When is Ash Wednesday 2027?

Ash Wednesday 2027

Ash Wednesday opens Lent in Western Christian calendars. In 2027 it falls on Wednesday, February 10, 2027. Many churches offer ashes and begin fasting or abstinence practices that run through Holy Saturday.

The date is not fixed on the civil calendar. It rides on Easter Sunday: Ash Wednesday is always 46 days earlier (Lent’s forty weekdays of fasting plus the Sundays that fall inside the season).

Fresh Calendars resolves Easter with the Gregorian computus, then applies the −46 day offset — the same engine that powers Good Friday, Palm Sunday, and Easter when-is pages.

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This page always shows the next Ash Wednesday: once Wednesday, February 10, 2027 has passed, it switches to the 2028 date.

Ash Wednesday dates, 2027 to 2031

How the date is calculated

Ash Wednesday = Easter Sunday minus 46 days (Gregorian/Western computus). Easter 2027 is computed first; stepping back 46 days lands on Wednesday, February 10, 2027. Eastern Orthodox dates can differ and are not used on this page.

The same date rules power our US holidays list and US Holidays Marked monthly templates.

Lent, ashes, and the spring calendar

The name comes from the custom of marking the forehead with ash as a sign of repentance and mortality. For liturgical churches, Ash Wednesday is a solemn fast day; for planners, it is the signal that Holy Week and Easter are six-and-a-half weeks away.

Because Easter moves between late March and late April, Ash Wednesday can fall in February or March. Check the date for the year you need rather than copying last year’s February/March assumption.

Print this month

Open the February 2027 printable and choose the holidays-marked template so Ash Wednesday is labeled in its date box. Prefer a wall overview? Grab the 2027 yearly poster or plan ahead with 2028 yearly.

Plan around Ash Wednesday

• Mark Wednesday, February 10, 2027 on the February 2027 printable and draw a light line through to Easter so the Lent window is visible.
• Parish schedules, fish-fry nights, and school religion classes often densify after Ash Wednesday — block the first week of Lent on a weekly planner.
• If you track fasting or meatless Fridays, note every Friday from Ash Wednesday through Good Friday on the month grid.
• Cross-check Palm Sunday and Good Friday when-is pages so Holy Week travel is booked against the correct Sundays.
• Use the weekly planner pack for the days around Wednesday, February 10, 2027.

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