October 1, 2026 falls on a Thursday
October 1, 2026 is a Thursday. It is 8 days from today, September 23, 2026. The date is day 274 of 365 in 2026, it sits in ISO week 40, and it is the 1st of a 31-day month with 30 days after it.
What day of the week is October 1?
In 2026 it is a Thursday. The weekday is not a property of the date itself, it is a property of the date in a given year, so the honest answer always names the year. A common year is 365 days, which is 52 weeks plus one spare day, so a fixed date moves forward one weekday from one year to the next. A leap year inserts a second spare day, so the step is two whenever 29 February falls inside the gap. That is why October 1 works its way around the week rather than repeating on a tidy schedule.
October 1 in the next few years
| Year | Weekday | Day of year | ISO week | Leap year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Thursday | 274 | 40 | no |
| 2027 | Friday | 274 | 39 | no |
| 2028 | Sunday | 275 | 39 | yes |
| 2029 | Monday | 274 | 40 | no |
| 2030 | Tuesday | 274 | 40 | no |
| 2031 | Wednesday | 274 | 40 | no |
| 2032 | Friday | 275 | 40 | yes |
| 2033 | Saturday | 274 | 39 | no |
Between 2026 and 2027 the weekday moves from Thursday to Friday, a step of 1. The day-of-year column also moves: October 1 is day 274 in a common year and day 275 in a leap year, because it sits after 29 February.
How often does October 1 fall at a weekend?
Counting the 28 occurrences from 2026 to 2053, October 1 lands on a Saturday 4 times and on a Sunday 4 times, so 8 of those 28 years put it at a weekend. Over a full 28-year stretch the Gregorian calendar repeats itself, and a fixed date visits each weekday four times, so the long-run answer is two weekend years in every seven.
Where October 1 sits in the calendar
October 1 is the 1st day of October, a month of 31 days in 2026, leaving 30 days of the month after it. Measured from 1 January it is 273 days into the year, and 91 days remain to 31 December, which puts it 75.1% of the way through 2026. In October 2026 the other Thursdays are the 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, because weekdays repeat every seven days inside a month just as they do across one.
What else happens around October 1?
No holiday or widely marked observance falls within five days of October 1 in 2026, which makes it a quiet stretch of the calendar. The nearest marked dates either side can be found on the when is it index.
How far away is October 1?
The next October 1 is Thursday, October 1, 2026, 8 days from today. That is 1 whole week and 1 day, or 1.1 weeks written as a decimal. To count towards it second by second, use the date calculator.
Questions
- What day of the week is October 1, 2026?
- A Thursday. It is day 274 of 365 and falls in ISO week 40.
- What day of the week is October 1 next year?
- In 2027 it is a Friday.
- What number day of the year is October 1?
- Day 274 in a common year and day 275 in a leap year. See day 274 for more.
- Which week of the year is October 1 in?
- ISO week 40 in 2026. The week 40 page lists every date in it.
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