Thanksgiving in the United States is the fourth Thursday of November. This live countdown runs to midnight on Thursday, November 26, 2026, in your time zone.
Counted to midnight on US Thanksgiving Day, in your own time zone.
US Thanksgiving 2026 is on Thursday, November 26, 2026. Since 1941 it has been the fourth Thursday of November by law, so it always falls between 22 and 28 November. Black Friday follows the next day, Friday, November 27, 2026.
Canada celebrates its own Thanksgiving earlier, on the second Monday of October, closer to its harvest.
The countdown at the top of this page shows the days, hours, minutes and seconds left until Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, in your own time zone.
President Lincoln set the last Thursday of November in 1863. In 1941 Congress fixed it as the fourth Thursday of November, and it has stayed there ever since.
Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October, about six weeks before the American holiday.
Yes. Wadiget, our free Android app, has countdown widgets that show the days left to any date on your home screen.