Diwali 2026
The festival of lights, celebrated by over a billion people worldwide.
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About Halloween 2026
Halloween falls on 31 October every year, and in 2026 that is a Saturday. This matters more than it sounds: a weekend Halloween usually means bigger parties, longer trick-or-treating and a heavier night for costume and sweet sales, because nobody has work or school the next morning.
The festival traces back to Samhain, a Gaelic harvest festival marking the end of summer, later absorbed into the Christian calendar as the eve of All Hallows' Day. Irish and Scottish emigration carried the customs to North America in the nineteenth century, where trick-or-treating and carved pumpkins took the form recognised worldwide today.
The countdown above runs to midnight UTC at the start of 31 October. Your own Halloween night begins in your local evening, so the timer reaching zero marks the start of the day rather than the start of the celebration.
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- Halloween
- Trick or treat
- Costumes
- 31 October
- Samhain
Frequently asked questions
Halloween 2026 falls on Saturday 31 October 2026. The date never moves — it is always 31 October.
Yes. 31 October 2026 is a Saturday — the first Saturday Halloween since 2020, and the last until 2037.
It is the eve of All Hallows' Day on 1 November. The date was fixed by the Christian calendar, layered onto the older Gaelic festival of Samhain marking the end of the harvest.
No. Halloween is not a public holiday in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada or Australia — shops, schools and offices open as normal.
The live counter at the top of this page shows the exact days, hours, minutes and seconds remaining until 31 October 2026.
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Thanksgiving 2026
American Thanksgiving falls on Thursday 26 November 2026, the fourth Thursday of the month.
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Christmas Day 2026
Christmas Day 2026 falls on Friday 25 December, giving most of the world a long weekend.
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New Year's Eve 2026
The last night of 2026 falls on Thursday 31 December, with midnight sweeping the globe timezone by timezone.
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