easter-date

Easter date

Simple library for calculating Easter date from a given year.

Install package

npm i easter-date

or

yarn add easter-date

Functions

Functions are expecting a year as a parameter and return a Date object.

Get Easter date

Function getEaster returns Easter date for a given year:

import {getEaster} from 'easter-date';

getEaster(2024).toLocaleDateString('en-US'); // return 31/03/2024

Get Good Friday

Function getGoodFriday returns Good Friday date for a given year:

import {getGoodFriday} from 'easter-date';

getGoodFriday(2024).toLocaleDateString('en-US'); // return 29/03/2024

Get Easter Monday

Function getEasterMonday returns Easter Monday date for a given year:

import {getEasterMonday} from 'easter-date';

getEasterMonday(2024).toLocaleDateString('en-US'); // return 01/04/2024

Get Holy Week object

Function getHolyWeek returns an object of Holy Week dates for a given year:

import {getHolyWeek} from 'easter-date';

const holyWeek = getHolyWeek(2024);

holyWeek.palmSunday.name; // return Palm Sunday
holyWeek.palmSunday.date.toLocaleDateString('en-US'); // return 24/03/2024

Credits

• Easter dates calculation for the Easter dates
• Svatý týden for names of the Easter days
• Online calendar for verifying the data

License

MIT