TABLES AND RULES FOR THE
Reading edition
MOVEABLE AND IMMOVEABLE FEASTS
TOGETHER WITH THE
DAYS OF FASTING AND ABSTINENCE
THROUGH THE WHOLE YEAR
RULES TO KNOW WHEN THE MOVEABLE FEASTS
AND HOLY-DAYS BEGIN
Easter-day (on which the rest depend) is always the first Sunday after the Full Moon which happens upon, or next after the Twenty-first day of March; and if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter-day is the Sunday after.
Advent Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of St Andrew, whether before or after.
Septuagesima | | nine | Sexagesima \ Sunday is / eight \ weeks before Easter. Quinquagesima / \ seven / Quadragesima | | six |
Rogation Sunday | | five weeks | Ascension-day \ is / forty days \ after Easter. Whitsunday / \ seven weeks / Trinity Sunday | | eight weeks |