--- title: "4-4-5 Fiscal Calendar 2027 – Periods, Weeks & Dates" description: "Free 2027 4-4-5 fiscal calendar: every period and week with start and end dates for a 52/53-week year. Switch to 4-5-4 or 5-4-4 and print." canonical_url: "https://calendarbest.com/calendars/fiscal-4-4-5" locale: en meta: "og:description": "Free 2027 4-4-5 fiscal calendar: every period and week with start and end dates for a 52/53-week year. Switch to 4-5-4 or 5-4-4 and print." "og:image": "https://calendarbest.com/og-image.png" "og:image:height": "630" "og:image:type": image/png "og:image:width": "1200" "og:title": "4-4-5 Fiscal Calendar 2027 – Periods, Weeks & Dates | CalendarBest" "twitter:description": "Free 2027 4-4-5 fiscal calendar: every period and week with start and end dates for a 52/53-week year. Switch to 4-5-4 or 5-4-4 and print." "twitter:image": "https://calendarbest.com/og-image.png" "twitter:title": "4-4-5 Fiscal Calendar 2027 – Periods, Weeks & Dates | CalendarBest" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://calendarbest.com/llms.txt) **Layout** [**4-4-5**](https://calendarbest.com/calendars/fiscal-4-4-5?layout=4-4-5) [**4-5-4**](https://calendarbest.com/calendars/fiscal-4-4-5?layout=4-5-4) [**5-4-4**](https://calendarbest.com/calendars/fiscal-4-4-5?layout=5-4-4) **Fiscal year** [**2026**](https://calendarbest.com/calendars/fiscal-4-4-5?year=2026) [**2027**](https://calendarbest.com/calendars/fiscal-4-4-5?year=2027) [**2028**](https://calendarbest.com/calendars/fiscal-4-4-5?year=2028) [**2029**](https://calendarbest.com/calendars/fiscal-4-4-5?year=2029) [**2030**](https://calendarbest.com/calendars/fiscal-4-4-5?year=2030) [**2031**](https://calendarbest.com/calendars/fiscal-4-4-5?year=2031) ## **Fiscal 2027 – 4-4-5 calendar** Sun, Jan 3, 2027 to Sat, Jan 1, 2028 · 52 weeks | Quarter | Period | Weeks | Starts | Ends | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Q1 | **P1** | 4 (wk 1–4) | Sun, Jan 3, 2027 | Sat, Jan 30, 2027 | | Q1 | **P2** | 4 (wk 5–8) | Sun, Jan 31, 2027 | Sat, Feb 27, 2027 | | Q1 | **P3** | 5 (wk 9–13) | Sun, Feb 28, 2027 | Sat, Apr 3, 2027 | | Q2 | **P4** | 4 (wk 14–17) | Sun, Apr 4, 2027 | Sat, May 1, 2027 | | Q2 | **P5** | 4 (wk 18–21) | Sun, May 2, 2027 | Sat, May 29, 2027 | | Q2 | **P6** | 5 (wk 22–26) | Sun, May 30, 2027 | Sat, Jul 3, 2027 | | Q3 | **P7** | 4 (wk 27–30) | Sun, Jul 4, 2027 | Sat, Jul 31, 2027 | | Q3 | **P8** | 4 (wk 31–34) | Sun, Aug 1, 2027 | Sat, Aug 28, 2027 | | Q3 | **P9** | 5 (wk 35–39) | Sun, Aug 29, 2027 | Sat, Oct 2, 2027 | | Q4 | **P10** | 4 (wk 40–43) | Sun, Oct 3, 2027 | Sat, Oct 30, 2027 | | Q4 | **P11** | 4 (wk 44–47) | Sun, Oct 31, 2027 | Sat, Nov 27, 2027 | | Q4 | **P12** | 5 (wk 48–52) | Sun, Nov 28, 2027 | Sat, Jan 1, 2028 | Years end on the Saturday nearest December 31 and weeks run Sunday to Saturday. Of the years listed, 2031 has 53 weeks. If your company uses a different year-end rule, the period lengths are the same but the dates shift. ## **How to use a fiscal 4-4-5 calendar** 1. Pick your layout (4-4-5, 4-5-4 or 5-4-4) and the fiscal year. Years here end on the Saturday nearest December 31, a common rule for 52/53-week years. 2. Read off each period's start and end dates and its weeks. Every period starts on a Sunday and ends on a Saturday. 3. In a 53-week year, the extra week is added to the last period of the year. 4. Print the table for your finance team, or copy the dates into your reporting calendar. ## **Make yours in the calendar builder** The builder uses calendar months, not fiscal periods. To mark period closes and reporting deadlines on a regular calendar, add them as events and notes and export the year. [Make a fiscal calendar](https://calendarbest.com/builder?template=corporate-professional&month=2027-01) ## **Fiscal 4-4-5 Calendar FAQ** ### **What is a 4-4-5 calendar?** A fiscal calendar that divides the year into four 13-week quarters, each split into periods of 4, 4 and 5 weeks. Periods always end on the same weekday, which makes week-by-week and period-by-period comparisons consistent. ### **Why do some years have 53 weeks?** 52 weeks are 364 days, so the year end drifts by a day each year (two in leap years). Every five or six years, the year that ends on the Saturday nearest December 31 is 53 weeks long to catch up. ### **What is the difference between 4-4-5 and 4-5-4?** Only where the 5-week period falls in each quarter: last for 4-4-5, in the middle for 4-5-4 (the layout of the retail calendar published by the National Retail Federation) and first for 5-4-4. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://calendarbest.com"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Calendars by Use","item":"https://calendarbest.com/calendars"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Fiscal 4-4-5 Calendar","item":"https://calendarbest.com/calendars/fiscal-4-4-5"}]} ``` ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is a 4-4-5 calendar?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"A fiscal calendar that divides the year into four 13-week quarters, each split into periods of 4, 4 and 5 weeks. 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