FAQ: When is Easter in 2024?

FAQ: When is Easter in 2024?According to a list of Google's most searched questions, When is Easter in 2024?' ranks in the top five. So, here's the answer

by Ray Leathern

16-01-2024 17:23

in Culture

When is Easter in 2024? is a top question on Google Trends. Here's the answer. Image: WozaMoyaFile/Fotor

Apparently, Mzansi has an insatiable thirst for knowledge when it comes to planning annual leave, as prefaced by the question: When is Easter in 2024? According to a list of the most-searched terms from the last year, When is Easter? is right up there, says Google Trends, along with how Cholera and Mumps is spread.

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Therefore, as a way to help our The South African audience, we're going to address it under this Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) segment. So, when is Easter in 2024? And how can you maxmise your leave days to get some well-earned rest after the first quarter? Click HERE to find out how best to boss leave days in 2024.

WHEN IS EASTER IN 2024? Let's help Mzansi find when Easter is in 2024. Image: File According to Almanac, the Christian holiday of Easter is an odd one in that it moves every year. Otherwise known as a movable feast', Easter will be observed on Sunday 31 March in 2024. And Monday 1 April is not for Fools, it's Family Day in South Africa, too.

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As is traditional, Good Friday will be held on Friday 29 March, followed by Holy Saturday on the 30th. To determine when Easter Sunday will fall in 2024 is not as straightforward as you might imagine. The Christian holiday is not based on the calendar but rather on lunar cycles.

HOW IS EASTER SUNDAY DETERMINED? Images: Stock/Canva Therefore, Easter Sunday occurs on the first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon. Paschal is an Aramaic word meaning Passover'. The Paschal Full Moon is part of the regular moon cycle and occurs immediately following the vernal equinox. In the Southern Hemisphere this signifies the shift to autumn (spring in the Northern Hemisphere). Now you know.

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