What was the day on 24 March 2006?

When finding the day without reference date then formula will be: (Century code + Year code + Month code + Date code)/7

Day Codes:

Sun = 0

Mon = 1

Tue = 2

Wed = 3

Thu = 4

Fri = 5

Sat = 6

Month Codes:

Jan = 0

Feb = 3

Mar = 3

Apr = 6

May = 1

Jun = 4

Jul = 6

Aug = 2

Sep = 5

Oct = 0

Nov = 3

Dec = 5

Century Codes:

1500 - 1599 ---> 0

1600 - 1699 ---> 6

1700 - 1799 ---> 4

1800 - 1899 ---> 2

1900 - 1999 ---> 0

2000 - 2099 ---> 6

2100 - 2199 ---> 4

2200 - 2299 ---> 2

2300 - 2399 ---> 0

Century code for 2000 is 6.

The year code can be found through (last 2 digit of year + (last 2 digit of year/4))/7. Here remainder will be 0 so year code will be 0

The code for March : 3

The code for the date will be date/7, here remainder will be 3 so code for the date will be 3

Summing up,

(6 + 0 + 3 + 3) / 7 = 5

Here remainder is 5 which is code for Friday in the below-given list to on 24th March 2006 day will be Friday.





Sunday



Monday



Tuesday



Wednesday



Thursday



Friday



Saturday






0



1



2



3



4



5



6








So, the day was Friday.