How Many Days Until New Year’s Day?
A live countdown to midnight on January 1 in your own time zone — watch the seconds run out — plus the weekday of New Year’s Day for the next five years.
Days Until New Year’s Day
98 days until New Year’s Day
New Year’s Day 2027 is Friday, January 1, 2027.
Until New Year’s Day 2027
How the date is worked out
- New Year’s Day is always January 1, so only the weekday changes. In 2027 it falls on a Friday.
- From today, Friday, September 25, 2026, to Friday, January 1, 2027 is 98 days (14 weeks).
- The clock counts the real time left until midnight at the start of the day, in your time zone.
New Year’s Day: the next five years
| Year | Date | Federal day off | Days away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Fri, Jan 1 | Same day | 98 |
| 2028 | Sat, Jan 1 | Fri, Dec 31, 2027 | 463 |
| 2029 | Mon, Jan 1 | Same day | 829 |
| 2030 | Tue, Jan 1 | Same day | 1,194 |
| 2031 | Wed, Jan 1 | Same day | 1,559 |
Midnight arrives at different times across the US
This countdown runs to midnight on January 1 in your time zone, so a visitor in Los Angeles sees three more hours on the clock than one in New York. On New Year’s Eve every US time zone is on standard time, so the new year arrives in this order (times in Eastern time, on January 1 unless noted):
| Time zone | Offset | Midnight there (ET) |
|---|---|---|
| Chamorro (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands) | UTC+10 | 9 am Dec 31 |
| Atlantic (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands) | UTC−4 | 11 pm Dec 31 |
| Eastern | UTC−5 | Midnight |
| Central | UTC−6 | 1 am |
| Mountain (incl. Arizona) | UTC−7 | 2 am |
| Pacific | UTC−8 | 3 am |
| Alaska | UTC−9 | 4 am |
| Hawaii–Aleutian | UTC−10 | 5 am |
| Samoa (American Samoa) | UTC−11 | 6 am |
So the US sees in the new year over 21 hours: first in Guam and last in American Samoa.
The Times Square ball
The ball in New York’s Times Square was first lowered on New Year’s Eve 1907 and has come down every year since, except 1942 and 1943, when a wartime “dimout” kept the lights off.
A federal holiday — sometimes observed the year before
New Year’s Day has been a federal holiday since 1870. When January 1 falls on a Saturday, the federal day off is the Friday before, which is December 31 of the old year. That happens next for New Year’s Day 2028, a Saturday: federal offices close on Friday, December 31, 2027. Otherwise New Year’s Eve is a normal working day for federal employees.
How this countdown works
The headline counts calendar days from today’s date to the holiday’s date, so the day before, it says 1 day. The clock counts the real time left until midnight at the start of the holiday, in your own time zone, using your device’s clock — so it shows one day fewer than the headline, plus the hours left today. If a daylight-saving change falls before the holiday, the clock includes that hour. When the holiday arrives the page says so and starts counting to next year’s. For the gap between any two dates, use the date difference calculator; for minutes rather than days, try the online timers.
More holiday countdowns
days until Christmas, days until Valentine’s Day and days until Easter — or see all holiday countdowns.
Frequently asked questions
Does this countdown use my time zone?
Yes. It counts down to midnight on January 1 using your device’s clock and time zone, so it reaches zero at your local midnight. If your device’s clock or time-zone setting is wrong, the countdown will be off by the same amount.
What day of the week is New Year’s Day 2027?
New Year’s Day 2027 is Friday, January 1, 2027, and New Year’s Eve is Thursday, December 31, 2026.
Is New Year’s Eve a federal holiday?
No. December 31 is a normal working day for federal employees unless New Year’s Day falls on a Saturday, when the Friday before becomes the day off — next on Friday, December 31, 2027.
Which part of the US celebrates the New Year first?
Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (UTC+10) reach midnight first, at 9:00 am Eastern time on December 31. American Samoa (UTC−11) is last, at 6:00 am Eastern on January 1.