Countdown to
Monday
The start of the work week — and the day most of us are counting down from.
Today is Monday.
Monday is today — Monday, November 2, 2026. Happens every Monday.
Monday opens the standard work and school week across most of the world — the day alarm clocks dread and productivity advice keeps trying to reclaim. It sits between the weekend just behind you and the run of workdays ahead, which is why a single ordinary weekday carries such an outsized reputation in pop culture.
The name is far older than the office. Monday comes from Old English Mōnandæg, “the Moon’s day,” a direct calque of Latin dies Lunae that still shows in French lundi and Spanish lunes. Its place in the week is astrological in origin: in the Hellenistic system of planetary hours, the Moon rules the first hour of this day, seating it right after the Sun’s day. Where Monday lands on the grid depends on where you live — ISO 8601 and much of the world call it day 1, the first day of the week, while US, Canadian, and Japanese calendars usually start on Sunday and slot Monday second.
How we get this date. This countdown isn’t pinned to a fixed calendar date — Monday is a recurring weekday. The page finds the soonest date whose day of the week is Monday: if today is already Monday, the counter reads zero; otherwise it steps forward day by day until it reaches the next Monday and counts the gap. Because the rule simply repeats every seven days, the page stays correct forever without maintenance.
A note on “today.” The day of the week is a local-clock idea, not a single worldwide instant. This counter is anchored to your calendar and rolls over at your local midnight, so someone several timezones away might briefly see a different number. Unlike a solstice or an eclipse, there’s no one global moment when it becomes Monday — the new week simply arrives wherever the local date turns over.
📅 Fun facts about Monday
- Monday takes its name from the Moon — Old English "Mōnandæg" (the Moon's day), a translation of Latin "dies Lunae" that survives in French "lundi" and Spanish "lunes."
- Under the international standard ISO 8601, Monday is day 1, the first day of the week; US, Canadian, and Japanese wall calendars more often start on Sunday and slot Monday second.
- The weekday order is astrological in origin: in the Hellenistic system of "planetary hours," the Moon rules the first hour of this day, which is why it follows the Sun's day.
- Monday anchors a whole run of pop-culture grumbling, from the Boomtown Rats' "I Don't Like Mondays" to Garfield's standing hatred of the day.
Upcoming Monday dates
| Date | Days away |
|---|---|
| Today | |
| 7 days | |
| 14 days | |
| 21 days | |
| 28 days |
Frequently asked
When is the next Monday?
The countdown above shows the exact date of the next Monday in your local calendar. If today is already Monday, the counter reads zero.
How is the date calculated?
The page finds the soonest date whose weekday is Monday — today if it is already Monday, otherwise the next one — counting forward one day at a time in your own timezone. No fixed calendar date is involved.
Why is Monday sometimes the first day of the week and sometimes the second?
ISO 8601 and much of the world treat Monday as day 1; the US, Canada, and Japan commonly show Sunday first, which puts Monday in the second column. Both conventions describe the same day.