Sunday, March 28, 2027
Starts at 12:00 AM in your time zone
184 days to go until Easter 2027
Easter 2027 is on Sunday, March 28, 2027. That is 184 days from today.
Dates shown are Western (Catholic and Protestant) Easter Sunday. Orthodox Easter often falls on a later Sunday.
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | March 28 | Sunday |
| 2028 | April 16 | Sunday |
| 2029 | April 1 | Sunday |
| 2030 | April 21 | Sunday |
| 2031 | April 13 | Sunday |
Easter Sunday, the most important Christian feast.
Also known as: Easter Sunday, Resurrection Sunday, Pascha
Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus and is the most important feast in the Christian calendar. It falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21, so the date moves between March 22 and April 25.
Easter Sunday ends Holy Week and the 40 days of Lent. Alongside church services, many families decorate eggs, hold egg hunts and share a festive meal.
These examples cover major regional and diaspora traditions. They are representative, not an exhaustive list of every country or community that observes Easter; customs can also vary within a country.
Egg hunts are a big tradition, including the White House Easter Egg Roll on Easter Monday.
Good Friday is a public holiday, and in most regions Easter Monday is too, making a four-day weekend.
Holy Week (Semana Santa) is observed nationwide, and Maundy Thursday and Good Friday are public holidays.
Painted eggs, Easter nests, bonfires and decorated branches are common, with regional variations across Germany, Austria, Switzerland and neighboring countries.
Holy Week processions, Passion observances, church services and family foods are central; customs vary greatly between cities and countries.
Midnight liturgy, candles, greetings of the Resurrection and festive foods are common. A different Paschal calculation often places Orthodox Easter on another date.
Easter follows a long fast and is welcomed with extended liturgy, family meals and local breads or meat dishes according to each church's calendar.
Christians in Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and neighboring countries observe Holy Week and Easter through liturgy, processions, family visits and regional sweets.
Easter begins at 12:00 AM local time, so it reaches the islands of Kiribati first and Hawaii last. Here is when it starts in major cities, and what time that is for you.
| City | Starts (UTC) | Your time |
|---|---|---|
| Kiritimati, Kiribati | Mar 27, 10:00 UTC | — |
| Auckland | Mar 27, 11:00 UTC | — |
| Sydney | Mar 27, 13:00 UTC | — |
| Tokyo | Mar 27, 15:00 UTC | — |
| Manila | Mar 27, 16:00 UTC | — |
| Singapore | Mar 27, 16:00 UTC | — |
| Ho Chi Minh City | Mar 27, 17:00 UTC | — |
| Mumbai & New Delhi | Mar 27, 18:30 UTC | — |
| Dubai | Mar 27, 20:00 UTC | — |
| Berlin & Paris | Mar 27, 23:00 UTC | — |
| London | Mar 28, 00:00 UTC | — |
| São Paulo | Mar 28, 03:00 UTC | — |
| New York & Toronto | Mar 28, 04:00 UTC | — |
| Chicago | Mar 28, 05:00 UTC | — |
| Los Angeles & Vancouver | Mar 28, 07:00 UTC | — |
| Honolulu | Mar 28, 10:00 UTC | — |
There are 184 days until Easter 2027, which is on Sunday, March 28, 2027. The live countdown on this page updates every second.
Easter 2028 is on Sunday, April 16, 2028.
Easter is tied to the first full moon after the March equinox, so it can fall on any Sunday between March 22 and April 25.
Good Friday, two days before Easter, is a public holiday in many countries including the UK, Australia, Germany and Canada.
