Days Until Easter
Live countdown to Easter Sunday: the exact number of days, plus a ticking hours/minutes/seconds clock to Sunday, March 28, 2027.
Wondering how many days until Easter Sunday? This page shows the live count — days, hours, minutes, and seconds — to Sunday, March 28, 2027, and rolls forward to next year's date automatically once the day passes. Easter is computed with an algorithm called computus: it is the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon, the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after March 21. That is why Easter moves between March 22 and April 25 and must be calculated fresh every year — this page computes it rather than guessing.
Days until Easter Sunday
163
Easter Sunday falls on Sunday, March 28, 2027
163
Days to go
14
Hours
10
Minutes
33
Seconds
How the date is set: First Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox (computus). The counter updates every second and rolls over to the next year automatically once the day has passed.
How to use this calculator
- Open this page — the countdown starts by itself, no buttons to press.
- Read the big gold number: that is how many whole days remain until Easter Sunday.
- Check the target date shown under the number (Sunday, March 28, 2027) and the live hours/minutes/seconds clock.
- Leave the tab open or come back anytime; after the day passes it counts down to next year's date on its own.
The formula
Easter Sunday: First Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after March 21 (computus).
Worked example
Worked example: on Friday, October 16, 2026, this page showed 163 days until Easter Sunday. That matches a calendar count from October 16 to Sunday, March 28, 2027, and it was produced by the same resolver the page uses live (verified against published 2026 calendars).
Frequently Asked Questions
When is Easter Sunday in 2026?
Easter Sunday falls on Sunday, April 5, 2026. Easter is computed with an algorithm called computus: it is the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon, the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after March 21. That is why Easter moves between March 22 and April 25 and must be calculated fresh every year — this page computes it rather than guessing.
How many days until Easter Sunday?
It depends on today's date, and this page computes it live so it is never stale. For a concrete example: on Friday, October 16, 2026, the counter read 163 days until Easter Sunday on Sunday, March 28, 2027. The big number counts whole days to the date, while the smaller clock keeps ticking through the hours, minutes, and seconds.
How is the date of this day determined?
The rule is: First Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after March 21 (computus). Western (Gregorian) and Eastern Orthodox Easter often fall on different Sundays because the Orthodox calculation uses the Julian calendar.
What happens to the countdown after the day passes?
It rolls over automatically. As soon as the date is behind us, the page resolves next year's occurrence using the same rule and starts counting down to that, so the page is correct whenever you visit it — no stale dates, ever.
Why does the day of the week change every year?
A normal year has 365 days, which is 52 weeks plus one extra day, so a fixed calendar date lands one weekday later the next year (two after a leap year). Days set by a weekday rule, like the fourth Thursday of November, keep their weekday and shift their calendar date instead.