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A PL/SQL package to find out when Easter was

create or replace package calendar as

  function Easter_Sunday          (yr in number) return date;
  function Carnival_Monday        (yr in number) return date;
  function Mardi_Gras             (yr in number) return date;
  function Ash_Wednesday          (yr in number) return date;
  function Palm_Sunday            (yr in number) return date;
  function Easter_Friday          (yr in number) return date;
  function Easter_Saturday        (yr in number) return date;
  function Easter_Monday          (yr in number) return date;
  function Ascension_of_Christ    (yr in number) return date;
  function Whitsunday             (yr in number) return date;
  function Whitmonday             (yr in number) return date;
  function Feast_of_Corpus_Christi(yr in number) return date;

end;
/

create or replace package body calendar as

  function Easter_Sunday(yr in number) return date is
  a        number;
  b        number;
  c        number;
  d        number;
  e        number;
  m        number;
  n        number;
  day_     number;
  month_   number;

  begin
    if yr < 1583 or yr > 2299 then
      return null;
    end if;

    if yr < 1700 then
      m := 22;
      n :=  2;
    elsif yr < 1800 then
      m := 23;
      n :=  3;
    elsif yr < 1900 then
      m := 23;
      n :=  4;
    elsif yr < 2100 then
      m := 24;
      n :=  5;
    elsif yr < 2200 then
      m := 24;
      n :=  6;
    else
      m := 25;
      n :=  0;
    end if;

    a := mod (yr,19);
    b := mod (yr, 4);
    c := mod (yr, 7);
    d := mod (19*a + m, 30);
    e := mod (2*b + 4*c + 6*d + n,7);

    day_   := 22 + d + e;
    month_ := 3;

    if day_ > 31 then
      day_  := day_-31;
      month_:= month_+1;
    end if;

    if day_ = 26 and  month_ = 4 then
      day_ := 19;
    end if;

    if day_ = 25 and month_ = 4 and d = 28 and e = 6 and a > 10 then
      day_:=18;
    end if;

   return to_date(
    to_char(day_,    '00') || '.' ||
    to_char(month_,  '00') || '.' ||
    to_char(yr,   '0000'),
   'DD.MM.YYYY'
   );

  end; -- easter_sunday_

  function Carnival_Monday(yr in number) return date is
  begin
    return easter_sunday(yr) -48;
  end;

  function Mardi_Gras(yr in number) return date is
  begin
    return easter_sunday(yr) -47;
  end;

  function Ash_Wednesday(yr in number) return date is
  begin
    return easter_sunday(yr) -46;
  end;

  function Palm_Sunday(yr in number) return date is
  begin
    return easter_sunday(yr) -7;
  end;

  function Easter_Friday(yr in number) return date is
  begin
    return easter_sunday(yr) -2;
  end;

  function Easter_Saturday(yr in number) return date is
  begin
    return easter_sunday(yr) -1;
  end;

  function Easter_Monday(yr in number) return date is
  begin
    return easter_sunday(yr) +1;
  end;

  function Ascension_of_Christ(yr in number) return date is
  begin
    return easter_sunday(yr) +39;
  end;

  function Whitsunday(yr in number) return date is
  begin
    return easter_sunday(yr) +49;
  end;

  function Whitmonday(yr in number) return date is
  begin
    return easter_sunday(yr) +50;
  end;

  function Feast_of_Corpus_Christi(yr in number) return date is
  begin
    return easter_sunday(yr) +60;
  end;
end;