How Many Days Until Easter?
Time Remaining Until Easter
What is the Easter date in numbers?
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For systems and international teams, YYYY-MM-DD (ISO 8601) is the safest format.
“How many days until Easter?” — quick FAQ
Which date do you target?
This page targets Easter Sunday in the Western (Gregorian) calendar. If your local date/time has already reached the start of Easter Sunday, the tool automatically rolls forward to the next year’s Easter so the countdown always points ahead.
Why is Easter a different date each year?
Easter is a moveable feast: the Sunday after the Paschal full moon that follows March 21 (the ecclesiastical spring equinox). That rule places Easter between March 22 and April 25.
Does this match other countdown sites?
Yes, for Western Easter. We use calendar days for the headline number (midnight-to-midnight and including today) and a millisecond-accurate clock for hours/minutes/seconds. That mirrors the conventions most planners and countdowns follow.
What about Orthodox Easter?
Orthodox churches often celebrate on a different Sunday based on the Julian calendar. This page uses the Western/Gregorian date. If you need an Orthodox Easter countdown, consider a dedicated page or toggle.
Does daylight-saving time affect results?
No. The calendar-day count is tied to dates, not clock hours, so DST shifts don’t change the number. The live clock targets your local 00:00 on Easter Sunday.
Can I copy the date easily?
Yes — use the buttons under the result to copy the long English date or the ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD) for forms, spreadsheets, and filenames.
How this page calculates the Easter countdown
This page shows two complementary views of time until Easter. The large grey box displays a calendar-day count: the number of date boundaries between today and Easter Sunday, computed midnight-to-midnight and including today. That keeps the number stable during the day and consistent with how wall calendars are marked off.
Beneath it, the tool shows a real-time breakdown in hours, minutes, and seconds to the start of Easter in your current time zone. These values come from a precise millisecond difference to your local 00:00 on Easter Sunday. Separating calendar logic from clock logic prevents distracting mid-day oscillations while still giving you a live ticker for fine-grained planning.
To determine the date, we use the standard Gregorian computus (an algorithmic method that finds the Sunday after the Paschal full moon following March 21). The algorithm yields an Easter date in March or April; if your current local time is already on or beyond that day’s start, we automatically roll forward to next year’s Easter so the countdown remains forward-looking.
For planning, we include metadata such as the target date’s day-of-year index and ISO week number. We also list common numeric formats and recommend ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD) for unambiguous sharing across regions and systems. Everything runs locally in your browser; no time-zone or location data is sent anywhere.