A live countdown to Good Friday — it falls on the Friday before Easter Sunday. See the days remaining plus a running hours, minutes and seconds timer, free and entirely in your browser.
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Good Friday falls 2 days before Easter Sunday, a moveable feast: Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March, so it lands between 22 March and 25 April.
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How many days until Good Friday?
Good Friday falls on the Friday before Easter Sunday, so the countdown above rolls over to next year automatically the moment this year's Good Friday passes — it will never show a negative number.
The big number is the count of whole days from today until Good Friday. The live timer beneath it ticks down the remaining hours, minutes and seconds in your local time zone, so it stays accurate wherever you are.
How the date is worked out
Good Friday is the Friday immediately before Easter Sunday, so it moves with Easter. The countdown computes Easter first, then subtracts two days.
Good Friday falls 2 days before Easter Sunday, a moveable feast: Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March, so it lands between 22 March and 25 April. The counter at the top of the page shows the exact number of days until the next Good Friday, updated live. Below it, a timer counts down the remaining hours, minutes and seconds.
What day of the week is Good Friday this year?
Good Friday falls 2 days before Easter Sunday, a moveable feast: Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March, so it lands between 22 March and 25 April. The weekday therefore changes from year to year. The date line under the headline shows the full weekday and date of the upcoming Good Friday, calculated automatically from your device clock.
Does the countdown reset after Good Friday?
The Good Friday countdown resets automatically. As soon as Good Friday has passed, the timer switches to next year's date, so the figure on screen is always the time until the next Good Friday. It never counts up and never shows a negative number, and the year label beside the headline updates to the new target year.
What does Good Friday commemorate?
Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus, and is kept on the Friday before Easter Sunday. Because it is fixed two days before Easter, it falls between 20 March and 23 April. It is a bank holiday in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and Australia, but in the United States it is a public holiday in only about a dozen states. Many Christians mark it with fasting, abstinence from meat and afternoon services.