Today is a Thursday
Today is Thursday, November 5, 2026, day 309 of 365, in ISO week 45. Pick any of the 366 calendar dates below to see the weekday it falls on this year and in the years after, along with its day-of-year number and the leap-year effect on both.
What day of the week is any date?
The weekday of a date is not fixed: it belongs to the date in a particular year. A common year of 365 days is 52 weeks plus one day, so a fixed date steps forward one weekday from one year to the next. A leap year adds a second spare day, so the step becomes two whenever 29 February falls inside the gap. Over 28 years the pattern closes and a date has visited every weekday four times, which is the cycle each date page counts out rather than assumes.
Coming up
| Date | Occasion | Weekday | Days away |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 11 | Veterans Day | Wednesday | 6 |
| November 26 | Thanksgiving Day | Thursday | 21 |
| December 21 | December solstice | Monday | 46 |
| December 24 | Christmas Eve | Thursday | 49 |
| December 25 | Christmas Day | Friday | 50 |
| December 31 | New Year's Eve | Thursday | 56 |
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Questions
- What day of the week is it today?
- A Thursday. Today is Thursday, November 5, 2026.
- Why does the same date fall on a different day each year?
- Because 365 days is 52 weeks plus one spare day, so a fixed date moves forward one weekday a year, or two across a leap day.
- Does 29 February have a page?
- Yes. It exists only in leap years, so its date page lists leap years only.
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