Indulgence time frame question

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I was wondering, if someone were seeking an indulgence for whatever reason in what time frame does the actions have to be completed in? Usually for an indulgence you have to go to confession, mass, and do the act required for the indulgence. However (at least around where I live) confession is usually only offered once or twice a week. Do all three things have to be done on the same day?

For example lets say I perform the act required for the indulgence on a Wednesday, go to confession on Saturday, and Mass on Sunday. Would that satisfy the requirements to obtain the indulgence?
 
Catholic Dictionary
Term
PLENARY INDULGENCE

Definition
An indulgence that can remove all the temporal punishment due to forgiven sin. No one but God knows for certain when a plenary indulgences is actually gained, because only he knows whether a person’s dispositions are adequate. One norm for such dispositions is that “all attachment to sin, even venial sin, be absent.” If these dispositions are in any way less than complete, the indulgence will only be partial. The same provision applies to the three external conditions necessary to gain a plenary indulgence: sacramental confession, Eucharistic Communion, and prayer for the intentions of the Pope. If these conditions are not satisfied, an otherwise plenary indulgence becomes only partial. These conditions may be satisfied several days before or after the performance of the prescribed work, though preferably Communion should be received and the prayers offered for the Pope on the same day as the indulgenced work. A plenary indulgence can be gained only once a day.

Emphases mine.

Source : Dictionary : PLENARY INDULGENCE | Catholic Culture
 
I’m a great believer in catholic indulgences .
However the idea of days etc I always found odd.

Time was on Ash Wednesday everybody visiting a Catholic Church received a plenary indulgence each time they visited a church.
This led to the phenomena of catholic, mostly women , entering and exiting churches all day long on Ash Wednesday in order to pile up loads of plenaries.

Sadly it no longer happens,
 
It no longer happens because people know now that they can only get one plenary per day, so going in and out of the church all day in your scenario doesn’t get any more than going in and out once.

I suppose it could maybe get an extra partial, but I also think God would see it as a bit silly past the one plenary.

Also, these days you don’t get a plenary indulgence for going to church on Ash Wednesday to my knowledge.
 
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