for the 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 on a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after.
Advent Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of S. Andrew, whether before or after.
A TABLE OF ALL THE FEASTS
THAT ARE TO BE OBSERVED IN THE
CHURCH OF ENGLAND
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
All Sundays in the Year
The Days of the Feasts of
| The Circumcision of our Lord JESUS CHRIST | S. Bartholomew the Apostle |
| The Epiphany | S. Matthew the Apostle |
| The Conversion of S. Paul | S. Michael and All Angels |
| The Purification of the Blessed Virgin | S. Luke the Evangelist |
| S. Matthais the Apostle | S. Simon and S. Jude the |
| The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin | Apostles |
| S. Mark the Evangelist | All Saints |
| S. Philip and S. James the Apostles | S. Andrew the Apostle |
| The Ascension of our Lord JESUS CHRIST | S. Thomas the Apostle |
| S. Barnabas | The NATIVITY of our LORD |
| The Nativity of S. John Baptist | S. Stephen the Martyr |
| S. Peter the Apostle | S. John the Evangelist |
| S. James the Apostle | The Holy Innocents |
Monday and Tuesday in Easter Week
Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun Week
VIGILS, FASTS AND DAYS OF ABSTINENCE
TO BE OBSERVED IN THE YEAR
The Evens or Virgils before
The Nativity of our Lord
The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin
Easter Day
Ascension Day
Pentecost
S. Matthias
S. John Baptist
S. Peter
S. James
S. Bartholomew
S. Matthew
S. Simon and S. Jude
S. Andrew
S. Thomas
All Saints
Note: That if any of these Feast-Days fall upon a Monday, then the Vigil or Fast-Day shall be kept upon the Saturday, and not upon the Sunday next before it.
DAYS OF FASTING, OR ABSTINENCE
I. The forty days of Lent.
II. The Ember Days at the Four Seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after
1. The First Sunday in Lent
2. The Feast of Pentecost
3. September 14
4. December 13.
III. The three Rogation Days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Holy Thursday, or the Ascension of our Lord.
IV. All the Fridays in the Year, except CHRISTMAS DAY.
A SOLEMN DAY
FOR WHICH A PARTICULAR SERVICE IS APPOINTED
The Anniversary of the Day of the Accession of the Reigning Sovereign
FROM THE PRESENT TIME TILL THE YEAR 2199 INCLUSIVE
ACCORDING TO THE FOREGOING CALENDAR
| GOLDEN NUMBER | DAY OF THE MONTH | SUNDAY LETTER |
| March 21 | C | |
| XIV | ——— 22 | D |
| III | ——— 23 | E |
| ——— 24 | F | |
| XI | ——— 25 | G |
| ——— 26 | A | |
| XIX | ——— 27 | B |
| VIII | ——— 28 | C |
| ——— 29 | D | |
| XVI | ——— 30 | E |
| V | ——— 31 | F |
| April 1 | G | |
| XIII | ——— 2 | A |
| II | ——— 3 | B |
| ——— 4 | C | |
| X | ——— 5 | D |
| ——— 6 | E | |
| XVIII | ——— 7 | F |
| VII | ——— 8 | G |
| ——— 9 | A | |
| XV | ——— 10 | B |
| IV | ——— 11 | C |
| ——— 12 | D | |
| XII | ——— 13 | E |
| I | ——— 14 | F |
| ——— 15 | G | |
| IX | ——— 16 | A |
| XVII | ——— 17 | B |
| VI | ——— 18 | C |
| ——— 19 | D | |
| ——— 20 | E | |
| ——— 21 | F | |
| ——— 22 | G | |
| ——— 23 | A | |
| ——— 24 | B | |
| ——— 25 | C |
THIS Table contains so much of the Calendar as is necessary for the determining of Easter; to find which, look for the Golden Number of the year in the first Column of the Table, against which stands the day of the Paschal Full Moon; then look in the third column for the Sunday Letter, next after the day of the Full Moon, and the day of the Month standing against that Sunday Letter is Easter Day. If the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, then (according to the first rule) the next Sunday after is Easter Day.
To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add one to the Year of our Lord, and then divide by 19; the remainder, if any, is the Golden Number; but if nothing remaineth, then 19 is the Golden Number.
To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter, according to the Calendar, until the year 2099 inclusive, add to the year of our Lord its fourth part, omitting fractions; and also the number 6: Divide the sum by 7; and there is no remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter: But if any number remaineth, then the Letter standing against that number in the small annexed Table is the Sunday Letter.
For the next following Century, that is, from the year 2100 to the year 2199 inclusive, add to the current year its fourth part, and also the number 5, and then divide by 7, and proceed as in the last Rule.
Note, that in all Bissextile or Leap Years, the Letter found as above will be the Sunday Letter, from the intercalated day exclusive to the end of the year.
| O | A |
| 1 | G |
| 2 | F |
| 3 | E |
| 4 | D |
| 5 | C |
| 6 | B |
TILL THE YEAR 2199 INCLUSIVE
TO make use of the preceding Table, find the Sunday Letter for the Year in the uppermost Line, and the Golden Number, or Prime, in the Column of Golden Numbers, and against the Prime, in the same Line under the Sunday Letter, you have the Day of the Month on which Easter falleth that year. But Note, that the Name of the Month is set on the Left Hand, or just with the Figure, and followeth not, as in other Tables, by Descent, but Collateral.
FROM THE YEAR 2200 TO THE YEAR 2299 INCLUSIVE
| GOLDEN NUMBER | DAY OF THE MONTH | SUNDAY LETTER |
| VI | March 21 | C |
| ——— 22 | D | |
| XIV | ——— 23 | E |
| III | ——— 24 | F |
| ——— 25 | G | |
| XI | ——— 26 | A |
| ——— 27 | B | |
| XIX | ——— 28 | C |
| VIII | ——— 29 | D |
| ——— 30 | E | |
| XVI | ——— 31 | F |
| V | April 1 | G |
| ——— 2 | A | |
| XIII | ——— 3 | B |
| II | ——— 4 | C |
| ——— 5 | D | |
| X | ——— 6 | E |
| ——— 7 | F | |
| XVIII | ——— 8 | G |
| VII | ——— 9 | A |
| ——— 10 | B | |
| XV | ——— 11 | C |
| IV | ——— 12 | D |
| ——— 13 | E | |
| XII | ——— 14 | F |
| I | ——— 15 | G |
| ——— 16 | A | |
| IX | ——— 17 | B |
| XVII | ——— 18 | C |
| ——— 19 | D | |
| ——— 20 | E | |
| ——— 21 | F | |
| ——— 22 | G | |
| ——— 23 | A | |
| ——— 24 | B | |
| ——— 25 | C |
THE Golden Numbers in the foregoing Calendar will point out the Days of the Paschal Full Moons, till the Year of our Lord 2200; at which Time, in order that the Ecclesiastical Full Moons may fall nearly on the same Days with the real Full Moons, the Golden Numbers must be removed to different Days of the Calendar, as is done in the annexed Table, which contains so much of the Calendar then to be used, as is necessary for finding the Paschal Full Moons, and the Feast of Easter, from the Year 2200, to the Year 2299 inclusive. This Table is to be made use of, in all respects, as the first Table before inserted, for finding Easter till the Year 2199.
FOR ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN YEARS
ACCORDING TO THE FOREGOING CALENDAR
ACCORDING TO THE SEVERAL DAYS THAT EASTER
CAN POSSIBLY FALL UPON
Note, That in a Bissextile or Leap-Year, the Number of Sundays after Epiphany will be the same, as if Easter Day had fallen One Day later than it really does. And for the same reason, One Day must, in every Leap-Year, be added to the Day of the Month given by the Table for Septuagesima Sunday: And the like must be done for the First Day of Lent (commonly called Ash Wednesday) unless the Table gives some Day in the Month of March for it; for in that case, the Day given by the Table is the right Day.
GENERAL TABLES FOR FINDING THE DOMINICAL OR SUNDAY LETTER, AND THE PLACES OF THE GOLDEN NUMBERS IN THE CALENDAR
TABLE I
TO find the Dominical or Sunday Letter for any given Year of our Lord, add to the year its fourth part, omitting fractions; and also the number, which in Table I standeth at the top of the column, wherein the number of hundreds contained in that given year is found: Divide the sum by 7, and if there is no remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter; but if any number remaineth, then the Letter, which standeth under that number at the top of the Table, is the Sunday Letter.
TABLE II
TO find the Month and Days of the Month to which the Golden Numbers ought to be prefixed in the Calendar, in any given Year of our Lord, consisting of entire hundred years, and in all the intermediate years betwixt that and the next hundredth year following, look in the second column of Table II for the given year, consisting of entire hundreds, and note the number or cypher which stands against it in the third column; then, in Table III look for the same number in the column under any given Golden Number, which when you have found, guide your eye side-ways to the left hand, and in the first column you will find the Month and Day to which that Golden Number ought to be prefixed in the Calendar, during that period of one hundred years.
The letter B prefixed to certain hundredth years in Table II denotes those years which are still to be accounted Bissextile or Leap-Years in the New Calendar; whereas all the other hundredth years are to be accounted only common years.
TABLE III
