Determination of the day of the week not a Gregorian leap year, (but 19 in the Julian column indicates that it "is" a Julian leap year, as are all Julian "x"00 years). 20 indicates that 2000 is a leap year. Use Jan and Feb only in leap years. For determination of the day of the week (1 January 2000, Saturday) For determination of the dominical letter (2000, BA) For determination of the doomsday (2000, Tuesday) Note that the date (and hence the day of the week) in the Revised Julian and Gregorian calendars is the same from 14 October 1923 to 28 February AD 2800 inclusive and
Eight-day week popularity of the seven-day rhythm won and the eight-day week disappeared. The cycle of seven days, named after the sun, the moon, and the five planets visible to the naked eye, was already customary in the time of Justin Martyr, who wrote of the Christians meeting on the Day of the Sun (Sunday). Emperor Constantine eventually established the seven-day week in the Roman calendar in AD 321. The Celts used periods of darkness such as night and winter to begin their calculations of time. This meant that the first period of time in a "week" was a night, followed by