Calendar matcher

Same Calendar Year Finder

Pick a year and get every other year whose dates fall on exactly the same weekdays.

How to find a year with the same calendar

  1. Enter the year of the calendar you have, or the year you were born.
  2. Press Calculate to see every year from 1900 to 2100 with an identical layout.
  3. Pick the next matching year to reuse a printed calendar, or an earlier one to find a vintage calendar that fits this year.

Examples of matching calendar years

YearStarts onTypeSame calendar, 1950 to 2060
1998ThursdayCommon1953, 1959, 1970, 1981, 1987, 2009, 2015, 2026, 2037, 2043, 2054
2001MondayCommon1951, 1962, 1973, 1979, 1990, 2007, 2018, 2029, 2035, 2046, 2057
2016FridayLeap1960, 1988, 2044
2026ThursdayCommon1953, 1959, 1970, 1981, 1987, 1998, 2009, 2015, 2037, 2043, 2054

What people do with a matching year

  • Reuse a calendar they love. A wall calendar with artwork or family photos can go back on the wall in a matching year.
  • Buy a vintage calendar for this year. Collectors look for old calendars from years that match the current one, so the dates still work.
  • Recreate a birth-year calendar. A calendar from your birth year's matching years shows your birthday on the same weekday.
  • Plan a repeating schedule. Shift rotas and school terms planned in one year line up again in its matching years.

What a matching year will not match

Dates and weekdays match exactly, and so do holidays fixed to a date or a weekday rule, such as Independence Day or Thanksgiving. Holidays based on the moon move. Easter, Good Friday, Passover, Rosh Hashanah, Ramadan and Lunar New Year usually land on different dates, and moon phases differ too. Read why calendars repeat for the full explanation.

Related calendars and guides

Open any year calendar from 1995 to 2027 to see the date in context with US federal holidays, observances, moon phases and the events of that year. The calendar guides explain the rules behind every result.

Questions

Same Calendar Year Finder FAQ

How many different yearly calendars are there?

There are only 14. A year can start on any of seven weekdays, and it can be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days. Every year uses one of those 14 layouts.

Can I really reuse an old calendar?

Yes, for the dates and weekdays. A matching year has every date on the same weekday. Holidays tied to the moon or to Easter, such as Good Friday, Passover and Ramadan, will usually move, so check the year calendar for those.

Why do matching years come in gaps of 6, 11 and 28 years?

A common year shifts the weekday of January 1 forward by one day and a leap year shifts it by two. Leap years arrive every four years, so the pattern lines up again after 6 or 11 years for common years and usually after 28 years for leap years. Century years that are not leap years break the pattern.

Which years have the same calendar as 2026?

2009, 2015, 2037, 2043 and 2054 all match 2026 exactly. Each of them starts on a Thursday and has 365 days.

Does a matching calendar also match leap day?

Only leap years match other leap years. A leap year can never share a calendar with a common year, because February 29 shifts every date after it by one weekday.