Days Until Thanksgiving Calculator

Unlike Christmas or Halloween, Thanksgiving does not sit on a fixed date. In the United States it is defined as the fourth Thursday of November, so the calendar date moves each year — anywhere from 22 to 28 November. This calculator works out that Thursday for the year you choose, then measures the exact time between right now and midnight at the start of that day. It updates every second, so the seconds tick down live and the day count drops by one at each midnight. Pick any year up to 2126 to see its date and how far away it is; the times use your own device’s clock.

Thanksgiving is a harvest holiday centred on a large family meal, traditionally featuring roast turkey — which is why it is often called “Turkey Day.” In the United States the fourth-Thursday-of-November date was fixed by federal law in 1941; it marks the start of the holiday season and is followed the next day by Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year. Canada celebrates its own Thanksgiving earlier, on the second Monday of October. Whichever you are counting to, the days, weeks and “sleeps” above make it easy to see how long is left.

• US Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November, fixed by federal law in 1941; the date ranges from 22 to 28 November.
• Canadian Thanksgiving is the second Monday of October.
• The countdown runs on your device’s local time and updates every second.
• The day figure counts whole days remaining; the hours, minutes and seconds show the rest.
• You can count down to any Thanksgiving from this year up to 2126.