Genshin Impact is currently on Version 7.0, “Everwinter Without Mercy”. Phase 1 features Odette and Arlecchino, and Phase 2 brings Flins and Ineffa. The countdown above targets the next update, Version 7.1.
Genshin Impact is HoYoverse's open-world action RPG set in Teyvat, a continent of seven elemental nations each loosely inspired by a real-world culture — Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma, Sumeru, Fontaine, Natlan and beyond. Players explore, solve environmental puzzles, and fight using a party of four characters whose Anemo, Geo, Electro, Dendro, Hydro, Pyro and Cryo abilities combine into elemental reactions. The Archon Quest storyline advances nation by nation with each major version.
Content arrives in numbered versions — 6.7, 7.0, and so on — roughly once every six weeks. Each version splits into two Event Wish phases of about three weeks apiece, and each phase features a different rotation of limited five-star characters alongside reruns of older units. The countdown at the top of this page targets the exact moment the current version's maintenance ends and servers reopen.
Pulls are made with Primogems, the premium currency, converted into Intertwined Fate for the limited Character Event Wish. A five-star is guaranteed within 90 pulls, and the limited banner runs a 50/50 system: your first guaranteed five-star has an even chance of being the featured character or a random standard-banner unit, with the next one guaranteed featured if you lose. Many players track this alongside the countdown to time their Primogem saving for a specific banner.
One quirk this site handles for you: on Genshin, the first banner phase ends at the same local time on each server, so its end moment differs by region, while the second phase ends at a single global time. Use the server selector on this page to match the banner timers to what you see in game, and the timezone selector to convert the patch countdown to your local clock.
Below the countdown you'll find the current banners with per-server end times, the upcoming phase, and a full version history going back to Version 1.0 ("Welcome to Teyvat") so you can trace exactly when each character first debuted.