When Is Ash Wednesday 2027?

Live Countdown to the Holy Day

Ash Wednesday falls on Wednesday, February 10, 2027 — 119 days from now.

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Ash Wednesday 2027 falls on Wednesday, February 10, 2027. Live countdown, dates through 2030, and how the date is determined.

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations. It is preceded by Shrove Tuesday and marks the first day of Lent: the seven weeks of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving before the arrival of Easter. Ash Wednesday falls 46 days before Easter Sunday and marks the start of Lent.

Ash Wednesday falls on Wednesday, February 10, 2027. The countdown above updates live, so you always see exactly how many days, hours, and minutes are left.

Ash Wednesday dates by year

Year	Date
2027	Wednesday, February 10, 2027	in 119 days
2028	Wednesday, March 1, 2028	in 504 days
2029	Wednesday, February 14, 2029	in 854 days
2030	Wednesday, March 6, 2030	in 1239 days

Why does the date move?

The Christian year mixes two kinds of dates. Fixed feasts like Christmas and Epiphany fall on the same calendar day every year. Movable feasts — Easter and everything anchored to it, from Ash Wednesday to Pentecost — are set by a lunar rule: Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21. Orthodox churches apply the same rule on the older Julian calendar, which is why Orthodox Easter and Christmas usually differ from the Western dates.