Countdown to
Sunday
The Sun's day — rest, worship, and the last breath of the weekend.
Today is Sunday.
6 days until Sunday, on Sunday, November 8, 2026.
Sunday is Sunday, November 8, 2026. Happens every Sunday.
Sunday closes out the weekend — a day built around rest, worship, and a slower pace before the work week resumes. Across much of the world it is the day of quiet: shops on shorter hours, family meals, and, for many, church.
The name is a straight translation of the sky. Sunday comes from Old English Sunnandæg, itself a rendering of Latin dies Solis, “the Sun’s day” — the counterpart to the Moon’s day that opens the work week. Its role as a day of rest is ancient: the Roman emperor Constantine made dies Solis an official day of rest throughout the empire in AD 321, and in Christian tradition it became the weekly commemoration of the Resurrection. Sunday’s place on the calendar is famously unsettled — the US, Jewish, and traditional Christian week begins with it, while ISO 8601 and much of the world push it to the end as day 7.
How we get this date. This countdown isn’t tied to a fixed calendar date — Sunday is a recurring weekday. The page finds the soonest date whose day of the week is Sunday: if today is already Sunday, the counter reads zero; otherwise it steps forward day by day until it reaches the next Sunday and counts the interval. Because the rule repeats every seven days, the page stays correct on its own indefinitely.
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 a few timezones away might briefly see a different number. There’s no one global moment when it becomes Sunday — the day simply arrives wherever the local date turns over.
☀️ Fun facts about Sunday
- Sunday takes its name from the Sun — Old English "Sunnandæg," a translation of Latin "dies Solis." It is the Christian day of worship, commemorating the Resurrection.
- Sunday is the first day of the week in US, Jewish, and traditional Christian calendars, but ISO 8601 makes it day 7, the last day — which is why printed calendars disagree on where it belongs.
- The Roman emperor Constantine declared "dies Solis" a day of rest across the empire in AD 321, an early ancestor of the modern weekend.
- Quakers historically rejected the "pagan" day names and called Sunday "First Day," Monday "Second Day," and so on through the week.
Upcoming Sunday dates
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Frequently asked
When is the next Sunday?
The countdown above shows the exact date of the next Sunday in your local calendar. If today is already Sunday, the counter reads zero.
How is the date calculated?
The page finds the soonest date whose weekday is Sunday — today if it is already Sunday, otherwise the next one — counting forward one day at a time in your own timezone. No fixed calendar date is involved.
Is Sunday the first or last day of the week?
Both, depending on the convention. The US, Jewish, and traditional Christian calendars start the week on Sunday, while ISO 8601 and much of the world place it last, as day 7.