A live countdown to Columbus Day — it falls on the second Monday in October. See the days remaining plus a running hours, minutes and seconds timer, free and entirely in your browser.
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Columbus Day falls on the second Monday in October each year.
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How many days until Columbus Day?
Columbus Day falls on the second Monday in October, so the countdown above rolls over to next year automatically the moment this year's Columbus Day passes — it will never show a negative number.
The big number is the count of whole days from today until Columbus Day. 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
Columbus Day (also observed as Indigenous Peoples' Day) is the second Monday in October, between October 8 and 14.
Columbus Day falls on the second Monday in October each year. The counter at the top of the page shows the exact number of days until the next Columbus Day, updated live. Below it, a timer counts down the remaining hours, minutes and seconds.
What day of the week is Columbus Day this year?
Columbus Day falls on the second Monday in October 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 Columbus Day, calculated automatically from your device clock.
Does the countdown reset after Columbus Day?
The Columbus Day countdown resets automatically. As soon as Columbus Day has passed, the timer switches to next year's date, so the figure on screen is always the time until the next Columbus Day. It never counts up and never shows a negative number, and the year label beside the headline updates to the new target year.
Is Columbus Day observed in every US state?
Columbus Day is a US federal holiday on the second Monday in October, but state-level observance varies widely. Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, South Dakota and Vermont are among the states that do not recognise it, and a growing number mark Indigenous Peoples' Day on the same date. Federal offices, most banks and the postal service close, while many private employers and schools stay open. It became a federal holiday in 1937 and was moved to a fixed Monday by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, effective from 1971.