How many days until December 26?
There are 125 days until December 26, 2026, which lands on a Saturday. Watch it tick down live, and share the countdown with everyone who should be counting too.
Counting down to December 26
December 26 birthday facts
Born on December 26? That makes you a Capricorn — disciplined, ambitious and quietly funny. Your birthstone is the turquoise, your birth flower is the narcissus, and your half-birthday lands on June 26 — worth celebrating too. See everything about being born in December, get the full picture with the birthday personality tool, or work out your exact age with the age calculator.
Famous birthdays on December 26
Anyone celebrating a December 26 birthday is in famous company — these are the best-known people born on this exact date:
- Kit Harington (1986) — Game of Thrones star
- Jared Leto (1971) — actor and musician
- Mao Zedong (1893) — founder of the People's Republic of China
December 26 is also Boxing Day, so a birthday on this date shares the calendar with a celebration the whole world already knows.
What makes a December 26 birthday special
December 26 is the 360th day of the year, which means a December 26 birthday arrives with 5 days of the year still to go. It falls on the 5th day of Capricorn season — disciplined, ambitious and quietly funny. December 25 is among the rarest birthdays in the U.S. — while late December babies are famously overrepresented among pro athletes thanks to school-year age cutoffs.
What day of the week is December 26?
| Year | December 26 falls on |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Saturday |
| 2027 | Sunday |
| 2028 | Tuesday |
| 2029 | Wednesday |
| 2030 | Thursday |
Quick answers
- How many days until December 26?
- There are 125 days until December 26, 2026. It falls on a Saturday.
- What zodiac sign is December 26?
- People born on December 26 are Capricorn — typically disciplined, ambitious and quietly funny.
- What are the birthstone and birth flower for December 26?
- The December birthstone is Turquoise and the birth flower is the Narcissus.
- Which famous people were born on December 26?
- Famous December 26 birthdays include Kit Harington, Jared Leto, Mao Zedong.