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Paschalion For the Years 2027 to 2150

Pascha, on which all the movable feasts and holy days depend, is the first Sunday after the full moon that falls on or next after March 21; if that full moon falls on a Sunday, Pascha is the Sunday following. The full moon so reckoned is not the astronomical full moon but the fourteenth day of the lunar month as the ancient ecclesiastical computation reckons it, by a cycle of nineteen years. The seventh Apostolic Canon forbids keeping Pascha with the Jews before the vernal equinox, which the Byzantine canonists read as forbidding Pascha to precede or coincide with the Jewish Passover. Pascha falls no earlier than March 22 and no later than April 25, Old Style.

The Western Church follows the same rule, but since the Gregorian reform of 1582 it has reckoned March 21 by the Gregorian calendar and the moon by revised tables, while the Orthodox Church keeps the Julian calendar and the ancient computation, so that the two feasts often fall on different days. The Julian calendar has stood thirteen days behind the Gregorian since March 1, 1900, Old Style, and from March 1, 2100, Old Style, will stand fourteen days behind it. The table gives each date in both styles and marks with a dagger (†) the years in which Pascha and the Western Easter fall on the same day.

YearsOld StyleNew Style
2027April 19May 2
2028†April 3April 16
2029March 26April 8
2030April 15April 28
2031†March 31April 13
2032April 19May 2
2033April 11April 24
2034†March 27April 9
2035April 16April 29
2036April 7April 20
2037†March 23April 5
2038†April 12April 25
2039April 4April 17
2040April 23May 6
2041†April 8April 21
2042March 31April 13
2043April 20May 3
2044April 11April 24
2045†March 27April 9
2046April 16April 29
2047April 8April 21
2048†March 23April 5
2049April 12April 25
2050April 4April 17
2051April 24May 7
2052†April 8April 21
2053March 31April 13
2054April 20May 3
2055†April 5April 18
2056March 27April 9
2057April 16April 29
2058†April 1April 14
2059April 21May 4
2060April 12April 25
2061†March 28April 10
2062April 17April 30
2063April 9April 22
2064March 31April 13
2065April 13April 26
2066April 5April 18
2067March 28April 10
2068April 16April 29
2069†April 1April 14
2070April 21May 4
2071†April 6April 19
2072†March 28April 10
2073April 17April 30
2074April 9April 22
2075†March 25April 7
2076April 13April 26
2077April 5April 18
2078April 25May 8
2079†April 10April 23
2080April 1April 14
2081April 21May 4
2082†April 6April 19
2083March 29April 11
2084April 17April 30
2085†April 2April 15
2086March 25April 7
2087April 14April 27
2088April 5April 18
2089April 18May 1
2090April 10April 23
2091†March 26April 8
2092April 14April 27
2093April 6April 19
2094March 29April 11
2095†April 11April 24
2096†April 2April 15
2097April 22May 5
2098April 14April 27
2099†March 30April 12
2100April 18May 2
2101April 10April 24
2102†March 26April 9
2103April 15April 29
2104April 6April 20
2105†March 22April 5
2106April 11April 25
2107April 3April 17
2108April 22May 6
2109†April 7April 21
2110March 30April 13
2111April 19May 3
2112†April 3April 17
2113March 26April 9
2114April 15April 29
2115†March 31April 14
2116April 19May 3
2117April 11April 25
2118April 3April 17
2119April 16April 30
2120April 7April 21
2121March 30April 13
2122April 19May 3
2123April 4April 18
2124March 26April 9
2125April 15April 29
2126†March 31April 14
2127April 20May 4
2128April 11April 25
2129†March 27April 10
2130April 16April 30
2131April 8April 22
2132†March 23April 6
2133April 12April 26
2134April 4April 18
2135April 24May 8
2136†April 8April 22
2137March 31April 14
2138April 20May 4
2139†April 5April 19
2140March 27April 10
2141April 16April 30
2142April 8April 22
2143March 24April 7
2144April 12April 26
2145April 4April 18
2146April 24May 8
2147April 9April 23
2148March 31April 14
2149April 20May 4
2150April 5April 19