A live countdown to Martin Luther King Jr. Day — it falls on the third Monday in January. See the days remaining plus a running hours, minutes and seconds timer, free and entirely in your browser.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on the third Monday in January each year.
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How many days until Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on the third Monday in January, so the countdown above rolls over to next year automatically the moment this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Day passes — it will never show a negative number.
The big number is the count of whole days from today until Martin Luther King Jr. 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
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a floating holiday: the third Monday in January, so it always falls between January 15 and 21. The countdown works out that Monday for the current year automatically.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on the third Monday in January each year. The counter at the top of the page shows the exact number of days until the next Martin Luther King Jr. Day, updated live. Below it, a timer counts down the remaining hours, minutes and seconds.
What day of the week is Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year?
Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on the third Monday in January 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 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, calculated automatically from your device clock.
Does the countdown reset after Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
The Martin Luther King Jr. Day countdown resets automatically. As soon as Martin Luther King Jr. Day has passed, the timer switches to next year's date, so the figure on screen is always the time until the next Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It never counts up and never shows a negative number, and the year label beside the headline updates to the new target year.
What does Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemorate?
Martin Luther King Jr. Day honours the civil rights leader, who was born on January 15, 1929. It is kept on the third Monday in January, so the date falls between January 15 and January 21. President Reagan signed it into law in 1983 and it was first observed in 1986; all 50 states had adopted it by 2000. It is a federal holiday, and since 1994 it has also been designated a national day of service.