Judaism · 2026
Passover starts 2026 is on Thursday, April 2, 2026
In 2026, Passover starts falls on a Thursday, running through Wednesday, April 8, 2026.
The exact date of Passover starts 2026
Passover starts 2026 falls on Thursday, April 2, 2026. That is a Thursday, a regular working weekday in most countries. It is the 92nd day of 2026 and sits in ISO week 14. If you are planning around it, the day of the week matters as much as the date itself, because it decides whether the observance creates a long weekend, a midweek pause, or a day that has to be moved under local substitute-holiday rules.
With Passover starts on a Thursday, one day of leave on the Friday creates a four-day weekend, a popular bridge-day move.
Passover starts around 2026
How the date moves in the years either side of 2026. Each year links to its own page with a countdown and the full day-of-week detail.
About Passover starts
Passover, or Pesach, is a major Jewish festival commemorating the Exodus from Egypt and the liberation of the Israelites from slavery. It begins on the fifteenth day of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar and is observed for seven or eight days depending on community practice. The first night is centered on the seder, a ritual meal with readings, symbolic foods, questions, and storytelling. During the festival, many Jewish households avoid chametz, leavened grain products. Because the Hebrew calendar is lunisolar, Passover's Gregorian start date moves within March or April. timekit uses the date in its 2026-2035 religious holidays data; religious observance begins at sundown the previous evening.
Calendar note: Computed with the local Hebrew calendar engine; shown as a 7-day span.
Passover starts 2026, common questions
- When is Passover starts 2026?
- Passover starts 2026 falls on Thursday, April 2, 2026, running through Wednesday, April 8, 2026.
- What day of the week is Passover starts 2026?
- In 2026, Passover starts falls on a Thursday, a weekday.
- When is Passover starts the year after 2026?
- In 2027, Passover starts falls on Tuesday, April 20.
- Why does the date of Passover starts change each year?
- Because the Hebrew calendar is lunisolar, Passover's Gregorian start date moves within March or April. timekit uses the date in its 2026-2035 religious holidays data; religious observance begins at sundown the previous evening.