A leap year starting on Saturday is any year with 366 days (i.e. it includes 29 February) that begins on Saturday, 1 January, and ends on Sunday, 31 December. Its dominical letters hence are BA. The most recent year of such kind was 2000 and the next one will be 2028 or, likewise, 2012 and 2040 in the obsolete Julian calendar. In the Gregorian calendar all centennial leap years start on Saturday; the next such year will be 2400, see below for more.[1]
Any leap year that starts on Tuesday, Friday or Saturday has only one Friday the 13th. This leap year has a Friday the 13th in October. Common years starting on Sunday share this characteristic, but also have one in January. From August of the year that precedes this year until October in this type of year is also the longest period (14 months) that occurs without a Friday the 13th. Common years starting on Tuesday share this characteristic, from July of the year that precedes it to September in that type of year. There are two other ways this 14 month interval can be formed, one involving a common year followed by a leap year and the other a leap year followed by a common year.
Calendars
Calendar for any leap year starting on Saturday, presented as common in many English-speaking areas |
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January |
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02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 |
09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
30 | 31 |
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February |
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06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
27 | 28 | 29 | | |
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March |
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05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 |
12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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April |
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02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 |
09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
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May |
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07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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June |
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04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |
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July |
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02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 |
09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
30 | 31 |
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August |
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06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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September |
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03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 |
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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October |
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01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 |
08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 |
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November |
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05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 |
12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |
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December |
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03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 |
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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ISO 8601-conformant calendar with week numbers for any leap year starting on Saturday (dominical letter BA) |
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January |
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03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 |
02 |
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
03 |
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
04 |
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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31 |
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April |
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13 |
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03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 |
15 |
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
16 |
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
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24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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July |
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26 |
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27 |
03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 |
28 |
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
29 |
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
30 |
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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October |
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39 |
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40 |
02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 |
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09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
42 |
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
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30 | 31 |
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February |
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05 |
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06 |
07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
07 |
14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
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28 | 29 | | |
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May |
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18 |
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 |
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08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
20 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
21 |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
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29 | 30 | 31 |
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August |
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31 |
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07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
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28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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November |
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44 |
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06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
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20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
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27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |
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March |
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09 |
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06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
11 |
13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
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20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
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27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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June |
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22 |
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05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 |
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12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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September |
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35 |
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04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 |
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11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
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18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |
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December |
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48 |
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04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 |
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11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
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18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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Applicable years
Gregorian Calendar
Leap years that begin on Saturday, along with those that start on Monday or Thursday, occur least frequently: 13 out of 97 (≈ 13.4%) total leap years in a 400-year cycle of the Gregorian calendar. Their overall occurrence is thus 3.25% (13 out of 400).
Century leap years are always leap years starting on Saturday and February 29 is always on Tuesday.
Gregorian year types per leap cycle by Dominical letter (DL)[1] and Doomsday (DD)
Year starts |
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Common years |
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Leap years |
1 Jan | Count | Ratio |
31 Dec | DL | DD | Count | Ratio |
31 Dec | DL | DD | Count | Ratio |
Sun |
58 | 14.50 % |
Sun | A | Tue | 43 | 10.75 % |
Mon | AG | Wed | 15 | 03.75 % |
Sat |
56 | 14.00 % |
Sat | B | Mon | 43 | 10.75 % |
Sun | BA | Tue | 13 | 03.25 % |
Fri |
58 | 14.50 % |
Fri | C | Sun | 43 | 10.75 % |
Sat | CB | Mon | 15 | 03.75 % |
Thu |
57 | 14.25 % |
Thu | D | Sat | 44 | 11.00 % |
Fri | DC | Sun | 13 | 03.25 % |
Wed |
57 | 14.25 % |
Wed | E | Fri | 43 | 10.75 % |
Thu | ED | Sat | 14 | 03.50 % |
Tue |
58 | 14.50 % |
Tue | F | Thu | 44 | 11.00 % |
Wed | FE | Fri | 14 | 03.50 % |
Mon |
56 | 14.00 % |
Mon | G | Wed | 43 | 10.75 % |
Tue | GF | Thu | 13 | 03.25 % |
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400 | 100.0 % |
| 303 | 75.75 % |
| 97 | 24.25 % |
Julian Calendar
Like all leap year types, the one starting with 1 January on a Saturday occurs exactly once in a 28-year cycle in the Julian calendar, i.e. in 3.57% of years. 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).