Pancake Tuesday 2023

Pancake Tuesday 2023 is on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 (in 14 days).  Calendar for 2023

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 2024 is on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 (in 371 days).  Calendar for 2024

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