How Many Days Until St Patrick's Day?

Counting down to St Patrick's Day, with the working-day count as well as the calendar-day count.

Days until St Patrick's Day201 days

St Patrick's Day falls on Wednesday, 17 March 2027

Falls on 17 March 2027
Day of week Wednesday
Business days 135
In weeks 28 weeks and 5 days

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St Patrick's Day 2027 is still ahead. It falls on Wednesday, 17 March 2027, 201 days after 28 August 2026. This page is kept whichever side of today the date falls on: the date and the rule behind it are worth looking up either way. For the year after this one see St Patrick's Day 2028, and for every year we have a page for see all holiday countdowns.

St Patrick's Day 2027 is Wednesday, 17 March 2027

There are 201 days between 28 August 2026 and St Patrick's Day, which falls on Wednesday, 17 March 2027. That is 28 weeks and 5 days, or 135 working days once Saturdays, Sundays and the US federal holidays in between are taken out — the figure that matters if you are counting delivery lead time or a work schedule rather than sleeps. The date is 2027-03-17 in ISO form and 3/17/2027 in the US format, it falls in ISO week 11 of 2027, and it is day 76 of 365.

How the date of St Patrick's Day is decided

St Patrick's Day is always 17 March. It is a public holiday in Ireland, where it moves to the following Monday when it falls on a weekend, but not in the United States.

That makes it a fixed date: the same day of the same month every year, so it lands on a different weekday each time. In 2027 it is a Wednesday.

St Patrick's Day is an observance rather than a federal holiday. Offices, banks and schools stay open unless an individual employer chooses otherwise, and it counts as an ordinary business day in every calculator here. Only the eleven federal holidays are treated as non-working days — the list and the reasoning are on the holiday sources page.

St Patrick's Day in the years after 2027

YearDateDayCountdown
2028 17 March 2028 Friday St Patrick's Day 2028
2029 17 March 2029 Saturday St Patrick's Day 2029
2030 17 March 2030 Sunday Next St Patrick's Day

The date does not move, but the weekday does — which is why the same holiday gives a long weekend in some years and not others.

Every convention used above — whether the start date counts, how month ends are clamped, which holidays close an office — is written out on the methodology page, including how we count the 135 working days above.

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Common questions

How many days until St Patrick's Day?
The live count is at the top of this page and updates for your local date. It also shows the figure in weeks and days, and in working days.
What date is St Patrick's Day this year?
The exact date is shown in the result panel, along with the day of the week and the dates for the next three years.
How is the date of St Patrick's Day decided?
St Patrick's Day is always 17 March. It is a public holiday in Ireland, where it moves to the following Monday when it falls on a weekend, but not in the United States.
How many working days until St Patrick's Day?
Shown alongside the calendar-day count, with weekends and US federal holidays removed.

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