When Is Palm Sunday 2027?

Live Countdown to the Holy Day

Palm Sunday falls on Sunday, March 21, 2027 — 203 days from now.

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Palm Sunday 2027 falls on Sunday, March 21, 2027. Live countdown, dates through 2030, and how the date is determined.

Palm Sunday is the Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. Its name originates from the palm branches waved by the crowd to greet and honor Jesus Christ as he entered the city. Palm Sunday marks the first day of Holy Week; in Western Christianity, this is the beginning of the last week of the solemn season of Lent, preceding Eastertide, while in Eastern Christianity, Holy Week commences after the conclusion of Great Lent. Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter.

Palm Sunday falls on Sunday, March 21, 2027. The countdown above updates live, so you always see exactly how many days, hours, and minutes are left.

Palm Sunday dates by year

Year	Date
2027	Sunday, March 21, 2027	in 203 days
2028	Sunday, April 9, 2028	in 588 days
2029	Sunday, March 25, 2029	in 938 days
2030	Sunday, April 14, 2030	in 1323 days

Why does the date move?

The Christian year mixes two kinds of dates. Fixed feasts like Christmas and Epiphany fall on the same calendar day every year. Movable feasts — Easter and everything anchored to it, from Ash Wednesday to Pentecost — are set by a lunar rule: Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21. Orthodox churches apply the same rule on the older Julian calendar, which is why Orthodox Easter and Christmas usually differ from the Western dates.