Details of Daylight Saving Time
| Standard Time |
Daylight Time |
The period of the daylight saving time |
| BRT - Brasilia time |
BRST - Brasilia Summer Time |
Start of period is third Sunday in October, standard time 0:00 a.m. ( daylight saving time 1:00 a.m. ).
End of period is just before day before third Sunday in February in the next year, standard time 23:00 ( daylight saving time is 0:00 a.m. on third Sunday ),
but it become on next Sunday when third Sunday of February is Sunday of the carnival ( Please refer to description shown below. ).
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| UTC -3 |
UTC -2 |
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| AMT - Amazon Time |
AMST - Amazon Summer Time |
| UTC -4 |
UTC -3 |
Carnival is several days before Lent begins. The day when Lent begins is "Ash Wednesday". The length of the period of the carnival is different by an area.
The famous Rio's Carnival is Tuesday from Saturday before the Ash Wednesday. It is one week generally. Last day of the carnival is always day before Ash Wednesday.
Ash Wednesday list
| March 9, 2011 |
| February 22, 2012 |
| February 13, 2013 |
| March 5, 2014 |
| February 18, 2015 |
| February 10, 2016 |
| March 1, 2017 |
| February 14, 2018 |
| March 6, 2019 |
| February 26, 2020 |
| February 17, 2021 |
| March 2, 2022 |
| February 22, 2023 |
| February 14, 2024 |
| March 5, 2025 |
| February 18, 2026 |
| February 10, 2027 |
| March 1, 2028 |
| February 14, 2029 |
| March 6, 2030 |
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