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Court Deadline & Days-Between Calculator

A general litigation-deadline helper. Work out the number of days between two dates, or add a number of days to a date to find your deadline — with an option to exclude Sundays from the count. Use it for adjournment dates, response windows, procedural timelines and any other "count the days" calculation in a case.

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How this is calculated

Days between two dates simply counts the calendar days from the start date to the end date, and expresses the same figure in whole weeks and remaining days — useful for checking how much runway is left before a hearing, or how long a delay was.

Add N days to a date starts from your date and steps forward one calendar day at a time. If "Exclude Sundays" is off, it simply lands on start date + N days. If it is on, Sundays are stepped over and not counted towards N — so the target date moves further out to compensate, and the "effective calendar days" figure shows the true number of calendar days spanned (including the skipped Sundays).

This mirrors how many procedural timelines are computed in practice — e.g. a 15-day response window, a 30-day compliance period, or the gap between two hearing dates — but the exact counting convention (whether the first day is included, whether only Sundays or all court holidays are excluded) depends on the specific rule, forum and bench. This is a general-purpose helper, not a substitute for the applicable procedural rule or your court's cause-list calendar.

Sources & notes

  • Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and the General Clauses Act, 1897 — general principles on computing time and excluding the day from which a period begins to run.
  • Court-specific rules of practice and each High Court's calendar of holidays/vacations, which are not modelled by this tool.

Court holidays vary by court and bench and change every year. Always confirm the actual deadline against your court's published calendar and the rule governing your specific timeline.

Frequently asked questions

No. Court holidays and vacation periods vary by court, bench and state and are not modelled here — this tool can only exclude Sundays from the "add N days" count. Always check your specific court's holiday calendar before relying on a computed deadline.

Sundays are a fixed, universal weekly non-working day, so they can be modelled reliably. Other court holidays differ by High Court, bench and year, so they are outside the scope of a general-purpose client-side tool like this one.

It is the plain calendar-day difference between the start and end date you enter (end date minus start date), also shown as whole weeks plus remaining days.

Yes — use "Add N days to a date", enter the number of days for your notice or compliance period, and optionally exclude Sundays. Confirm the exact counting convention (inclusive/exclusive of the first day) against the specific rule or notice that applies to you.

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