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Definition of cycle of the Sunday letter

cycle of the Sunday letter
Cycle of indiction, a period of 15 years, employed in Roman and ecclesiastical chronology, not founded on any astronomical period, but having reference to certain judicial acts which took place at stated epochs under the Greek emperors. Cycle of the moon, or Metonic cycle, a period of 19 years, after the lapse of which the new and full moon returns to the same day of the year; -- so called from Meton, who first proposed it. Cycle of the sun, Solar cycle, a period of 28 years, at the end of which time the days of the month return to the same days of the week. The dominical or Sunday letter follows the same order; hence the solar cycle is also called the cycle of the Sunday letter. In the Gregorian calendar the solar cycle is in general interrupted at the end of the century.

Meaning of cycle of the Sunday letter from wikipedia

- on Sunday is any non-leap year (i.e. a year with 365 days) that begins on Sunday, 1 January, and ends on Sunday, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence...
- or Sunday letters are a method used to determine the day of the w**** for particular dates. When using this method, each year is ****igned a letter (or...
- times in the 400 year Gregorian Calendar cycle. In the (currently used) Gregorian calendar, alongside Sunday, Monday, Friday or Sa****ay, the fourteen...
- of England, as 29 February has no letter). Each of the seven two-letter sequences occurs once within a cycle, and every common letter thrice. As the Julian...
- cycle, and every common letter thrice. As the Julian calendar repeats after 28 years that means it will also repeat after 700 years, i.e. 25 cycles....
- dominical letter cycles backward one position every year. In leap years, after 24 February, the Sundays fall on the previous letter of the cycle, so leap years...
- December, as 29 February has no letter). This sequence occurs exactly once within a cycle, and every common letter thrice. As the Julian calendar repeats after...
- repeat in a 28-year cycle (1461 w****s). This sequence occurs exactly once within a cycle, and every common letter thrice. As the Julian calendar repeats...
- CB, was the year 9 of the cycle. 1989 was a common year starting on Sunday, that dominical letter hence was A, was the year 10 of the cycle. 1990 was...
- 2017 is year 10 of the cycle. Approximately 10.71% of all years are common years beginning on Friday. Valentine's Day falls on a Sunday World Day for Grandparents...