When is Easter?
Easter Sunday 2026 is on 5 April 2026 for Western churches, and on 12 April 2026 for Orthodox churches.
Easter Sunday by year
| Year | Western | Orthodox |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 April | Same day |
| 2026 | 5 April | 12 April |
| 2027 | 28 March | 2 May |
| 2028 | 16 April | Same day |
| 2029 | 1 April | 8 April |
| 2030 | 21 April | 28 April |
| 2031 | 13 April | Same day |
| 2032 | 28 March | 2 May |
| 2033 | 17 April | 24 April |
| 2034 | 9 April | Same day |
| 2035 | 25 March | 29 April |
| 2036 | 13 April | 20 April |
| 2037 | 5 April | Same day |
| 2038 | 25 April | Same day |
| 2039 | 10 April | 17 April |
| 2040 | 1 April | 6 May |
| 2041 | 21 April | Same day |
| 2042 | 6 April | 13 April |
| 2043 | 29 March | 3 May |
| 2044 | 17 April | 24 April |
| 2045 | 9 April | Same day |
Dates that depend on Easter, 2026
| 18 February Wednesday | Ash Wednesday |
| 29 March Sunday | Palm Sunday |
| 2 April Thursday | Maundy Thursday |
| 3 April Friday | Good Friday |
| 5 April Sunday | Easter Sunday |
| 6 April Monday | Easter Monday |
| 14 May Thursday | Ascension Day |
| 24 May Sunday | Pentecost (Whit Sunday) |
| 25 May Monday | Whit Monday |
| 4 June Thursday | Corpus Christi |
| 12 April Sunday | Orthodox Easter |
Dates that depend on Easter, 2027
| 10 February Wednesday | Ash Wednesday |
| 21 March Sunday | Palm Sunday |
| 25 March Thursday | Maundy Thursday |
| 26 March Friday | Good Friday |
| 28 March Sunday | Easter Sunday |
| 29 March Monday | Easter Monday |
| 6 May Thursday | Ascension Day |
| 16 May Sunday | Pentecost (Whit Sunday) |
| 17 May Monday | Whit Monday |
| 27 May Thursday | Corpus Christi |
| 2 May Sunday | Orthodox Easter |
How the date is set
Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March — using the church's own tables of the moon rather than the real sky. So Western Easter is always between 22 March and 25 April. Orthodox churches use the same rule on the old Julian calendar, so their Easter is the same day or one to five weeks later, between 4 April and 8 May.
Countdown to Easter · Countdown to Orthodox Easter
Calculated with the standard Gregorian and Julian Easter tables (the method in Jean Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms); we checked every year from 1900 to 2200 against a second, independent implementation. All sources.
📖 Why does Easter move every year? — read our guide