Date & time · knowledge dayHow many days until Knowledge Day

Knowledge Day falls 1 September. The counter below runs in real time: days, hours, minutes and seconds until midnight on your own device clock.

Countdown

Russian folk

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1 September

What this day is

1 September opens the school and university year. A working day; when it falls on a Sunday, the assemblies move to the Monday.

This year—the year is not in the lunar table

Next year—the year is not in the lunar table

Day off or working dayWorking daycelebrated, but the day is a working one

Working days left—Monday to Friday, day-swaps not counted

Long weekend—the date does not sit next to a weekend

How the date is worked out1 Septemberthe same rule every year

Dates by year

independent of when you opened the page

20261 SeptemberTuesday

20271 SeptemberWednesday

20281 SeptemberFriday

20291 SeptemberSaturday

20301 SeptemberSunday

Updated 6 September 2026