How does India mark Easter?
Easter / Good Friday
- Local date
- March 28, 2027
- When is it?
- The Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox; the national holiday list includes Good Friday, not Easter
India's national holiday list contains Good Friday but not Easter Sunday. The reason is practical: Easter always falls on a Sunday, while Good Friday falls on a Friday, and only the latter needs a holiday to clear a working day. The arrangement shows that a national holiday list answers the question of which day work stops, not which day matters most religiously — the two frequently fail to line up in institutional terms.
What is this topic?
Easter's institutional position differs sharply across these four places, and not in the direction most people expect: Muslim-majority Indonesia lists four Christian observances as national holidays — Good Friday, Easter, Ascension and Christmas; the Christian-majority United States lists none of them as federal holidays except Christmas; Brazil hands the decision on religious holidays to municipal councils with a cap of four; and India's national list carries Good Friday rather than Easter Sunday.
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