Lent Tracker 2027: a Printable 40-Day Calendar

Lent 2027 starts on Ash Wednesday, February 10, and ends with Easter on March 28. Write down what you'll pray, give up and give, then tap each day you kept it, or print the calendar for the fridge. It stays in your browser, no sign-up.

KeptSlippedSunday (not one of the 40)Not marked

Tap a day to cycle: kept, slipped, not marked. Days after today open as they come.

Lent 2027 and 2028 dates

20272028
Ash Wednesday (day 1)Wednesday, February 10Wednesday, March 1
Palm SundayMarch 21April 9
Good FridayMarch 26April 14
Holy Saturday (day 40)March 27April 15
Easter SundayMarch 28April 16

These are the Western (Catholic and Protestant) dates. Orthodox churches keep Great Lent on a different calendar, starting on Clean Monday.

Why 40 days when Lent is 46 days long

From Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday is 46 calendar days. The six Sundays aren't counted, because every Sunday celebrates the Resurrection, which leaves the 40 days that echo Jesus' 40 days in the desert. Whether you keep your Lenten practice on Sundays is a long-running, friendly argument: some people do, others take Sundays off. Decide before Ash Wednesday and tick the box above to match; the tracker counts your 40 days either way.

Pray, give up, give: picking your practices

Lent has three traditional practices: prayer, fasting and almsgiving. One small, specific practice for each lasts longer than a big promise you break in the first week.

PracticeIdeas that fit a normal day
Pray10 minutes each morning before your phone; the daily readings; a decade of the rosary on the commute; one Psalm before bed; a gratitude line each night
Give upSocial media or one app; sweets or snacking between meals; alcohol; takeout; buying things you don't need (a no-spend tracker helps); complaining; hitting snooze
GiveThe money you don't spend on what you gave up; an hour a week of volunteering; one letter or call a week to someone alone; clearing out clothes to donate

Catholics also fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday and abstain from meat on the Fridays of Lent; your parish can tell you who that applies to. If you're giving up something you reach for without thinking, decide in advance what you'll do instead when the urge comes: the dopamine detox planner walks through that for phones and screens.

When you slip

Mark the day and start again the next morning. Lent isn't a streak you lose on day 12: the point is to come back to it. If the same thing keeps tripping you up (the evening scroll, the office biscuits), change the practice to one you can keep rather than dropping it. Missed days don't undo the others, and the calendar shows how many you did keep.

After Easter: keep one

Forty days is long enough for a small daily practice to start feeling normal. Pick the one that did you the most good and keep it into Easter as an ordinary habit. Track it on paper with the printable habit tracker or the streak tracker.

On your phone

Habit Rewards is a habit tracker for iPhone and Android. Add a daily habit for what you'll do and use the "Quit a habit" mode for what you're giving up: it keeps your streak, sends a reminder at the time you pick, and each day you keep it pays coins you can spend on rewards you set yourself, an Easter treat included. It's free for up to 3 habits.

Quit a habit mode in Habit Rewards: long press a day to mark a slip

Free habit tools and printables

Free, in your browser, no sign-up.

Printable Habit TrackerA monthly grid with a goal and a reward for each habit. Yearly Habit Tracker 2027One page per habit with all 365 days, monthly goals and a reward for the year. Habit Tracker SpreadsheetExcel and Google Sheets: habits pay coins, rewards cost coins, all 12 months. 30-Day Challenge TrackerPick a start date and get a dated tracker with rewards on day 7, 14, 21 and 30. Reading Tracker 2027A line for every book of your yearly goal, with a reward each quarter of the way. No-Spend Challenge TrackerYour allowed list, a tap per no-spend day, your longest run and the money you kept. Lent Tracker 2027Feb 10 to Mar 28: pray, give up, give, a tap per day and a printable 40-day calendar. Water Intake TrackerTap a glass each time: today's total, your week, your streak and a printable month. Sleep TrackerLog bed and wake times: hours, average bedtime, how steady it is, a printable sleep diary. Gratitude JournalThree good things a day, prompts, a streak and a printable 30 days. Private. Workout TrackerA weekly workout goal, a quick log, eight weeks of bars and a printable 4-week log. Dry January Tracker 2027A month without alcohol: rewards on day 7, 14, 21 and 31 and the money you kept. Chore Chart with RewardsA weekly chore chart where each chore pays coins and rewards cost coins. Dopamine Menu BuilderBuild a menu of mood-lifting ideas to pick from instead of your phone. Self-Care Checklist MakerDaily and weekly self-care in six areas, a bad-day minimum, a printable week. Dopamine Detox PlannerA 7, 14 or 30-day break with rules you can keep, what to do instead and a reward. Habit Stacking TemplateStack tiny habits on things you already do, add a reward, print a week of checkboxes. Morning & Night Routine ChecklistTimed steps from a start time to a finish time, printed with a week of checkboxes. Discipline TrackerPoints by difficulty, a daily and weekly score, a discipline % to beat. Streak TrackerTap the days you kept a habit: current streak, longest streak, next milestone. Sobriety CalculatorDays since you quit, money not spent and your next milestone date. Word Count Tracker50,000 words in 30 days: your pace, the words a day you need, a printable log. 75 Hard CalculatorYour Day 75 finish date, the day you're on and the days left. 75 Soft TrackerYour Day 75 date and a one-page printable for the four daily tasks.

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