Countdown to New Year 2027

New Year's Day is Friday, January 1, 2027. The live clock below counts down to midnight in your own time zone. Put it in full screen for the party, or make a countdown image to share. Free, no sign-up.

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Sleeps counts the nights left, the way kids count down to Christmas.

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The Dates

When is New Year?

New Year's Day is always January 1, so the countdown runs to midnight at the end of New Year's Eve on December 31.

YearDateGood to know
2027Friday, January 1, 2027New Year's Eve is Thursday, December 31, 2026
2028Saturday, January 1, 2028New Year's Eve is Friday, December 31, 2027
2029Monday, January 1, 2029New Year's Eve is Sunday, December 31, 2028

How It Works

A live clock, a full screen and an image

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Watch it count down

The clock at the top ticks every second in your own time zone and counts to midnight at the start of the day.

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Put it on the big screen

Press Full screen to turn the clock into a display for a classroom, an office TV or a party. Press Esc to leave.

3

Share today's number

Pick a theme and a size, add a line of your own, and download a PNG for a post or a story. Make a fresh one each day.

Ideas

Ways to use a countdown

The party screen

Put the clock in full screen on the TV and let everyone watch the seconds run down to midnight together.

Friends in other cities

Everyone sees their own midnight, because the clock runs in the time zone of whoever opens the page.

A post for the week before

Make a countdown image with your plans as the extra line and post it to your story to get people talking.

A New Year sale

Count down to the end of your New Year offer on your website with the free Countdown widget, and let it hide itself when time is up.

FAQ

The live countdown at the top of this page shows the days, hours, minutes and seconds left until midnight on New Year's Eve, when Friday, January 1, 2027 begins, in your own time zone.
Yes. Press Full screen under the clock on a laptop connected to a TV or projector. The numbers fill the screen and tick every second down to midnight.
Yes. The clock runs in your browser and counts to midnight at the start of the day where you are, so it is right wherever you open it.
Yes. Press Full screen under the clock and it fills the whole display, which works well for a classroom, an office screen or a party. Press Esc to leave full screen. Some phones, including iPhones, do not allow full screen in the browser.
Yes, completely free. No account, no sign-up and no credit card. The downloaded image carries a small commoninja.com credit at the bottom, and a free account removes it.
Yes. The free Countdown widget from Common Ninja adds a live countdown timer to any website, for a holiday sale, a launch or an event, with no code. It updates by itself, so you never have to change an image.

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