Catholic Liturgical Calendar
When is Easter? When does Lent start? The Catholic year turns on a set of movable feasts whose dates change each year with the date of Easter. Find the dates below, along with the holy days of obligation and handy calculators.
Movable feasts in 2026
- Ash Wednesday 2026 — February 18, 2026
- Mardi Gras 2026 — February 17, 2026
- Palm Sunday 2026 — March 29, 2026
- Holy Thursday 2026 — April 2, 2026
- Good Friday 2026 — April 3, 2026
- Easter Sunday 2026 — April 5, 2026
- Divine Mercy Sunday 2026 — April 12, 2026
- the Ascension 2026 — May 14, 2026
- Pentecost 2026 — May 24, 2026
- Trinity Sunday 2026 — May 31, 2026
- Corpus Christi 2026 — June 4, 2026
- Advent 2026 — November 29, 2026
- Lent 2026 — February 18, 2026