March 2016
No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
10 28 29 1 2 3 4 5
11 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
13 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
14 27 28 29 30 31 1 2
  • In 2016 year Palm Sunday fell on
    third Sunday of March

Palm Sunday dates in the following years:

Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
Apr. 2025
13
Mar. 2026
29
Mar. 2027
21
Apr. 2028
9
Mar. 2029
25
The dates the holiday is observed are marked with a dotted line (applies to federal holidays). Date calculations are based on your computer's time.

Palm Sunday 2016

Sunday, March 20 Entry of Christ into Jerusalem (1320) by Pietro Lorenzetti

Palm Sunday (also Passion Sunday) is in the Christian tradition a holiday commemorating Jesus Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem before his suffering and death on the cross. In many Christian churches it is associated with the blessing and procession of palms or twigs (sometimes decorated with flowers) from local trees. This tradition corresponds to the palm branches the crowd scattered in front of Jesus as he rode into Jerusalem.

Palm Sunday is the first day of Holy Week which also includes Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. Of course, the date of the Palm Sunday depends on the date of Easter Sunday and hence it varies each year.