International observance
How Many Days Until World Children's Day 2026?
Today: · Eastern Time (America/New_York)
Calendar days until World Children's Day
27 days until World Children's Day
World Children's Day is on Friday, November 20, 2026.
Live countdown to midnight on November 20, 2026
26 days, 18 hours, 27 minutes, 52 seconds remaining
Eastern Time (America/New_York). Countdown days are 24 hours; the calendar-day count above uses local dates.
- Calendar days (signed)
- 27
- Full weeks + days
- 3 weeks + 6 days
- Calendar months + days
- 0 months + 27 days
- Years, months, days
- 0 years, 0 months, 27 days
- Weekdays counted
- 20
- Weekend days counted
- 7
- U.S. business days
- 19
- Observed holiday dates skipped
- 1
What is World Children's Day?
World Children's Day, November 20, promotes children's rights and welfare and international togetherness among children.
History of World Children's Day
The United Nations established Universal Children's Day in 1954. November 20 marks the adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959 and of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history.
World Children's Day today
UNICEF leads events where children "take over" roles in media, business and government for a day, and landmarks around the world are lit blue.
Date details
- Category
- International observance
- How the date is set
- Same date every year
- Country / region
- General calendar event
- Actual event date
International observance; not a country-specific public-holiday closure.
Source: UNICEF
Event date facts
- Weekday
- Friday
- ISO week / year
- 47 / 2026
- Day of year
- 324
- Quarter
- 4
- Days left in year
- 41
- Leap year
- No
November 2026
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | ||||||
Event dates by year
| Rule year | Actual date | Observed federal closure | Certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Thursday, November 20, 2025 | — | Same date every year |
| 2026 | Friday, November 20, 2026 | — | Same date every year |
| 2027 | Saturday, November 20, 2027 | — | Same date every year |
| 2028 | Monday, November 20, 2028 | — | Same date every year |
| 2029 | Tuesday, November 20, 2029 | — | Same date every year |
Quick answers
- What day of the week is November 20, 2026?
- November 20, 2026 is a Friday.
- Is World Children's Day a federal holiday?
- No. World Children's Day is not a U.S. federal holiday, so federal offices and most businesses stay open.
- What week of the year is November 20, 2026?
- November 20, 2026 is in ISO week 47 of 2026 and is day 324 of the year.
How the World Children's Day date is calculated
- World Children's Day is on November 20 every year. In 2026 that is a Friday.
- The countdown counts calendar days from today to November 20, 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 November 20, 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 6:32 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.