Passover starts 2027 is on Tuesday, April 20, 2027

The exact date of Passover starts 2027

Passover starts 2027 falls on Tuesday, April 20, 2027. That is a Tuesday, a regular working weekday in most countries. It is the 110th day of 2027 and sits in ISO week 16. 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 Tuesday, a single day of leave on the Monday turns it into a four-day weekend, the classic "bridge day" pattern.

Compared with 2026, when it fell on April 2, Passover starts 2027 moves about 18 days later in the Gregorian calendar. This drift is normal for a holiday tied to a lunar or lunisolar calendar rather than a fixed civil date.

Passover starts around 2027

How the date moves in the years either side of 2027. 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 2027, common questions

When is Passover starts 2027?

Passover starts 2027 falls on Tuesday, April 20, 2027, running through Monday, April 26, 2027.

What day of the week is Passover starts 2027?

In 2027, Passover starts falls on a Tuesday, a weekday.

When is Passover starts the year after 2027?

In 2028, Passover starts falls on Saturday, April 8.

What date was Passover starts 2026?

In 2026, Passover starts fell on Thursday, April 2.

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.