Western & secular
👔 2 days until Father's Day
Father's Day falls on Sunday, June 21, 2026 in your local time.
Father's Day celebrates fathers and fatherhood. In the United States, the United Kingdom, and many other countries it falls on the third Sunday in June, so the date shifts within the month each year while the rule stays constant. It emerged in the early 20th century as a counterpart to Mother's Day and became a permanent US observance in 1972. It is not a public holiday but is widely marked with cards and gifts. Some countries observe it on other dates, but the third-Sunday-in-June rule is the most commonly searched.
Date rule: Third Sunday in June (US and UK date).
The next Father's Day is Sunday, June 21, 2026 — in 3 days. The countdown at the top of this page updates every second in your own time zone, so the number stays accurate wherever you are reading from. Because Father's Day is treated as an all-day calendar date rather than a fixed clock time, the countdown rolls over at midnight in your local zone, not at midnight UTC. If you are coordinating across regions, set reminders against this date and let each person's device localise it.
This year the holiday lands on a Sunday, which means it falls on a weekend — many workplaces that observe it grant a substitute day off on the nearest weekday instead. Across the next five occurrences listed below, Father's Day touches the same weekday each time and lands on a weekend 5 of those 5 years — useful when you are planning travel, time off, or a recurring event around it.
Father's Day belongs to the western & secular calendar tradition. Third Sunday in June (US and UK date). Movable dates like this are resolved from the underlying calendar rule rather than a fixed Gregorian day, which is why the date moves around the calendar each year. Timekit computes every occurrence in the table below from that same rule, so the dates stay consistent with the rest of the site's calendar tools and update automatically as the years roll forward.
If you want the dates in your own calendar app, use the live countdown above, then jump to the western & secular countdowns or the full holiday list to line up the surrounding observances. For a date-by-date planning view, the five-year table gives you the exact weekday for each upcoming year at a glance.
| Year | Date |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Sunday, June 21, 2026 |
| 2027 | Sunday, June 20, 2027 |
| 2028 | Sunday, June 18, 2028 |
| 2029 | Sunday, June 17, 2029 |
| 2030 | Sunday, June 16, 2030 |
The next Father's Day is Sunday, June 21, 2026 — in 3 days.
Father's Day 2027 falls on Sunday, June 20, 2027.
No. Third Sunday in June (US and UK date). The Gregorian date shifts each year, so check the table above for the exact date you need.
Yes — the next Father's Day is a Sunday.