Easter Saturday 2026

Please note: The term "Easter Saturday", correctly applied, refers to the Saturday after Easter, not the Saturday before Easter (which is called "Holy Saturday"). For more details see the explanations below.

Easter Saturday 2026 is on Saturday, April 11, 2026 (in 274 days).  Calendar for 2026

Easter Saturday 2025 has already passed: it was on Saturday, April 26, 2025 (76 days ago).  Calendar for 2025

The term "Easter Saturday", when applied correctly, refers to the Saturday 6 days after the Christian festival of Easter. However, the term is often used colloquially to mean Holy Saturday, the Holy Week observance that falls between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, but this usage is incorrect.

In the liturgy of Western Christianity Easter Saturday is the last day of Easter Week and is sometimes referred to as the Saturday of Easter Week or Saturday in Easter Week. It is the day preceding the "Octave Day of Easter" (the Sunday after Easter, also known as St. Thomas Sunday or Divine Mercy Sunday), which is the last day of the Octave of Easter (the eight-day period ("octave") in Eastertide that starts on Easter Sunday and concludes with the following Sunday).

In the liturgy of Eastern Christianity Easter Saturday is referred to as Bright Saturday and marks the end of Bright Week.

The earliest possible date for Easter Saturday is March 28, the latest possible date is May 1.

Further reading: Easter Saturday on Wikipedia

Easter Saturday 2027 is on Saturday, April 3, 2027 (in 631 days).  Calendar for 2027

Dates of Easter Saturday 2026 and surrounding years as downloadable image file