Black Friday Dates Table
| Year | Thanksgiving | Black Friday | Cyber Monday |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Nov 26 | Nov 27 (Fri) | Nov 30 |
| 2027 | Nov 25 | Nov 26 (Fri) | Nov 29 |
| 2028 | Nov 23 | Nov 24 (Fri) | Nov 27 |
| 2029 | Nov 22 | Nov 23 (Fri) | Nov 26 |
| 2030 | Nov 28 | Nov 29 (Fri) | Dec 2 |
| 2031 | Nov 27 | Nov 28 (Fri) | Dec 1 |
| 2032 | Nov 25 | Nov 26 (Fri) | Nov 29 |
| 2033 | Nov 24 | Nov 25 (Fri) | Nov 28 |
| 2034 | Nov 23 | Nov 24 (Fri) | Nov 27 |
| 2035 | Nov 22 | Nov 23 (Fri) | Nov 26 |
| 2036 | Nov 27 | Nov 28 (Fri) | Dec 1 |
Black Friday never has to be looked up twice: Congress fixed Thanksgiving as the fourth Thursday of November in 1941, the shopping day is always the Friday after it, and Cyber Monday is always the Monday after that. That single rule generates the entire table - 2026 lands Black Friday on November 27 with 27 shopping days to Christmas Eve, and 2030 is the next year the date drifts as late as November 29.
Pick a year in the tool for its exact dates plus a live countdown in days; the table carries all eleven years through 2036 so planners, retailers and payroll calendars can book the long weekend once.
How to use
- Pick a year to see its Black Friday date, weekday, and how many days out it sits from today.
- Read the Cyber Monday column for the online-sales window - always three days after Black Friday by rule.
- Bookmark for planning: the dates are rule-locked through 2036, so this table cannot go stale.
Frequently asked questions
Why is Black Friday always the day after Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving is a federal statutory holiday on the fourth Thursday of November (the 1941 law, per usa.gov), and the Friday after it became the informal start of the holiday shopping season - a day off for many workers and the traditional launch of Christmas retail. Because the anchor holiday is rule-locked, Black Friday inherits the rule: it can fall anywhere from November 23 to November 29 and nothing else.
Did Thanksgiving ever move and break the pattern?
Yes - the Franksgiving episode. In 1939, President Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving a week earlier to lengthen the shopping season, and for two years some states kept the old date and some took the new one, splitting calendars nationwide. Congress ended the confusion in 1941 by fixing the fourth Thursday, which is exactly why today's table can be generated by arithmetic instead of an announcement.
Where did Cyber Monday come from?
The National Retail Federation's Shop.org coined Cyber Monday in 2005 after noticing an online sales spike on the Monday after Thanksgiving - people back at work, on fast office connections, finishing what they browsed over the weekend. It has since outgrown the office-connection origin but kept the name and the fixed slot, three days after Black Friday.
Can retailers move the Black Friday date?
They move the deals, not the date. Sales now routinely start weeks early under Black Friday branding, but the Friday itself is anchored to the statutory Thanksgiving rule - same reason this table and the days-until countdown agree through 2036 without anyone publishing a revised calendar.