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Lesson 2 of 5 · Day of the week / odd days

Leap rule

Clocks and Calendars · for IPMAT Indore, IPMAT Rohtak and JIPMAT

The exam method

  1. Same calendar. both ordinary or both leap, and the odd days in between total a multiple of 7 (2009 → 2015; 2023 → 2034).

Formulas you need

odd days=days mod 7\text{odd days} = \text{days} \bmod 7

Watch out

  • Century years: 1900 is ordinary, 2000 is a leap year (2000-2099 has 25 leap years).
  • Leap day position: 1 March to 1 April is 31 days even in a leap year; the extra day is in February.

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