Ascension Day / Father's Day (Christi Himmelfahrt) – Germany

The next Ascension Day / Father's Day (Christi Himmelfahrt) is on Thursday, May 6, 2027 – in 233 days.

In Germany it's a public holiday, so schools, government offices and most businesses close.

When is it? Ascension Day / Father's Day (Christi Himmelfahrt) falls on 39 days after Easter Sunday. It's calculated from Easter Sunday, which moves with the lunar calendar, so the date can shift by several weeks from one year to the next. Next time round is Thursday, May 6, 2027, 233 days from now.

Which weekday does it land on? Always the same day: every one of the eleven years in the table puts Ascension Day / Father's Day (Christi Himmelfahrt) on a Thursday. None of those years put it next to a weekend, so it doesn't make a long weekend on its own. You can open the printable calendar for any year in the table and see the date in context.

What to expect on the day. Banks, government offices and schools close. Supermarkets and larger shops usually open on reduced hours, smaller independents often don't bother, and public transport tends to run a Sunday timetable. Post isn't collected or delivered. If you need something from a council, a bank or a doctor's surgery, the working day before it is the one to aim for, and it will be busier than usual for exactly that reason. In 2027 it falls in May, which also holds Labour Day (Tag der Arbeit) on the 1st, Mother's Day (Muttertag) on the 9th, Whit Sunday (Pentecost) on the 16th and Whit Monday (Pfingstmontag) on the 17th. Worth seeing them together before you commit to dates.

Putting it in your own calendar. You don't need to. Every calendar on this site already shows Ascension Day / Father's Day (Christi Himmelfahrt) for whichever country you've selected. What's worth adding is everything around it: the travel, the cover arrangements, who's visiting when. Open the month, click the days and type. Keep a free account and the notes stay with you between devices, and you can send someone a read-only link so you're both working from the same dates.

Every date here is worked out from the official rule rather than copied off a list, so the later years are as reliable as this one. If a date looks wrong for your region, please say so. Regional holiday rules do change, and we'd rather fix the rule than leave it.

Ascension Day / Father's Day (Christi Himmelfahrt) dates 2026–2036