So, why is Easter so early this year, and how does the Christian church determine when Easter falls? Very simply, you can use this equation to figure out when Easter will fall:

((19*t+u-w-(u-(u+8) \25)+1)\3)+15)mod30) +(32+2*x+2*y-(19*t+ u-w-(u-(u+8)\25)+1)\3)+15) mod30)-z) mod7)- 7*(t+11* (19*t+u- w(u- (u+8)\25)+1)\3)+15) mod30)+22*(32+2*x+2*y- (19*t +u-w-(u- (u+8)\25)+1)\3) +15)mod30)-g)mod7) +114)\31 = /`\ /`\

From this article:

This year will be the earliest anyone now alive will ever see Easter because it will not fall this early again for over 100 years – in 2160.

It is not the earliest Easter can be celebrated however – that is a day earlier on March 22 though the next time it will fall then will be in 2285.

The last time it was on March 22 was 1818.

The odds are considerably better for witnessing a late Easter.

Many people are still around from the last time Easter fell on April 25 in 1943 and a good many now living will likely still be around when Easter next falls on April 25 in 2038.

The more you know…

[HT: FARK]