Links
An obsidian://journals link opens a journal note from anywhere — another note, a bookmark, a script, another app:
obsidian://journals?journal=Work&date=today| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
journal | the journal's name |
type | instead of journal: day, week, month, quarter or year — every journal of that length |
date | today (the default), YYYY-MM-DD, or a shift from today: +1d, -2w, +1m, -1q, +1y |
mode | active (the default), tab, split or window |
pinned | true or false (the default): true opens in the journal's pinned tab and is not allowed with notelet |
notelet | with journal: create a notelet of that type instead of opening the period's note |
The note is created if it does not exist, with the journal's questions asked. With type, if more than one journal of that length covers the date, you are asked which.
A link that cannot be followed shows a notice saying why.
To put a link to a journal note inside a note, use Insert link to journal note instead — see Commands.
Examples
Next week's note in a new tab
With one weekly journal, Folder week, following this link on 13 September 2026 creates week/2026-W39.md and opens it in a new tab:
obsidian://journals?type=week&date=+1w&mode=tabThe + needs no escaping: Obsidian passes it through as written.
Keep a journal's pinned tab on today
With a daily journal work, Folder work, following this link opens work/2027-07-01.md in a new tab and pins it:
obsidian://journals?journal=work&date=2027-07-01&mode=tab&pinned=trueFollowing the same kind of link for a later date does not add a second pinned tab — it moves work's existing pinned tab to the new note.
Elsewhere in the manual
- A notelet from a link —
noteletcreating a numbered notelet. - A journal with a start and an end — links for dates outside a journal's timeline.