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Friday 5 April 2030

What the atlas records for this date, across the traditions it covers.

The Day BeforeTodayThe Day AfterAll Of April 2030

Already Underway

Lent
Fast / abstinence
The forty days from Ash Wednesday to Holy Thursday, Sundays not counted
Day 31 of 46
Forty days, counted excluding Sundays, which is why the span is forty-six.
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The Week Ahead

Friday 12 AprilDay of Arafah

This Week In Space and Astronomy History

6 AprilPioneer 11, Launch Date 1973
7 April2001 Mars Odyssey, Launch Date 2001
7 April2001 Mars Odyssey, Launch Date 2001
8 AprilGemini Program, Launch Date 1964
11 AprilApollo 13, Launch Date 1970
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Dates for the Hebrew and Islamic calendars are the tabular reckoning, which is what a printed calendar prints. Communities that begin a month on a sighted crescent may differ by a day, and differ from one another by place.