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How Many Days Until St. Patrick's Day?
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St. Patrick's Day is March 17, a cultural and religious feast day that is not a US federal holiday. DaysUntil counts to your local March 17, then rolls to the next March 17 after the date ends. In 2026 the 17th is a Tuesday; in 2027 it is a Wednesday. Ireland treats the day as a public holiday. US parades are municipal events and sometimes move to a Saturday; this page stays on March 17 so a shared link means the feast date, not a city's march.
FAQ
- When is St. Patrick's Day?
- March 17 every year. After that local date ends, we roll to next March 17. 2026 is a Tuesday; 2027 is a Wednesday. The heading stays yearless.
- Is it a US federal holiday?
- No. It is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland. American parades, river dyeings, and pub crawls are local. Federal offices stay open.
- Does the date ever move?
- The feast is March 17. Church calendars may shift liturgy when it falls in Holy Week; civic parades sometimes move to the nearest Saturday for crowds. Those are not the civil date this page uses.
- Why might another site disagree?
- A parade-Saturday countdown is not the feast date. A UTC flip near midnight can also shift the number. We use local March 17 through the end of that day.
- What is the distinctive history for a US countdown?
- Patrick's fifth-century mission is the religious root; the American civic overlay is later. Unique to this page: New York's parade claims a colonial-era start, but the nineteenth-century Irish-American fraternal march is what turned March 17 into a US street holiday — which is why the feast is Irish and the all-day civic spectacle is especially American.
- Should I count to a parade step-off?
- Use a custom time for a specific city's march. This page stays on March 17.
- What if Holy Week collides with March 17?
- Church liturgies may transfer the feast when March 17 falls in Holy Week; city parades may already have moved to Saturday for crowds. Those transfers are real and local. This slug stays on March 17 so a nationwide link does not silently become “the Saturday the city preferred.” Build extra clocks for the transferred liturgy or the march.
- Why do US cities dye rivers if the feast is Irish?
- Chicago's river dyeing is a local civic stunt from the 1960s, not a liturgical requirement. It shows how March 17 became an American municipal festival layered on an Irish saint's day. Count to March 17 here; count to the dyeing hour with a custom time if that is the spectacle you mean.