When is Passover 2026?
Thursday,
April 2, 2026
Begins at sundown on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 (sunset is 7:20 PM in New York). Passover lasts seven days in Israel and eight elsewhere. 225 days ago, counted from Friday, November 13, 2026, US Eastern Time. Hebrew year 5786.
- Day of week
- Thursday
- Against 2025
- 11 days earlier
- Hebrew year
- 5786
- Days ago
- 225
Why Passover falls when it does in 2026
Passover is fixed in the Hebrew calendar, which is lunisolar: twelve lunar months fall about eleven days short of a solar year, so a leap month is added seven times in every nineteen. That is why the Gregorian date swings rather than drifts — 11 days earlier than 2025, and why it always lands in roughly the same season.
Passover 2026 on the calendar
| ISO week number, Monday to Sunday | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Passover | ||||||
| 15 | |||||||
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| 18 |
Within a week of Passover in 2026
Which dates fall near Passover changes every year, because the calendars move against each other.
- Palm SundaySun, Mar 29
- April Fools' DayWed, Apr 1
- Maundy ThursdayThu, Apr 2
- Good FridayFri, Apr 3
- Easter SundaySun, Apr 5
- Easter MondayMon, Apr 6