How Many Days Until Groundhog Day 2027? Countdown & Date

There are 83 days until Groundhog Day 2027, on Tuesday, 2 February 2027 (Tuesday). This page counts down to the day, explains what it is and how it is observed, and gives the dates for 2026, 2027 and 2028.

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When is Groundhog Day 2027?

Groundhog Day 2027 is on Tuesday, 2 February 2027 — Tuesday. That is 83 days from today (11 November 2026) — 11 weeks and 6 days, or about 2.7 months. It is a United States observance, and a federal holiday in the United States where marked.

How the countdown is worked out

The countdown is the number of days from today to the holiday's date: Tuesday, 2 February 2027 minus 11 November 2026 is 83 days. The count is in calendar days — it counts the days you have to wait, not the number of midnights, and it does not count today. The countdown timer recomputes the number live, second by second, and the days until calculator does the same calculation for any date you choose. If the holiday is in a different time zone from you, the day starts at a different moment — but the date is the date, and the countdown is in days, so the time zone does not change the number.

What is Groundhog Day?

Groundhog Day, 2 February, is a North American folk tradition: if a groundhog sees its shadow, winter will last six more weeks; if not, spring is coming. The most famous groundhog is Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania.

How Groundhog Day is observed

Thousands gather at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney at dawn to watch Phil's prediction. The day was made famous worldwide by the 1993 film Groundhog Day.

How the date is worked out

Groundhog Day is on the same date every year — February 2027 — so the date never moves. The only thing that changes is the day of the week: Groundhog Day 2027 is a Tuesday, Groundhog Day 2028 is a Wednesday.

Groundhog Day dates — 2026, 2027 and 2028

Year	Date	Day of the week
2026	2 February 2026	Monday
2027	2 February 2027	Tuesday
2028	2 February 2028	Wednesday

Groundhog Day 2027 in the calendar

Groundhog Day 2027 is the 33rd day of 2027 — a year of 365 days — and it falls in ISO week 5 of the year. There are 332 days left in the year after it, and 28 days in February 2027. In the Northern Hemisphere it is winter; in the Southern Hemisphere the seasons are reversed.

The week number matters more than people think: in business and government across Europe, dates are often given as week numbers, and the week number finder gives the ISO week for any date. The day-of-year number is used in astronomy, in logistics and in some payroll systems. And the days-left figure is the useful one for planning the rest of the year: after Groundhog Day 2027 there are 332 days — 47 weeks — left in 2027.

Planning for Groundhog Day 2027

83 days is about 11 weeks — enough time to plan, but not so much that it can wait. If Groundhog Day means travel, book it this week: fares rise as the date approaches. If it means time off work, put the request in now. And if it means preparations, start them — 11 weeks is enough for most plans, but not if you leave it to the last week.

Groundhog Day 2027 falls on a Tuesday — a weekday — so most people need to take the day off to mark it properly. If it is a federal holiday, federal offices close and many employers give the day off; if it is not, the day off comes out of your annual leave. Book the time off early, especially if the holiday is one people travel for: the days around a weekday holiday are among the busiest travel days of the year, and the fares rise as the date approaches.

The countdown in other units

The countdown to Groundhog Day 2027 is 83 days — which is 11 weeks and 6 days, 1992 hours, 119,520 minutes, or about 2.7 months. Of those 83 days, 59 are weekdays and 24 are weekend days — so if you are counting working days, there are 59 of them left before the holiday. The days between dates calculator works out the same numbers for any two dates, and the business days calculator counts the working days excluding public holidays.

Groundhog Day around the world

As an American observance, this day is marked across the United States, and many of the days in this group are federal holidays — which means federal offices close, banks close, and the post does not run. Whether you get the day off depends on your employer and your state: private employers are not required to close on federal holidays. Schools usually follow the federal calendar, and the days around the holiday are among the busiest travel days of the year.

Planning checklist for Groundhog Day 2027

When	Task
This week	Book travel and request time off, if Groundhog Day means either — fares rise as the date approaches.
Two weeks before	Buy gifts or make preparations, and confirm plans with family.
One week before	Check the date once more — the date is fixed — and finalise the plan.

More countdowns

If you are counting down to Groundhog Day, you may also be counting down to Christmas Day 2027, New Year's Day 2027, Easter Sunday 2027. And for the same holiday in another year, see Groundhog Day 2026 and Groundhog Day 2028.

Frequently asked questions

When is Groundhog Day 2027?

Groundhog Day 2027 is on Tuesday, 2 February 2027 (Tuesday).