 and November 29.

Also coming up: Cyber Monday on Monday, November 30, 2026, Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 26, 2026, and Christmas on Friday, December 25, 2026.

Black Friday facts and traditions

Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving and the traditional start of the holiday shopping season in the United States. It is not a federal holiday.

Police in Philadelphia used the name Black Friday for the crowds and traffic of the day after Thanksgiving, and by the 1980s it had stuck. The later explanation is that it marks the day stores move from loss, in the red, to profit, in the black.

• Its date changes each year because it follows Thanksgiving.
• It is traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year in the United States.
• Many retailers now start their sales days or weeks earlier.

How the Black Friday countdown counts

The timer runs to midnight at the start of Black Friday in your own time zone: the hours, minutes and seconds left today, plus the full days after that. "Days until" counts calendar days, so tomorrow is always 1 day away and the count at the top is one more than the timer's full days. After the day has passed, the countdown moves on to next year by itself.

For a span between any two dates, with weeks and working days, use the days between dates calculator. To count down to a date of your own, create a countdown with its own link.

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