When Is Passover? Pesach Dates for 2027 and Every Year to 2031

The answer

The next Passover, Pesach 2027, begins at sundown on Wednesday, April 21, 2027 with the first Seder, and ends after nightfall on Thursday, April 29, 2027 outside Israel (Wednesday, April 28, 2027 in Israel).

First Seder: Wed, Apr 21, evening
Pesach I: Thu, Apr 22
Ends: Wed, Apr 28 Israel · Thu, Apr 29 diaspora

Pesach falls on the 15th of Nisan every year. Because the Hebrew calendar is lunar, the civil date moves: always between late March and late April. The table below gives every year to 2031; each year has its own page with the day-by-day calendar.

Every year

Pesach dates, 2026 to 2031

First Seder is the evening of Erev Pesach. Israel keeps seven days; outside Israel the festival is eight.
Year	First Seder (evening)	Pesach I	Ends, Israel	Ends, outside Israel
Passover 20265786	Wednesday, April 1, 2026	Thursday, April 2, 2026	Wednesday, April 8, 2026	Thursday, April 9, 2026
Passover 20275787	Wednesday, April 21, 2027	Thursday, April 22, 2027	Wednesday, April 28, 2027	Thursday, April 29, 2027
Passover 20285788	Monday, April 10, 2028	Tuesday, April 11, 2028	Monday, April 17, 2028	Tuesday, April 18, 2028
Passover 20295789	Friday, March 30, 2029	Saturday, March 31, 2029	Friday, April 6, 2029	Saturday, April 7, 2029
Passover 20305790	Wednesday, April 17, 2030	Thursday, April 18, 2030	Wednesday, April 24, 2030	Thursday, April 25, 2030
Passover 20315791	Monday, April 7, 2031	Tuesday, April 8, 2031	Monday, April 14, 2031	Tuesday, April 15, 2031

How the date is set

Why Pesach moves in the civil calendar

The Hebrew calendar counts months by the moon: twelve months of 29 or 30 days, about 354 days in all, eleven days short of the solar year. Left alone, Pesach would drift back through the seasons. So seven times in every nineteen years a thirteenth month, Adar II, is added, which pulls the calendar back into step with the sun and keeps Pesach in the spring, as the Torah requires. That is why the festival can begin anywhere from the last week of March to the last week of April, and why two consecutive years can be a month apart.

What year do Passover and Easter coincide?

Often. Western Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21, and Pesach begins at the full moon of Nisan, so in most years Easter Sunday falls inside the eight days of Pesach or within a few days of it: 2028 (Easter April 16, Pesach April 11 to 18), 2029 (April 1; Pesach March 31 to April 7), 2030 (April 21; Pesach April 18 to 25) and 2031 (April 13; Pesach April 8 to 15). The exceptions are Hebrew leap years such as 2027, when the extra month pushes Pesach a month past Easter.

Within the festival, the first day is Yom Tov everywhere and the last day is Yom Tov in Israel; outside Israel the second and eighth days are Yom Tov as well. Everything between is Chol Hamoed. Shabbat during Chol Hamoed is kept as Shabbat with the festival's additions. Kosher Travelers' Rhodes program follows the diaspora calendar; the Israel programs follow the Israeli one and run a second-day minyan for guests from abroad.

Where to spend it

Passover programs for the next Pesach

Three Kosher Travelers programs run for Pesach 2027: the Elysium Resort in Rhodes, the Inbal in Jerusalem and Nof Ginosar on the Kinneret. The whole hotel, the supervision named, scholars in residence, a children's camp, a person in your region. Before you go, reconnect with Jewish heritage at the Seder.

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Questions

When is Passover: the questions people ask

When is Passover 2027?

Passover 2027 begins at sundown on Wednesday, April 21, 2027 with the first Seder and ends after nightfall on Thursday, April 29, 2027 outside Israel, Wednesday, April 28, 2027 in Israel. The day-by-day calendar is on Passover 2027 dates.

Why does the date of Passover change every year?

Pesach is fixed in the Hebrew calendar, on the 15th of Nisan, and the Hebrew calendar is lunar with a leap month added seven times in nineteen years to keep it in step with the seasons. Against the civil calendar the date therefore moves, always within late March and April.

How many days is Passover?

Eight days outside Israel and seven in Israel. The first and last days are Yom Tov (two at each end outside Israel); the days between are Chol Hamoed, when travel and day trips are allowed.

Is Passover the same as Pesach?

Yes. Pesach is the Hebrew name and Passover the English one; the festival is the same. Kosher Travelers guests in the United States usually say Passover, guests in the UK and Israel say Pesach, and both words are used on this site.

When do Pesach programs go on sale?

Each spring for the following year, with early inquiries taken from the autumn before. Pesach 2027 programs are on sale now: Passover programs 2027.