What jewish holiday is today
To identify today’s Jewish holiday, check a reliable Jewish calendar using your location and the current Hebrew date. Jewish dates begin at sunset, so the answer can change during the civil evening ra
Guides — how to use clocks, alarms and time zones
Long reads about time: alarms, sleep, time zones, daylight saving and counting days.
This is the index of every guide on this site: short, practical instructions for our clocks, timers, countdowns, and the word counter. Pick the tool you need below, and its guide will walk you through it in a few minutes.
383 guides in “Holidays”.
What restaurants are open on christmas day
Which restaurants are open on Christmas Day depends on the town and the year. Many close. Some hotels, diners, and Chinese restaurants stay open; check that location.
What stores are open christmas day
Which stores are open on Christmas Day depends on the country, the town, and that location’s posted hours. There is no single list that covers every shop.
When does hanukkah start
Hanukkah starts at sundown on the 25th of Kislev. On the civil calendar that evening falls in late November or December, which is late autumn or early winter in the north.
When does macy s thanksgiving parade start
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade starts on Thanksgiving morning in New York City. Thanksgiving 2026 is Thursday, 26 November. Recent street starts have been 8:30 a.m. Eastern; confirm that year’s public
When does ramadan end
Ramadan ends at sunset on its 29th or 30th day, when Shawwal begins. Eid al-Fitr is the next morning, not another fast.
When does ramadan start
Ramadan starts at the beginning of the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, when the new crescent is sighted or the month is calculated. The Gregorian date shifts earlier from year to year.
When is chinese new year
Chinese New Year starts on the first day of the lunisolar year, a Gregorian date that usually falls between late January and mid-February. In 2026 it begins on 17 February.
When is christmas eve and christmas day
Christmas Eve is December 24. Christmas Day is December 25. Those dates do not move. In the United States, Christmas Day is the federal holiday, not Christmas Eve.
When is easter this year
Western Easter this year is Sunday, April 5, 2026. Orthodox Easter this year is Sunday, April 12. Both fall in Northern Hemisphere spring.
When is hanukkah this year
In 2026, Hanukkah begins at sundown on Friday, December 4, the start of 25 Kislev. The eight nights run through nightfall on Saturday, December 12.
When is labor day
Labor Day in the United States is the first Monday in September. In 2026 that Monday is 7 September; in 2027 it is 6 September.
When is memorial day
Memorial Day in the United States is the last Monday in May. In 2026 that Monday is 25 May; in 2027 it is 31 May.
When is mexican independence day
Mexican Independence Day is 16 September every year. The civic holiday is that date; the Grito ceremony is the night of 15 September.
When is mothers day
In the United States, Mother’s Day is the second Sunday in May. Other countries use other rules, so the season and the weekday are not the same everywhere.
When is st patrick s day
Saint Patrick's Day is 17 March every year. The date is fixed; the weekday rotates. In 2026 it is a Tuesday; in 2027 it is a Wednesday.
When is thanksgiving this year
In the United States, Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November. In 2026 that is November 26. Canada’s Thanksgiving is the second Monday of October; in 2026 that is October 12.
When is the spring equinox
The northern spring equinox is the March equinox, on 19, 20, or 21 March. In 2026 it is Friday, 20 March, at about 14:46 UTC. South of the equator that same instant is the start of autumn.
When is the summer solstice
The summer solstice is the instant the Sun reaches its farthest north or south for the year. It is a moment, not a multi-day opening.
When is the winter solstice
The winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere falls on December 21 or 22. In 2026 it is Monday, December 21. South of the equator, that same instant is the summer solstice.
When is valentines day
Valentine's Day is 14 February every year. The weekday changes; the date does not. In 2026 it falls on Saturday; in 2027 it falls on Sunday.
When is veterans day
Veterans Day is November 11 every year. It is a U.S. federal holiday in autumn, and the date does not slide to a Monday.
White christmas
A white Christmas is snow on 25 December: falling flakes, or snow already on the ground, depending who is counting. The phrase also names Irving Berlin’s song and the Bing Crosby film built around it.
How to use All guides
Scan the list and open the page that matches your task. Every guide follows the same shape: what the tool does, how to start it, what the controls mean, and a short FAQ built from questions readers actually send. None of the tools require an account or an installation — each one runs in an ordinary browser tab, and its guide points out the two or three things worth knowing before you press the first button.
Guides for the word counter and other writing tools
The most visited guide here explains the online word counter: paste a draft, read the totals, and see whether your essay, ad, or post fits its limit. If you write to a length requirement — school assignments, application letters, meta descriptions — start there. The guide also covers the habits that make counting useful, like checking the total before you trim rather than after, so you know exactly how much has to go instead of cutting blind.
Guides for clocks, timers, and countdowns
Most of the collection deals with time. There are guides for the stopwatch, the tally counter, the holiday countdown pages, and two longer reads that explain how time zones and daylight saving actually work. The explainers pair well with the live tools: read the theory once, then lean on the map and the converter whenever a meeting crosses an ocean. If you only ever open one, make it the daylight saving guide the week before the clocks change.
Stopwatch and timer basics — measuring up versus counting down Countdowns to Halloween, New Year, and other dates people wait for Time zones explained, and what daylight saving does to them Small tools: tally counter, coin flip, password generator, widgets
How the guides are written
Long manuals get skimmed; short ones get read. So each guide answers the main question in its first paragraph and keeps the details for people who scroll. If a page leaves your question unanswered, that is a defect by our own definition — the FAQ sections grow out of exactly those gaps, one reader at a time. A good guide is like a good referee: when it does its job, nobody remembers it was there.
Questions and answers
- Are the tools behind these guides free?
- Yes, all of them — including the free word counter, the stopwatch, and every countdown page. There is no premium tier hiding behind a button, and no sign-up gate in front of anything.
- Do I have to read a guide before using a tool?
- No. The tools are meant to be self-explanatory. The guides exist for the edge cases: the option you did not notice, the question that comes up halfway through the job.
- Where do new guides appear?
- On this page. When a tool or a longer explainer is added, its guide is listed here, so this index is always the complete picture of what the site can teach you.