Business Days and Working Days
A business day is any Monday to Friday that is not a public holiday. 2026 contains 250 business days — 365 calendar days minus 104 weekend days and 11 observed US federal holidays. Pick a year for the month-by-month breakdown, or a working-day count for the date it lands on.
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Counted from October 27, 2026, skipping weekends and US federal holidays. Each page also carries a lookup table for any start date in a six-month window.
| Business days | Lands on | Calendar days | Typically used for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 business day | Wed, October 28, 2026 | 1 | Next-business-day service and same-week turnarounds |
| 2 business days | Thu, October 29, 2026 | 2 | Two-day shipping and short response windows |
| 3 business days | Fri, October 30, 2026 | 3 | Standard expedited shipping and short review windows |
| 5 business days | Tue, November 3, 2026 | 7 | One working week — the most common shipping estimate |
| 7 business days | Thu, November 5, 2026 | 9 | Extended shipping estimates and short notice periods |
| 10 business days | Tue, November 10, 2026 | 14 | Two working weeks — payment terms and review periods |
| 14 business days | Tue, November 17, 2026 | 21 | Common contractual response windows |
| 15 business days | Wed, November 18, 2026 | 22 | Three working weeks and mid-month settlement terms |
| 20 business days | Wed, November 25, 2026 | 29 | Four working weeks — roughly one calendar month of work |
| 21 business days | Fri, November 27, 2026 | 31 | Statutory response periods quoted in working days |
| 25 business days | Thu, December 3, 2026 | 37 | Five working weeks and quarterly reporting cut-offs |
| 30 business days | Thu, December 10, 2026 | 44 | Six working weeks — long-lead orders and escrow periods |
| 45 business days | Mon, January 4, 2027 | 69 | Extended settlement and due-diligence windows |
| 60 business days | Tue, January 26, 2027 | 91 | Twelve working weeks — roughly a calendar quarter of work |
| 90 business days | Wed, March 10, 2027 | 134 | Long-lead procurement and construction milestones |
| 120 business days | Wed, April 21, 2027 | 176 | Half-year project planning in working days |
| 180 business days | Mon, July 19, 2027 | 265 | Long-horizon planning in working days |