Quick answer
When is Good Friday 1948?
Friday, March 26, 1948
Relative to today: 28535 days ago.
Good Friday 1948 is Friday, March 26, 1948. Good Friday is the Friday before Western Easter Sunday, so its date changes each year with the Easter calculation. Check local schedules for schools, events, employers, and travel plans.
Varies by state and location. See all U.S. public holidays for a full 1948 list.
Friday, March 26, 1948
Good Friday is the Friday before Western Easter Sunday, so its date changes each year with the Easter calculation.
Varies by state and location
Good Friday is not a U.S. federal public holiday, though some states, schools, markets, and employers may observe it.
What Good Friday means in the United States
Good Friday is part of the U.S. calendar vocabulary people search for by year because the practical question is not only the name of the day, but the exact weekday and date. Use the date line above as the answer first: it is the part that matters for travel, school schedules, family plans, payroll cutoffs, event promotion, and calendar subscriptions.
For U.S. planning, always separate three ideas: the calendar date, the federal holiday status, and the local closure pattern. A date can be culturally important without being a federal public holiday, and a federal holiday can still have exceptions for private employers, hospitals, retail, transportation, and emergency services. That is why this page links the exact date to month and year calendar views instead of treating the name alone as enough.
If you are using this page for work, compare the date against your employer handbook, school district calendar, bank holiday list, carrier service alerts, or event venue schedule. If you are using it for family planning, add the date to a subscribed calendar rather than typing it once into a note, because year-specific pages are easiest to forget when the next year rolls around.
At a glance
- Use the first date line as the direct answer for year-specific searches.
- Check federal status separately from school, bank, employer, and local closures.
- Open the related month calendar when the surrounding week matters.
- Use the multi-year table for travel, campaigns, and recurring events.
Practical planning
- Confirm the date against any institution that can set its own closure calendar.
- For travel or shipping, check cutoff dates around the holiday week, not only the day itself.
- If the day affects a campaign or event, include both the weekday and the month-day in copy.
- Subscribe or print the matching calendar if you need the date beyond a one-time lookup.
How 1948 compares to 1947
In 1947, the date was Friday, April 4, 1947. In 1948, the date is Friday, March 26, 1948. The calendar “month-day” can move from year to year, but the underlying rule stays consistent. The wall-calendar gap is 357 day(s) later year over year, which is normal when a recurring holiday pattern shifts against the calendar. Use that when you compare PTO, retail promotions, or school notices that are tied to a specific day of the month, not only the holiday name.
Last year: Friday, April 4, 1947 · This page: Friday, March 26, 1948
Other U.S. observances in March 1948
Same month, different rules—useful when you are planning March travel or event spacing.
- St. Patrick's Day — Wednesday, March 17, 1948
- Easter Sunday — Sunday, March 28, 1948
Weekends, time off, and scheduling
Long weekends, substitute days, and school make-up days vary. Use the exact date with your employer, school, or state calendar when planning travel and time off.
When Good Friday falls (multi-year)
Exact calendar dates and weekdays—useful for good friday 2024–1955 search intent.
| Year | Date | Weekday |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Apr 19 | Friday |
| 1947 | Apr 4 | Friday |
| 1948 this page | Mar 26 | Friday |
| 1949 | Apr 15 | Friday |
| 1950 | Apr 7 | Friday |
| 1951 | Mar 23 | Friday |
| 1952 | Apr 11 | Friday |
| 1953 | Apr 3 | Friday |
| 1954 | Apr 16 | Friday |
| 1955 | Apr 8 | Friday |
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Questions about Good Friday 1948
When is Good Friday 1948, exactly?
Good Friday in 1948 is Friday, March 26, 1948 (use your local time zone for same-day events). The date on the calendar is fixed by the U.S. rule in our guide, not a guess. If you need a single ISO-style line for travel systems, the date is 1948-03-26.
Why does Good Friday land on that Friday in 1948?
Good Friday is the Friday before Western Easter Sunday, so its date changes each year with the Easter calculation. For many people, the more important part is the weekday: when the rule pins the day to a Monday, Thursday, Sunday, or an Easter-related offset, you can plan closures and family plans even before you look up the exact month-day.
How does the 1948 date compare to 1947?
In 1947, the date was Friday, April 4, 1947. In 1948, the date is Friday, March 26, 1948. The calendar “month-day” can move from year to year, but the underlying rule stays consistent. The wall-calendar gap is 357 day(s) later year over year, which is normal when a recurring holiday pattern shifts against the calendar. Use that when you compare PTO, retail promotions, or school notices that are tied to a specific day of the month, not only the holiday name.
Is Good Friday 1948 a U.S. federal public holiday, and do banks and post offices close?
This date is not a universal “everyone is off work” U.S. federal public holiday in the same way as, for example, New Year’s Day. Good Friday is not a U.S. federal public holiday, though some states, schools, markets, and employers may observe it. If you are checking “open or closed” for a specific place, use that organization’s own holiday list rather than a generic U.S. label alone.
What about Good Friday in 1949—and how should I use the multi-year table?
In 1949, Good Friday is Friday, April 15, 1949. The table on this page is meant for multi-year search intent: you can line up several years at once to see when the same observance will fall near a trip, a budget cycle, or a school year boundary. For subscription calendars, also open the year view in AnyCalendar to catch adjacent holidays.
Where can I see this day on a full U.S. holiday list and in my own calendar?
The United States public-holiday list for 1948 (with long-weekend notes) is on anycalendar.org/holidays/us. You can also open the march 1948 month view, the full 1948 year view, and use the subscribe and print tools on AnyCalendar to move these dates into Google, Apple, Outlook, or a PDF you can print.