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Easter Countdown

How long until Easter Sunday? The live countdown below calculates this year's Easter date for you and counts down every second. Switch between Western and Orthodox Easter.

Countdown to Easter

Easter

–Days
–Hours
–Minutes
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Sleeps to go–nights until Easter
Weeks–
Weekdays to go–Mon–Fri, from tomorrow
Weekends to go–Saturdays before the day
Easter falls on–
In hours–

Counts down to midnight at the start of Easter Sunday in your own time zone ().

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How to use the Easter Countdown

  1. Open the page: the countdown starts immediately and updates every second.
  2. Choose the date you want to count down to with the selector above the clock.
  3. Read the tiles for days, hours, minutes and seconds, and the cards below for sleeps, weeks and weekends to go.
  4. Share it with Copy countdown text or Copy link.
  5. Turn the animation off with the checkbox if you prefer a calm screen.

Easter dates for the coming years

YearGood Friday (Western)Western Easter SundayOrthodox Easter Sunday
2026Friday 3 AprilSunday 5 AprilSunday 12 April
2027Friday 26 MarchSunday 28 MarchSunday 2 May
2028Friday 14 AprilSunday 16 AprilSunday 16 April
2029Friday 30 MarchSunday 1 AprilSunday 8 April
2030Friday 19 AprilSunday 21 AprilSunday 28 April
2031Friday 11 AprilSunday 13 AprilSunday 13 April
2032Friday 26 MarchSunday 28 MarchSunday 2 May
2033Friday 15 AprilSunday 17 AprilSunday 24 April
2034Friday 7 AprilSunday 9 AprilSunday 9 April
2035Friday 23 MarchSunday 25 MarchSunday 29 April

How the date of Easter is calculated

Easter is a moveable feast. In Western churches it is the first Sunday after the ecclesiastical full moon on or after 21 March, a rule that goes back to the early church and is usually linked to the Council of Nicaea in 325. That puts Western Easter between 22 March and 25 April.

This page uses the Anonymous Gregorian algorithm (also called the Meeus/Jones/Butcher method) for Western Easter. Orthodox churches apply the same idea to the older Julian calendar; the result is then converted to the Gregorian calendar (currently by adding 13 days), so Orthodox Easter falls between 4 April and 8 May. Some years the two dates coincide.

Easter traditions

  • Easter eggs are an ancient symbol of new life; dyeing and decorating eggs is a tradition in many countries, especially in Central and Eastern Europe.
  • The Easter Bunny who brings eggs comes from German folklore (the Osterhase) and was brought to America by German immigrants.
  • Egg hunts, egg rolling and hot cross buns are popular in the United Kingdom, Australia and North America.
  • Holy Week leads up to Easter, with Palm Sunday a week before and Good Friday two days before Easter Sunday.

How the countdown is worked out

The target is midnight at the start of Easter Sunday in your device's time zone. The time left is the difference between that moment and now, split into whole days (86,400 seconds each), then hours, minutes and seconds. Because it uses real elapsed time, a daylight saving change before the day is handled automatically. Sleeps are the calendar days from today to the day itself, and weekdays to go count Monday to Friday dates from tomorrow up to the day before. The day after the holiday, the countdown switches to next year.

Frequently asked questions

When is Easter in 2027?

Western Easter Sunday is on 28 March 2027 and Orthodox Easter on 2 May 2027. In 2026 Western Easter was 5 April and Orthodox Easter 12 April.

Why is Easter on a different date every year?

Easter is tied to the moon: it is the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after 21 March. Because lunar months do not line up with the calendar, the date moves between 22 March and 25 April.

Why do Western and Orthodox Easter fall on different days?

Orthodox churches calculate Easter with the Julian calendar, which is now 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar, and with slightly different lunar tables. The dates sometimes match, as in 2025.

How many days until Easter?

The countdown at the top shows the exact days, hours, minutes and seconds until midnight at the start of Easter Sunday in your time zone.

When are Good Friday and Palm Sunday?

Good Friday is two days before Easter Sunday and Palm Sunday is one week before. The table below lists them for the coming years.

What happens after Easter Sunday?

From the next day the countdown switches to next year's Easter automatically.

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