How many days until Black Friday 2026?
How many days until Black Friday 2026? It is Friday, November 27, the day after Thanksgiving. The timer reaches zero at midnight as Friday begins in your time zone, not when a particular store opens.
Cyber Monday, the online-shopping day that follows, is November 30.
When is Black Friday?
Black Friday is always the Friday after the fourth Thursday of November. In 2026 Thanksgiving is November 26, so Black Friday is November 27. In 2027 it is November 26.
The name was in use among Philadelphia police by the 1950s, for the crowds on the day after Thanksgiving. Retailers later adopted it as the start of the Christmas shopping season. Many of the same discounts now start online earlier in November.
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Questions
Black Friday is the shopping day after Thanksgiving. Stores and websites discount goods, and many people treat it as the start of Christmas shopping.
It is not a US federal holiday. The day after Thanksgiving is a paid day off for many employees, and some states treat it as a holiday, but banks and post offices follow the federal calendar.
Cyber Monday is the Monday after Black Friday, November 30, 2026. The name was coined in 2005 for online sales aimed at people shopping from work computers.