BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//whatdate.app//Calendar packs//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Easter and related dates 2026–2028 (Western churches) NAME:Easter and related dates 2026–2028 (Western churches) X-WR-CALDESC:Generated by WhatDate using the qualified Gregorian computus. Sources: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables). REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:P1D X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1D BEGIN:VEVENT UID:96a388a7-ce82-5590-9801-4d9a659256a0@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260218 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260219 SUMMARY:Ash Wednesday DESCRIPTION:The first day of Lent in the Western church\, forty-six days be fore Easter. The Byzantine rite has no equivalent day: Great Lent opens on Clean Monday instead. Easter minus 46 days\; the first day of Lent. Weste rn reckoning.\nSource: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables ) — https://www.census.gov/data/software/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:55a0acbc-a11b-5d98-bf7c-433733a4a627@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260329 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260330 SUMMARY:Palm Sunday DESCRIPTION:The Sunday before Easter\, opening Holy Week. Western reckoning .\nSource: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — https: //www.census.gov/data/software/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:797cf885-74bd-586d-98ac-5c2964b98419@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260403 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260404 SUMMARY:Good Friday DESCRIPTION:The Friday of Holy Week. A public holiday in much of the world\ , including India. The Friday before Easter. Western reckoning.\nSource: U S Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — https://www.census .gov/data/software/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious,_holy friday,_karfreitag END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e7c53120-5290-5a19-9732-9ba09aee0797@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260404 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260405 SUMMARY:Holy Saturday DESCRIPTION:The Saturday between Good Friday and Easter. The Saturday befor e Easter. Western reckoning.\nSource: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — https://www.census.gov/data/software/x13as/genhol/eas ter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious,_easter eve END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:347133b1-bde6-55a3-bb52-3cd7fa5e53fd@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260405 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260406 SUMMARY:Easter Sunday DESCRIPTION:The principal feast of the Christian year. Its date is not anno unced but computed\, from the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after 21 March - which is why it moves\, and why the Weste rn and Orthodox churches can differ by up to five weeks while keeping the same feast. Easter Sunday itself. Western reckoning.\nSource: US Census Bu reau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — https://www.census.gov/data/s oftware/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious,_resurrection sunday,_pascha,_orthodox easter,_western easter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b5503900-225f-52f0-a16f-21b6b7b6be5e@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260406 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260407 SUMMARY:Easter Monday DESCRIPTION:The day after Easter\; a public holiday in many countries. The Monday after Easter. Western reckoning.\nSource: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — https://www.census.gov/data/software/x13as /genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious,_ostermontag END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e3e782e8-2e09-5141-a4fa-8f332dc12dc7@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260514 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260515 SUMMARY:Ascension DESCRIPTION:Thirty-nine days after Easter\, and so always a Thursday. Easte r plus 39 days\; always a Thursday. Western reckoning.\nSource: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — https://www.census.gov/data /software/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious,_ascension thursday,_christi himmelfahrt END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:34d37365-22c3-569d-b587-bd10f2e0badf@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260524 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260525 SUMMARY:Pentecost DESCRIPTION:Forty-nine days after Easter\, and so always a Sunday. Called W hitsunday in Britain. Easter plus 49 days\; always a Sunday. Western recko ning.\nSource: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — ht tps://www.census.gov/data/software/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious,_whit sunday,_pfingstsonntag END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29a3225b-3017-589e-98e6-97af7209c777@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270211 SUMMARY:Ash Wednesday DESCRIPTION:The first day of Lent in the Western church\, forty-six days be fore Easter. The Byzantine rite has no equivalent day: Great Lent opens on Clean Monday instead. Easter minus 46 days\; the first day of Lent. Weste rn reckoning.\nSource: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables ) — https://www.census.gov/data/software/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:56624fa4-125a-547c-8df6-36290e80ab1b@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270321 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270322 SUMMARY:Palm Sunday DESCRIPTION:The Sunday before Easter\, opening Holy Week. Western reckoning .\nSource: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — https: //www.census.gov/data/software/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6806f9f6-1750-5209-8631-c4107aa0d603@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270326 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270327 SUMMARY:Good Friday DESCRIPTION:The Friday of Holy Week. A public holiday in much of the world\ , including India. The Friday before Easter. Western reckoning.\nSource: U S Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — https://www.census .gov/data/software/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious,_holy friday,_karfreitag END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:549929f4-a676-5ff1-bf19-082f39feb29f@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270327 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270328 SUMMARY:Holy Saturday DESCRIPTION:The Saturday between Good Friday and Easter. The Saturday befor e Easter. Western reckoning.\nSource: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — https://www.census.gov/data/software/x13as/genhol/eas ter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious,_easter eve END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c7612828-063b-5a8a-af57-23159e9d07e1@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270328 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270329 SUMMARY:Easter Sunday DESCRIPTION:The principal feast of the Christian year. Its date is not anno unced but computed\, from the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after 21 March - which is why it moves\, and why the Weste rn and Orthodox churches can differ by up to five weeks while keeping the same feast. Easter Sunday itself. Western reckoning.\nSource: US Census Bu reau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — https://www.census.gov/data/s oftware/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious,_resurrection sunday,_pascha,_orthodox easter,_western easter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ff3e5c43-63ae-53a4-9fa6-afdb23c5e5e6@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270329 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270330 SUMMARY:Easter Monday DESCRIPTION:The day after Easter\; a public holiday in many countries. The Monday after Easter. Western reckoning.\nSource: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — https://www.census.gov/data/software/x13as /genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious,_ostermontag END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fd6960c2-47f0-5db0-aa66-07b6a011b185@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270506 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270507 SUMMARY:Ascension DESCRIPTION:Thirty-nine days after Easter\, and so always a Thursday. Easte r plus 39 days\; always a Thursday. Western reckoning.\nSource: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — https://www.census.gov/data /software/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious,_ascension thursday,_christi himmelfahrt END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:92726f7e-5816-5f8d-ad2b-d7cbef4c2537@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270516 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270517 SUMMARY:Pentecost DESCRIPTION:Forty-nine days after Easter\, and so always a Sunday. Called W hitsunday in Britain. Easter plus 49 days\; always a Sunday. Western recko ning.\nSource: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — ht tps://www.census.gov/data/software/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious,_whit sunday,_pfingstsonntag END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:84c4e3a0-5a91-5192-ba8b-8ddae38f4431@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280302 SUMMARY:Ash Wednesday DESCRIPTION:The first day of Lent in the Western church\, forty-six days be fore Easter. The Byzantine rite has no equivalent day: Great Lent opens on Clean Monday instead. Easter minus 46 days\; the first day of Lent. Weste rn reckoning.\nSource: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables ) — https://www.census.gov/data/software/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:de009a52-bd26-5165-8a27-f201e387a9ea@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280409 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280410 SUMMARY:Palm Sunday DESCRIPTION:The Sunday before Easter\, opening Holy Week. Western reckoning .\nSource: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — https: //www.census.gov/data/software/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bcd899c6-af1b-5c97-9da3-2011af87f387@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280414 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280415 SUMMARY:Good Friday DESCRIPTION:The Friday of Holy Week. A public holiday in much of the world\ , including India. The Friday before Easter. Western reckoning.\nSource: U S Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — https://www.census .gov/data/software/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious,_holy friday,_karfreitag END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fb110c9f-24c4-5729-b09d-8156b6939c0b@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280415 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280416 SUMMARY:Holy Saturday DESCRIPTION:The Saturday between Good Friday and Easter. The Saturday befor e Easter. Western reckoning.\nSource: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — https://www.census.gov/data/software/x13as/genhol/eas ter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious,_easter eve END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:588fb6f3-8b57-5aed-bb1c-26d78f98a338@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280416 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280417 SUMMARY:Easter Sunday DESCRIPTION:The principal feast of the Christian year. Its date is not anno unced but computed\, from the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after 21 March - which is why it moves\, and why the Weste rn and Orthodox churches can differ by up to five weeks while keeping the same feast. Easter Sunday itself. Western reckoning.\nSource: US Census Bu reau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — https://www.census.gov/data/s oftware/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious,_resurrection sunday,_pascha,_orthodox easter,_western easter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6f2079d9-1076-5468-bd35-78224ab65fcc@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280417 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280418 SUMMARY:Easter Monday DESCRIPTION:The day after Easter\; a public holiday in many countries. The Monday after Easter. Western reckoning.\nSource: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — https://www.census.gov/data/software/x13as /genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious,_ostermontag END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3b7e14c7-dfdc-52c1-b2ed-8a4e84b2b798@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280525 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280526 SUMMARY:Ascension DESCRIPTION:Thirty-nine days after Easter\, and so always a Thursday. Easte r plus 39 days\; always a Thursday. Western reckoning.\nSource: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — https://www.census.gov/data /software/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious,_ascension thursday,_christi himmelfahrt END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:80e36953-0466-513c-b1f5-73664a07518d@whatdate.app DTSTAMP:20261017T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280604 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280605 SUMMARY:Pentecost DESCRIPTION:Forty-nine days after Easter\, and so always a Sunday. Called W hitsunday in Britain. Easter plus 49 days\; always a Sunday. Western recko ning.\nSource: US Census Bureau: Easter dates (X-13 holiday tables) — ht tps://www.census.gov/data/software/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html URL:https://whatdate.app/packs/computed-western-christian-dates/ SEQUENCE:3 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CATEGORIES:Religious,_whit sunday,_pfingstsonntag END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR