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Accurately calculate the live countdown to US Thanksgiving to help you plan your holiday schedule and celebrations in advance.
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Overview
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This page counts down to US Thanksgiving and lets you select a year to see its date. The holiday falls on the fourth Thursday in November, so its calendar date changes from year to year. For example, November 2026 has Thursdays on the 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th, making November 26 Thanksgiving. The rule is stated in 5 U.S.C. § 6103.
The display breaks the remaining interval into days, hours, minutes, and seconds. A calendar date helps with invitations and travel; the changing clock is useful for a quick sense of how much preparation time remains.
Guide
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Check the year and Thanksgiving date shown on the page.
Use the year control to look at another Thanksgiving, including a past or future year.
Read the day, hour, minute, and second fields for the time remaining to the selected date.
For plans shared with others, write down the full date and agree on a time zone for any timed event.
The countdown is calculated from the current device time and updates once per second. If the current year's holiday has passed and you have not manually selected a year, the page advances to the next year.
Use cases
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Confirm the selected year's Thursday first, then place shopping, thawing, and cooking reminders on their own calendar dates.
Share the year and date with coworkers arranging coverage or travel. Use each person's workplace calendar for local closures and leave plans.
Q&A
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No. It follows the US rule of the fourth Thursday in November. Canadian Thanksgiving uses a different date rule.
The target is constructed as a local calendar date on each device. Time zones and device clocks can change the hour and minute readout, even when everyone agrees on the Thanksgiving date.
Yes. Select the year you want to inspect; the date is calculated for that year and compared with the current device time.
Notes
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This countdown is for US Thanksgiving, not other countries' holidays or a complete US holiday calendar. It has no time-zone selector. Devices in different time zones may show different time remaining, and an inaccurate system clock can affect the display. For a shared meal or meeting, confirm the full date and local event time in your calendar.
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