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About Independence Day

Independence Day, the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States marking the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The date is fixed and celebrated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, and patriotic displays nationwide. It commemorates the formal break of the thirteen colonies from British rule. When the 4th falls on a weekend, the federal observance shifts to the nearest weekday, but the celebration itself remains on the date. It is one of the most prominent civic holidays in the American calendar and the centrepiece of the summer season.

Date rule: Always 4 July.

When is the next Independence Day?

The next Independence Day is Saturday, July 4, 2026 — in 16 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 Independence 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 Saturday, 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, Independence Day touches 5 different weekdays and lands on a weekend 2 of those 5 years — useful when you are planning travel, time off, or a recurring event around it.

How the Independence Day date is set

Independence Day belongs to the western & secular calendar tradition. Always 4 July. Because the date is fixed, the only thing that changes from year to year is the weekday it falls on, and whether countries that observe it move the public-holiday day when it lands on a weekend. That makes it straightforward to plan years ahead: the date in the table below is the date every time.

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.

Independence Day dates for the next five years

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