When Is Ash Wednesday 2025 Calendar. Celebration\ observance ash wednesday represents the first day of lent in which practicing christians do approximately 6 weeks of fasting prior to easter. A liturgical calendar for the year 2025.

Lent for the year 2025 starts on wednesday, march 5th and ends on thursday, april 17 with evening mass on holy thursday. Ash wednesday is celebrated on wednesday seven weeks before easter and the day after mardi gras also referred to as fat.