how to make a countdown to my own date

Use the «Your own date» section: pick a day, optionally a time and a name for the event, and the counter starts immediately. The «Copy link» button builds an address with those values inside and puts it on your clipboard, so you can send it and the other person sees the same countdown. Without pressing that button your date never enters the page address.

what is the difference between orthodox and catholic easter

The arithmetic, not the meaning. Catholic Easter follows the Gregorian formula; Orthodox Easter is worked out in the Julian calendar and then converted, so it always lands on the same day or later. The gap can reach five weeks: in 2027 the dates are 28 March and 2 May. Sometimes they coincide, as they will in 2028. Both pages list the dates for several years ahead.

why are the dates of ramadan and eid approximate

Because the Islamic calendar is lunar and the start of a month is confirmed by sighting the moon, so the date differs by a day between countries and communities. The tables here follow the Umm al-Qura calendar, the usual computational basis, but not the final word. Such holidays are flagged as approximate, and the exact day is worth checking locally. Hanukkah, Passover and Chinese New Year carry the same flag.

how many working days are left until a date

The holiday page shows that number next to the calendar countdown. For Russia it follows the Russian work calendar: public holidays, days off for holidays on weekends and the day-swaps approved for the year are deducted, and long weekends are shown in full. For years whose decree is not out yet, the figure falls back to plain Monday to Friday, and the page says so.

is my date sent to a server

No. The countdown runs entirely in the browser on your own device clock: you can open the page, switch off the internet and keep watching it tick. The date and event name you type are never uploaded and never stored, neither on a server nor in browser storage. They enter the page address only when you press «Copy link», and the note under the button says so.

Date & time · countdownHow many days until a holiday

Find out how long is left until New Year, Easter, Thanksgiving or a date of your own — down to the second. 100 dates: Russian, worldwide, religious and foreign — plus the school year from the first bell to the enrolment orders.

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Upcoming holidays

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All holidays

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New Year

1 January—

Russian publicday off

Orthodox Christmas

7 January—

Russian folk

Old New Year

14 January—

Russian folk

Epiphany

19 January—

Study

Tatiana Day

25 January—

Study

EGE application deadline

1 February—

Study

Final oral interview (9th grade)

the second Wednesday of February—

Religious

Parents’ Saturdays

six Saturdays a year — from Easter and before 8 November—

Worldwide

Valentine's Day

14 February—

Russian folk

Maslenitsa

55 days before Orthodox Easter—

Studyestimated

First-graders' extra holidays

15 February—

Worldwideapproximate

Chinese New Year

by the lunar calendar—

Religiousapproximate

Ramadan (start)

by the lunar calendar—

Religious

Start of Great Lent

48 days before Orthodox Easter—

Russian publicday off

Defender of the Fatherland Day

23 February—

Study

OGE application deadline

1 March—

Calendar

Spring

1 March—

Russian publicday off

International Women's Day

8 March—

Worldwide

Pi Day

14 March—

Foreign

St Patrick's Day

17 March—

Religiousapproximate

Eid al-Fitr

by the lunar calendar—

Calendar

Spring equinox

around 20 March, the exact moment by astronomy—

Studyestimated

Spring school holidays

27 March—

Worldwide

April Fools' Day

1 April—

Religiousapproximate

Passover

by the lunar calendar—

Religious

Palm Sunday

7 days before Orthodox Easter—

Religious

Catholic Easter

on Catholic Easter—

Russian folk

Cosmonautics Day

12 April—

Religious

Orthodox Easter

on Orthodox Easter—

Religious

Radonitsa

9 days after Orthodox Easter—

Worldwide

Earth Day

22 April—

Personal

Russian 3-NDFL tax return deadline

30 April, moved to the next working day if it is a day off—

Russian publicday off

Spring and Labour Day

1 May—

Russian publicday off

Victory Day

9 May—

Studyestimated

Start of the OGE exams

roughly late May — the exam timetable sets the date—

Study

Last Bell

25 May—

Religiousapproximate

Eid al-Adha

by the lunar calendar—

Studyestimated

Start of the summer holidays

27 May—

Religious

Trinity Sunday

49 days after Orthodox Easter—

Worldwide

Children's Day

1 June—

Studyestimated

Start of the main exam period

1 June—

Calendar

Summer

1 June—

Russian publicday off

Russia Day

12 June—

Study

Start of university admissions

20 June—

Calendar

Summer solstice

around 21 June, the exact moment by astronomy—

Russian folk

Medical Workers’ Day in Russia

the third Sunday of June—

Russian folk

Youth Day

the last Saturday of June—

Studyestimated

School graduation night

the last Saturday of June—

Studyestimated

Scarlet Sails

the last Saturday of June—

Foreign

Independence Day (US)

4 July—

Russian folk

Ivan Kupala

7 July—

Russian folk

Family, Love and Fidelity Day

8 July—

Russian folk

Metallurgist’s Day in Russia

the third Sunday of July—

Study

University application deadline

25 July—

Russian folk

Russian Navy Day

the last Sunday of July—

Study

Competition lists published

27 July—

Russian folk

System Administrator Appreciation Day

the last Friday of July—

Russian folk

Russian Airborne Forces Day

2 August—

Study

University enrolment orders

7 August—

Russian folk

Builder’s Day in Russia

the second Sunday of August—

Religious

Honey, Apple and Nut Saviour Days

14, 19 and 29 August—

Study

Master's application deadline

20 August—

Study

Knowledge Day

1 September—

Calendar

Autumn

1 September—

Russian folk

Tester’s Day

9 September—

Worldwide

Programmers' Day

the 256th day of the year—

Foreign

Oktoberfest

the first Saturday after 15 September—

Calendar

Autumn equinox

around 23 September, the exact moment by astronomy—

Foreignapproximate

Mid-Autumn Festival

by the lunar calendar—

Study

Teachers' Day

5 October—

Religious

Feast of the Intercession (Pokrov)

14 October—

Russian folk

Father's Day

the third Sunday of October—

Studyestimated

Autumn school holidays

26 October—

Worldwide

Halloween

31 October—

Russian publicday off

Unity Day

4 November—

Foreignapproximate

Diwali

by the lunar calendar—

Russian folk

Russian Police Day

10 November—

Worldwide

11.11 — Singles’ Day sale

11 November—

Russian folk

Ded Moroz’s birthday

18 November—

Russian folk

Accountant’s Day in Russia

21 November—

Foreign

Thanksgiving

the fourth Thursday of November—

Worldwide

Black Friday

the day after Thanksgiving—

Russian folk

Mother's Day (Russia)

the last Sunday of November—

Worldwide

Cyber Monday

4 days after Thanksgiving—

Calendar

Winter

1 December—

Personal

Russian property tax deadline

1 December, moved to the next working day if it is a day off—

Study

Final essay

the first Wednesday of December—

Religiousapproximate

Hanukkah

by the lunar calendar—

Russian public

Constitution Day of Russia

12 December—

Calendar

Winter solstice

around 21 December, the exact moment by astronomy—

Russian folk

Power Engineer’s Day in Russia

22 December—

Worldwide

Christmas

25 December—

Studyestimated

Winter school holidays

31 December—

Calendar

End of the year

31 December—

Calendar

The weekend

the next day off by the Russian working calendar—

Personal

Birthday

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Personal

End of conscript service

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Worldwide

2028 Summer Olympics

opening ceremony on 14 July 2028, Los Angeles—

Worldwide

The Year 2038 problem

19 January 2038, 03:14:07 UTC—

Worldwide

Unix time 2,000,000,000

18 May 2033, 03:33:20 UTC—

Your own date

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The date and the name become part of the link — share it deliberately. On its own, without pressing the button, your date never enters the page address.

About holidays and dates

Some holidays are tied to a number and never move: New Year is always 1 January. Others follow a rule — Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November, and Easter is worked out by a formula of its own. A third group depends on the lunar calendar, and their dates differ by a day between countries. A fourth kind sits in the calendar, but the day is appointed by a school or a city — holidays, graduation night, the last bell. Hence the badges in the catalogue, «approximate» for lunar dates and «estimated» for school ones, and the year-by-year table on every holiday page.

Fixed dates

Simple

1 January · 8 March

Tied to a day and a month. Only the weekday changes from year to year — and that is what the holiday page shows you.

Dates by rule

Computed

4th Thursday of November

Set by a rule rather than a number: «the last Sunday», «the fourth Thursday», «the Saturday after 15 September». The date differs every year, yet it is unambiguous.

Easter

Formula

Computus

Worked out by a dedicated algorithm and differing between Orthodox and Catholic traditions: the gap reaches five weeks, and some years they coincide. Maslenitsa, Palm Sunday, Trinity and Lent are counted from Easter.

Lunar holidays

Approximate

Ramadan · Eid al-Adha

They depend on the lunar calendar and on sighting the moon, so the date differs by a day between countries. Such dates are flagged as approximate and published as a table covering several years.

Estimated dates

Estimated

Holidays · graduation

The date exists, but a school or a city sets it: the last bell, graduation night, school holidays, Scarlet Sails. What you see here is the ministry recommendation and common practice — check the exact day with your own school, and the page offers a shortcut to your own date.

Day off or not

Russia

8 official

Eight dates are public holidays in Russia; the rest are celebrated on working days. Each holiday says which it is, and the working days to it and long weekends follow the Russian work calendar, day-swaps included.

Long weekends

Planning

3–4 days in a row

When a holiday sits next to a Saturday and Sunday, you get a run of three days off or more. The holiday page works it out from the Russian work calendar, day-swaps and moved days off included: the 2027 New Year break is 11 days.

Frequently asked questions

Open the page of the holiday you need — the counter shows days, hours, minutes and seconds left until midnight on your device clock. Next to it you get the date this year and next, the weekday it falls on, the working days remaining and how many Mondays, Fridays and other weekdays are still ahead, which is what you need when you plan in weeks. The catalogue shows the same at a glance, tile by tile.

Updated 16 October 2026