Palm Sunday 2026 was on Sunday, 29 March 2026 — it has already passed. The next Palm Sunday is on Sunday, 21 March 2027, in 130 days from today (11 November 2026). This page gives the 2026 date, what the day means, how it is observed, and the dates for 2026, 2027 and 2028.
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When is Palm Sunday 2026?
Palm Sunday 2026 is on Sunday, 29 March 2026 — Sunday. That date has passed; the next occurrence is Sunday, 21 March 2027 (130 days away). It is a Christian observance.
How the countdown is worked out
The countdown is the number of days from today to the holiday's date: the 2026 date is in the past, so the live countdown is to the next occurrence (21 March 2027), which is 130 days away. The count is in calendar days — it counts the days you have to wait, not the number of midnights, and it does not count today. The countdown timer recomputes the number live, second by second, and the days until calculator does the same calculation for any date you choose. If the holiday is in a different time zone from you, the day starts at a different moment — but the date is the date, and the countdown is in days, so the time zone does not change the number.
What is Palm Sunday?
Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter, marking Jesus's entry into Jerusalem, when crowds waved palm branches. It opens Holy Week in the Christian calendar.
How Palm Sunday is observed
Churches bless and distribute palm branches, and some hold processions. In some countries the branches are kept at home for the year, then burned for the next Ash Wednesday.
How the date is worked out
Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter, so its date follows the Easter computus: the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox.
Palm Sunday dates — 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day of the week |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 March 2026 | Sunday |
| 2027 | 21 March 2027 | Sunday |
| 2028 | 9 April 2028 | Sunday |
Palm Sunday 2026 in the calendar
Palm Sunday 2026 is the 88th day of 2026 — a year of 365 days — and it falls in ISO week 13 of the year. There are 277 days left in the year after it, and 31 days in March 2026. In the Northern Hemisphere it is spring; in the Southern Hemisphere the seasons are reversed.
The week number matters more than people think: in business and government across Europe, dates are often given as week numbers, and the week number finder gives the ISO week for any date. The day-of-year number is used in astronomy, in logistics and in some payroll systems. And the days-left figure is the useful one for planning the rest of the year: after Palm Sunday 2026 there are 277 days — 39 weeks — left in 2026.
Planning for Palm Sunday 2026
The 2026 observance has passed, so the planning horizon is the next one: Sunday, 21 March 2027 is 130 days away. That is 18 weeks — enough time to book travel, arrange time off and plan properly, and the earlier you book, the cheaper the travel usually is. The dates table above gives the next three years, so you can plan further ahead too.
Palm Sunday 2026 falls on a Sunday — a weekend day — so most people get the day without taking time off. The practical effect is that the celebrations spread across the weekend, and the Friday or Monday around it is often taken as well — so if you are booking travel, the whole weekend is the busy period, not just the day itself.
The countdown in other units
The countdown to the next Palm Sunday (Sunday, 21 March 2027) is 130 days — which is 18 weeks and 4 days, 3120 hours, 187,200 minutes, or about 4.3 months. Of those 130 days, 92 are weekdays and 38 are weekend days — so if you are counting working days, there are 92 of them left before the holiday. The days between dates calculator works out the same numbers for any two dates, and the business days calculator counts the working days excluding public holidays.
Palm Sunday around the world
As a Christian observance, this day is marked by churches and by Christians around the world, and in many countries it is a public holiday. The date is set by the church calendar — fixed for Christmas and its surrounding days, moveable for Easter and the days around it. Whether it is a working day depends on the country: Christmas Day is a public holiday in most of the world, while days like Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday are working days almost everywhere.
Planning checklist for Palm Sunday 2026
| When | Task |
|---|---|
| Now | The 2026 observance has passed — put the next one (Sunday, 21 March 2027) in your calendar, with a reminder a month before. |
| One month before | Book travel and request time off, if Palm Sunday means either. |
| One week before | Confirm plans, buy what you need, and check the date — the date is fixed. |
More countdowns
If you are counting down to Palm Sunday, you may also be counting down to Christmas Day 2026, New Year's Day 2026, Easter Sunday 2026. And for the same holiday in another year, see Palm Sunday 2027 and Palm Sunday 2028.
Frequently asked questions
When is Palm Sunday 2026?
Palm Sunday 2026 is on Sunday, 29 March 2026 (Sunday).
How many days until Palm Sunday 2026?
Palm Sunday 2026 has passed. The next one is Sunday, 21 March 2027, in 130 days from 11 November 2026.
What day of the week is Palm Sunday 2026?
Palm Sunday 2026 is a Sunday.
When is Palm Sunday in 2027?
Palm Sunday 2027 is on Sunday, 21 March 2027 (Sunday).
Is Palm Sunday a public holiday?
Palm Sunday is a religious observance; whether it is a public holiday depends on the country. It is a public holiday in the countries where that religion is the majority or an official faith.
What is Palm Sunday?
Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter, marking Jesus's entry into Jerusalem, when crowds waved palm branches. It opens Holy Week in the Christian calendar.
How many weeks until Palm Sunday 2026?
The next Palm Sunday is 130 days away, which is 18 weeks and 4 days.
How many working days are left until Palm Sunday 2026?
Count the weekdays between today and the holiday: the business days calculator does it, excluding weekends and the public holidays you add. The countdown in other units above gives the weekday count for the next occurrence.
Sources
- IANA Time Zone Database, via Node.js Intl (
Intl.DateTimeFormatwithtimeZone) — offsets, daylight saving dates and local times in this article were worked out from the IANA database, not typed from memory. - TimeFlow's own time-zone data (
data/cities.ts,data/dst.ts), computed from the IANA database. - Holiday dates: TimeFlow's own holiday data (
data/holidays.ts). - TimeFlow's countdown timer and days until calculator — the live tools behind the countdown on this page.
- Time-zone and daylight saving rules are set by governments and can change. For flights, deadlines and meetings that cannot move, confirm the time with an official source.