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Easter and the moveable feasts for a year, Western or Orthodox

GET/v1/date/easter

GET/v1/date/easter

Easter and the moveable feasts for a year, Western or Orthodox

PARAMETERS
yearquery · integer
Year (default: this year)
e.g. 2026
traditionquery · enum
Gregorian computus or the Julian one used by Orthodox churches
one of: western, orthodox
In the full reference
REQUEST
curl "https://api.apialmanac.com/v1/date/easter" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"
RESPONSE
200OK
{
  "year": 2026,
  "tradition": "western",
  "easter": "2026-04-05",
  "feasts": [
    {
      "name": "Ash Wednesday",
      "date": "2026-02-18",
      "offset_days": -46
    },
    {
      "name": "Good Friday",
      "date": "2026-04-03",
      "offset_days": -2
    },
    {
      "name": "Easter Sunday",
      "date": "2026-04-05",
      "offset_days": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "Pentecost",
      "date": "2026-05-24",
      "offset_days": 49
    }
  ]
}
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