How many days until Easter 2027?
How many days until Easter 2027? The timer above runs until Western Easter Sunday, Sunday, March 28, and reaches zero at midnight at the start of that day in your time zone.
On Easter the page stays on the celebration, and the next day it moves on to Easter 2028.
When is Easter?
Western Easter is the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon, on or after March 21. In 2027 that Sunday is March 28. In 2028 it is April 16.
Orthodox churches calculate Easter on the older Julian calendar, then observe it on the Gregorian date. Orthodox Easter 2027 is Sunday, May 2.
The week before is Holy Week. Palm Sunday is March 21, and Good Friday is March 26.
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Questions
Easter is the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. It is also a family weekend for many people, with church services, meals, egg hunts, and a Monday holiday in some countries.
Western Easter is tied to the first full moon on or after March 21, and it is always a Sunday. That is why it can fall anywhere from March 22 to April 25.
No. This page counts down to Western Easter on March 28. Orthodox Easter 2027 is May 2. Some years the two dates match, and some years they are weeks apart.
Easter Sunday is a Sunday, so offices are often already closed. Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and much of Europe. Easter is not a US federal holiday, though many schools close for Good Friday.