Matterdale Matters

To find day of the week for any date

Example - What day was 10^th January 1946

It should be remembered that with the introduction of the 'New Style Calendar' in England & Wales the day following 2nd September 1752 this reckoner will not work for dates before 14^th September 1752.

1	Take the last two digits of the year	46
2	Add a quarter of this number ignoring any remainder 46/4	11
3	Add the date of the month	10
4	Add according to month as below January 1 [or in leap year 0] February 4 [or in leap year 3] March 4 April 0 May 2 June 5 July 0 August 3 September 6 October 1 November 4 December 6	0
5	Add according to century 18^th 4 19^th 2 20^th 0 21^st 6	0
6	Divide total by 7 and remainder gives day of the week as in [7] below	7)68
7	1 = Sunday 2 = Monday 3 = Tuesday 4 = Wednesday 5 = Thursday 6 = Friday 7 = Saturday	9 remainder 5

Answer - 5 (Thursday)

The 2^nd September 1946 was a Thursday

Monday's child is full of grace

Tuesday's child is fair of face

Wednesday's child is full of woe

Thursday's child has far to go

Friday's child is loving and giving

Saturday's child works hard for its living

Sabbath Day's child is bright and bonny, good and gay.