U.S. observance
How Many Days Until Halloween 2026?
Today: · Eastern Time (America/New_York)
Calendar days until Halloween
7 days until Halloween
Halloween is on Saturday, October 31, 2026.
Live countdown to midnight on October 31, 2026
6 days, 18 hours, 39 minutes, 29 seconds remaining
Eastern Time (America/New_York). Countdown days are 24 hours; the calendar-day count above uses local dates.
- Calendar days (signed)
- 7
- Full weeks + days
- 1 week + 0 days
- Calendar months + days
- 0 months + 7 days
- Years, months, days
- 0 years, 0 months, 7 days
- Weekdays counted
- 5
- Weekend days counted
- 2
- U.S. business days
- 5
- Observed holiday dates skipped
- 0
What is Halloween?
Halloween, October 31, is the evening before All Saints' Day. It is one of the most popular celebrations in the United States, known for costumes, trick-or-treating, jack-o'-lanterns and haunted houses.
History of Halloween
Its roots are usually traced to Samhain, a Celtic festival marking the end of the harvest, when the boundary with the spirit world was believed to be thin. The Church later set All Saints' Day on November 1, and the night before became All Hallows' Eve. Irish and Scottish immigrants brought many of the customs to America in the 1800s, and trick-or-treating became widespread in the mid-1900s.
Halloween today
Children go door to door for candy, adults hold costume parties, and homes are decorated with carved pumpkins, which replaced the turnips once carved in Ireland and Scotland. It is not a public holiday, and schools and businesses stay open.
Date details
- Category
- U.S. observance
- How the date is set
- Same date every year
- Country / region
- United States
- Actual event date
Source: Library of Congress
Event date facts
- Weekday
- Saturday
- ISO week / year
- 44 / 2026
- Day of year
- 304
- Quarter
- 4
- Days left in year
- 61
- Leap year
- No
October 2026
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | ||||||
| Target |
Event dates by year
| Rule year | Actual date | Observed federal closure | Certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Friday, October 31, 2025 | — | Same date every year |
| 2026 | Saturday, October 31, 2026 | — | Same date every year |
| 2027 | Sunday, October 31, 2027 | — | Same date every year |
| 2028 | Tuesday, October 31, 2028 | — | Same date every year |
| 2029 | Wednesday, October 31, 2029 | — | Same date every year |
Quick answers
- What day of the week is October 31, 2026?
- October 31, 2026 is a Saturday.
- Is Halloween a federal holiday?
- No. Halloween is not a U.S. federal holiday, so federal offices and most businesses stay open.
- What week of the year is October 31, 2026?
- October 31, 2026 is in ISO week 44 of 2026 and is day 304 of the year.
How the Halloween date is calculated
- Halloween is on October 31 every year. In 2026 that is a Saturday.
- The countdown counts calendar days from today to October 31, 2026. The start date is excluded and the end date is included. Dates use Eastern Time (America/New_York).
- The live countdown runs to midnight at the start of October 31, 2026 in Eastern Time (America/New_York). A countdown day is 24 hours, so a daylight-saving change can make it differ from the calendar-day count by an hour.
- Calculated at 5:20 AM on October 24, 2026.
- U.S. business days exclude Saturday, Sunday and observed nationwide federal closures; individual employer and state schedules are not included.