When is Pentecost 2026?
Sunday,
May 24, 2026
173 days ago, counted from Friday, November 13, 2026, US Eastern Time.
- Day of week
- Sunday
- Against 2025
- 15 days earlier
- Orthodox Easter
- 7 days later
- Days ago
- 173
Why Pentecost falls when it does in 2026
Pentecost 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.
Pentecost 2026 on the calendar
| ISO week number, Monday to Sunday | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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| 18 | |||||||
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| 22 | Pentecost | ||||||
| 23 |
Within a week of Pentecost in 2026
Which dates fall near Pentecost changes every year, because the calendars move against each other.
- ShavuotFri, May 22
- Memorial DayMon, May 25
- Day of ArafahTue, May 26
- Eid al-AdhaWed, May 27
- Orthodox PentecostSun, May 31