Unlike the formula given by Gauss, this method has no exception and is valid for all years in the

Gregorian calendar, hence from the year 1583 on. The procedure for finding the date of Easter is as follows :

Divide
the year x the year x

by Quotient Remainder
19 100 4 25 3 30 4 7 451 31 a c e

b d f g
i m n

b b + 8 b - f + 1
19*a + b-d-g + 15 c 32 + 2*e + 2*i - h - k a + ll*h +22*l h + l -7*m + 114

h k l p

Then n = number of the month (3 = March, 4 = April), p + 1 = day of that month uponwhich Easter Sunday falls. The extreme dates of Easter are March 22 (as in 1818 and 2285) and April 25 (as in 1886, 1943, 2038). The rule for finding the date of Easter Sunday is well known : Easter is the first Sunday after the Full Moon that happens on or next after the March equinox. Actually, the rules for finding the Easter date were fixed long ago by the Christian clergy. For the purposes of these rules, the Full Moon is reckoned according to an ecclesiastical computation and is not the real, astronomical Full Moon. Likewise, the equinox is always assumed to fall on March 21 ; actually, it can occur a day or two sooner. In 1967, for instance, the equinox was on March 21, and the Full Moon on March 26 (UT date). The first Sunday after March 26 was April 2. Nevertheless, Easter Sunday was March 26. During the period 1900-2100, the purely astronomical rule yields another date for Easter Sunday than the ecclesiastical rule for the following years: 1900,1903,1923, 1924, 1927, 1943, 1954, 1962, 1967, 1974, 1981, 2038, 2049, 2069, 2076, 2089, 2095, and 2096. A period of 5700000 years is required for the cyclical recurrence of the Gregorian Easter dates. It has been found that the most frequent Gregorian Easter date is April 19.

In the Julian calendar, the date of Easter can be found as follows.

Divide
the year x the year x the year x 19c + 15 2a + 4b - d + 34

by
4

Quotient

Remainder
a b c d e g

7 19 30 7 31

d + e + 114

Then f = number of the month (3 = March, 4 = April), g + 1 = day of that month upon which Easter
Sunday falls.

The date of the Julian Easter has a periodicity of 532 years. For instance, we find April 12 for the years 179, 711 and 1243.