Pancake Tuesday 2025

Pancake Tuesday 2025 is on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 (in 149 days).  Calendar for 2025

Pancake Tuesday 2024 has already passed: it was on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 (235 days ago).  Calendar for 2024

Pancake Tuesday, also called Pancake Day, Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras (which is French for "Fat Tuesday"), is the last day of feasting before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. It's called so due to the tradition of eating pancakes on the day. This tradition comes from a time where any remaining rich foods were eaten on the day before Lent to use them up, and fasting begins.

Pancake Tuesday is a movable feast whose date is determined by Easter, and it's celebrated exactly 47 days before Easter Sunday. The date can vary from as early as February 3 to as late as March 9.

For detailed information see Wikipedia's entry on Shrove Tuesday.

Pancake Tuesday 2026 is on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 (in 499 days).  Calendar for 2026

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