When is Mardi Gras every year? Mardi Gras can occur on any Tuesday from February 3rd - March 9th. The fluctuating date was established by the Catholic Church, which designated the "Gregorian Calendar" with a fixed date for Christmas, but with moveable dates for other religious holidays. Easter can fall on any Sunday from March 23rd - April 25, and its exact date was set to coincide with the first Sunday after the full moon that follows the spring equinox. Mardi Gras is always scheduled 47 days before Easter. Those 47 days include 40 days of the season of Lent and 7 Sundays. The Carnival Season officially begins on January 6, which is Twelfth Night, or twelve days after Christmas. It is also known as Epiphany, the day celebrated as when the Three Kings, or Wise Men, travelled in a caravan to find and pay honor to the the baby Jesus bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Kings, babies, gold, parades, bling. It's all in the Mardi Gras season.
Future Mardi Gras Dates
2006 - February 28
2007 - February 20
2008 - February 5
2009 - February 24
2010 - February 16
2011 - March 8
2012 - February 21
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