Black Friday 2026 falls on Friday, November 27 — the day after Thanksgiving, which lands on Thursday, November 26 that year. Cyber Monday follows three days later, on Monday, November 30. * Both dates are anchored to Thanksgiving rather than a fixed calendar date, which is why they shift by a few days every year. Thanksgiving is always the fourth Thursday of November, so Black Friday is always the day right after it, and Cyber Monday is always the Monday that follows that weekend — the first business day back, originally built around workers using office internet to shop once they returned from the holiday. * In practice, neither date functions as a single-day event anymore. Most major retailers now start rolling out "early Black Friday" deals in October, weeks before the actual date, and many extend Cyber Monday-level discounts through the following week rather than cutting them off at midnight. The two named days still tend to mark where the deepest, most aggressive price cuts cluster, even if the broader sale window is much longer. * If you're planning purchases around these dates, the practical takeaway is to start watching prices in October rather than waiting for November 27 specifically — by the time Black Friday itself arrives, some of the best individual deals may have already come and gone during early promotional windows.