Lent
The 40 days before Easter are called Lent.
Lent last for 40 days before Easter
It depends on the year. But it is ALWAYS 40 days before Easter. (40 days before is the 'quarta feira de cinzas' so the real carnival begin the Friday before that, and it ends 40 days before Easter)
Advent begins on the 4th Sunday before Christmas. Lent is the 40 days before Easter.
40 days before Easter.
Pentecost takes place 40 days after Resurrection or Easter.
No ash Wednesday is exactly 40 days before Easter, it marks the beginning of lent and Easter marks the end of lent. lent is when you are asked to give something you love up for 40 days
Easter is 40 days.
Whitsun(tide) (also called Pentecost).
Lent is the 40 days before Easter and Advent is the 4 Sundays before Christmas.
Ash Wednesday falls 46 days before Easter. It actually works out to 40 days if one does not count the Sundays. The season in between is known as the season of Lent.
It is 40 weekdays before Easter. Sundays are not counted as days of Lent.