Days Until Columbus Day
Live countdown to Columbus Day: the exact number of days, plus a ticking hours/minutes/seconds clock to Monday, October 11, 2027.
Wondering how many days until Columbus Day? This page shows the live count — days, hours, minutes, and seconds — to Monday, October 11, 2027, and rolls forward to next year's date automatically once the day passes. Columbus Day is the second Monday of October, commemorating Christopher Columbus's landfall in the Americas on October 12, 1492. The Monday rule came from the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, so the observance ranges from October 8 to October 14.
Days until Columbus Day
360
Columbus Day falls on Monday, October 11, 2027
360
Days to go
13
Hours
10
Minutes
33
Seconds
How the date is set: Second Monday of October (US federal holiday). The counter updates every second and rolls over to the next year automatically once the day has passed.
How to use this calculator
- Open this page — the countdown starts by itself, no buttons to press.
- Read the big gold number: that is how many whole days remain until Columbus Day.
- Check the target date shown under the number (Monday, October 11, 2027) and the live hours/minutes/seconds clock.
- Leave the tab open or come back anytime; after the day passes it counts down to next year's date on its own.
The formula
Columbus Day: Second Monday of October (US federal holiday).
Worked example
Worked example: on Friday, October 16, 2026, this page showed 360 days until Columbus Day. That matches a calendar count from October 16 to Monday, October 11, 2027, and it was produced by the same resolver the page uses live (verified against published 2026 calendars).
Frequently Asked Questions
When is Columbus Day in 2026?
Columbus Day falls on Monday, October 12, 2026. Columbus Day is the second Monday of October, commemorating Christopher Columbus's landfall in the Americas on October 12, 1492. The Monday rule came from the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, so the observance ranges from October 8 to October 14.
How many days until Columbus Day?
It depends on today's date, and this page computes it live so it is never stale. For a concrete example: on Friday, October 16, 2026, the counter read 360 days until Columbus Day on Monday, October 11, 2027. The big number counts whole days to the date, while the smaller clock keeps ticking through the hours, minutes, and seconds.
How is the date of this day determined?
The rule is: Second Monday of October (US federal holiday). A growing number of states and cities mark the same day as Indigenous Peoples' Day, so what the day is called depends on where you are.
What happens to the countdown after the day passes?
It rolls over automatically. As soon as the date is behind us, the page resolves next year's occurrence using the same rule and starts counting down to that, so the page is correct whenever you visit it — no stale dates, ever.
Why does the day of the week change every year?
A normal year has 365 days, which is 52 weeks plus one extra day, so a fixed calendar date lands one weekday later the next year (two after a leap year). Days set by a weekday rule, like the fourth Thursday of November, keep their weekday and shift their calendar date instead.