2026 is a common year of 365 days, 52 weeks and one day, so it starts and ends on the same weekday: Thursday. Thursday is the only weekday that occurs 53 times; every other weekday occurs 52 times.
January 1 is a Thursday, so it already belongs to week 1 of 2026 under ISO 8601, which begins on Monday, December 29, 2025. December 31 falls in week 53 of 2026, and the ISO year has 53 weeks.
2026 has three Fridays the 13th: February, March, November. A 2026 calendar is valid again in 2037 and 2043: those years also start on a Thursday and are common years.
Easter falls on April 5 in 2026, in the middle of its possible range of March 22 to April 25. Chinese New Year, the start of the Fire Horse year (丙午), is on February 17. By the Umm al-Qura calendar, Ramadan 1447 AH begins on February 18; the actual start is announced after the new crescent is sighted and can differ by a day. The Islamic year 1448 AH begins on June 16.
2026 has 90, 91, 92, 92 days in its four quarters and 261 weekdays in total. Of the US federal holidays, 8 give a three-day weekend because they are observed on a Monday or Friday.
Choose another country in “Holidays” above to mark its days on the calendar, or see public holidays by country.
Clock changes and seasons in 2026
Daylight saving time
Sun, Mar 8: United States and Canada (most areas)forward at 2:00 a.m.
Sun, Mar 29: United Kingdom and Irelandforward at 1:00 a.m.
Sun, Mar 29: European Union (Central European Time)forward at 2:00 a.m.
Sun, Apr 5: South-east Australia (Sydney, Melbourne)back at 3:00 a.m.
Sun, Apr 5: New Zealandback at 3:00 a.m.
Sun, Sep 27: New Zealandforward at 2:00 a.m.
Sun, Oct 4: South-east Australia (Sydney, Melbourne)forward at 2:00 a.m.
Sun, Oct 25: United Kingdom and Irelandback at 2:00 a.m.
Sun, Oct 25: European Union (Central European Time)back at 3:00 a.m.
Sun, Nov 1: United States and Canada (most areas)back at 2:00 a.m.
Times are local. Computed from IANA tzdata; governments can change their rules, and the dates follow the rules in force today.
Equinoxes and solstices
March equinoxFri, Mar 20, 14:46 UTC
June solsticeSun, Jun 21, 08:24 UTC
September equinoxWed, Sep 23, 00:05 UTC
December solsticeMon, Dec 21, 20:50 UTC
Times from the US Naval Observatory, in UTC. West of Greenwich the local date can be a day earlier: an event at 00:05 UTC on September 23 is the evening of September 22 in New York.
Questions
Is 2026 a leap year?
No. 2026 is not divisible by 4, so February has 28 days and the year has 365. The next leap year after 2026 is 2028.
What day of the week does 2026 start on?
January 1, 2026 is a Thursday, and December 31, 2026 is a Thursday.
How many weeks are in 2026?
2026 has 52 weeks and 1 day. In ISO 8601 week numbering it has 53 weeks, one of the years with a week 53. All week numbers of 2026 lists their dates.
How many working days are in 2026?
2026 has 261 weekdays (Monday to Friday). 11 US federal days off fall on a weekday (counting observed days), leaving 250 working days for US federal employees. Other countries differ by their own holidays.
Which years have the same calendar as 2026?
Between 1900 and 2100: 1903, 1914, 1925, 1931, 1942, 1953, 1959, 1970, 1981, 1987, 1998, 2009, 2015, 2037, 2043, 2054, 2065, 2071, 2082, 2093, 2099. Their January 1 is a Thursday and they are common years, so every date falls on the same weekday.
When is Easter 2026?
Western Easter Sunday is Sunday, April 5, 2026, so Good Friday is April 3 and Easter Monday April 6.