When is Easter Monday 2026?
Monday,
April 6
170 days ago.
- Day of week
- Monday
- Against 2025
- 15 days earlier
- Orthodox Easter
- 7 days later
- Days ago
- 170
Why Easter Monday falls when it does in 2026
Easter Monday is fixed relative to Easter, which is the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after 21 March. In 2026 Western Easter is Sunday, April 5, 2026 and Orthodox Easter is Sunday, April 12, 2026, 7 days later, because the Orthodox churches compute it on the Julian calendar.
Easter Monday 2026 on the calendar
| ISO week | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | |||||||
| 15 | Easter Monday | ||||||
| 16 | |||||||
| 17 | |||||||
| 18 |
Within a week of Easter Monday in 2026
Which dates fall near Easter Monday changes every year, because the calendars move against each other.
- April Fools' DayWednesday, Wed, Apr 1
- Maundy ThursdayThursday, Thu, Apr 2
- PassoverThursday, Thu, Apr 2
- Good FridayFriday, Fri, Apr 3
- Easter SundaySunday, Sun, Apr 5
- Orthodox Good FridayFriday, Fri, Apr 10
- Orthodox EasterSunday, Sun, Apr 12