List of dates for Easter


This is a list of dates for Easter. The Easter dates also affect when Ash Wednesday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, the Feast of the Ascension and Pentecost occur in a given year. Easter may occur on different dates in the Gregorian Calendar and the Julian Calendar April 4th
. The accompanying table provides both sets of dates, for recent and forthcoming years—see the computus article for more details on the calculation.

Earliest Easter

Western (Gregorian)

In 1818 the Paschal Full Moon fell on Saturday, March 21. Therefore, the following day, March 22 and the 81st day of the year, was Easter. The next Easter that early will be 2285.
The second earliest Easter, March 23, in that timespan occurred in 1845, 1856, 1913, and 2008. Easter will next occur on March 23 in 2160. These are gaps of 11, 57, 95 and 152 years.
The earliest week by international standard reckoning is W12, and the 12th Sunday of the year is also the earliest possible Easter Sunday.

Orthodox (Julian)

The earliest dates for Easter in the Eastern Orthodox Church between 1875 and 2099 are April 4, 1915 and April 4, 2010. Both dates are equivalent to 22 March in the Julian Calendar. The second earliest date for Orthodox Easter, March 23 in the Julian Calendar, last occurred in 1953, and will next occur in 2037. Both of these dates are equivalent to April 5 in the Gregorian Calendar.

Latest Easter

Western (Gregorian)

In 1943, Easter fell on Sunday, April 25, the 115th day of the year. The last ecclesiastical full moon preceding the Paschal did not occur until March 20; prior to March 21, the fixed date to which the vernal equinox is assigned for the purposes of the computus, meaning the Paschal full moon did not happen until Sunday, April 18. Consequently, Easter was the following Sunday, April 25. Easter will next occur as late again in 2038—a span of 95 years. Easter may also occur on April 25 of a leap year, i.e. the 116th day of the year, but this has never occurred since the Gregorian reforms were implemented. The first time Easter will occur on April 25 in a leap year will be in 3784. This is also the only case where Easter is in ISO week W17, otherwise all occurrences after April 18 and on this day in leap years are in W16. In several cases, Easter falls onto the latest possible, 17th Sunday of the year. The first time that Easter will fall on April 24 in a leap year will be in 4292 which is also the 115th day of the year.
The second latest date for Easter, April 24 or day 114, occurred in 2011. The last time this occurred before was in 1859 and it will not happen again until 2095—spans of 152 and 84 years. Easter also occurred on the 114th day of the year on April 23 in 2000, a leap year.

Orthodox (Julian)

The latest dates for Orthodox Easter between 1875 and 2099 are May 8, 1983, and May 8, 2078. Both dates are equivalent to April 25 in the Julian Calendar. The last time Orthodox Easter has fallen on Julian April 24, the second latest date, was in 1888 which is equivalent to May 6, 1888 in the Gregorian Calendar. The next time Orthodox Easter will fall on April 24 in the Julian Calendar is 2051, which is equivalent to May 7, 2051 in the Gregorian Calendar. Until this date, Orthodox Easter has never fallen on Gregorian May 7.

Western and Orthodox Easter on the same date

Despite using calendars that are apart by 13 days, Western Easter and Orthodox Easter occasionally fall on the same date, as happened in 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2025 and will next occur in 2028. For the 20th and 21st Centuries, this can happen between Gregorian dates April 4th to April 25th, as this is where the Western and Orthodox date ranges overlap. For example, according to the Western calendar, the first Paschal Full Moon after the Spring Equinox fell on Monday, April 14, 2014. The following Sunday, April 20, was, therefore, Easter Day.
According to the Orthodox calendar, the Spring Equinox also falls on March 21. However, in the Gregorian Calendar, this is April 3. The first Orthodox Full Moon after the Equinox falls on Tuesday, April 2, 2014. The following Sunday, April 7, is, therefore, Easter Day.

Range of dates for Western and Orthodox Easter

Both calendars calculate Easter as falling on dates between March 22 and April 25 on their calendars. However, because of the current 13-day difference, Western Easter falls between March 9 and April 12 on the Julian calendar. Conversely, Orthodox Easter falls between April 4 and May 8 on the Gregorian calendar.
The possible dates of Easter depend on the first day of the year and hence its dominical letter. Each type has five possible dates of Easter. Note that some feasts that depend on the date of Easter occur before the leap day, e.g. Shrove Monday.
DL1 January1 MarchEarliestEarlyMedianLateLatest
DThursdaySunday22 March29 March5 April12 April19 April
EDWednesdaySunday22 March29 March5 April12 April19 April
EWednesdaySaturday23 March30 March6 April13 April20 April
FETuesdaySaturday23 March30 March6 April13 April20 April
FTuesdayFriday24 March31 March7 April14 April21 April
GFMondayFriday24 March31 March7 April14 April21 April
GMondayThursday25 March1 April8 April15 April22 April
AGSundayThursday25 March1 April8 April15 April22 April
ASundayWednesday26 March2 April9 April16 April23 April
BASaturdayWednesday26 March2 April9 April16 April23 April
BSaturdayTuesday27 March3 April10 April17 April24 April
CBFridayTuesday27 March3 April10 April17 April24 April
CFridayMonday28 March4 April11 April18 April25 April
DCThursdayMonday28 March4 April11 April18 April25 April

Sundays on the dates March 22 through April 25 in the Gregorian calendar may be the 81st through 115th day of common years or 82nd through 116th day of leap years. They occur as the last day of ISO week number W12 through W17 and are also the 12th through 17th Sunday of the year, but these numbers mismatch in some years.
VariantEaster SundayCountLatestNextDoYWeekSunday
1March 22418182285081W1212th
1*March 2202972082W1212th
2March 23219132600082W1212th
2*March 23520082160083W1212th
3March 24117992391083W1212th
3*March 24119405280084W1212th
4March 25719512035084W1212th
4*March 2503792085W1213th
5March 261219892062085W1213th
5*March 26117802084086W1213th
6March 27920052157086W1213th
6*March 27620162168087W1213th
7March 28619372027087W1213th
7*March 28419482032088W1313th
8March 29919702043088W1313th
8*March 29319642116089W1313th
9March 301419972059089W1313th
9*March 3002092090W1313th
10March 311620132086090W1313th
10*March 31420242176091W1313th
11April 11020182029091W1313th
11*April 1619562040092W1314th
12April 2919612051092W1314th
12*April 2519722056093W1314th
13April 3819942067093W1314th
13*April 3519882140094W1314th
14April 41320212083094W1314th
14*April 4119202488095W1414th
15April 5152015095W1414th
15*April 5318962048096W1414th
16April 61219692042096W1414th
16*April 6519802064097W1414th
17April 7819852075097W1414th
17*April 7519962080098W1414th
18April 8820072091098W1414th
18*April 8620122164099W1415th
19April 9920232034099W1415th
19*April 9119442884100W1415th
20April 101619772039100W1415th
20*April 1002072101W1415th
21April 111519932066101W1415th
21*April 11420042088102W1515th
22April 121120092093102W1515th
22*April 12520202172103W1515th
23April 13819412031103W1515th
23*April 13419522036104W1515th
24April 141019742047104W1515th
24*April 14419682120105W1515th
25April 151420012063105W1515th
25*April 1502096106W1516th
26April 161720172090106W1516th
26*April 16318762028107W1516th
27April 171020222033107W1516th
27*April 17619602044108W1516th
28April 18919652049108W1516th
28*April 18519762060109W1616th
29April 19919872071109W1616th
29*April 19519922076110W1616th
30April 20122087110W1616th
30*April 20119242864111W1616th
31April 211420192030111W1616th
31*April 21116802052112W1616th
32April 22819732057112W1616th
32*April 22519842068113W1617th
33April 23119052079113W1617th
33*April 23420002152114W1617th
34April 24520112095114W1617th
34*April 2404292115W1617th
35April 25419432038115W1617th
35*April 2503784116W1717th

While the Gregorian computus yields a cycle of 5.7 million years, a complete Dionysian paschal cycle lasts just 532 years, so more than three repetitions have already passed since the First Council of Nicaea.

Public holidays

In Hungary, Kenya, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Slovakia, Germany, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Namibia, Malawi, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe, Easter has two public holidays, Good Friday and Easter Monday, making a four-day weekend. The movable date of Easter sometimes brings it into conflict with other, fixed or moveable, public holidays.
  • In the United Kingdom in 2000 and 2011, the May Day bank holiday was one week after Easter Monday, causing there to be three consecutive weeks with a bank holiday. In 2011, a bank holiday was declared on Friday 29 April for the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton; consequently there were four bank holidays within three consecutive calendar weeks, creating two consecutive four-day weekends, with a three-day working week in between.
  • In Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in 2008, Saint Patrick's Day fell six days before Easter, creating a three-day week. This will next happen in 2035, when Saint Patrick's Day falls on Saturday, so the public holiday is moved forward to the following Monday 19 March, again six days before Easter.
  • * In the Catholic liturgical calendar, saints' feasts are not observed when they fall during Holy Week; this caused Saint Patrick not to appear in the liturgical calendar for 2008; 17 March was simply celebrated as Holy Monday. In Ireland, the Church chose to celebrate Saint Patrick on Saturday 15 March instead.
  • In Australia and New Zealand, ANZAC Day is a public holiday on 25 April. In 2000 and 2011, this created a five-day weekend over Easter: in 2000, Easter Monday fell on 24 April, with the following Tuesday, 25 April, then being ANZAC Day; in 2011, ANZAC Day and Easter Monday coincided on Monday 25 April, which led to a substitute public holiday being declared in Australia for Tuesday 26 April, and likely contributed to New Zealand's introduction of Mondayising legislation in 2013. In 2003, 2014 and 2025, ANZAC Day fell on the Friday after Easter, and in 2019 it fell on the Thursday after Easter, and in 2038 it will fall on Easter Sunday; the consequence is three-day working weeks immediately following the Easter weekend.
  • In Hong Kong in 2021, Easter Sunday coincided with the Ching Ming Festival, leading to public holidays on Monday 5 April and Tuesday 6 April, and a five-day weekend.
  • In Serbia in 2024, Easter holidays will be immediately preceded by Labour Day which is observed on 1 May and 2 May, creating a six-day weekend.
  • In South Africa in 2008, Good Friday on 21 April coincided with the Human Rights Day public holiday. To compensate for this an additional public holiday was declared on Friday 2 May, the day following Workers' Day.
  • Easter is not a federal holiday in the United States. In North Carolina, however, it was a public holiday from 1935 to 1987.
  • In Denmark and Norway, Easter is celebrated with public holidays on the Maundy Thursday and Good Friday before, and Easter Monday. In Norway, schools and businesses traditionally have a half-day on the Wednesday as well. In Denmark schools have a week-and-a-day Easter Holiday, being closed on Monday-Wednesday before Easter, as well as for the public holidays.
Good Friday is a statutory holiday in all of Canada except for Quebec, where Easter Monday is a statutory holiday instead. There are no other statutory holidays in Canada in March or April, except in Newfoundland and Labrador which observes St. Patrick's Day on March 17 and St. George's Day on April 23.