Module:Easter/doc

Module to calculate Easter dates and dates relative to Easter.

Calculate

Function to calculate Easter date or date of the event related to Easter.

arguments

Field	Purpose	Example argument
1	Year	2024 or 1882
method	Calculation method of the Easter date: Julian  original calculation for Julian calendar Eastern or Orthodox  original calculation for Julian calendar converted to Gregorian calendar Western or Roman or Gregorian  revised calculation for Gregorian calendar. This is default method if not given.	Eastern to calculate Easter date in the Orthodox rite.
day	Name of the event related to Easter date or integer number of days before (negative) or after (positive) Easter Sunday. The following days are available by name: Septuagesima  63 days before Easter – this is the earliest date returned by the function Sexagesima  56 days before Easter Fat Thursday  52 days before Easter Quinquagesima  49 days before Easter Shrove Monday  48 days before Easter Shrove Tuesday  47 days before Easter Ash Wednesday  46 days before Easter Palm Sunday  7 days before Easter Maundy Thursday  3 days before Easter Good Friday  2 days before Easter Holy Saturday  1 day before Easter Easter  0 – neither before nor after – this is default value if not given Easter Monday  1 day after Easter Ascension Thursday  39 days after Easter Pentecost  49 day after Easter Corpus Christi  60 day after Easter	49 or interchangeably Pentecost
format	Describes date format in the final output, which is the same as used in #time parser function. Default format is Y-m-d. There is a special value none that prevents from final date formatting.	j xd

examples

{{#invoke:Easter|Calculate|{{CURRENTYEAR}}}} 

2024-03-31

{{#invoke:Easter|Calculate|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|method=Eastern}} 

2024-05-05

{{#invoke:Easter|Calculate|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|format=[[j xg]]}} 

31 March

{{#invoke:Easter|Calculate|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|method=Eastern|format=[[j xg]]}} 

5 May

{{#invoke:Easter|Calculate|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|day=Ash Wednesday}} 

2024-02-14

{{#invoke:Easter|Calculate|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|method=Eastern|day=Ash Wednesday}} 

2024-03-20

{{#invoke:Easter|Calculate|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|format=[[j xg]] (l)|day=Ash Wednesday}} 

14 February (Wednesday)

{{#invoke:Easter|Calculate|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|method=Eastern|format=[[j xg]] (l)|day=Ash Wednesday}} 

20 March (Wednesday)