2-3 Business Days Calculator
2-3 business days is the second or third weekday after your order is logged: 2 to 5 calendar days for a weekday order before the cutoff, in a week with no holiday. Ordered Monday, it arrives Wednesday to Thursday; ordered Thursday, Monday to Tuesday. A holiday in the window adds a day, and which holidays get skipped depends on whose calendar you count on: FedEx's 2026 schedule lists six federal holidays as open or "Modified Service", not closed.
When does 2-3 business days land?
Arrives Monday, November 30, 2026 to Tuesday, December 1, 2026
Day 0 is Wednesday, November 25, 2026. That is 5 to 6 calendar days after ordering on Wednesday, November 25, 2026.
Day 0 is the order date for a business-day order before the cutoff, otherwise the next business day. This is the site's counting convention; your store's or carrier's terms decide. The FedEx option skips the days FedEx's 2026 holiday service schedule lists as closed (January 19, 2026 to January 2, 2027). That schedule shows which days FedEx operates; it does not say how a transit estimate counts them.
2-3 business days by order day
| You order on | Before the cutoff | After the cutoff (weekend: logged as Monday) |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Wed – Thu (2–3 days) | Thu – Fri (3–4 days) |
| Tuesday | Thu – Fri (2–3 days) | Fri – Mon (3–6 days) |
| Wednesday | Fri – Mon (2–5 days) | Mon – Tue (5–6 days) |
| Thursday | Mon – Tue (4–5 days) | Tue – Wed (5–6 days) |
| Friday | Tue – Wed (4–5 days) | Wed – Thu (5–6 days) |
| Saturday | Tue – Wed (3–4 days) | Wed – Thu (4–5 days) |
| Sunday | Tue – Wed (2–3 days) | Wed – Thu (3–4 days) |
A week with no holidays (week of October 19, 2026). Calendar days are counted from the order date. A weekend order has no cutoff: stores either count from the order date (middle column) or log it as Monday's order (right column).
Holiday weeks: three calendars, dated
The same order, counted three ways. The middle column skips only the days FedEx lists as closed; the right column is what a calculator that skips only weekends gives you.
| Ordered (before cutoff) | Skipping federal holidays | Skipping FedEx closed days | Skipping weekends only |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, October 9 | Wed, October 14 – Thu, October 15 | Tue, October 13 – Wed, October 14 | Tue, October 13 – Wed, October 14 |
| Mon, November 9 | Thu, November 12 – Fri, November 13 | Wed, November 11 – Thu, November 12 | Wed, November 11 – Thu, November 12 |
| Tue, November 24 | Fri, November 27 – Mon, November 30 | Fri, November 27 – Mon, November 30 | Thu, November 26 – Fri, November 27 |
| Wed, November 25 | Mon, November 30 – Tue, December 1 | Mon, November 30 – Tue, December 1 | Fri, November 27 – Mon, November 30 |
| Tue, December 22 | Thu, December 24 – Mon, December 28 | Thu, December 24 – Mon, December 28 | Thu, December 24 – Fri, December 25 |
| Wed, December 23 | Mon, December 28 – Tue, December 29 | Mon, December 28 – Tue, December 29 | Fri, December 25 – Mon, December 28 |
| Mon, December 28 | Wed, December 30 – Thu, December 31 | Wed, December 30 – Thu, December 31 | Wed, December 30 – Thu, December 31 |
On Columbus Day and Veterans Day the federal count runs a day later; FedEx lists both as "Modified Service", not closed. Around Thanksgiving and Christmas, federal and FedEx agree, unless a President closes federal offices on Christmas Eve by executive order (see is Christmas Eve a business day). A weekends-only count can land one business day early, sometimes on the holiday itself: Thanksgiving for the November 24 order, Christmas Day for the December 23 order. FedEx's schedule says "These dates are subject to change"; the business days for shipping page has the full list.
Related counts
1-2 business days, 3-5 business days, or any number of days on business days from today.
Last updated November 14, 2026 (America/Chicago). Federal holidays from 5 U.S.C. 6103 and OPM; FedEx closed days from FedEx's 2026 holiday service schedule (PDF).