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Days until Ash Wednesday 2026
How many days until Ash Wednesday 2026? The date falls on a Wednesday, February 18, 2026. The counter below runs right in your browser and updates every second, with days, hours, minutes and seconds.
Ash Wednesday from 2026 to 2030
| Year | Date | Weekday |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | February 18, 2026 | Wednesday |
| 2027 | February 10, 2027 | Wednesday |
| 2028 | March 1, 2028 | Wednesday |
| 2029 | February 14, 2029 | Wednesday |
| 2030 | March 6, 2030 | Wednesday |
Ash Wednesday 2026 on the calendar
February 18, 2026 is day 49 of the year and falls on a Wednesday, right in the middle of the week. From there to the end of 2026 there are 316 days left. The date is movable: it always falls 46 days before Easter Sunday, which follows the lunar cycle. In 2027 it moves to February 10, 2027 (a Wednesday).
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Where Ash Wednesday comes from
It opens the 40 days of Lent (Sundays are not counted) with ashes made from the previous year's palms, a penance symbol the church has used since the Middle Ages. In Brazil it is Carnival's morning after, with shortened work hours in many cities.
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