Twelfth Night 2026
When is Twelfth Night 2026?
Twelfth Night 2025 has already passed: it was on Sunday, January 5, 2025 (106 days ago).
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What is Twelfth Night?

French King cake (galette de rois), traditionally baked on Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night is the last day of the
Twelve Days of Christmas (also called
Christmastide) and is the traditional end of the
Christmas seaon. It is celebrated annually on
January 5 and is also known as
Epiphany Eve as it is followed by
Epiphany on January 6.
In many countries so-called "king cakes", named after the three biblical kings, are baked on Twelfth Night in preparation for the Epiphany festival the next day and the beginning of the Epiphany season. It is also customary for Christians in many countries to remove their Christmas decorations on Twelfth Night.
Some countries have the custom of giving gifts on Twelfth Night, either instead of giving them at Christmas or in addition to Christmas.
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When is Twelfth Night 2027?
Dates for Twelfth Night in other years
The next occurrence of Twelfth Night is marked in
red.
When is ...? |
Date |
Day of the week |
Days away |
Twelfth Night 2021 |
January 5, 2021 |
Tuesday |
1567 days ago |
Twelfth Night 2022 |
January 5, 2022 |
Wednesday |
1202 days ago |
Twelfth Night 2023 |
January 5, 2023 |
Thursday |
837 days ago |
Twelfth Night 2024 |
January 5, 2024 |
Friday |
472 days ago |
Twelfth Night 2025 |
January 5, 2025 |
Sunday |
106 days ago |
Twelfth Night 2026 |
January 5, 2026 |
Monday |
in 258 days |
Twelfth Night 2027 |
January 5, 2027 |
Tuesday |
in 623 days |
Twelfth Night 2028 |
January 5, 2028 |
Wednesday |
in 988 days |
Twelfth Night 2029 |
January 5, 2029 |
Friday |
in 1354 days |
Twelfth Night 2030 |
January 5, 2030 |
Saturday |
in 1719 days |
Twelfth Night 2031 |
January 5, 2031 |
Sunday |
in 2084 days |
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