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Methodology on
how
to Find Mardi Gras Dates
Here's how to Figure out
the dates of Mardi Gras Day!
1. First, find the date for spring
equinox for the planet on our side of
the hemisphere. It might take an
almanac. But, since most people do not have an almanac readily handy, we've
provided the spring equinox timetable for the next 100 years. This also answers
the question of what is Spring Equinox.....
2. Now we must look up the
moon phases for the month, to find the first full moon following the spring
equinox. Some calendars come with the moon phases. The moon phases help to
calculate the date of Easter. Since most people wouldn't have a clue as to where
to find moon phase data, we have found the phrases of the moon for you here.
3. When we find the first full
moon following the spring equinox, simply run your finger to the first Sunday
that follows it. That will be Easter Sunday.
Easter Sunday is the date of the
annual celebration of Christ's resurrection. The aim of the Easter Dating
Method ( and all others as well ), is to maintain, for each Easter
Sunday, the same season of the year and the same relationship to the
preceding astronomical full moon that occurred at the time of his resurrection
in 30 A.D.
This was achieved in 1583 A.D.
using skill and common-sense by Pope Gregory the 13th, and his astronomers and
mathematicians, predominantly Lilius and Clavius, by introducing their new
larger (revised) PFM Gregorian dates table. This replaced the (original)
326 A.D. "19 PFM dates" table in the Julian calendar.
Easter Sunday, from 326 A.D., is always one
of the 35 dates March 22 to April 25.
But that's to hard to figure out too, so we've
provided the Easter
dates for
the next 200 years.
4. Once you determine the date of Easter,
count back exactly 47 days. The first Tuesday on or after
that date is the date of Mardi Gras for that year.
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