When is Easter? I remember thinking mid March, “Did I miss Easter?” After doing a little research I discovered the date changes dramatically every year and is celebrated anywhere between March 22 and April 25. NO SHIT!? I really spent 32(practically 33) years of my life not knowing this? That being said, “When is Easter?” is not an easy question to answer.

Person: Good day sir.
Me: Good day!
Person: Do you happen to know what day Easter falls on this year, sonny?
Me: Not off-hand gent but let me fashion you with an equation to figure it out.

Divide the year by 19, obtaining a remainder (0 through 18). Add one to the remainder, giving you the Golden Number for that year (1 through 19).

From the Golden Number, you can determine when the Paschal Moon (or Paschal Full Moon) is. This Paschal Moon has nothing to do with the real moon. It is just a date, after the first day of Spring (approximately March 21), which you can determine from this table:

# date # date # date # date
1 Apr. 14 6 Apr. 18 11 Mar. 25 16 Mar. 30
2 Apr. 3 7 Apr. 8 12 Apr. 13 17 Apr. 17
3 Mar. 23 8 Mar. 28 13 Apr. 2 18 Apr. 7
4 Apr. 11 9 Apr. 16 14 Mar. 22 19 Mar. 27
5 Mar. 31 10 Apr. 5 15 Apr. 10

Easter is the next Sunday, after this Paschal Moon date. In other words, if the Paschal Moon is a Sunday, then Easter is the next Sunday.

 

Or you could just look on a fucking calendar.

 

I hope this helps to explain why I’m wishing you a Happy Easter on April Fools day.

Well played peeps.