Ash Wednesday 2025 Date And Day Calendar. It is preceded by shrove tuesday and falls on the first day of lent, the six weeks of penitence. View the full liturgical calendar for every day of the year, including feasts, solemnities, memorials and optional memorials, click on the relevant year.

Ash wednesday is observed 46 days before easter sunday, and it signals the beginning of the forty days of lent period. This festival honours the christian martyrs named valentine.