[x42.com] [datelab] Question: How often is christmas day on a sunday? ================================================= (C) 2000-12-27, Magnus Bodin <magnus@bodin.org> Christmas day (25th of December) occurs on sundays when the year starts with a saturday on an ordinary year or starts with friday on a leapyear. The distribution is shown relative to the gregorian epoch (400 years) which is the cycle that our calendar revolves with. After 400 years everythin repeats again. (See also yeartypes) TABLE A: Weekday distribution on December 25th ============================================== +------------+--------+ |Day | times | % | +----+-------+--------+ |Mon | 56 | 14.00 | |Tue | 58 | 14.50 | |Wed | 57 | 14.25 | |Thu | 57 | 14.25 | |Fri | 58 | 14.50 | |Sat | 56 | 14.00 | |Sun | 58 | 14.50 | +----+-------+--------+ And for those who celebrate christmas on December 24th: TABLE B: Weekday distribution on December 24th ============================================== +------------+--------+ |Day | times | % | +----+-------+--------+ |Mon | 58 | 14.50 | |Tue | 57 | 14.25 | |Wed | 57 | 14.25 | |Thu | 58 | 14.50 | |Fri | 56 | 14.00 | |Sat | 58 | 14.50 | |Sun | 56 | 14.00 | +----+-------+--------+ [x42.com] [datelab]