Holiday Countdown

See how long until your next public holiday in nine regions, with long weekends and make-up workdays marked.

How to Use

1. Pick your region — it starts from your language and is remembered on this device.
2. The big card shows the next public holiday and a live countdown to the first day off.
3. Check the line under it for how many days off you get in a row, weekend included.
4. In mainland China, make-up workdays (Saturdays or Sundays you work instead) are listed in red.
5. Scroll the list for the next twelve holidays; 'Not yet announced' marks dates calculated before the official notice.

Features

• Nine regions: US, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong
• Live countdown to the start of the next holiday
• Long-weekend length, weekends included
• Make-up workdays for mainland China
• Estimated dates clearly labelled until they are official
• Free, no signup, region remembered locally

About This Tool

A few days before any long weekend, the same question climbs the search charts: how many days until the next holiday? This countdown keeps the answer permanently on screen. Pick your region and it shows the next public holiday, the dates it covers and a live clock that ticks down to the second until the first day off, with the full list of upcoming holidays right underneath. The tricky part is that "the next day off" is not the same everywhere, so the tool follows each region's own rules rather than a one-size-fits-all calendar. In mainland China the schedule comes from the State Council's holiday notice, published each year around November, and it includes make-up workdays, the Saturdays or Sundays you work in exchange for a longer break. Those days are listed in red so you can plan around them. Japan follows the Act on National Holidays, which adds substitute holidays when a holiday lands on a Sunday and the in-between "citizens' holiday" when a normal day is squeezed between two holidays. US federal holidays that fall on a Saturday are observed on the Friday before, and those that fall on a Sunday move to the Monday after. The United Kingdom and other regions use a substitute day in a similar spirit. You will sometimes see a holiday marked "Not yet announced". That means the government has not published that year's arrangement yet, so the date is calculated from the statutory number of days and will be updated once the official notice arrives. Treat it as a good estimate, not a promise. The break length includes the neighbouring weekend, because that is the number that matters when you decide whether one extra day of leave would turn a long weekend into a proper trip. Everything you choose stays in your own browser, with no account and no upload, and you can open the countdown as a small window on the BytePlay desktop and glance at it between tasks.

Frequently Asked Questions

When is the next public holiday?

Choose your region and the big card at the top shows the next public holiday, the dates it covers and a countdown to the first day off. The clock updates every second, and it rolls over to the following holiday by itself after midnight, so you can leave the page open all week.

Why does a holiday say "Not yet announced"?

It means the government has not yet published that year's official arrangement. Until it does, the date is calculated from the statutory number of holiday days. In mainland China, for example, the notice usually comes out around November of the previous year. After the official notice is published, the dates are updated to match it and the label goes away.

How are make-up workdays and substitute days handled?

For mainland China the tool lists the make-up workdays, meaning the weekend days you work to earn a longer break, in red under the countdown. In Japan a holiday that falls on a Sunday moves to the next day that is not itself a holiday. For US federal holidays, a Saturday date is observed on the Friday and a Sunday date on the Monday.

Which regions are supported, and which holidays are used for Canada and Australia?

Nine regions are listed: the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. For Canada the tool uses the federal statutory holidays (Canada Labour Code), which apply to federally regulated workplaces; provincial holidays may differ, so check your own employer's calendar. Australia shows only the holidays observed in every state and territory, because each one sets its own extra days.