What day is it?
The children's nursery rhyme which tells us what a persons characteristics are like given the day they were born on goes like this:
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Monday's child is fair of face |
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Want to work out the day of any date? Here's the algorithm (Of course, although this will give you the day on any given date, it is only accurate for dates from the 15th October 1582 which was the first day in our calendar, the Gregorian calendar):
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The way the Sun works and its effect on our time
Find out about the history behind our calendar.
The Ephemerides server of the Institut de mécanique céleste has a whole host of other resources.