Shrove Tuesday 2024

Shrove Tuesday 2024 is on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 (in 142 days).  Calendar for 2024

Shrove Tuesday 2023 has already passed: it was on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 (214 days ago).  Calendar for 2023

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

Shrove Tuesday 2025 is on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 (in 527 days).  Calendar for 2025

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