what day of lent is it

Today, Thursday 12 March 2026, falls in the third week of Lent , and it is a weekday of Lent between the Third and Fourth Sundays.

Quick Scoop

• Lent in 2026 began on Ash Wednesday, 18 February 2026.

• By 12 March 2026, the Church is in the third full week of the Lenten season.

• Palm Sunday this year will be on 29 March 2026, with Lent continuing up to Holy Thursday (2 April 2026 in the common “Mass of the Lord’s Supper” reckoning).

So if you’re asking “what day of Lent is it,” you’re in the mid‑Lent stretch: past the early days of resolutions and not yet at Holy Week, a good time to renew whatever prayer, fasting, or almsgiving you chose at the start of the season.

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