Any birthday from 1900 to today
What day of the week were you born?
Pick your birthday. You’ll see the weekday right away, what the old rhyme says about it, and where your next birthdays land.
An old English rhyme, 1838
Monday’s child, and the rest
People have told fortunes by the day of birth for centuries. This is the version most Americans learned as kids.
- MondayMonday’s child is fair of face.
- TuesdayTuesday’s child is full of grace.
- WednesdayWednesday’s child is full of woe.
- ThursdayThursday’s child has far to go.
- FridayFriday’s child is loving and giving.
- SaturdaySaturday’s child works hard for a living.
- SundaySunday’s child is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.
Work it out yourself
How the weekdays move
A common year is 52 weeks and one day, so the same date slides one weekday later each year. Cross a February 29 and it jumps two. The Berlin Wall opened on Thursday, November 9, 1989; a year later, November 9 was a Friday. From 1901 to 2099 the calendar repeats exactly every 28 years.
Famous days and their weekdays
- WednesdayThe first human in spaceApril 12, 1961 · Moscow, Russia
- WednesdayThe March on WashingtonAugust 28, 1963 · Washington, D.C., US
- SundayThe Beatles on Ed SullivanFebruary 9, 1964 · New York, US
- SaturdayEngland wins the World CupJuly 30, 1966 · London, UK
- SundayThe first footsteps on the MoonJuly 20, 1969 · Houston, US
- SaturdayLive AidJuly 13, 1985 · London, UK
- ThursdayThe Berlin Wall opensNovember 9, 1989 · Berlin, Germany
- SundayNelson Mandela walks freeFebruary 11, 1990 · Cape Town, South Africa
- WednesdayThe Soviet flag comes downDecember 25, 1991 · Moscow, Russia
- TuesdayThe Hong Kong handoverJuly 1, 1997 · Hong Kong
- SundayFrance wins its first World CupJuly 12, 1998 · Paris, France
- SaturdayThe first morning of 2000January 1, 2000 · New York, US
- TuesdayThe iPhone is unveiledJanuary 9, 2007 · San Francisco, US
- SundayCuriosity lands on MarsAugust 5, 2012 · Pasadena, US
- WednesdayThe first picture of a black holeApril 10, 2019 · Washington, D.C., US
About birth weekdays
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How do I find out what day of the week I was born?
Pick your birthday above and you’ll see the weekday right away, along with the line from the old “Monday’s child” rhyme and the weekdays of your next few birthdays. It works for any date from 1900 to today.
What does the “Monday’s child” rhyme say about my day?
It’s a traditional English fortune-telling rhyme, first printed in 1838: Monday’s child is fair of face, Tuesday’s child is full of grace, Wednesday’s child is full of woe, Thursday’s child has far to go, Friday’s child is loving and giving, Saturday’s child works hard for a living, and a child born on Sunday is bonny and blithe, and good and gay. It’s for fun, not a forecast.
Which day of the week are most Americans born on?
Weekdays, by a wide margin. U.S. birth records from the CDC show far fewer births on Saturdays and Sundays, mostly because fewer inductions and C-sections are scheduled on weekends. Tuesday is usually the busiest day.
When will my birthday fall on the same weekday again?
A date moves one weekday later each year, or two after a leap day, so it comes back every 5, 6 or 11 years. Between 1901 and 2099 the whole calendar repeats every 28 years, so your birthday always falls on your birth weekday when you turn 28, 56 and 84.
Is the weekday different in another time zone?
Not for a birth date. The weekday belongs to the calendar date on your birth certificate, wherever you were born.
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