Ash Wednesday is always 47 calendar days before Easter Sunday. Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first Full Moon after the Vernal Equinox (March 21).
Lets use 2011 as an example. The first full moon after the vernal equinox is Monday April 18th. Easter Sunday is the next Sunday after that (Sunday, April 24th). Now, subtract 47 days: March 9th is Ash Wednesday.
What will be the date for ash wednesday 2013
Ash Wednesday 1983 was on Wednesday, February 16.
Ash Wednesday is sometimes in February and sometimes in March. It is not on a specific date.
Ash Wednesday falls on February 17, 2010.
The most infrequent date for ash Wednesday to fall on is the twenty ninth of february
In 1967, Ash Wednesday, the date 46 days before Easter, fell on February 8.
The earliest date Ash Wednesday can fall is on February 4. This has not happened since 1818 and will not happen again until 2285.
Ash Wednesday 1952 was on Wednesday, February 27.
February 25th
February 17th 2010
Ash Wednesday is actually a Christian commemoration which occurs every year, 40 days before Easter.However, if the question refers to the disastrous Ash Wednesday bushfires which occurred in Victoria and South Australia, ironically beginning on the real Ash Wednesday, this happened on 16 February 1983.
The algorithm for Ash Wednesday does not refer to a specific algorithm but rather to the method of calculating the date of Ash Wednesday in the Christian liturgical calendar. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, occurring 46 days before Easter Sunday. The date is determined using the formula established by the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, which set Easter as the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox. Consequently, Ash Wednesday is calculated based on this Easter date.