Common year starting on Wednesday

A common year starting on Wednesday is any non-leap year (a year with 365 days) that begins on Wednesday, 1 January, and ends on Wednesday, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence is E. The most recent year of such kind was 2014, and the next one will be 2025 in the Gregorian calendar[1] or, likewise, 2009, 2015 and 2026 in the obsolete Julian calendar. The century year, 1800, was also a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar, see below for more. Any common year that starts on Wednesday, Friday or Saturday has only one Friday the 13th; the only Friday the 13th in this common year occurs in June. Leap years starting on Tuesday share this characteristic. In this common year, U.S. Independence Day and Halloween are on a Friday, Thanksgiving is on November 27, and Christmas is on a Thursday. This is one of the three possible common years in which a year which begins a century can begin on, the most recent being 1800 and the next one being 2200.

This is the only type of year in which all dates fall on their respective weekdays 57 times in the 400 year Gregorian Calendar cycle.

Calendars

Calendar for any common year starting on Wednesday,
presented as common in many English-speaking areas

01020304
05060708091011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031  
 
01
02030405060708
09101112131415
16171819202122
232425262728
 
01
02030405060708
09101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031  
0102030405
06070809101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930  
 
010203
04050607080910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
 
01020304050607
08091011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930  
 
0102030405
06070809101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
 
0102
03040506070809
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31  
010203040506
07080910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930  
 
01020304
05060708091011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031  
 
01
02030405060708
09101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30  
010203040506
07080910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031  
 

ISO 8601-conformant calendar with week numbers for
any common year starting on Wednesday (dominical letter E)

0102030405
06070809101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
 
0102
03040506070809
10111213141516
17181920212223
2425262728
 
0102
03040506070809
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31  
010203040506
07080910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930  
 
01020304
05060708091011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031  
 
01
02030405060708
09101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30  
010203040506
07080910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031  
 
010203
04050607080910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
 
01020304050607
08091011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930  
 
0102030405
06070809101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
 
0102
03040506070809
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
 
01020304050607
08091011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031  
 

Applicable years

Gregorian Calendar

In the (currently used) Gregorian calendar, alongside Sunday, Monday, Friday or Saturday, the fourteen types of year (seven common, seven leap) repeat in a 400-year cycle (20871 weeks). Forty-three common years per cycle or exactly 10.75% start on a Wednesday. The 28-year sub-cycle does only span across century years divisible by 400, e.g. 1600, 2000, and 2400.

Gregorian common years starting on Wednesday[1]
Decade 1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
16th century prior to first adoption (proleptic)15861597
17th century 16031614162516311642165316591670168116871698
18th century 17101721172717381749175517661777178317941800
19th century 1806181718231834184518511862187318791890
20th century 19021913191919301941194719581969197519861997
21st century 20032014202520312042205320592070208120872098
22nd century 21102121212721382149215521662177218321942200

Julian Calendar

In the now-obsolete Julian calendar, the fourteen types of year (seven common, seven leap) repeat in a 28-year cycle (1461 weeks). A leap year has two adjoining dominical letters (one for January and February and the other for March to December, as 29 February has no letter). This sequence occurs exactly once within a cycle, and every common letter thrice.

As the Julian calendar repeats after 28 years that means it will also repeat after 700 years, i.e. 25 cycles. The year's position in the cycle is given by the formula ((year + 8) mod 28) + 1). Years 2, 8 and 19 of the cycle are common years beginning on Wednesday. 2017 is year 10 of the cycle. Approximately 10.71% of all years are common years beginning on Wednesday.

Julian common years starting on Wednesday
Decade 1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
15th century 1410142114271438144914551466147714831494
16th century 15051511152215331539155015611567157815891595
17th century 1606161716231634164516511662167316791690
18th century 17011707171817291735174617571763177417851791
19th century 18021813181918301841184718581869187518861897
20th century 19031914192519311942195319591970198119871998
21st century 20092015202620372043205420652071208220932099

References

  1. Robert van Gent (2017). "The Mathematics of the ISO 8601 Calendar". Utrecht University, Department of Mathematics. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  2. Robert van Gent (2017). "The Mathematics of the ISO 8601 Calendar". Utrecht University, Department of Mathematics. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
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