Western Easter
Sunday, April 13, 2031
Gregorian computus. Golden number 18, epact 6, Paschal full moon April 7.
Easter 2031
Easter 2031: Sunday, April 13
In 2031 Easter falls on Sunday, April 13, 2031 for Western and Orthodox churches alike: the Gregorian and the Julian reckoning arrive at the same Sunday.
Orthodox Easter
Sunday, April 13, 2031
Julian computus: March 31 in the Julian calendar, plus 13 days to reach the Gregorian calendar.
Both Easters fall on April 13 in 2031. They last fell on the same day in 2028 (April 16). They next fall on the same day in 2034 (April 9).
Western · Apr 13
Orthodox · Apr 13
MarchAprilMayThe moving feasts of 2031
Western feasts, 2031
| Feast | Date | From Easter |
|---|---|---|
| Shrove Tuesday | Tuesday, February 25, 2031 | −47 days |
| Ash Wednesday | Wednesday, February 26, 2031 | −46 days |
| Palm Sunday | Sunday, April 6, 2031 | −7 days |
| Maundy Thursday | Thursday, April 10, 2031 | −3 days |
| Good Friday | Friday, April 11, 2031 | −2 days |
| Holy Saturday | Saturday, April 12, 2031 | −1 day |
| Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 13, 2031 | Easter Sunday |
| Easter Monday | Monday, April 14, 2031 | +1 day |
| Ascension Day | Thursday, May 22, 2031 | +39 days |
| Pentecost | Sunday, June 1, 2031 | +49 days |
Orthodox feasts, 2031
| Feast | Date | From Easter |
|---|---|---|
| Clean Monday | Monday, February 24, 2031 | −48 days |
| Palm Sunday | Sunday, April 6, 2031 | −7 days |
| Great and Holy Friday | Friday, April 11, 2031 | −2 days |
| Pascha (Easter Sunday) | Sunday, April 13, 2031 | Easter Sunday |
| Ascension | Thursday, May 22, 2031 | +39 days |
| Pentecost | Sunday, June 1, 2031 | +49 days |
Each date is Easter Sunday plus or minus a fixed number of days; the offsets and their sources are on the about page. Observance varies by church and by country. Whether a feast is a day off work is a matter of each country’s law.
How early is Easter in 2031?
April 13 is date 23 of the 35 that Western Easter can take, March 22 to April 25: 22 days after the earliest possible date and 12 days before the latest. Of the 201 Easters from 1900 to 2100, 126 fall on an earlier date than this one and 71 fall on a later date. 3 other years in that span share the date: 1941, 1952, 2036. Before 2031, Western Easter last fell on April 13 in 1952; after 2031 it next does in 2036.
Orthodox Easter on April 13 is March 31 in the Julian calendar; 13 days carry it to the Gregorian calendar in 2031. From 1900 to 2100 Orthodox Easter falls on an earlier Gregorian date in 42 years and on a later one in 152 years; it falls on the same date in 1947, 1958, 1969, 2042, 2053, 2064.
The earliest and latest Easters from 1900 to 2100, with how often each date occurs, are on their own page.
The arithmetic for 2031
18Golden number: the year’s place in the 19-year cycle of the moon, (2031 mod 19) + 1.
6Gregorian epact: the age of the reckoned moon at the start of the year.
April 7Paschal full moon of the Gregorian reckoning, a Monday. Easter is the Sunday after it.
April 11Paschal full moon of the Julian reckoning in Gregorian dates (Julian March 29), a Friday.
The two algorithms, worked for 2031
- Western: the Anonymous Gregorian algorithm
a=17 b=20 c=31 d=5 e=0 f=1 g=6 h=17 i=7 k=3 l=5 m=0h + l − 7m + 114 = 136, and 136 ÷ 31 = 4 remainder 12: month 4, day 12 + 1. April 13- Orthodox: Meeus’s Julian algorithm
a=3 b=1 c=17 d=8 e=1d + e + 114 = 123, and 123 ÷ 31 = 3 remainder 30: Julian March 31. Plus 13 days: April 13
How the date of Easter is calculated explains each letter. The dates on this page agree with the US Census Bureau table (Western), the 5ko.free.fr tables (Western and Orthodox), Wikipedia’s list of dates for Easter (Western and Orthodox), each read September 28, 2026.