When is Good Friday 2026?
Friday,
April 3
173 days ago.
- Day of week
- Friday
- Against 2025
- 15 days earlier
- Orthodox Easter
- 7 days later
- Days ago
- 173
Why Good Friday falls when it does in 2026
Good Friday 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.
Good Friday 2026 on the calendar
| ISO week | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Good Friday | ||||||
| 15 | |||||||
| 16 | |||||||
| 17 | |||||||
| 18 |
Within a week of Good Friday in 2026
Which dates fall near Good Friday changes every year, because the calendars move against each other.
- Palm SundaySunday, Sun, Mar 29
- April Fools' DayWednesday, Wed, Apr 1
- Maundy ThursdayThursday, Thu, Apr 2
- PassoverThursday, Thu, Apr 2
- Easter SundaySunday, Sun, Apr 5
- Easter MondayMonday, Mon, Apr 6
- Orthodox Good FridayFriday, Fri, Apr 10