The Apothecary Diaries has a new episode on the official calendar for Friday, October 23, 2026. The listing identifies it as episode 52, with a Japanese television broadcast at 11 p.m. JST. For the week of October 19–25, that is the date to follow rather than a new season premiere.

This week’s episode: October 23

The official October calendar places episode 51 on October 16 and episode 52 on October 23. The Season 3 episode index currently lists episodes 49, 50 and 51. Keep the numbering in mind when checking a service that organizes its catalog by season instead of the show’s running episode count.

This guide covers scheduling only. It does not preview episode 52’s plot or assume that an unreleased synopsis confirms what will happen next.

What 11 p.m. in Japan means in your time zone

The Season 3 broadcast page confirms the Friday 11 p.m. slot on the Nippon TV network. For October 23, the same instant converts to:

  • Japan: Friday, October 23, 11 p.m. JST.
  • UTC: Friday, October 23, 2 p.m.
  • London: Friday, October 23, 3 p.m. BST.
  • New York: Friday, October 23, 10 a.m. EDT.
  • São Paulo: Friday, October 23, 11 a.m. BRT.

These are conversions of the Japanese TV broadcast, not promises of simultaneous access on a streaming service. Use the date as well as the hour when setting a reminder; the abbreviations above apply to October 23 specifically.

TV broadcast and streaming are separate listings

The official on-air page describes Japanese online distribution following television, with the first weekly streaming slot beginning at midnight on October 3. Its list of services concerns that domestic distribution. It does not establish an identical release time, license or subtitle schedule for every country.

Before planning around a specific app, open the series page in your own region and check its episode listing. A Japanese broadcast countdown alone cannot confirm that the episode will appear in your local catalog at that moment.

October 30 already has a later start

The official calendar lists episode 53 on October 30 at 11:40 p.m. JST, rather than 11 p.m. Do not carry this week’s reminder forward unchanged. The published exception is forty minutes later; it should be checked again before that week’s viewing.

Season 3’s on-air page also separates the current run from a second cour scheduled for April 2027. A cour is a television broadcast block; our cour explainer explains the terminology. If you are catching up before this week’s episode, use our Apothecary Diaries watch-order guide for the broader franchise reading and viewing paths.

Schedule checked October 19, 2026. The links above are the basis for this guide; broadcaster and platform listings can change.