Odd days

Odd Days:

We are supposed to find the day of the week on a given date.

For this, we use the concept of 'odd days'.

In a given period, the number of days more than the complete weeks are called odd days.


Leap Year:

(i). Every year divisible by 4 is a leap year, if it is not a century.

(ii). Every 4th century is a leap year and no other century is a leap year.

Note: A leap year has 366 days.

Examples:

    Each of the years 1948, 2004, 1676 etc. is a leap year.

    Each of the years 400, 800, 1200, 1600, 2000 etc. is a leap year.

    None of the years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 1800, 2100 is a leap year.


Ordinary Year:

The year which is not a leap year is called an ordinary years. An ordinary year has 365 days.

Counting of Odd Days:

    1 ordinary year = 365 days = (52 weeks + 1 day.)

    1 ordinary year has 1 odd day.

    1 leap year = 366 days = (52 weeks + 2 days)

    1 leap year has 2 odd days.

    100 years = 76 ordinary years + 24 leap years

      = (76 x 1 + 24 x 2) odd days = 124 odd days.

      = (17 weeks + days) 5 odd days.

    Number of odd days in 100 years = 5.

    Number of odd days in 200 years = (5 x 2) 3 odd days.

    Number of odd days in 300 years = (5 x 3) 1 odd day.

    Number of odd days in 400 years = (5 x 4 + 1) 0 odd day.

    Similarly, each one of 800 years, 1200 years, 1600 years, 2000 years etc. has 0 odd days.

Day of the Week Related to Odd Days:

No. of days:    0    1    2    3    4    5    6
Day:    Sun.    Mon.    Tues.    Wed.    Thurs.    Fri.    Sat.