Shrove Tuesday 2026
When is Shrove Tuesday 2026?
Shrove Tuesday 2026 is on
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 (in 271 days).
Calendar for 2026
Shrove Tuesday 2025 has already passed: it was on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 (78 days ago).
Calendar for 2025
What is Shrove Tuesday?
The Fight Between Carnival and Lent by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1559 (detail)
Shrove Tuesday, also called
Pancake Day,
Pancake Tuesday,
Fat Tuesday and
Mardi Gras (which is French for "Fat Tuesday"), is the last day of feasting before
Lent begins on
Ash Wednesday. Shrove Tuesday is a movable feast whose date whose date is linked to
Easter, so it changes on an annual basis. The date can vary from as early as February 3 to as late as March 9. It is preceded by
Shrove Monday and marks the end of Shrovetide, also known as the Pre-Lenten Season.
Shrove Tuesday is observed mainly in English-speaking countries, especially Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States, but also in the Philippines and Germany.
Further reading:
Shrove Tuesday on Wikipedia
When is Shrove Tuesday 2027?
Dates for Shrove Tuesday in other years
The next occurrence of Shrove Tuesday is marked in
red.
When is ...? |
Date |
Day of the week |
Days away |
Shrove Tuesday 2021 |
February 16, 2021 |
Tuesday |
1555 days ago |
Shrove Tuesday 2022 |
March 1, 2022 |
Tuesday |
1177 days ago |
Shrove Tuesday 2023 |
February 21, 2023 |
Tuesday |
820 days ago |
Shrove Tuesday 2024 |
February 13, 2024 |
Tuesday |
463 days ago |
Shrove Tuesday 2025 |
March 4, 2025 |
Tuesday |
78 days ago |
Shrove Tuesday 2026 |
February 17, 2026 |
Tuesday |
in 271 days |
Shrove Tuesday 2027 |
February 9, 2027 |
Tuesday |
in 628 days |
Shrove Tuesday 2028 |
February 29, 2028 |
Tuesday |
in 1013 days |
Shrove Tuesday 2029 |
February 13, 2029 |
Tuesday |
in 1363 days |
Shrove Tuesday 2030 |
March 5, 2030 |
Tuesday |
in 1748 days |
Shrove Tuesday 2031 |
February 25, 2031 |
Tuesday |
in 2105 days |
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