Easter Countdown
As of October 17, 2026 there are 162 days until Easter: Sunday, March 28, 2027.
Sunday, March 28, 2027
How many days until Easter?
As of October 17, 2026, Easter is 162 days away. That is 23 weeks and 1 day, or 44% of a year; the timer above has the exact figure for today in your time zone.
Easter dates, 2027 to 2032
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Sunday | |
| 2028 | Sunday | |
| 2029 | Sunday | |
| 2030 | Sunday | |
| 2031 | Sunday | |
| 2032 | Sunday |
When is Easter 2027? Dates through 2036
How the date of Easter is set
In Western churches Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21, using the church's own tables for the moon. It can fall anywhere from March 22 to April 25.
As the US Naval Observatory explains, the church fixes the equinox at March 21 and takes its full moons from tables, so Easter can differ from a date worked out from the real Moon.
Also coming up: Good Friday on Friday, March 26, 2027, Ash Wednesday on Wednesday, February 10, 2027, and Mardi Gras on Tuesday, February 9, 2027.
Easter facts and traditions
Easter Sunday celebrates the resurrection of Jesus. Western churches (Catholic and Protestant) set the date with the Gregorian calendar; most Orthodox churches use the Julian calendar, so Orthodox Easter usually falls later.
The Easter rule goes back to the First Council of Nicaea in 325, which wanted one Easter Sunday for the whole church. The Gregorian reform of 1582 brought new tables for the church's full moons, and Catholic and Protestant churches still use them.
- Easter is always a Sunday.
- The dates of Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Pentecost are all counted from Easter.
- Eastertide lasts seven weeks, from Easter Sunday to Pentecost on the 50th day.
How the Easter countdown counts
The timer runs to midnight at the start of Easter in your own time zone: the hours, minutes and seconds left today, plus the full days after that. "Days until" counts calendar days, so tomorrow is always 1 day away and the count at the top is one more than the timer's full days. After the day has passed, the countdown moves on to next year by itself.
For a span between any two dates, with weeks and working days, use the days between dates calculator. To count down to a date of your own, create a countdown with its own link.
Put the Easter countdown on your site
Copy this code into any web page. It shows a small live countdown that links back here.
Questions about the Easter countdown
How many weeks until Easter?
23 weeks and 1 day as of October 17, 2026, or 162 days in all. The countdown at the top of this page updates to today's number in your own time zone.
Why is Easter so late some years?
Because Easter is the first Sunday after the church's first full moon on or after March 21. When a full moon falls just before March 21 it does not count, so Easter waits for the next one, a lunar month later, and can land as late as April 25, which happens next in 2038. Easter 2027 is on March 28.
When does the Easter countdown reach zero?
At midnight at the start of Sunday, March 28, 2027, in your own time zone, so it reaches zero earlier in London than in New York.
Can I add Easter to my calendar?
Yes. "Add to calendar" downloads an .ics file for March 28, 2027 that calendar apps such as Apple Calendar, Google Calendar and Outlook can import.
When is Easter in 2028?
Sunday, April 16, 2028. The Easter dates page lists every year through 2036.
Is Easter a federal holiday?
No. Easter is not a US federal holiday. It is always a Sunday, so no weekday is given off for it.
Sources
- US Naval Observatory: The Date of Easter — the church rules for Easter and its earliest and latest dates (checked October 16, 2026)
- Wikipedia: Easter — history and traditions (checked October 16, 2026)