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Year progress
32.2% of 2026 is already complete — 117 days down, 248 to go. The percentage updates every second in your timezone — tweet it, screenshot it, or use it as your homepage tab.
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Days passed
117
of 365 in 2026
Days remaining
248
until New Year's Day
Leap year?
No
Standard 365-day year
Quarter 1 progress
0 of 30 days
Day 1 of 7 (Mon–Sun)
0.0 of 24 hours elapsed
Still ahead
May 1, 2026
Vesak 2026
Most important Buddhist festival, commemorating the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha. Falls on Friday May 1, 2026 (full moon of Vaisakha). Visits to temples, lighting of lanterns, offerings of flowers, meditation, vegetarianism, dana (giving).
May 1, 2026
Vesak / Buddha Purnima 2026
UN-recognized Day of Vesak commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Gautama Buddha; date varies by tradition (Theravada full moon May).
May 3, 2026
EU Digital Markets Act — First Review Report
Statutory European Commission review of the DMA's effectiveness, contestability, and scope.
May 4, 2026
WB, Kerala, TN, Assam, Puducherry Assembly Election Counting
Counting day for five Indian state assembly elections; TMC/DMK/Left test.
May 5, 2026
CAA Supreme Court Final Constitutional Hearing
Final hearing on 240+ petitions challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019; Union government arguments May 6–7.
May 6, 2026
Code with Claude San Francisco 2026
Hands-on workshops on agentic coding with Claude, live demos of new Claude developer tools, 1:1 office hours with the teams behind Claude. Extended day on May 7 targeted at indie developers and early-stage founders.
May 6, 2026
Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower 2026 Peak
Peak of the Eta Aquariids — Halley's Comet dust — with ZHR ~50 and grazing fireballs best seen from the Southern Hemisphere and tropics in the pre-dawn hours.
May 10, 2026
Mother's Day (US) 2026
Celebration honouring mothers. Observed on the second Sunday of May in the US and most countries. Falls on Sunday May 10, 2026. (UK Mothering Sunday is March 15, 2026 — three Sundays before Easter.) Cards, flowers, brunches, gifts, family gatherings.
Looking back
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