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Fifteen short sections on the last month of the year. Tap any title to skip ahead.
December 2027 at a glance: first weekday, weekends and week numbers
The key numbers for the final month of 2027, calculated by the same logic that draws the calendar above.
- 31 daysWed 1 – Fri 31 Dec
- 8 weekend days4 Saturdays, 4 Sundays
- ISO weeks 48–52Week 52 runs on to 2 Jan 2028
- Full moon 13 Dec16:09 UTC · Cold Moon
- New moon 27 Dec20:12 UTC
How December 2027 sits on the sheet
The month begins on a Wednesday and finishes on a Friday. Saturdays land on the 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th and Sundays on the 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th, so there are eight weekend days. Whether your week starts on Monday or on Sunday, the grid needs five rows.
2027 is a common year, so the calendar flips straight into 2028, which is a leap year with a 29 February. Sagittarius governs the month until 21 December and Capricorn takes over on 22 December. The birthstones are turquoise, tanzanite and zircon, and the birth flowers are the narcissus and holly.
Under ISO 8601 every day of December falls in 2027 weeks 48 to 52. Week 52 starts on 27 December and does not end until Sunday 2 January 2028; week 1 of 2028 begins on 3 January.
December 2027 Moon Phases and the Cold Moon
Full moon on Mon 13 Dec · New moon on Mon 27 Dec (UTC), with the quarters on 6 and 20 Dec.
| Phase | UTC | India (IST) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter | Mon 6 Dec, 05:23 | Mon 6 Dec, 10:53 |
| Full Moon (Cold Moon) | Mon 13 Dec, 16:09 | Mon 13 Dec, 21:39 |
| Last Quarter | Mon 20 Dec, 09:10 | Mon 20 Dec, 14:40 |
| New Moon | Mon 27 Dec, 20:12 | Tue 28 Dec, 01:42 |
Only the full and new moons are drawn on the printable grid. For India (UTC+5:30) the full moon stays on Mon 13 Dec while the new moon moves to Tue 28 Dec, because it happens late in the evening UTC. Select your region under Moon dates in time zone in the maker and the icons follow your local date. The previous new moon fell on 28 November, so December opens with a waxing crescent.
December public holidays by country, 2027–2030
Fourteen countries and territories, listed for December 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030. Pick a country under Holidays (2027–2030) in the maker and its December dates appear on the calendar in small type, red by default, with a colour picker to change it.
| Country | Dates | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Sat 25 Dec Sun 26 Dec Mon 27 Dec Tue 28 Dec | Christmas Day Boxing Day Christmas Day (additional day) Boxing Day (additional day) |
| Canada | Sat 25 Dec Sun 26 Dec Mon 27 Dec Tue 28 Dec | Christmas Day Boxing Day (federal, some provinces) Christmas Day (observed) Boxing Day (observed, some regions) |
| Hong Kong | Sat 25 Dec Mon 27 Dec | Christmas Day First weekday after Christmas Day |
| India | Sun 19 Dec Sat 25 Dec | Goa Liberation Day (Goa only) Christmas Day |
| Ireland | Sat 25 Dec Sun 26 Dec | Christmas Day St. Stephen’s Day |
| Malaysia | Sat 11 Dec Sat 25 Dec | Selangor Sultan’s Birthday (Selangor) Christmas Day |
| New Zealand | Sat 25 Dec Sun 26 Dec Mon 27 Dec Tue 28 Dec | Christmas Day Boxing Day Christmas Day (observed) Boxing Day (observed) |
| Philippines | Wed 8 Dec Fri 24 Dec Sat 25 Dec Thu 30 Dec Fri 31 Dec | Feast of the Immaculate Conception Christmas Eve (if proclaimed) Christmas Day Rizal Day Last Day of the Year |
| Singapore | Sat 25 Dec | Christmas Day |
| South Africa | Thu 16 Dec Sat 25 Dec Sun 26 Dec Mon 27 Dec | Day of Reconciliation Christmas Day Day of Goodwill Day of Goodwill (observed) |
| St. Helena | Sat 25 Dec Sun 26 Dec Mon 27 Dec Tue 28 Dec | Christmas Day Boxing Day Boxing Day (in lieu) Christmas Day (in lieu) |
| United Arab Emirates | Wed 1 Dec Thu 2 Dec Fri 3 Dec | Commemoration Day (if announced) UAE National Day National Day holiday |
| United Kingdom | Sat 25 Dec Sun 26 Dec Mon 27 Dec Tue 28 Dec | Christmas Day Boxing Day Christmas Day (substitute day) Boxing Day (substitute day) |
| United States | Fri 24 Dec Sat 25 Dec Fri 31 Dec | Christmas Day (observed) Christmas Day New Year’s Day 2028 (observed) |
Christmas Day is a Saturday and Boxing Day a Sunday in 2027, so Australia, Canada, New Zealand, St. Helena and the United Kingdom give Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 December as replacement days, Hong Kong adds Monday 27 only and South Africa moves its Day of Goodwill to Monday 27. The US federal government observes Christmas on Friday 24 December and New Year’s Day 2028 on Friday 31 December. Ireland has no automatic replacement day. The UAE’s National Day holiday on 2–3 December is a Thursday and Friday, and the Philippines lists 8, 25, 30 and 31 December every year, with 24 December added by proclamation.
December 2027 Week Numbers and the Year-End Rollover
December is where week numbering gets awkward. Check which system your payroll, school or supplier uses before you plan around week 52.
| Dates (Mon–Sun) | ISO 8601 week | US / Canada week |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 – Sun 5 Dec | Week 48 | Week 49 (1–4 Dec), Week 50 (5 Dec) |
| Mon 6 – Sun 12 Dec | Week 49 | Week 50 (6–11 Dec), Week 51 (12 Dec) |
| Mon 13 – Sun 19 Dec | Week 50 | Week 51 (13–18 Dec), Week 52 (19 Dec) |
| Mon 20 – Sun 26 Dec | Week 51 | Week 52 (20–25 Dec), Week 1 of 2028 (26 Dec) |
| Mon 27 – Fri 31 Dec | Week 52 | Week 1 of 2028 (27–31 Dec) |
ISO 2027 ends with week 52 because its Thursday, 30 December, is still in 2027. That week stretches to 2 January 2028. The US style behaves differently: the Sunday-start week beginning 26 December contains 1 January 2028, so it already counts as week 1 of the new year. A Saturday-start option for the Middle East and plain row counting are also available in the maker.
Observances and festive dates in December 2027
Awareness days, religious festivals and seasonal markers that are not public holidays everywhere. Religious dates follow their own calendars, so treat this as a planning aid and confirm local details.
| Date | Occasion | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 Dec | World AIDS Day | Global health awareness day |
| Fri 3 Dec | International Day of Persons with Disabilities | UN observance |
| Sun 5, 12, 19 Dec | Second, third and fourth Sundays of Advent | Advent began on Sun 28 Nov; the twelfth is Gaudete Sunday |
| Mon 6 Dec | St Nicholas Day · Finland Independence Day | Widely marked in parts of Europe |
| Tue 7 Dec | Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day | United States |
| Wed 8 Dec | Bodhi Day | Observed by many Buddhist communities |
| Fri 10 Dec | Human Rights Day · Nobel Prize ceremonies | Marks the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death |
| Sun 12 Dec | Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe | Mexico |
| Mon 13 Dec | St Lucy’s Day | Festival of light, especially in Sweden |
| Thu 16 Dec | Day of Reconciliation · Victory Day | South Africa · Bangladesh |
| Sat 18 Dec | International Migrants Day | UN observance |
| Tue 21 – Wed 22 Dec | December solstice | Date depends on your time zone; shortest day in the north |
| Fri 24 Dec | Christmas Eve · Hanukkah begins at sundown | US federal Christmas holiday observed this day |
| Sat 25 Dec | Christmas Day | Falls on a Saturday in 2027 |
| Sun 26 Dec | Boxing Day · St Stephen’s Day · Kwanzaa begins | Kwanzaa runs until 1 January |
| Fri 31 Dec | New Year’s Eve | US federal New Year’s Day 2028 observed this day |
Christmas and New Year both fall on weekends this year, which is why several countries shift their days off to Friday 24, Monday 27, Tuesday 28 or Friday 31 December. Use the Holiday, Travel or Flag icons in the maker to make those shifted days stand out.
Build your own free printable December 2027 calendar in four steps
It all runs locally in your browser, so there is nothing to upload and nothing to wait for.
- Configure the pageThe left column controls the year, week numbering, first day of the week, weekend tint, moon icons, orientation and paper size. The preview in the middle redraws with every change.
- Pick a designThe template strip above the preview offers twenty-four designs, including a black-and-white collection, and the right column sets the typeface. A serif face suits a framed hallway calendar, while a condensed sans keeps a crowded festive month tidy.
- Tap a date to annotate itA dialog opens titled with that date. Enter a short note, set a text colour, tint the cell if you like and attach an icon such as a gift or a plane, then press Save.
- Export or sendSave a PDF for the printer, a PNG for slides or a JPG for messaging apps. You can also copy the share link, which carries every setting and note with it.
Print and export tips for a busy December
- Set the paper once, everywhere. Choose the same size in the maker and in the print dialog, A4 with A4 and Letter with Letter. A mismatch is the usual reason a border gets cut off.
- Prefer PDF for paper. It stores the exact sheet size and orientation you picked and every printer driver reads it reliably.
- Use PNG for slides and documents. It is lossless, so thin lines, small text and marker icons stay sharp inside a presentation or a design file.
- Use JPG for quick messages. The files are much smaller, which suits email threads and chat groups where tiny softness does not matter.
- Leave room at the edges. Many home printers cannot print to the very edge. If the frame is trimmed, scale the job to roughly 95% in the print dialog.
- Save ink before the holidays. Rainbow and the tinted colourways lay down a lot of colour. For paper, Classic Black & White or Minimal Gray cost far less toner or cartridge ink.
Choosing a design for your December sheet
Every design uses the same date logic. Only colour, type and structure differ.
Classic Print
A framed title box above a bordered seven-column grid. It resembles the paper calendar that hangs behind a shop counter. The Christmas Day box carries a subtle highlight.
Lines
A large, light condensed “December 2027” on the left over a fine black grid with centred weekday names and small date numbers tucked into the corners.
Rainbow
Every weekday column wears its own pastel shade, which makes a school break easy to follow one stripe at a time.
List View
One line per day with the weekday printed at both ends and weekends warmly shaded. Handy for holiday rotas, travel itineraries and daily logs.
Elegant
Serif “DECEMBER” on the left, the year on the right and a rounded table below. In landscape the notes slide in beside the grid.
Script
A flowing handwritten “December” floats over a large pale year above a teal header row. The most ornamental design in the set.
Classic Black & White
Solid black lines on plain white. It is the thriftiest option for a home printer in a busy gift-wrapping week, and it photocopies without losing detail.
Simple White
The everyday default: pale grey rules, a blue accent and generous white space. Reads cleanly on a fridge door, a desk pad or a pinboard full of festive reminders.
Ocean Blue
A pale-blue field with a deep navy grid. A calm backdrop for year-end project boards, team walls and shared office planners.
Forest Green
Soft sage with a woodland-green accent. It sits happily beside evergreen decorations, house plants and wooden picture frames.
Sunset Peach
Cream and burnt orange give a candle-lit warmth that suits family kitchens, party planners and hosting rotas.
Lavender
A gentle violet backdrop with a bold purple highlight. A favourite for revision timetables and winter-break habit trackers.
Minimal Gray
Slate type on an off-white sheet. Quiet enough to rest behind other paperwork until the moment you need a date.
Black & white collection
Ten monochrome designs, from the plain to the showpiece: Plain, Note Cells, Ledger, Weekend Blocks, Tabs, Lined Notes, Diagonal, Receipt, Certificate and Calligraphy. They suit a thrifty printer in the gift-wrapping rush, and notes, icons, moon markers and holiday labels all carry over.
Boxed Days
Dates sit in small outlined squares, Saturdays in blue and Sundays in red, with space beneath for short notes.
Tools packed into this December 2027 maker
Every layer can be switched on or off, so the sheet carries what helps and nothing more.
Twenty-four layouts, not just colours
Seven colourways (Simple White, Classic B&W, Ocean, Forest, Sunset, Lavender, Gray) sit beside seven structural designs: Classic Print, Lines, Rainbow, Boxed Days, List View, Elegant and Script, and a ten-design black-and-white collection adds Plain, Note Cells, Ledger, Weekend Blocks, Tabs, Lined Notes, Diagonal, Receipt, Certificate and Calligraphy.
Five ways to count weeks
Choose ISO 8601, the US/Canada system anchored on 1 January, the Saturday-start Middle East count, simple row numbering or no week column. A separate “week starts on” switch sets the first weekday.
Two lunar markers
Only the headline events are drawn: a solid gold disc for the full moon on 13 December and a hollow ring for the new moon on 27 December, placed on the UTC date unless you pick another zone.
Public holidays for 14 countries
Select a country and its December holidays for 2027 to 2030 print in small coloured type in each date’s corner. Change the colour with the picker, or hide them by choosing None.
Notes, tints and 24 icons
Each date accepts a short note, a text colour and a background tint, plus an icon such as Gift, Party, Travel, Meal or Deadline. One more picker shades every Saturday and Sunday, or leave it empty to keep each design’s own weekend look.
Links that carry every setting
The share panel folds year, template, font, week system, weekend tint and all notes into one link for WhatsApp, Gmail, email, X, Facebook or LinkedIn, or for pasting anywhere you like.
Ways to put a December page to work
The year-end rush packs deadlines, travel and celebrations into five weeks. One printed page keeps them in sight.
Advent and countdown boards
Print the sheet for the children’s room, tint the days that have already passed and add a Gift or Party icon to the dates with treats.
Holiday travel and leave
Mark flights, drives and returns with the Travel icon, then tint your days off so the family can see who is away and when.
Year-end deadlines and invoicing
Pin payroll cut-offs, filing dates and last-delivery days to the month, and give the unmovable ones the Deadline icon so they stand out in a crowded week.
Gift and spending plans
Record order-by dates and budget limits on the right days with the Money icon, and log the arrival of each parcel to avoid last-minute shopping.
Hosting and cooking schedules
Note guest arrivals, shopping runs and the Meal icon for the big dinner. The List View gives one line per day for a simple run sheet.
Revision and winter-break study
Print a monochrome copy for the desk, map each topic to a date and use the Done icon to tick off sessions as the exams or the break approach.
What happens behind notes, paper sizes and share links
Every note belongs to a date
A note is saved under a full date key such as YYYY-12-24, together with its text, text colour, optional background and optional icon. If you swap templates, change the week system, rotate the page or resize the window, each note simply follows its date. The editing dialog sits outside the sheet, so it can never leak into an exported file. A footer line is different: it belongs to the whole sheet and stays put when you change year.
Paper size, orientation and the weekend tint
Ten paper sizes and portrait or landscape change the whole sheet. The paper selector does two things. It defines the PDF page dimensions and it writes a matching @page rule so the browser’s print dialog opens with the right sheet. Landscape just swaps width and height; the grid is never rotated, and the Print fit control’s “Stretch to page” option grows the day rows so the grid fills the sheet in either orientation. The weekend tint is one stored colour applied through a modifier class, so it overrides a template’s built-in Saturday and Sunday shading but never a note’s own cell colour. Because December ends on a Friday, the grid leaves the trailing January 2028 cells blank rather than inventing next-year data.
How a share link is assembled
Only the settings you changed are turned into JSON, encoded as UTF-8 and written as URL-safe base64 after #s= in the address. When someone opens the link, that fragment is decoded and applied before the first draw. Nothing is uploaded and the fragment never reaches a server. A shared view overrides your saved settings only while you look at it; the first change you make is stored in your own browser as usual. Reset removes both the local copy and the fragment.
Fun facts about December
Small curiosities about the month that closes the calendar.
- Ten in name, twelve in practiceThe word December comes from the Latin decem, meaning ten, a leftover from the early Roman year that began in March and counted only ten months.
- September’s twinSeptember and December always start on the same weekday, in leap years too, because the 91 days between their first days make exactly thirteen weeks. In 2027 both open on a Wednesday.
- The shortest day in the northAround the December solstice the Northern Hemisphere has its fewest daylight hours, while the Southern Hemisphere enjoys its longest day. Far inside the Arctic Circle the sun stays below the horizon altogether.
- The Cold MoonAlmanacs call the December full moon the Cold Moon. The moon table above gives its precise date and time for 2027.
- Three birthstonesDecember is unusual in having turquoise, tanzanite and zircon as its stones. Its birth flowers are the narcissus and holly.
- Nobel DayThe Nobel Prizes are presented on 10 December, the date Alfred Nobel died in 1896.
- A zodiac handoverSagittarius gives way to Capricorn around 21–22 December, within a day of the solstice.
- The ball dropNew York’s Times Square has lowered a lit ball at midnight on 31 December since 1907, a tradition now watched by crowds and television audiences worldwide.
A brief history of December
From the tenth month of a short Roman year to the last page of the modern calendar.
- Early RomeThe oldest Roman year began in March and had ten named months. December, the tenth, ended it, followed by an unnamed winter gap.
- c. 700 BCTwo winter months were added after December, so the year gained twelve months while December kept a name that still meant “tenth”.
- 153 BCRoman magistrates began their term on 1 January, which gradually turned the year’s start toward January and made December the twelfth month in practice.
- 46 BCJulius Caesar’s reform fixed the Julian calendar and gave December the 31 days it still has.
- SaturnaliaRome held its midwinter festival of feasting and gift-giving from 17 December, later stretched to about a week, an ancestor of many modern year-end customs.
- c. 274 and 336Emperor Aurelian is credited with a festival of the Unconquered Sun on 25 December in 274, and the earliest recorded Christmas celebration on that date in Rome is dated to 336.
- 1582When France adopted the Gregorian calendar, 9 December was followed directly by 20 December, so the country skipped ten days in the middle of the month.
- 1903 and 1907On 17 December 1903 the Wright brothers made the first powered flights at Kitty Hawk, and on 31 December 1907 the first New Year’s Eve ball descended over Times Square.
Well-known people born in December
Composers, scientists, writers and entertainers share this month’s birthdays.
December 2027 calendar: your questions answered
Where can I get a free blank printable December 2027 calendar?
Use the maker at the top of this page. It opens an empty December 2027 sheet that you can send to your printer or save as a PDF, PNG or JPG. There is no account, no fee and no upload, because everything is built inside your browser. Type notes only when you need them; with every cell left empty you simply get a clean blank month.
Which weekday does December 2027 begin and end on?
December 2027 starts on a Wednesday and ends on a Friday. 1 December 2026 is a Tuesday, and because 2027 is a common year of 365 days, every date slides forward by one weekday, which puts 1 December 2027 on a Wednesday. With 31 days in the month, 31 December lands on a Friday.
How many weekend days does December 2027 have?
Eight. The Saturdays are the 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th, and the Sundays are the 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday each occur five times because the month both starts and ends in that part of the week.
Which ISO week numbers cover December 2027?
December 2027 runs through ISO weeks 48 to 52. Week 48 holds 1–5 December, week 49 holds 6–12 December, week 50 holds 13–19 December, week 51 holds 20–26 December and week 52 holds 27–31 December. Week 52 is the final ISO week of 2027 and continues to Sunday 2 January 2028.
When are the moon phases in December 2027?
First quarter falls on 6 December, the full Cold Moon on 13 December at about 16:09 UTC, last quarter on 20 December and the new moon on 27 December at about 20:12 UTC. The times come from standard astronomical formulas and are accurate to roughly two minutes.
Do moon dates change with my time zone?
They can. Pick your region under “Moon dates in time zone” in the maker and the icons move to your local date. For India the full moon stays on Monday 13 December, but the new moon shifts to Tuesday 28 December, because it occurs close to midnight UTC. In US Eastern time it remains on 27 December.
Which public holidays fall in December 2027?
Christmas Day lands on Saturday 25 December in nearly every country in the table. Boxing Day or St. Stephen’s Day follows on Sunday 26 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, St. Helena, South Africa and the United Kingdom, and several of those add substitute days on Monday 27 and Tuesday 28. Other December dates include the UAE National Day on 2–3 December, South Africa’s Day of Reconciliation on 16 December and Philippine holidays on 8, 25, 30 and 31 December.
How do Christmas and New Year days off move in 2027?
Because Christmas Day is a Saturday and Boxing Day a Sunday, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, St. Helena and the United Kingdom give Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 December as replacement days, Hong Kong gives Monday 27 only and South Africa moves its Day of Goodwill to Monday 27. The US federal government observes Christmas on Friday 24 December and New Year’s Day 2028 on Friday 31 December. Ireland has no automatic replacement day for weekend holidays.
When does Hanukkah 2027 start?
Hanukkah 2027 begins at sundown on Friday 24 December and ends at nightfall on Saturday 1 January 2028. The festival lasts eight nights and always starts on the 25th of Kislev, so its Gregorian date moves from year to year.
Can I add public holidays to the calendar?
Yes. Choose a country under “Holidays (2027–2030)” in the maker: Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, St. Helena, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom or the United States. Its December dates appear in small type in the top-right corner of each day, in red by default, and a colour picker lets you change that. They show when the year is 2027, 2028, 2029 or 2030, and regional holidays are labelled as such.
What is the best paper size for a December 2027 wall or desk calendar?
A3 or Tabloid leave the most room for busy festive weeks. A4 and Letter work in most home printers, A5 suits a desk pad and A6 fits a pocket diary. Every size is available in portrait and landscape.
How do I make the calendar fill the whole printed page?
Open the Print fit control in the left column and choose Stretch to page. The day rows grow so the December grid fills the sheet instead of leaving empty paper below, and it now works in both portrait and landscape. Pick your paper size first, because the stretch is calculated from the page ratio.
How do I mark gifts, travel days and parties on specific dates?
Click or tap a date in the preview. A small dialog opens where you can type a short note, choose a text colour, tint the cell and attach one of 24 icons such as Gift, Party, Travel or Meal. The dialog never appears in a downloaded PDF, PNG or JPG.
Can I tint the weekend columns?
Yes. Use the Weekend tint picker in the left column to colour every Saturday and Sunday cell in every template. Leave it on “None” to keep each template’s built-in weekend look. A note’s own cell colour always overrides the tint.
Can I send my finished calendar to someone with all settings intact?
Yes. The share panel produces a link that stores your year, template, typeface, week numbering, weekend tint and every day note. Send it by WhatsApp, Gmail, email, X, Facebook or LinkedIn, or copy it anywhere. Nothing is uploaded, because the settings travel inside the address itself.
How do I wipe my changes and begin again?
Press Reset to defaults at the foot of the “Calendar setup” column. It removes notes, colours and layout choices, clears the copy saved in your browser and strips any share fragment from the address bar.
Will my notes still be there when I come back?
Yes, on the same browser and device. Settings and notes are kept in your browser’s local storage and are never sent to a server, so they reappear when you reopen the page.
Keep this December 2027 maker within reach
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