Jennifer Lynn Bartlett<p>For those who celebrate, laissez les bons temps rouler. <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Lent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lent</span></a> is coming </p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/MardiGras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MardiGras</span></a> & <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/AshWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AshWednesday</span></a> are 41/40 days before <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Easter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Easter</span></a> (exclude Sundays), as determined by <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/fullmoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fullmoon</span></a> after <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/vernalequinox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vernalequinox</span></a> </p><p>Computes paschalis: calculates these dates.</p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/timekeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>timekeeping</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/calendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calendar</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <br>Mempi Carnival invitation cover, Memphis Tennessee (public domain) via Wikimedia Commons</p>