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When is Palm Sunday 2026?

Sunday,
March 29

178 days ago.

Day of week
Sunday
Against 2025
15 days earlier
Orthodox Easter
7 days later
Days ago
178

Why Palm Sunday falls when it does in 2026

Palm Sunday 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.

Palm Sunday 2026 on the calendar

Calendar grid for 3/2026, weeks starting Sun
ISO week
10
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12
13
14Palm Sunday

Within a week of Palm Sunday in 2026

Which dates fall near Palm Sunday changes every year, because the calendars move against each other.

Palm Sunday in other years