Finally, the mystery that is Easter....
These dates correspond to Easter Sunday for the next five years.
Year
Month
Date
2002
March
31
2003
April
20
2004
April
11
2005
March
27
*Mardi
Gras is 46 days before Easter Sunday
*Ash
Wednesday is 45 days before Easter Sunday
*Palm
Sunday is exactly one week prior to Easter Sunday
*Maundy
Thursday is the Thursday before Easter Sunday
*Good
Friday is the Friday before Easter Sunday
*Easter
Sunday itself is calculated by being the first Sunday, after the first
full moon on or after the vernal equinox (which occurs around March
20th)
*Ascension
Thursday is the Thursday 40 days after Easter Sunday
*Pentecost/Whitsunday
is 50 days or 7 Sundays after Easter Sunday.
