Today is Ash Wednesday.
Its date is based on Easter Sunday. Easter Sunday is the Sunday after the ecclesiastical (not astronomical) full moon after the vernal equinox. Vernal Equinox is the day when day and night are to almost both 12 hours long. That is usually the 21st of March.
Ash Wednesday is 40 days before Palm Sunday. or 46 days before Easter
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