How many days until New Year 2027?
How many days until New Year 2027? The timer above is a countdown until midnight between December 31 and January 1 in your own time zone, so it hits zero right as the new year begins where you are. Count down till New Year, or follow this countdown before it.
On New Year's Day the page celebrates with you, and from January 2 it starts counting toward 2028.
When is New Year?
New Year's Day is January 1, and New Year's Eve is the night before. In 2027, January 1 falls on a Friday. This is also the New Year's Eve countdown for the midnight celebration at the end of 2026.
January 1 became the start of the year when Julius Caesar's Julian calendar took effect in 45 BC, and the Gregorian calendar of 1582 kept it that way.
Celebrations follow midnight around the world, from the first fireworks in the Pacific to the last ones nearly a day later.
Create your own New Year countdown
Counting down with friends? Choose Fullscreen to put a big timer on the TV for the final seconds, or Customize the design and use Share to send it around.
Hosting a New Year's Eve party? A party countdown to the time your guests arrive helps everyone plan ahead.
Questions
New Year's Day, January 1, is the first day of the year on the Gregorian calendar used in most of the world. Celebrations usually start the night before, on New Year's Eve, with parties, fireworks, and a countdown to midnight.
Most countries do, but many cultures also celebrate their own new year on another date. Examples include Lunar New Year in late January or February, Nowruz in March, and the Islamic New Year, which moves with the lunar calendar.
Kiribati. Its Line Islands, including Kiritimati (Christmas Island), are on UTC+14, the earliest time zone on Earth, so they reach midnight while it is still 10 a.m. on December 31 in London. The last inhabited places, American Samoa and Niue, get there about 25 hours later.
Yes, in most countries. January 1 is a day off almost everywhere the Gregorian calendar is used. When it falls on a weekend, many countries move the day off to the Friday or Monday beside it.
The song comes from a 1788 poem by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Its title means "old long since," or days gone by. Scots sang it at Hogmanay, their New Year's Eve celebration, and the custom spread around the English-speaking world.