Easter 2026 is Sunday, April 5.
Orthodox Easter 2026 is Sunday, April 12, 2026.
Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring, as the church reckons it: the first "ecclesiastical" full moon on or after March 21. In 2026 the first full moon on or after March 21 comes on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 (U.S. Eastern Time), so Easter is the Sunday after it, April 5.
| Year | Easter (Western) | Orthodox Easter |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | April 20 | April 20 (same day) |
| 2026 | April 5 | April 12 |
| 2027 | March 28 | May 2 |
| 2028 | April 16 | April 16 (same day) |
| 2029 | April 1 | April 8 |
| 2030 | April 21 | April 28 |
| 2031 | April 13 | April 13 (same day) |
| 2032 | March 28 | May 2 |
| 2033 | April 17 | April 24 |
| 2034 | April 9 | April 9 (same day) |
| 2035 | March 25 | April 29 |
| 2036 | April 13 | April 20 |
| 2037 | April 5 | April 5 (same day) |
| 2038 | April 25 | April 25 (same day) |
| 2039 | April 10 | April 17 |
Computed with the standard Gregorian and Julian Easter algorithms (Meeus).
Easter Sunday 2026 is Sunday, April 5, 2026. Orthodox Easter is Sunday, April 12, 2026.
Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 46 days before Easter (40 days not counting Sundays).
Western churches celebrate Easter on the first Sunday after the first (ecclesiastical) full moon on or after March 21, so it moves with the moon. It can fall anywhere from March 22 to April 25.
Orthodox churches calculate Easter with the older Julian calendar, which now runs 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar, so their Easter usually comes one to five weeks later. Some years the two fall on the same Sunday.