Walmart Black Friday 2026: Deals Start Nov. 12 and Nov. 23, Walmart+ Early Access Times

Walmart’s three 2026 holiday shopping events run from Nov. 12 through Dec. 2, and each one begins on Walmart.com at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time (ET), according to the company’s Oct. 26 press release. Early Black Friday Deals start Thursday, Nov. 12, Black Friday Deals start Monday, Nov. 23, and Cyber Monday Deals start Monday, Nov. 30. Walmart+ members get early access to hot Deal drops at the same minute the first two events open. The tables below add a time zone conversion and a 2025 comparison, and there is a one-page printable.

Walmart Black Friday 2026 dates and start times

Event	Dates (2026)	Walmart.com start	Stores
Early Black Friday Deals	Thu., Nov. 12 to Sun., Nov. 15	12:01 a.m. ET, Nov. 12	6 a.m. local time
Black Friday Deals	Mon., Nov. 23 to Sun., Nov. 29	12:01 a.m. ET, Nov. 23	Nov. 27 at 6 a.m. local time
Cyber Monday Deals	Mon., Nov. 30 to Wed., Dec. 2	12:01 a.m. ET, Nov. 30	Not listed in the release

The release does not give a separate in-store date for the first event; it says stores open the deals at 6 a.m. local time. For Cyber Monday the release lists only a Walmart.com start. The weekdays are our computation. Our Black Friday date page confirms Nov. 27 as Black Friday, and you can mark each start on the November 2026 printable calendar and the December 2026 printable calendar.

By our count the three events add up to 14 sale days (4, 7 and 3). Retail Dive reported 14 days in 2026, against 10 in 2025.

When does Walmart+ early access start?

Walmart+ early access to hot Deal drops begins at 12:01 a.m. ET on Nov. 12 and again at 12:01 a.m. ET on Nov. 23. Any remaining hot Deal drop items open to all customers at 12:01 a.m. ET on Nov. 13 and Nov. 24. The release also says “select online-only Deals will be reserved exclusively for Walmart+ members for the first 24 hours, while supplies last” for the Early and core Black Friday events. It lists no member early access for Cyber Monday.

What time is the Walmart.com start in each U.S. time zone?

Walmart gives its online start in ET. Because 12:01 a.m. ET falls late the evening before in the rest of the country, shoppers outside the East Coast can start the evening before. The conversion is ours.

Time zone	Local time of the 12:01 a.m. ET start	Day for the Nov. 12 start
Eastern Time (ET)	12:01 a.m.	Thu., Nov. 12
Central Time (CT)	11:01 p.m.	Wed., Nov. 11
Mountain Time (MT)	10:01 p.m.	Wed., Nov. 11
Pacific Time (PT)	9:01 p.m.	Wed., Nov. 11
Alaska	8:01 p.m.	Wed., Nov. 11
Hawaii	7:01 p.m.	Wed., Nov. 11

Arizona does not change its clocks and is on Mountain Standard Time, so it matches the Pacific row (9:01 p.m.) at this time of year. The same shift applies to the Nov. 23 and Nov. 30 starts, one calendar day earlier for every zone except ET. In-store openings are at 6 a.m. local time, so they do not shift.

How do Walmart’s 2026 events compare with 2025?

Walmart’s 2025 release, from Oct. 27, 2025, listed these events and times. The biggest change in the schedule is the Walmart+ early access time.

	2025 (last year)	2026
First event	Nov. 14 to 16, online and in stores	Nov. 12 to 15
Walmart+ early access, first event	Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. ET	Nov. 12 at 12:01 a.m. ET
Second event	Nov. 25 to 30; online only Nov. 25 to 27, online and stores Nov. 28 to 30	Nov. 23 to 29; stores Nov. 27 at 6 a.m. local time
Walmart+ early access, second event	Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. ET	Nov. 23 at 12:01 a.m. ET
Cyber Monday	Dec. 1, online only	Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, Walmart.com start listed
Walmart+ early access, Cyber Monday	Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. ET	Not listed

In 2025 members got early access at 7 p.m. ET the evening before; in 2026 it begins at 12:01 a.m. ET on the first day.

What has Walmart not announced for Black Friday 2026?

• Whether Walmart stores are open on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26. For other chains, see our Black Friday 2026 store hours guide.
• Black Friday store hours beyond the 6 a.m. local opening.
• A 2026 price match or holiday price guarantee. Our price match policy story tracks the stores that have published one.
• Specific deals and ad items. Our Black Friday 2026 ad tracker follows Walmart, Target and Best Buy as they publish. The Home Depot’s sale runs on a different schedule, covered in our Home Depot Black Friday 2026 story.

Print the Walmart Black Friday 2026 deal calendar

The one-page printable lists every start, early access time and end date from the table, with weekdays. There is a standard version and an ink-saver version for home printers.