A live countdown to Black Friday — it falls on the day after Thanksgiving. See the days remaining plus a running hours, minutes and seconds timer, free and entirely in your browser.
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Black Friday falls on the day after US Thanksgiving, which is itself the fourth Thursday in November — so the date moves each year.
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How many days until Black Friday?
Black Friday falls on the day after Thanksgiving, so the countdown above rolls over to next year automatically the moment this year's Black Friday passes — it will never show a negative number.
The big number is the count of whole days from today until Black Friday. The live timer beneath it ticks down the remaining hours, minutes and seconds in your local time zone, so it stays accurate wherever you are.
How the date is worked out
Black Friday is the day after US Thanksgiving — the fourth Thursday in November — so the countdown finds Thanksgiving, then adds one day.
Black Friday falls on the day after US Thanksgiving, which is itself the fourth Thursday in November — so the date moves each year. The counter at the top of the page shows the exact number of days until the next Black Friday, updated live. Below it, a timer counts down the remaining hours, minutes and seconds.
What day of the week is Black Friday this year?
Black Friday falls on the day after US Thanksgiving, which is itself the fourth Thursday in November — so the date moves each year. The weekday therefore changes from year to year. The date line under the headline shows the full weekday and date of the upcoming Black Friday, calculated automatically from your device clock.
Does the countdown reset after Black Friday?
The Black Friday countdown resets automatically. As soon as Black Friday has passed, the timer switches to next year's date, so the figure on screen is always the time until the next Black Friday. It never counts up and never shows a negative number, and the year label beside the headline updates to the new target year.
Is Black Friday a public holiday in the United States?
Black Friday is not a federal public holiday in the United States, though many employers give the day off because it follows Thanksgiving. Because Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday in November, Black Friday always lands between November 23 and November 29. It is treated as the informal opening of the Christmas shopping season and is regularly among the busiest retail days of the year. The name was popularised by Philadelphia police in the 1960s to describe the post-Thanksgiving traffic and crowds.