Day 24 of the year
The 24th day of 2026 is Saturday, January 24, 2026. It was 242 days ago.
Where day 24 lands in other years
The calendar date for a given day number moves only because of leap years. In a common year day 24 is one date; from 1 March in a leap year it shifts back by one.
| Year | Date | Weekday | Leap year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | January 24 | Saturday | no |
| 2027 | January 24 | Sunday | no |
| 2028 | January 24 | Monday | yes |
| 2029 | January 24 | Wednesday | no |
| 2030 | January 24 | Thursday | no |
Day 24 in context
Day 24 sits in January, on the 24th of the month, in the first quarter. By that point 23 days of the year have already gone and the year is 6.6% complete.
| Anchor | Day number | Distance from day 24 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January | 1 | 23 days before |
| 1 April | 91 | 67 days after |
| 1 July | 182 | 158 days after |
| 1 October | 274 | 250 days after |
| 31 December | 365 | 341 days after |
Counting to and from day 24
Ordinal day numbers make in-year arithmetic trivial: the gap between two dates in the same year is just the difference of their day numbers. Day 24 minus today's day 266 gives 242 days, with no month lengths to reason about. That is exactly why batch codes, expiry stamps and flight schedules use them.
Questions
- What date is day 24 of the year?
- Saturday, January 24, 2026.
- What weekday is it?
- A Saturday in 2026.
- How far away is it?
- 242 days ago.
Reading the number back
To go the other way, from a calendar date to a day number, add up the lengths of the months before it and then add the day of the month. For January 24 in 2026 that is 0 days across the earlier months plus 24, giving 24. The only wrinkle is February, which is why the same date can carry two different day numbers depending on whether the year is a leap year.