Days Until New Year's Day
Live countdown to New Year's Day — days, hours, minutes, and seconds, plus sleeps, weeks, and the dates for the next five years. 100% in your browser, nothing uploaded.
There are 89 days until New Year's Day 2027
New Year's Day 2026 has passed — counting down to New Year's Day 2027 (Friday, January 1).
Target: Friday, January 1, 2027 at 12:00 AM (your local time) · 12 weeks and 5 days · 90 sleeps to go
New Year's Day Dates for the Next 5 Years
| Year | Date | Weekday |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 (this countdown) | January 1 | Friday |
| 2028 | January 1 | Saturday |
| 2029 | January 1 | Monday |
| 2030 | January 1 | Tuesday |
| 2031 | January 1 | Wednesday |
🎉 Fun Facts About New Year's Day
- •January is named for Janus, the two-faced Roman god of doorways, endings, and beginnings.
- •Pope Gregory XIII's 1582 calendar reform fixed January 1 as New Year's Day; Britain and its colonies adopted it only in 1752.
- •The Times Square New Year's Eve ball has dropped every year since 1907.
- •"Auld Lang Syne" is set to a 1788 poem by the Scottish poet Robert Burns.
- •In Japan, temples ring their bells 108 times at midnight, symbolically cleansing 108 worldly desires.
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Quick Answer
New Year's Day falls on January 1 every year. The live counter above counts the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until January 1 at midnight in your local time zone — the same moment New Year's Eve ends. When the new year begins, the countdown automatically rolls over and starts counting to the following year, right in your browser.
How It Works
Open the page — the countdown to January 1 is already running, no setup needed
Read the days, hours, minutes, and seconds remaining until midnight
Check the weeks-and-days summary for a quick answer
Scroll to the five-year table to see the weekday of January 1 through 2030
Hosting a party? Open the Countdown Timer for any custom time, or the Date Calculator to plan ahead
Key Facts
- Live countdown to January 1, ticking every second in your local time zone
- Shows the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until the new year begins
- Weeks-and-days breakdown for a quick "how many weeks until New Year" answer
- Automatically counts to the following year at midnight
- New Year 2027 begins on Friday, January 1
- Five-year table with the weekday of January 1 from 2026 to 2030
- Free, private, and instant — runs 100% in your browser
Frequently Asked Questions
How many weeks until New Year?
Divide the days remaining by 7. The live counter at the top of this page shows full weeks plus the leftover days automatically — for example, 56 days to go is exactly 8 weeks, and 60 days is 8 weeks and 4 days.
What day is New Year's Day 2027?
Friday, January 1, 2027. January 1 moves forward one weekday each year, and by two after a leap year: Saturday in 2028, then Monday in 2029.
Does the countdown end at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Yes — the timer hits zero at 12:00 AM on January 1 in your device's local time zone, the exact moment New Year's Eve becomes New Year's Day. Right after midnight, the page rolls over and starts counting to the next year.
How many days until 2027?
The number of days left in 2026 is exactly what the live counter at the top of this page shows — it counts to 12:00 AM on January 1, 2027 in your local time zone and updates every second.
Why does my countdown show a different time than my friend's?
The countdown targets midnight in each device's local time zone, so it reaches zero exactly when the new year starts for you. Someone in an earlier time zone will see the counter hit zero up to a full day before someone in a later one.