A leap year starting on Tuesday is any year with 366 days (i.e. it includes 29 February) that begins on Tuesday, 1 January, and ends on Wednesday, 31 December. Its dominical letters hence are FE, such as the years 1884, 1924, 1952, 1980, 2008, 2036, 2064, 2092, and 2104 in the Gregorian calendar[1] or, likewise, 1964, 1992, and 2020 in the obsolete Julian calendar. 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 June. Common years starting on Wednesday share this characteristic.
Calendars
Calendar for any leap year starting on Tuesday, presented as common in many English-speaking areas |
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January |
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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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February |
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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 | |
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March |
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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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April |
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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 | |
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May |
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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 | 31 |
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June |
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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 | |
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July |
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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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August |
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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 |
31 |
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September |
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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 | |
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October |
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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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November |
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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 | |
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December |
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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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ISO 8601-conformant calendar with week numbers for any leap year starting on Tuesday (dominical letter FE) |
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January |
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01 |
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07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
03 |
14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
04 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
05 |
28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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April |
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14 |
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07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
17 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
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28 | 29 | 30 | |
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July |
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27 |
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28 |
07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
29 |
14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
30 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
31 |
28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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October |
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40 |
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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 |
44 |
27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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February |
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05 |
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06 |
04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 |
07 |
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 | | |
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May |
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05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 |
20 |
12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
21 |
19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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August |
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31 |
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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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November |
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44 |
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03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 |
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10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
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24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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March |
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09 |
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03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 |
11 |
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
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24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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June |
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02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 |
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09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
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16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
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September |
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36 |
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 |
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08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
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15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
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22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
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December |
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01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 |
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08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
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15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
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22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
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29 | 30 | 31 |
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Applicable years
Gregorian Calendar
Leap years that begin on Tuesday, like those that start on Wednesday, occur at a rate of approximately 14.4% of all total leap years in a 400-year cycle of the Gregorian calendar. Their overall occurrence is 3.5% (14 out of 400).
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 Tuesday 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).