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Days until Carnival 2026
How many days until Carnival 2026? The date falls on a Tuesday, February 17, 2026. The counter below runs right in your browser and updates every second, with days, hours, minutes and seconds.
Carnival from 2026 to 2030
| Year | Date | Weekday |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | February 17, 2026 | Tuesday |
| 2027 | February 9, 2027 | Tuesday |
| 2028 | February 29, 2028 | Tuesday |
| 2029 | February 13, 2029 | Tuesday |
| 2030 | March 5, 2030 | Tuesday |
Carnival 2026 on the calendar
February 17, 2026 is day 48 of the year and falls on a Tuesday, one bridge day away from the weekend. From there to the end of 2026 there are 317 days left. The date is movable: it always falls 47 days before Easter Sunday, which follows the lunar cycle. In 2027 it moves to February 9, 2027 (a Tuesday).
Looking for another year? See days until Carnival 2027.
Where Carnival comes from
The revelry before Lent has roots in the Roman Saturnalia and the Portuguese entrudo. Fat Tuesday falls 47 days before Easter; Rio's samba school parade, created in 1932, became the largest open air show on the planet. In Brazil it is an optional day off, not a national holiday.
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