why the hell is it so early this year? March 23rd. it's encroaching on St. Patty's day

2/19/2008 1:41:18 PM

First Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox.

2/19/2008 1:42:04 PM

I think when it's in April, it's late.

2/19/2008 1:42:07 PM

if its in april it means lent will be longer

2/19/2008 1:46:13 PM

deja vu....

2/19/2008 1:47:16 PM

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"First Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox."

that's silly. they should just pick a day.

2/19/2008 1:47:33 PM

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"if its in april it means lent will be longer"

Uh, Lent is always 40 days long.

2/19/2008 1:52:08 PM

there have been a few times that its been on my birthday (march 31st)

2/19/2008 1:52:50 PM

It fell on my first and sixth birthdays, but won't again until 2071.

2/19/2008 1:57:28 PM

Date of Easter for Years 1875-2124
Year Date Year Date Year Date
1875 3/28 1876 4/16 1877 4/1
1878 4/21 1879 4/13 1880 3/28
1881 4/17 1882 4/9 1883 3/25
1884 4/13 1885 4/5 1886 4/25
1887 4/10 1888 4/1 1889 4/21
1890 4/6 1891 3/29 1892 4/17
1893 4/2 1894 3/25 1895 4/14
1896 4/5 1897 4/18 1898 4/10
1899 4/2 1900 4/15 1901 4/7
1902 3/30 1903 4/12 1904 4/3
1905 4/23 1906 4/15 1907 3/31
1908 4/19 1909 4/11 1910 3/27
1911 4/16 1912 4/7 1913 3/23
1914 4/12 1915 4/4 1916 4/23
1917 4/8 1918 3/31 1919 4/20
1920 4/4 1921 3/27 1922 4/16
1923 4/1 1924 4/20 1925 4/12
1926 4/4 1927 4/17 1928 4/8
1929 3/31 1930 4/20 1931 4/5
1932 3/27 1933 4/16 1934 4/1
1935 4/21 1936 4/12 1937 3/28
1938 4/17 1939 4/9 1940 3/24
1941 4/13 1942 4/5 1943 4/25
1944 4/9 1945 4/1 1946 4/21
1947 4/6 1948 3/28 1949 4/17
1950 4/9 1951 3/25 1952 4/13
1953 4/5 1954 4/18 1955 4/10
1956 4/1 1957 4/21 1958 4/6
1959 3/29 1960 4/17 1961 4/2
1962 4/22 1963 4/14 1964 3/29
1965 4/18 1966 4/10 1967 3/26
1968 4/14 1969 4/6 1970 3/29
1971 4/11 1972 4/2 1973 4/22
1974 4/14 1975 3/30 1976 4/18
1977 4/10 1978 3/26 1979 4/15
1980 4/6 1981 4/19 1982 4/11
1983 4/3 1984 4/22 1985 4/7
1986 3/30 1987 4/19 1988 4/3
1989 3/26 1990 4/15 1991 3/31
1992 4/19 1993 4/11 1994 4/3
1995 4/16 1996 4/7 1997 3/30
1998 4/12 1999 4/4 2000 4/23
2001 4/15 2002 3/31 2003 4/20
2004 4/11 2005 3/27 2006 4/16
2007 4/8 2008 3/23 2009 4/12
2010 4/4 2011 4/24 2012 4/8
2013 3/31 2014 4/20 2015 4/5
2016 3/27 2017 4/16 2018 4/1
2019 4/21 2020 4/12 2021 4/4
2022 4/17 2023 4/9 2024 3/31
2025 4/20 2026 4/5 2027 3/28
2028 4/16 2029 4/1 2030 4/21
2031 4/13 2032 3/28 2033 4/17
2034 4/9 2035 3/25 2036 4/13
2037 4/5 2038 4/25 2039 4/10
2040 4/1 2041 4/21 2042 4/6
2043 3/29 2044 4/17 2045 4/9
2046 3/25 2047 4/14 2048 4/5
2049 4/18 2050 4/10 2051 4/2
2052 4/21 2053 4/6 2054 3/29
2055 4/18 2056 4/2 2057 4/22
2058 4/14 2059 3/30 2060 4/18
2061 4/10 2062 3/26 2063 4/15
2064 4/6 2065 3/29 2066 4/11
2067 4/3 2068 4/22 2069 4/14
2070 3/30 2071 4/19 2072 4/10
2073 3/26 2074 4/15 2075 4/7
2076 4/19 2077 4/11 2078 4/3
2079 4/23 2080 4/7 2081 3/30
2082 4/19 2083 4/4 2084 3/26
2085 4/15 2086 3/31 2087 4/20
2088 4/11 2089 4/3 2090 4/16
2091 4/8 2092 3/30 2093 4/12
2094 4/4 2095 4/24 2096 4/15
2097 3/31 2098 4/20 2099 4/12
2100 3/28 2101 4/17 2102 4/9
2103 3/25 2104 4/13 2105 4/5
2106 4/18 2107 4/10 2108 4/1
2109 4/21 2110 4/6 2111 3/29
2112 4/17 2113 4/2 2114 4/22
2115 4/14 2116 3/29 2117 4/18
2118 4/10 2119 3/26 2120 4/14
2121 4/6 2122 3/29 2123 4/11
2124 4/2

2/19/2008 1:58:17 PM

wow, guess it's in april way more than march, but i always expect it in march for some reason.

2/19/2008 2:02:59 PM

so my easter/my birthday will be on the same day for my 27th, 38th, and 100th birthdays

2/19/2008 2:05:22 PM

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""First Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox." that's silly. they should just pick a day."

when Easter started, there wasn't much in the way of a Gregorian calendar. Their dates were lunar based, so it actually makes sense.


I just learned the "scheduling" of Easter a few weeks ago.

2/19/2008 2:13:32 PM

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""if its in april it means lent will be longer""

2/19/2008 2:16:27 PM

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"why the hell is it so early this year? March 23rd. it's encroaching on St. Patty's day"

i think someone else mentioned it but Easter is always the first Sunday after the spring equinox. Of course the spring equinox celebration originally was a pagan time to party for fertility and the growing season. Don't tell the christians that like christmas; easter has pagan roots that were adapted into a holiday to honor their homeboy jesus.

Shit pisses me off that we get another long weekend 2 weeks after spring break then have to trench in for the long haul prior to exams in May. If i remember right easter was in March in 2005 but at least then it was the last weekend not the fucking 3rd weekend in March. Thank you catholic church for picking a complicated way to select when easter is thus having this bullshit happen.

btw would i go to hell if in 2014 i celebrated teh other holiday instead of easter on 4/20

[Edited on February 19, 2008 at 2:19 PM. Reason : aa]

2/19/2008 2:18:10 PM

this is why there are a variable number of sundays after pentecost

2/19/2008 2:18:28 PM

christians are crazy to believe in that bunny

2/19/2008 2:19:28 PM

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"long haul prior to exams in May."

Exams start in April this year.

2/19/2008 2:21:51 PM

your mom starts in April this year

2/19/2008 2:22:45 PM

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"christians are crazy to believe in that bunny"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Easter_Special

2/19/2008 2:25:34 PM

the time it takes to reach critical energy levels required to pass through the wormhole varies with earths location in space. If you're not careful you could end up getting lost somewhere between earth and heaven.

2/19/2008 2:26:15 PM

^umm

are you talking about the wormhole that lies in the orbit around neptune or the one around jupiter

2/19/2008 2:30:08 PM

the catholic church is actually celebrating st. patrick's day on march 15th, but the official irish national holiday is still march 17th

2/19/2008 3:36:38 PM

what the hell does the catholic church have to do with st patty's day???

2/19/2008 9:54:48 PM

SAINT Patrick??????????????????????????/

2/19/2008 9:57:31 PM

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"It became a feast day in the Roman Catholic Church due to the influence of the Waterford-born Franciscan scholar Luke Wadding[2] in the early part of the 17th century, and is a holy day of obligation for Roman Catholics in Ireland."

2/19/2008 10:19:53 PM

st patty was not even irish

2/19/2008 10:24:58 PM

really thats just a matter of semantics

2/19/2008 10:27:42 PM

^^ i'm pretty sure he was made a saint because he "brought" christianity to ireland, but yeah, he was born in britain (modern-day wales i think)

[Edited on February 20, 2008 at 5:39 AM. Reason : ]

2/20/2008 5:36:33 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/02/20/catholic.conflict.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

2/21/2008 7:46:10 AM

BOO HOO

One holiday based off the lunar calendar.

2/21/2008 8:14:10 AM

2/21/2008 8:15:33 AM

So going by that chart, Easter hasn't been this early since 1913, and will not fall this early in March again before 2124.

That's kind of cool, actually. In an odd way.

2/21/2008 9:11:13 AM

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"Shit pisses me off that we get another long weekend 2 weeks after spring break then have to trench in for the long haul prior to exams in May"

for cereal.

2/21/2008 9:20:12 AM

4/6 ftw

2/21/2008 12:58:08 PM

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"Don't tell the christians that like christmas; easter has pagan roots that were adapted into a holiday to honor their homeboy jesus."

you really are a fucking tool. Easter is clearly a Christian holiday from the beginning. It's celebrated at the "exact time" of Jesus' death. It might have pre-empted some pagan holidays eventually, but, at its roots, it is Christian.

Christmas, however... That's a different story.

2/21/2008 1:02:50 PM