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Master the
Doomsday Algorithm

Find the weekday for
July 20, 1969
in seconds. It's a
... thinking ...
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Daily challenge
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Quick Challenge

Find the weekday for:
July 20, 1969

Challenge yourself

Keep practicing how quickly and consistently can you find the correct weekday for a date.

Apply anywhere

Confidently determine the weekday of any given date, anywhere and anytime without relying on a calendar.

Stimulate the brain

Enhance your mental agility by mastering the art of date-to-weekday conversion.

Impress your friends

Be the one who casually answers when someone asks what day Christmas lands on this year.

Where to start

However you like to learn — read it, drill it, or just play.

Learn the algorithm

A step-by-step course: doomsdays, anchor days, leap years and more.

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Practice games

Drill each sub-skill as a fast, focused mini-game.

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Play

Find the weekday for random and historical dates.

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Daily challenge

The same five dates as everyone else, every 24 hours.

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Guides

Long-form articles, memory tricks and a practice plan.

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What is the Doomsday algorithm?

It’s a method for working out the day of the week for any date — past or future — in your head, in seconds. The trick is that a handful of memorable dates each year all share the same weekday, called that year’s doomsday. Find it, and every other date is a short count away.

Try it with your own birthday below, then learn the full method.

Select a date(like your birthday)
You can type it or use the calendar selector
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