When is Easter Sunday 2027?

Easter Sunday 2027 falls on 28 March 2027 — early in the possible range, and the earliest Easter since 2016.

When is Good Friday 2027?

Good Friday 2027 is 26 March, two days before Easter Sunday. Easter Monday is 29 March.

Why does the date of Easter change?

Easter is the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon falling on or after 21 March. Because it depends on a lunar cycle, it moves between 22 March and 25 April.

Is Orthodox Easter on the same day?

Usually not. Orthodox churches apply the same rule using the Julian calendar, so the two dates often differ by one to five weeks.

Is Easter a public holiday?

Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays in most of Europe, Australia, Latin America and much of Africa. In the United States neither is a federal holiday.

Easter Sunday 2027 countdown

Sunday, 28 March 2027 at 00:00 UTC

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About Easter Sunday 2027

Easter Sunday 2027 falls on 28 March. Unlike Christmas, Easter moves: it is the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after 21 March, so it can land anywhere between 22 March and 25 April. 2027 is at the early end of that range.

The date is calculated rather than observed, using a method known as the computus that the church settled in order to keep Easter on a Sunday and tied to the spring equinox. Because Orthodox churches base the same calculation on the Julian calendar, Orthodox Easter usually falls on a different Sunday — in 2027 it coincides on 2 May.

Good Friday 2027 is 26 March and Easter Monday is 29 March. Both are public holidays across most of Europe, Australia and much of Africa and Latin America, making Easter the longest guaranteed break of the spring.

The countdown runs to midnight UTC on 28 March 2027.