Leap year starting on Thursday

This article describes any leap year starting on Thursday. Examples include 1920 1948, 1976, 2004, 2032, 2060, and 2088 in the Gregorian Calendar, which is used in most of the world. Similarly, the dominical letter is DC.

In this leap year January, April, and July start on Thursday, February and August start on Sunday, March and November start on Monday, May starts on Saturday, June starts on Tuesday, September and December start on Wednesday and October starts on Friday. Thus, there are three months that begin on a weekend day. This is one of four leap years with this property, the others being Leap year starting on Monday, Leap year starting on Tuesday, and Leap year starting on Wednesday.

This leap year is one of three leap years that have two Friday the 13ths, the others being Leap year starting on Monday and Leap year starting on Wednesday. The Friday the 13ths in this leap year are in February and in August.

This leap year is one of three leap years with two Friday the 17ths, the others being Leap year starting on Saturday and Leap year starting on Sunday. The Friday the 17ths in this leap year are in September and in December. Common years starting on Friday share this characteristic.

This leap year is the only leap year with three Tuesday the 13ths. The Tuesday the 13ths in this leap year are January, April, and July. The other type of year with three Tuesday the 13ths is Common year starting on Monday, which has Tuesday the 13ths in February, March, and November. From July of this type of year to September of the year that follows it (Common year starting on Saturday) is the longest period (14 months) without a Tuesday the 13th.

In this leap year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on January 19, Valentine’s Day is on a Saturday, Presidents Day is on February 16, the leap day, February 29, is on a Sunday, Daylight Saving Time begins on it latest possible date, March 14, St. Patrick’s Day is on a Wednesday, Mother’s Day is on May 9, Memorial Day is on its latest possible date, May 31, Father’s Day is on June 20, Independence Day is on a Sunday, Labor Day is on September 6, Columbus Day is on October 11, Halloween is on a Sunday, Daylight Savings Time ends on its latest possible date, November 7, Veterans Day is on a Thursday, Thanksgiving is on November 25, and Christmas is on a Saturday.

This leap year has the longest gap between leap day (February 29) and the start of Daylight Savings Time (March 14) by 14 days. This leap year also has the longest gap between Halloween (October 31) and the end of Daylight Savings Time (November 7) by 7 days. Prior to 2007, Halloween and the end of Daylight Savings Time occurred on the same day in this leap year. The last such year when this happened was in 2004.

This is the only leap year with five Sundays, as February 29 adds that extra Sunday.

Calendar

The ISO year has 53 weeks in this kind of year, and the ISO week 10 (which begins March 1) and all ISO weeks after are  earlier than in other years.

References

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