Leap year starting on Friday
A leap year starting on Friday is any year with 366 days (i.e. it includes 29 February) that begins on Friday, 1 January, and ends on Saturday, 31 December. Its dominical letters hence are CB, such as the years 1904, 1932, 1960, 1988, 2016, 2044, 2072, and 2112 in the Gregorian calendar[1] or, likewise, 2000 and 2028 in the obsolete Julian calendar. Like common years starting on Saturday, this leap year has a Friday the 13th in May.
Calendars
Calendar for any leap year starting on Friday, presented as common in many English-speaking areas |
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January |
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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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February |
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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 | | |
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March |
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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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April |
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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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May |
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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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June |
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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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July |
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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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August |
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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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September |
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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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October |
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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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November |
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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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December |
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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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ISO 8601-conformant calendar with week numbers for any leap year starting on Friday (dominical letter CB) |
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January |
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53 |
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04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 |
02 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
03 |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
04 |
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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April |
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13 |
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04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 |
15 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
16 |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |
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July |
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26 |
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27 |
04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 |
28 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
29 |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
30 |
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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October |
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39 |
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40 |
03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 |
41 |
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
42 |
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
43 |
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
44 |
31 |
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February |
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05 |
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 |
06 |
08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
07 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
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22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
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May |
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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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30 | 31 |
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August |
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31 |
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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November |
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44 |
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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 | |
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March |
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09 |
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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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June |
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22 |
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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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September |
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35 |
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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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26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |
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December |
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48 |
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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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26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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Applicable years
Gregorian Calendar
Leap years starting on a Friday, along with leap years that start on Sunday, occur most frequently of all the leap years (15 times out of the 97 total leap years) in a 400-year cycle (20871 weeks) in the Gregorian calendar. Thus, the overall frequency is 3.75% (15 out of 400) or approximately 15.5% (15 out of 97) if just leap years are taken into consideration.
Gregorian year types per leap cycle by Dominical letter (DL)[1] and Doomsday (DD)
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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 Friday 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).
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