Simple tricks for Solving

Calendar Questions
Quickly and Easily

By :- Meghav Ladani
Standard 6
Zydus School for Excellence
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
 In most of the competitive exams we find the
Questions like :-
• What was the day on 3rd March 2006?
• If the first day of a year (Other than leap
year) was Friday then which was the last day
of the year?
• If 5th January 2011 was a Thursday, then
what was the day on 1 January 2013?
• Which year will have the same calendar as
of 1897?
 Important Notes for Calendar
In a ordinary year :-
• 365 Days
• 52 Weeks
• 12 Months
• 7 Days in a week

In a leap year :- (Comes every 4 years)

• 366 Days
 Days in Months of an Ordinary year
January February March April May June

31 28 31 30 31 30
July August September October November December

31 31 30 31 30 31

In a Leap Year :-
Instead of 28 days in February, there are 29 days.
 Identifying a leap year
• Any year divisible by 4 (Except a
century year) is a Leap Year.

• Any century year divisible by 400

or every 4 century year like 1600,
th

2000, 2400 is a Leap Year.

 The concept of odd days in a single year
Odd days are the extra days after the given days are
formed into weeks.

• Odd days in a ordinary year :-

= 365 days = (52 weeks x 7 days) + 1 = 364 + 1 = 1 odd day

• Odd days in a leap year

= 366 days = (52 weeks x 7days) + 2 = 364 + 2 = 2 odd days
 Every 4 years has 3 ordinary years and
The concept of odd days in a century years
1 leap year so, ratio is 3:1.
In 100 years it should be 75 : 25, but
• Odd days in 100 years :-100th year is not a leap year. So, 100
76 ordinary years year =
has7676odd
ordinary
daysyears
+ 48and
odd24days
200 years+is24
theleap years
double of
leap years.
100 years. So, the no. of = 124 odd days
ordinary years and no. of
124/7 = 17 weeks + 5 days
leap years will be the
double of that in 100 years. = 5 odd days

• Odd days in 200 years :-

152 ordinary years + 48 leap years = 152 odd days + 96 odd days
= 248 odd days
248/7 = 35 weeks + 3 days
= 3 odd days
 300 years is the triple of 100 years.
So, the no. of ordinary years and
The concept of odd days in a century years
no. of leap years will be the thrice
• Odd days in 300 years :- in no of that in 100 years.

228 ordinary
There is a littleyears + 72
change leap
in the no.years = 228 odd days + 144 odd days
of ordinary years and no. of leap = 372 odd days
years in 400 years. As 400th year is372/7 = 53 weeks + 1 day
a leap year, one ordinary year
= 1 odd day
became leap year.

• Odd days in 400 years :-

303 ordinary years + 97 leap years = 303 odd days + 194 odd days
= 497 odd days
497/7 = 71 weeks + 0 day
= 0 odd day
 Odd Days in Months of an Ordinary year
January February March April
31/7 = 3 OD 28/7 = 0 OD 31/7 = 3 OD 30/7 = 2 OD
May June July August
31/7 = 3 OD 30/7 = 2 OD 31/7 = 3 OD 31/7 = 3 OD
September October November December
30/7 = 2 OD 31/7 = 3 OD 30/7 = 2 OD 31/7 = 3 OD
* OD= Odd Days

In a Leap Year :-
February has 1 odd day, as there are 29 days.
 Finding odd days in any century year
Divide the century by 400 and if
remainder is :-
• (2100/400)=100 = 5 odd days
• (2200/400)=200 = 3 odd days
• (2300/400)=300 = 1 odd days
• (2000/400)=0 = 0 odd days
 Days of week related to odd days
• 0 Odd days = Sunday
• 1 Odd days = Monday
• 2 Odd days = Tuesday
• 3 Odd days = Wednesday
• 4 Odd days = Thursday
• 5 Odd days = Friday
• 6 Odd days = Saturday
 What was the day on 3rd March 2006?
 We have year is 2006 ==== Date is 3rd ===== Month is March

 2000 years + 5 years + 62 days (31 January + 28 February + 3 March)

 = 2000 years + 4 ordinary years + 1 Leap year + 62 days

 = 0 odd days + 4 odd days + 2 odd days + 6 odd days

 = 12 odd days

 = 1 week + 5 odd days

 = 5 odd days = Friday

 So the day of the week on 3rd March 2006 was a Friday

 If the first day of a year (Other than leap year) was Friday
then which is the last day of the year?

First day of the given year = Friday

First day of the next year = Friday + 1 day (As

1 ordinary year has 1 odd day) = Saturday

Last day of the given year = Friday

If 5th January of 2011 was a Thursday, then what was
the day on 1st January 2013?
Days from 5th January 2011 to 1st January 2013
= 360 days (Remaining days of the year 2011) + 1 leap year
(As 2012 is a leap year) + 1 day
= 360 days + 366 days + 1 day == 727 days
= 103 weeks + 6 days == 6 odd days
= Thursday = 4 + 6 odd days
= 10 odd days
= 1 week + 3 odd days
= 3 is code for Wednesday
So the day on 1st January 2013 was Wednesday.
 Which year will have the same calendar as of 1897?
Lets start counting odd days and adding them
= 1 odd day for 1898
+ 1 odd day for 1899
+ 1 odd day for 1900
+ 1 odd day for 1901
+ 1 odd day for 1902
+ 1 odd day for 1903
+ 2 odd day for 1904
+ 1 odd day for 1905
+ 1 odd day for 1906
+ 1 odd day for 1907
+ 2 odd day for 1908
+ 1 odd day for 1909
= 14 odd day which is exactly divisible by 7

So the year which will have the same calendar as 1897 is 1909.
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