Wedding countdown
Count down to your wedding date in days, weeks, months, hours, and minutes. Free wedding countdown calculator by Left. Includes a planning timeline.
How this wedding countdown works
Enter your wedding date and the tool counts the time from now to 00:00 on that day in your device’s time zone. You get whole days, whole weeks, and months. Months are approximate: the tool divides the days by 30.44, the average length of a month, so it will not match a calendar month exactly. On the day itself the counter shows that the date has arrived.
A planning timeline you can check against the count
Every couple’s list is different, so treat these as rough markers rather than rules:
| Time before the wedding | Typical focus |
|---|---|
| 12 months or more | Set a budget and guest list, shortlist venues, choose the date |
| 9 to 12 months | Book the venue and key suppliers such as photographer and caterer |
| 6 to 9 months | Send save-the-dates, plan travel and accommodation for guests |
| 3 to 6 months | Order outfits, send invitations, plan the ceremony and the music |
| 1 to 3 months | Confirm numbers and suppliers, finalize the seating, schedule fittings |
| Final week | Confirm timings with everyone, prepare payments and the day-of plan |
If the count is under the first row you are at, pick the next row as your priority and work forward.
Put the wedding countdown on your Home Screen
- Install Left on your iPhone, open Ahead and tap Add a date ahead, then New date.
- Name it your wedding and set Starts to the wedding date.
- Save, then add Left’s Ahead widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen and pick the date in Edit Widget.
Left’s widgets are free, and the free plan includes 2 countdowns. See the countdown widget page for sizes and Lock Screen options.
Left lets you add friends to a shared countdown, which is useful when the whole wedding party wants the same date in front of them. Friends and shared dates are part of Left Premium. Setup is covered in the shared countdowns guide.
Questions
How many weeks are there until the wedding?
The calculator shows the whole weeks left, rounded down. Enter your date above and the number updates as you change it.
Are the months exact?
No. Months are approximate and use an average of 30.44 days. Use the weeks and days for planning, and the months as a rough guide.
What happens on the wedding day?
Once 00:00 on the wedding date has passed, the calculator shows that the date has arrived.
Can I keep the countdown on my iPhone?
Yes. Add the date to Left as an Ahead countdown and show it in a widget. The free plan includes 2 countdowns.
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