| Major dates in bold | Holy Week | Holy Week also Lent | Lent | ||||
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | |
| Mar 2 | 7th before Easter | Shrove Tuesday / Mardis Gras | Ash Wednesday | ||||
| Mar 9 | Lent 1 | ||||||
| Mar 16 | Lent 2 | ||||||
| Mar 23 | Lent 3 | ||||||
| Mar 30 | Lent 4 | ||||||
| Apr 6 | Lent 5 | ||||||
| Apr 13 | Palm Sunday | Monday in Holy Week | Tuesday in Holy Week | Wednesday in Holy Week | Maundy Thursday / Holy Thursday | Good Friday | Holy Saturday / Easter Eve |
| Apr 20 | Easter Sunday | Easter Monday | |||||
| Apr 27 | Easter 1 | ||||||
| May 4 | Easter 2 | ||||||
| May 11 | Easter 3 | ||||||
| May 18 | Easter 4 | ||||||
| May 25 | Easter 5 | Rogation Monday | Rogation Tuesday | Rogation Wednesday | Ascension Day | ||
| June 1 | Easter 6 | ||||||
| June 8 | Pentecost / Whit Sunday | ||||||
| Shrove Tuesday / Mardis Gras | Mar 4 | ||||
| 1 day | |||||
| Ash Wednesday | Mar 5 | 45 days = 46 days counted inclusively = 40 excluding Sundays (Sundays are not days of 'discipline and self-denial') 40 days of Lent | |||
| 39 days | |||||
| Palm Sunday | Apr 13 | ||||
| 4 days | |||||
| Maundy Thursday / Holy Thursday | Apr 17 | ||||
| 1 day | |||||
| 2 days = 3 days counted inclusively Jesus rose on the third day | Good Friday | Apr 18 | |||
| 1 day | |||||
| Holy Saturday / Easter Eve | Apr 19 | ||||
| 1 day | |||||
| Easter Sunday | Apr 20 | 39 days = 40 days counted inclusively Ascension Day is the technical end to Easter |
49 days = 50 days counted inclusively 'pente' means fiftieth | ||
| 39 days | |||||
| Ascension Day | May 29 | ||||
| 10 days | |||||
| Pentecost / Whit Sunday | June 8 | ||||
See also the 
Easter 2002 magazine article Why is Easter so early this year? - for an explanation of the different days of Easter
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