Western Easter
Sunday, April 2, 2051
Gregorian computus. Golden number 19, epact 17, Paschal full moon March 27.
Easter 2051
Easter 2051: Sunday, April 2
In 2051 Western Easter, reckoned in the Gregorian calendar, falls on Sunday, April 2, 2051. Orthodox Easter (Pascha), reckoned in the Julian calendar, falls on Sunday, May 7, 2051, five weeks later.
Orthodox Easter
Sunday, May 7, 2051
Julian computus: April 24 in the Julian calendar, plus 13 days to reach the Gregorian calendar.
In 2051 the two Easters are 35 days apart: Orthodox Easter is five weeks after Western Easter. They last fell on the same day in 2048 (April 5). They next fall on the same day in 2052 (April 21).
Western · Apr 2
Orthodox · May 7
MarchAprilMayThe moving feasts of 2051
Western feasts, 2051
| Feast | Date | From Easter |
|---|---|---|
| Shrove Tuesday | Tuesday, February 14, 2051 | −47 days |
| Ash Wednesday | Wednesday, February 15, 2051 | −46 days |
| Palm Sunday | Sunday, March 26, 2051 | −7 days |
| Maundy Thursday | Thursday, March 30, 2051 | −3 days |
| Good Friday | Friday, March 31, 2051 | −2 days |
| Holy Saturday | Saturday, April 1, 2051 | −1 day |
| Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 2, 2051 | Easter Sunday |
| Easter Monday | Monday, April 3, 2051 | +1 day |
| Ascension Day | Thursday, May 11, 2051 | +39 days |
| Pentecost | Sunday, May 21, 2051 | +49 days |
Orthodox feasts, 2051
| Feast | Date | From Easter |
|---|---|---|
| Clean Monday | Monday, March 20, 2051 | −48 days |
| Palm Sunday | Sunday, April 30, 2051 | −7 days |
| Great and Holy Friday | Friday, May 5, 2051 | −2 days |
| Pascha (Easter Sunday) | Sunday, May 7, 2051 | Easter Sunday |
| Ascension | Thursday, June 15, 2051 | +39 days |
| Pentecost | Sunday, June 25, 2051 | +49 days |
Each date is Easter Sunday plus or minus a fixed number of days; the offsets and their sources are on the about page. Observance varies by church and by country. Whether a feast is a day off work is a matter of each country’s law.
How early is Easter in 2051?
April 2 is date 12 of the 35 that Western Easter can take, March 22 to April 25: 11 days after the earliest possible date and 23 days before the latest. Of the 201 Easters from 1900 to 2100, 52 fall on an earlier date than this one and 145 fall on a later date. 3 other years in that span share the date: 1961, 1972, 2056. Before 2051, Western Easter last fell on April 2 in 1972; after 2051 it next does in 2056.
Orthodox Easter on May 7 is April 24 in the Julian calendar; 13 days carry it to the Gregorian calendar in 2051. From 1900 to 2100 Orthodox Easter falls on an earlier Gregorian date in 198 years and on a later one in 2 years; no other year shares the date.
The earliest and latest Easters from 1900 to 2100, with how often each date occurs, are on their own page.
The arithmetic for 2051
19Golden number: the year’s place in the 19-year cycle of the moon, (2051 mod 19) + 1.
17Gregorian epact: the age of the reckoned moon at the start of the year.
March 27Paschal full moon of the Gregorian reckoning, a Monday. Easter is the Sunday after it.
April 30Paschal full moon of the Julian reckoning in Gregorian dates (Julian April 17), a Sunday.
The two algorithms, worked for 2051
- Western: the Anonymous Gregorian algorithm
a=18 b=20 c=51 d=5 e=0 f=1 g=6 h=6 i=12 k=3 l=5 m=0h + l − 7m + 114 = 125, and 125 ÷ 31 = 4 remainder 1: month 4, day 1 + 1. April 2- Orthodox: Meeus’s Julian algorithm
a=3 b=0 c=18 d=27 e=6d + e + 114 = 147, and 147 ÷ 31 = 4 remainder 23: Julian April 24. Plus 13 days: May 7
How the date of Easter is calculated explains each letter. The dates on this page agree with the US Census Bureau table (Western), the 5ko.free.fr tables (Western and Orthodox), each read September 28, 2026.