Religious holiday
How Many Days Until Good Friday 2027?
Today: · Eastern Time (America/New_York)
Calendar days until Good Friday
153 days until Good Friday
Good Friday is on Friday, March 26, 2027.
Live countdown to midnight on March 26, 2027
152 days, 17 hours, 35 minutes, 49 seconds remaining
Eastern Time (America/New_York). Countdown days are 24 hours; the calendar-day count above uses local dates.
- Calendar days (signed)
- 153
- Full weeks + days
- 21 weeks + 6 days
- Calendar months + days
- 5 months + 2 days
- Years, months, days
- 0 years, 5 months, 2 days
- Weekdays counted
- 110
- Weekend days counted
- 43
- U.S. business days
- 104
- Observed holiday dates skipped
- 6
What is Good Friday?
Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus. It is a solemn day in the Christian calendar and part of Holy Week.
History of Good Friday
Christians have marked the day of the crucifixion since the early church. The origin of the name "Good" is uncertain; it may come from an older sense of the word meaning holy.
Good Friday today
Churches hold services of prayer and reflection, often in the afternoon, and many follow the Stations of the Cross. It is not a federal holiday, but some states and many schools close, and the New York Stock Exchange is closed.
Date details
- Category
- Religious holiday
- How the date is set
- Set by a yearly rule
- Country / region
- General calendar event
- Actual event date
Set by the Western Easter date (2 days before Easter Sunday). Western (Gregorian) Easter: the first Sunday after the ecclesiastical full moon on or after March 21. Source: U.S. Naval Observatory
Event date facts
- Weekday
- Friday
- ISO week / year
- 12 / 2027
- Day of year
- 85
- Quarter
- 1
- Days left in year
- 280
- Leap year
- No
March 2027
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | ||||||
Event dates by year
| Rule year | Actual date | Observed federal closure | Certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Friday, April 18, 2025 | — | Set by a yearly rule |
| 2026 | Friday, April 3, 2026 | — | Set by a yearly rule |
| 2027 | Friday, March 26, 2027 | — | Set by a yearly rule |
| 2028 | Friday, April 14, 2028 | — | Set by a yearly rule |
| 2029 | Friday, March 30, 2029 | — | Set by a yearly rule |
Quick answers
- What day of the week is March 26, 2027?
- March 26, 2027 is a Friday.
- Is Good Friday a federal holiday?
- No. Good Friday is not a U.S. federal holiday, so federal offices and most businesses stay open.
- What week of the year is March 26, 2027?
- March 26, 2027 is in ISO week 12 of 2027 and is day 85 of the year.
How the Good Friday date is calculated
- Western Easter is the first Sunday after the church's full moon on or after March 21. The full moon comes from fixed church tables (the Gregorian computus), not from watching the sky, so Easter always falls between March 22 and April 25.
- For 2027 the tables give Sunday, March 28, 2027. Orthodox churches use the Julian calendar for the same rule, so their Easter is often later.
- Good Friday is 2 days before Easter. With Easter on Sunday, March 28, 2027, Good Friday falls on Friday, March 26, 2027.
- The countdown counts calendar days from today to March 26, 2027. The start date is excluded and the end date is included. Dates use Eastern Time (America/New_York).
- The live countdown runs to midnight at the start of March 26, 2027 in Eastern Time (America/New_York). A countdown day is 24 hours, so a daylight-saving change can make it differ from the calendar-day count by an hour.
- Calculated at 6:24 AM on October 24, 2026.
- U.S. business days exclude Saturday, Sunday and observed nationwide federal closures; individual employer and state schedules are not included.