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Dragon Boat Festival Countdown

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235 days · 33 weekends left · ~64% of the year

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Dragon Boat Festival — fifth day of the fifth lunar month
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How many days until Dragon Boat Festival?

Open a live countdown to the next Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month) at midnight in your local time. Keep the tab open, go fullscreen, and share the URL.

When Dragon Boat Festival has passed, the target rolls to the next occurrence automatically. Pick related holidays below or set any custom date on the countdown hub.

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    Watch the live Dragon Boat Festival countdown

    Days, hours, minutes, and seconds update every second. Midnight local time on Dragon Boat Festival is the target; the share hash keeps the same date when you copy the link.

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    Check the date facts above the fold

    The facts strip shows this year’s date and the “Moves each year” chip — moves on the lunar calendar.

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    Plan with suite links

    Set a morning-of alarm, open the day on the calendar, or add an ICS event so travel and gatherings stay on track.

When is Dragon Boat Festival?

Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. If today is after this year’s date, the countdown targets the next occurrence at midnight in your local timezone.

How people mark Dragon Boat Festival

Communities race dragon boats, eat zongzi (sticky rice dumplings), and hang herbs for health and luck. It is a public holiday in Taiwan and mainland China.

Use the clock for planning

Watch the facts strip for this year’s Gregorian date. Related Qingming and Mid-Autumn countdowns cover spring and autumn festivals.

Why a Dragon Boat Festival countdown page

Searchers want a clear clock to Dragon Boat Festival — not a blank date picker. This landing preloads the next Dragon Boat Festival so you can share or fullscreen in one step.

Countdown features

  • Live days, hours, minutes & seconds Days, hours, minutes, and seconds update every second.
  • Shareable URL hash Title and target travel with the link — no account required.
  • Present & fullscreen Present mode clears chrome for classrooms and lobbies; fullscreen fills the display.
  • Quick starts & holiday stages Jump ahead with stage chips, presets, or popular holiday countdown landings.
  • Timezone-aware targets Pick a target timezone so the wall time means the same moment for everyone — encoded in the URL hash.
  • Save locally & ICS export Keep up to eight targets on this device, or download an ICS for Google Calendar, Outlook, and Apple Calendar.
  • Embeddable widget Paste an iframe on a class site, party page, or stream overlay — it syncs to your current target.

Countdown FAQs

Need another date? Use a custom datetime, a quick start, or open a popular holiday countdown landing.

What time does the Dragon Boat Festival countdown end?
Midnight (00:00) on Dragon Boat Festival in your device’s local timezone.
Does the date change every year?
Yes. The countdown always picks the next Dragon Boat Festival occurrence from our holiday catalog.
Can I share this Dragon Boat Festival countdown?
Yes. The page URL hash stores the date and title so anyone opening the link sees the same countdown.
Is an account required?
No. The countdown runs fully in your browser with no sign-up.
Why does Dragon Boat Festival move?
It follows the lunar calendar (fifth day of the fifth month). This page always targets the next catalog occurrence.