Days Until Easter
A live countdown to Easter Sunday: days, hours, minutes and seconds left, plus sleeps, weeks and working days. Uses the Western (Gregorian) date. See every date on the holiday countdowns page, or build your own with the countdown to date tool.
About the Easter countdown
Western Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March, so it falls between 22 March and 25 April. This page counts down to Easter Sunday in your local time zone.
Easter is a moveable feast: Western churches celebrate it on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March, so the date ranges from 22 March to 25 April. That moving date is exactly why a countdown helps, since the days remaining are not a fixed number each year. This page uses the Western (Gregorian) calculation. Good Friday falls two days before Easter Sunday and Easter Monday the day after, and both are public holidays in many countries, which affects how many working days are left.
Easter dates for the next 5 years
| Year | Date | Weekday |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 28 March | Sunday |
| 2028 | 16 April | Sunday |
| 2029 | 1 April | Sunday |
| 2030 | 21 April | Sunday |
| 2031 | 13 April | Sunday |
What people use this countdown for
- Working out how many days remain to plan meals, travel or family visits.
- Counting the working days before the Good Friday and Easter Monday break.
- Preparing school or nursery activities against the real days remaining.
- Showing a live countdown on a classroom, church or shop display.
How the countdown works
- The timer reads your device's clock and counts down to the start of the day (midnight, local time).
- Days, hours, minutes and seconds update every second; sleeps, weeks and working days are worked out from the calendar.
- When the day arrives the page switches to a message for Easter and shows the countdown to the next one.
Tips
- Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays in many countries, so subtract them from the working-days figure if they apply where you are.
- Orthodox churches use a different calculation, so if you follow the Orthodox calendar the date will differ from the one shown here.
Frequently asked questions
When is Easter 2027?
Easter 2027 falls on Sunday 28 March 2027. Western Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March.
How is the date of Easter decided?
Western Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March, which is treated as the date of the spring equinox. That is why it can fall anywhere from 22 March to 25 April.
Why is Orthodox Easter often on a different date?
Orthodox churches calculate Easter using the Julian calendar, so their date is often one to five weeks later than the Western one, although the two occasionally coincide.
What are Good Friday and Easter Monday?
Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Sunday and Easter Monday is the day after. Both are public holidays in many countries, including the United Kingdom.
Which Easter does this page use?
It uses the Western (Gregorian) Easter, the date observed by Catholic and most Protestant churches.