How Many Days Until Friday?
Counting down to Friday, October 23, 2026.
Until Friday
Friday, October 23, 2026
Friday closes out the standard work week and starts the weekend for most people. This countdown ticks down to the next Friday.
| Next Friday | Friday, October 23, 2026 |
| Days away | 3 |
| Hours away | 88 |
| Business days away | 4 |
About Friday
- Friday is the last work day of a standard Monday through Friday week.
- Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, is always the Friday after Thanksgiving.
- A Friday the 13th happens at least once and up to three times per year.
How this countdown works
The timer targets midnight at the start of the next Friday in your device time zone. When today is Friday, the count rolls forward to the following week so the number never sits at zero.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The countdown at the top of this page shows the exact days, hours, minutes, and seconds until the next Friday. It updates every second, so the number is always current. The next Friday is Friday, October 23, 2026.
The next Friday is Friday, October 23, 2026. If today is Friday, this page counts down to the following one, seven days out.
Use the days between dates calculator to count to any specific date, or the date plus or minus calculator to jump a set number of days forward from today.
Yes. Friday is a standard business day in the United States unless it falls on a federal holiday.
A normal year has 52 of each weekday, plus one extra weekday because 365 days is 52 weeks and 1 day. Leap years add a second extra day, so some years have 53 Fridays.