Find dates for Easter, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Ascension, Pentecost, and other movable Christian feasts for any year.
About movable feasts
Movable feasts are liturgical observances whose dates change each year because they are calculated relative to Easter. The date of Easter itself is determined by a lunisolar formula tied to the spring equinox.
Some churches may observe different dates. Orthodox dates use the Julian calendar converted to Gregorian.
Movable feasts for 2026
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Dates & Time
Find the dates of Easter and related movable Christian feasts for any year, including both Western and Orthodox traditions.
Western Easter is calculated using the Anonymous Gregorian Computus, and Orthodox Easter uses the Julian Meeus method converted to Gregorian dates. All other feasts are derived as fixed offsets from Easter Sunday, except Advent Sunday, which is the Sunday nearest to November 30.
The calculator shows Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension Thursday, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Corpus Christi, Advent Sunday, and Orthodox Easter — covering the full liturgical year.
Frequently asked questions
Western churches use the Gregorian calendar for the Computus, while most Orthodox churches use the Julian calendar. The two methods agree in some years but can diverge by up to five weeks.
Advent Sunday marks the start of the Christian liturgical year. It falls on the Sunday nearest to November 30, always between November 27 and December 3.
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