A live countdown to Mothering Sunday — it falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent, three weeks before Easter. See the days remaining plus a running hours, minutes and seconds timer, free and entirely in your browser.
– days until Mothering Sunday
Mothering Sunday falls 21 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 Mothering Sunday?
Mothering Sunday falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent, three weeks before Easter, so the countdown above rolls over to next year automatically the moment this year's Mothering Sunday passes — it will never show a negative number.
The big number is the count of whole days from today until Mothering Sunday. 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
Mothering Sunday (UK Mother’s Day) is the fourth Sunday of Lent — exactly three weeks before Easter — so its date moves with Easter each year. The countdown derives it from the Easter calculation.
Mothering Sunday falls 21 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 Mothering Sunday, updated live. Below it, a timer counts down the remaining hours, minutes and seconds.
What day of the week is Mothering Sunday this year?
Mothering Sunday falls 21 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 Mothering Sunday, calculated automatically from your device clock.
Does the countdown reset after Mothering Sunday?
The Mothering Sunday countdown resets automatically. As soon as Mothering Sunday has passed, the timer switches to next year's date, so the figure on screen is always the time until the next Mothering Sunday. It never counts up and never shows a negative number, and the year label beside the headline updates to the new target year.
Is Mothering Sunday the same as Mother's Day?
Mothering Sunday is the British observance held on the fourth Sunday of Lent, three weeks before Easter, so it falls between 1 March and 4 April — not on the second Sunday in May used in the United States. It began as a day for returning to one's mother church and only merged with the American-style Mother's Day during the 20th century. Because it is tied to Easter, its date moves every year. It is not a public holiday in the United Kingdom.