Dates and days for annual events
The following headings are an eclectic set of Anniversary Calculations that we use within our web site and we thought they may be useful if you want to work out what day or date a specific celebration falls on.
The results automatically take into account leap years and for some of the well known celebrations we've included the day of the week they fall on this year and next as well.
Mother's Day (Mothering Sunday) for the Next 10 Years
These dates are the UK based Mothers day which always falls on the 4th Sunday in Lent. As the date for Lent varies every year so does Mothers Day. If you are looking for Mother's Day in the USA it is always the second Sunday in May. This year Mother's Day in America was on 12th May 2019, Next year it will be on 10th May 2020
Mothers Day in 2019 falls on 31st March, 2019Mothers Day in 2020 falls on 22nd March, 2020Mothers Day in 2021 falls on 14th March, 2021Mothers Day in 2022 falls on 27th March, 2022Mothers Day in 2023 falls on 19th March, 2023Mothers Day in 2024 falls on 10th March, 2024Mothers Day in 2025 falls on 30th March, 2025Mothers Day in 2026 falls on 15th March, 2026Mothers Day in 2027 falls on 7th March, 2027Mothers Day in 2028 falls on 26th March, 2028
Father's Day
Father's Day is always celebrated on the 3rd Sunday in June every year. This year it was on 16th June 2019, Next year it will be on 21st June 2020
Start of Lent (Ash Wednesday) for the Next 10 Years
Lent is based upon the Lunar cycle and as such varies each year.
Lent Starts in 2019 on 6th March, 2019Lent Starts in 2020 on 26th February, 2020Lent Starts in 2021 on 17th February, 2021Lent Starts in 2022 on 2nd March, 2022Lent Starts in 2023 on 22nd February, 2023Lent Starts in 2024 on 14th February, 2024Lent Starts in 2025 on 5th March, 2025Lent Starts in 2026 on 18th February, 2026Lent Starts in 2027 on 10th February, 2027Lent Starts in 2028 on 1st March, 2028
Pancake Day (Mardi Gras) for the Next 10 Years
Pancake Day is always on a Tuesday, as it is always the day before Ash Wednesday
Pancake Day in 2019 on 6th March, 2019Pancake Day in 2020 on 26th February, 2020Pancake Day in 2021 on 17th February, 2021Pancake Day in 2022 on 2nd March, 2022Pancake Day in 2023 on 22nd February, 2023Pancake Day in 2024 on 14th February, 2024Pancake Day in 2025 on 5th March, 2025Pancake Day in 2026 on 18th February, 2026Pancake Day in 2027 on 10th February, 2027Pancake Day in 2028 on 1st March, 2028
Easter for the next 10 years
Easter Day is always a Sunday and is surrounded, in the UK, with the Easter Bank Holiday which also comprises of Mornday Thursday and Good Friday immediately before Easter Day and Easter Monday the following day.
Easter Day in 2019 is on 21st April, 2019Easter Day in 2020 is on 12th April, 2020Easter Day in 2021 is on 4th April, 2021Easter Day in 2022 is on 17th April, 2022Easter Day in 2023 is on 9th April, 2023Easter Day in 2024 is on 31st March, 2024Easter Day in 2025 is on 20th April, 2025Easter Day in 2026 is on 5th April, 2026Easter Day in 2027 is on 28th March, 2027Easter Day in 2028 is on 16th April, 2028
Although Easter is determined by the Lunar cycle it calculations are based on agreements and conventions within the Christian Church and not on actual celestrial movements. For further details check out wikipedia's Computus page
Valentine's Day
St Valentine's Day is always on February 14th
This year(2019) St Valentine's day is on Thursday and next year is on a Friday
Halloween
Halloween also know as All Hallow's Eve is always on October 31st, the day before All Saint's Day .
This year(2019) Halloween is on Thursday and next year is on a Saturday
Bonfire Night
Bon Fire Night also known as Guy Fawkes night is alwaya on November 5th
This year(2019) Guy Fawkes Night is on Tuesday and next year is on a Thursday
Christmas
I'm sure you know however I'll say it anyway Christmas is always on December 25th
This year(2019) Christmas is on Wednesday and next year is on a Friday
Boxing Day
Boxing Day is always on the Day after Christmas Day i.e. 26th December however the associated Bank Holiday will move to the following Monday if Boxing Day falls on a Saturday and Tuesday if the 26th December is a Sunday (as the Bank holiday associated with Christmas Day is on the Monday)
New Year's Eve
I'm sure you know this also however just to confirm that there are 31 days in December New Year's Eve is on December 31st.
This year(2019) New Year's Eve is on Tuesday and next year is on a Thursday
