Why is Easter 2025 so late? Here's the dates for Easter, Lent, and Ash Wednesday
The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. This year, Ash Wednesday and the ...
Why Ramadan is called Ramadan: 6 questions answered
The Arabic term Ramadan connotes intense heat. It seems that in pre-Islamic Arabia, Ramadan was the name of a scorching hot summer month. In the Islamic calendar, however, the timing of Ramadan varies ...
Numbers, please! Shortest month of the year – How February came to have 28 days
The modern calendar has Roman Catholic roots. As the sun does not adhere exactly to the earthly calendar, leap days are ...
Presidents Day 2025: Date, history and what we're celebrating
Presidents Day is a federal holiday celebrated each year in mid-February to honor past U.S. presidents. Locally, it's part of ...
Why is Easter 2025 so late? Here's when Easter, Lent, Ash Wednesday are, Why they fall late
Easter this year will be in late April, on Sunday, April 20. Easter Sunday sometimes falls in late April, because the holiday ...
When is Guru Ravidas Jayanti 2025? Will it be a school holiday? Check date, history, significance, other details
Guru Ravidas Jayanti in 2025 will be celebrated on February 12, coinciding with Magh Purnima. A government holiday has been declared in Delhi for this occasion, recognizing the contributions of the ...
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Is the Lantern Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival the same thing?
The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month, during the full moon. The lunisolar calendar shifts slightly each year, so in the western Gregorian calendar this usually ...