When is Maundy Thursday 2026?
Thursday,
April 2
174 days ago.
- Day of week
- Thursday
- Against 2025
- 15 days earlier
- Orthodox Easter
- 7 days later
- Days ago
- 174
Why Maundy Thursday falls when it does in 2026
Maundy Thursday 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.
Maundy Thursday 2026 on the calendar
| ISO week | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Maundy Thursday | ||||||
| 15 | |||||||
| 16 | |||||||
| 17 | |||||||
| 18 |
Within a week of Maundy Thursday in 2026
Which dates fall near Maundy Thursday changes every year, because the calendars move against each other.
- Palm SundaySunday, Sun, Mar 29
- April Fools' DayWednesday, Wed, Apr 1
- PassoverThursday, Thu, Apr 2
- Good FridayFriday, Fri, Apr 3
- Easter SundaySunday, Sun, Apr 5
- Easter MondayMonday, Mon, Apr 6