"one occurrence each. A Friday the 13th occurs during any month that begins on a Sunday. The fear of the number 13 has been given a scientific name: ""triskaidekaphobia""; and on analogy to this the fear of Friday the 13th is called ""paraskevidekatriaphobia"", from the Greek words ""Paraskeví"" (Παρασκευή, meaning ""Friday""), and ""dekatreís"" (δεκατρείς, meaning ""thirteen""). The superstition surrounding this day may have arisen in the Middle Ages, ""originating from the story of Jesus' last supper and crucifixion"" in which there were 13 individuals present in the Upper Room on the 13th of Nisan Maundy Thursday, the night before his"
"Friday the 13th Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, which happens at least once every year but can occur up to three times in the same year,for example in 2015, on 13 Feb, 13 March and 13 October. In 2017, it occurred twice, on 13 January and 13 October. In 2018, it also occurred twice, on 13 April and 13 July. There will be two Friday the 13ths every year until 2020; 2021 and 2022 will have just"
"Friday Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday. In countries adopting the ""Monday-first"" convention it is the fifth day of the week. In countries that adopt the ""Sunday-first"" convention, it is the sixth day of the week. In some other countries, for example Saudi Arabia and the Maldives, Friday is the first day of the weekend, with Saturday the second. In Afghanistan Friday is the last day of the weekend, with Saturday as the first day of the working week. Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait also followed this convention until they changed to"
"at sunset on Friday and lasts until nightfall on Saturday. There is a Jewish custom to fast on the Friday of the week of Chukat. In Thailand, the color associated with Friday is blue (see Thai calendar). Friday Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday. In countries adopting the ""Monday-first"" convention it is the fifth day of the week. In countries that adopt the ""Sunday-first"" convention, it is the sixth day of the week. In some other countries, for example Saudi Arabia and the Maldives, Friday is the first day of the weekend, with Saturday the"
"are on the 13th. The 13th day of the month is slightly more likely to be a Friday than any other day of the week. On average, there is a Friday the 13th once every 212.35 days, whereas Thursday the 13th occurs only once every 213.59 days. In the 2010s there were three Friday the 13ths in 2012 and 2015, and two in 2013, 2017 and 2018. There will also be two in 2019 and 2020. In the 2020s, there will be three F13's in 2026, and two in 2020, 2023, 2024, and 2029. The rest of years have at"
"one Friday the 13th; The only Friday the 13th in this leap year occurs in October. Common years starting on Sunday share this characteristic, but also have another in January. From August of the year that precedes this year until October in this type of year is also the longest period (14 months) that occurs without a Friday the 13th. Common years starting on Tuesday share this characteristic, from July of the year that precedes it to September in that type of year. There are two other ways this 14 month interval can be formed, one involving a common year"
"Meiji era. In China, with the founding of the Republic of China in 1911, Monday through Saturday in China are now named after the luminaries implicitly with the numbers. Sunday comes first in order in calendars shown in the table below. In the Judeo-Christian or Abrahamic tradition, the first day of the week is Sunday. Biblical Sabbath (corresponding to Saturday), when God rested from , made the day following Sabbath the first day of the week (corresponding to Sunday). Seventh-day Sabbaths were sanctified for celebration and rest. After the week was adopted in early Christianity, Sunday remained the first day"
"Hebrew as """" (), i.e., ""Rosh [ha-Shanah, first day of the year] is not Sunday, Wednesday or Friday"" (as the Hebrew word is written by three Hebrew letters signifying Sunday, Wednesday and Friday). Accordingly, the first day of Passover is never Monday, Wednesday or Friday. This rule is known in Hebrew as """" (), which has a double meaning — ""Passover is not a legend"", but also ""Passover is not Monday, Wednesday or Friday"" (as the Hebrew word is written by three Hebrew letters signifying Monday, Wednesday and Friday). One reason for this rule is that Yom Kippur, the holiest"
"is considered both the first day and the ""eighth day"" of the seven-day week, symbolizing both first creation and new creation (2174). (Alternatively, in some calendars, Sunday is designated the seventh day of the week.) Relatively few Christians regard first-day observance as entailing all of the ordinances of ""Shabbat"". This interpretation usually states that the Holy Spirit through the Apostles instituted the worship celebration of the first day to commemorate Jesus' resurrection, and that the New Covenant transfers Sabbath-keeping (whether defined as rest or communal worship or both) to the first day by implication. In Roman Catholicism, the transfer is"
"official status or general observance."" First Monday: January 1 First Sunday of the year, unless the Sunday falls on January 1, 6, or 7, then January 2: January 2 January 2 unless that day is a Sunday, in which case January 3: January 2) First Friday: January 5 Sunday following January 6: January 7 Monday after January 6: January 8 Second Monday: January 8 Friday before third Monday: January 12 Second Saturday: January 13 Third full week of January: January 15–19 Third Monday: January 15 Wednesday of the third full week of January: January 17 Friday between January 19–25: January"
"Saturday Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. The Romans named Saturday ""Sāturni diēs"" (""Saturn's Day"") no later than the 2nd century for the planet Saturn, which controlled the first hour of that day, according to Vettius Valens. The day's name was introduced into West Germanic languages and is recorded in the Low German languages such as Middle Low German ""sater(s)dach"", Middle Dutch ""saterdag"" (Modern Dutch ""zaterdag"") and Old English ""Sætern(es)dæġ"" and ""Sæterdæġ"". The day was also referred to as ""Sæternes dæġe"" in an Old English translation of Bede's ""Ecclesiastical History of the English People"". In"
"the last two years, Dutch insurers received reports of an average 7,800 traffic accidents each Friday; but the average figure when the 13th fell on a Friday was just 7,500."" In years which begin on the same day of the week and are of the same type (that is, whether they are a common year or leap year), Friday the 13th occurs in the same months. This sequence, given here for 1900–2099, follows a 28-year cycle from 1 March 1900 to 28 February 2100. The months with a Friday the 13th are determined by the Dominical letter (G, F, GF,"
"observance."" First Thursday: November 1 First Friday: November 2 Saturday between October 31 – November 6: November 3 First Saturday: November 3 First Sunday: November 4 Week of November 8: November 4–10 First Monday: November 5 Tuesday after the first Monday: November 6 Second Thursday: November 8 Second Saturday: November 10 Second Sunday: November 11 Week of November 11: November 11–17 Second Monday: November 12 Third week Weekdays of the third week Wednesday of the third week Third Thursday Third Friday Saturday before Fourth Thursday Third Friday until the next Monday Third Sunday Third Monday Day before fourth Thursday Fourth"
"the first day of the week. The international ISO 8601 standard places Monday as the first day of the week, and this is widely used on calendars in Europe and in international business. Monday is ""xīngqīyī (星期一)"" in Chinese, meaning ""day one of the week"". Modern Western culture usually looks at Monday as the beginning of the workweek. In Judaism Mondays are considered auspicious days for fasting. The Didache warned early Christians not to fast on Mondays to avoid Judaizing, and suggests Wednesdays instead. In Judaism the Torah is read in public on Monday mornings, one of three days the"
"13 BC Year 13 BC was either a common year starting on Friday, Saturday or Sunday or a leap year starting on Friday or Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Nero and Varus (or, less frequently, year 741 ""Ab urbe condita""). The denomination 13 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini"
"awareness about automotive safety, this is possible because there is at least one F13 each year. The table is for the Gregorian calendar and Jan/Feb for leap years. Friday the 13th Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, which happens at least once every year but can occur up to three times in the same year,for example in 2015, on 13 Feb, 13 March and 13 October. In 2017, it occurred twice, on 13 January and 13 October. In"
"Holy Monday Holy Monday or Great and Holy Monday (Greek: ""Μεγάλη Δευτέρα"", ""Megale Deutera"") is the Monday of Holy Week, which is the week before Easter. It is the third day of Holy Week in Eastern Christianity, after Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday, and the second day of Holy Week in Western Christianity, after Palm Sunday. The Gospels tell us of some of the events that actually occurred on the day of the Biblical Holy Monday. Some of the most notable and recognizable of these were the cursing of the fig tree (, ), the questioning of Jesus' authority (),"
"only one Friday the 13th; The only Friday the 13th in this common year occurs in June. Leap years starting on Tuesday share this characteristic. If the preceding year is a common year starting on Tuesday, then the year begins in ISO week 52; if the preceding year is a leap year starting on Monday, then the year begins in ISO week 53. In the (currently used) Gregorian calendar, alongside with Sunday, the fourteen types of year (seven common, seven leap) repeat in a 400-year cycle (20871 weeks). Forty-three common years per cycle or exactly 10.75% start on a Wednesday."
"Sunday Sunday is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday. Sunday is a day of rest in most Western countries, as a part of the weekend and weeknight. For most observant Christians, Sunday is observed as a day of worship and rest, holding it as the Lord's Day and the day of Christ's resurrection. In some Muslim countries and Israel, Sunday is the first work day of the week. According to the Hebrew calendar and traditional Christian calendars, Sunday is the first day of the week. But according to the International Organization for Standardization ISO 8601, Sunday is"
"year being a common year starting on Tuesday (F) (e.g. 2001/02, 2012/13 and 2018/19), or from August to October the following year being a leap year starting on Saturday (BA) (e.g. 1999/2000 and 2027/28). The shortest period that occurs with a Friday the 13th is just one month, from February to March in a common year starting on Thursday (D) (e.g. 2009, 2015 and 2026). Each Gregorian 400-year cycle contains 146,097 days (with 97 leap days) or exactly 20,871 weeks. Therefore, each cycle contains the same pattern of days of the week and thus the same pattern of Fridays that"
"first rainbow on the 15th of Sivan, the day on which God made his covenant with Noah. The Qumran community, commonly associated with the Essenes, held in its library several texts mentioning Shavuot, most notably a Hebrew original of the Book of Jubilees, which sought to fix the celebration of this Feast of Weeks on 15 of Sivan, following their interpretation of Exodus 19:1. Shavuot Shavuot () or Shovuos (), in Ashkenazi usage; Shavuʿoth in Sephardi and Mizrahi Hebrew (, ""Weeks""), is known as the Feast of Weeks in English and as Pentecost () in Ancient Greek. It is a"
"*104804 + 4, ""n"" = 104804 and ""k"" = 4 which implies that August 13, 2009 is the fourth day into the 104805th week since 01/01/0001. 13 August 2009 is Thursday; therefore, the first day of the week must be Monday, and it is concluded that the first day 01/01/0001 of the calendar is ""Monday"". Based on this, the remainder of the ratio ""Base/7"", defined above as ""k"", decides what day of the week it is. If ""k"" = 0, it's Monday, ""k"" = 1, it's Tuesday, etc. Determination of the day of the week The determination of the day"
"Wednesday Wednesday is the day of the week between Tuesday and Thursday. According to international standard ISO 8601 it is the third day of the week. In countries that use the ""Sunday-last"" convention and in the Jewish Hebrew calendar Wednesday is defined as the third day of the week. The name is derived from Old English ""Wōdnesdæg"" and Middle English ""Wednesdei"", ""day of Woden"", reflecting the pre-Christian religion practiced by the Anglo-Saxons, a variation of the Norse god Odin. In other languages, such as the French ""mercredi"" or Italian ""mercoledì"", the day's name is a calque of ""dies Mercurii"" ""day"
"Greek, ""Κυριακή ἡμέρα"", ""kyriake hemera"" i.e. the day of the Lord) in Rev. 1:10, which is another possible origin of the Armenian word for Sunday. However, in many European countries calendars almost always show Monday as the first day of the week, which follows the ISO 8601 standard. In the Persian calendar, Sunday is the second day of the week. However, it is called ""number one"" as counting starts from zero; the first day - Saturday - is denoted as 00. In Roman culture, Sunday was the day of the Sun god. In paganism, the sun was a source of"
"May 2013. The pataphysical calendar is a variation of the Gregorian calendar. The ""Collège de 'Pataphysique"" created the calendar in 1949. The pataphysical era (E.P.) started on Jarry's birthday, 8 September 1873 vulg. When converting pataphysical dates to Gregorian dates, the appendage (vulg.) for ""vulgate"" (""common"") is added. The week starts on a Sunday. Every 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd is a Sunday and every 13th day of a month falls on a Friday (see Friday the 13th). Each day is assigned a specific name or saint. For example, the 27 Haha (1 November vulg.) is called or the 14"
"Thursday–Friday to Friday–Saturday, or to Saturday–Sunday. Historically, the Christian Sabbath was just one day each week, but the preceding day (the Jewish Sabbath) came to be taken as a holiday as well in the twentieth century. This shift has been accompanied by a reduction in the total number of hours worked per week, following changes in employer expectations. The present-day concept of the ""weekend"" first arose in the industrial north of Britain in the early part of the nineteenth century. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Union was the first to successfully demand a five-day work week in 1929. Some"
"calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> 13 BC Year 13 BC was either a common year starting on Friday, Saturday or Sunday or a leap year starting on Friday or Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Nero and Varus (or, less frequently, year 741 ""Ab urbe condita""). The denomination 13 BC for this"
"the first and eighth day of the week, in the same way that Christ was the alpha and omega of the cosmos, existing both before and after time. The second day of the week recognized angels, ""the secondary luminaries as the first reflections of the primal outpouring of light"", just as the sun and the moon had been observed during the Roman week. John the Baptist, the forerunner (Prodromos) of Christ, was honored on the third day. Both the second and third days were viewed as occasions for penitence. The fourth and sixth days were dedicated to the Cross. The"
"Monday Monday is the day of the week between Sunday and Tuesday. According to the international standard ISO 8601 it is the first day of the week. The name of Monday is derived from Old English ""Mōnandæg"" and Middle English ""Monenday"", originally a translation of Latin ""dies lunae"" ""day of the Moon"". The names of the day of the week were coined in the Roman era, in Greek and Latin, in the case of Monday as ἡμέρᾱ Σελήνης, ""diēs Lūnae"" ""day of the Moon"". Most languages use terms either directly derived from these names, or loan-translations based on them. The"
"Twelve Days of Christmas The Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as Twelvetide, is a festive Christian season celebrating the Nativity of Jesus. In most Western ecclesiastical traditions, ""Christmas Day"" is considered the ""First Day of Christmas"" and the Twelve Days are 25 December – 5 January, inclusive. For many Christian denominations; for example, the Anglican Communion and Lutheran Church, the Twelve Days are identical to Christmastide, but for others, e.g., the Roman Catholic Church, ""Christmastide"" lasts longer than the Twelve Days of Christmas. Because the Armenian Apostolic Church and Armenian Catholic Church celebrate the Birth and Baptism of Christ"
"day of Passover week (Unleavened Bread) and an annual ""miqra"" and rest day, in most chronologies. (In other systems, it was Nisan 13 or 14, i.e., weekly but not annual Sabbath.) The King James Version may thus be the origin of naming the annual rest days ""High Sabbaths"" in English. In all four Gospels in the passages that describe the women coming to the Tomb on the ""first day of the week"" the actual language in Greek says that they came on the day after the sabbaths (plural), in that there were two sabbaths that week: the sabbath of Unleavened"
"(""I have lived"", implying death in the present), an omen of bad luck. In fact, in Italy, 13 is generally considered a lucky number. However, due to Americanization, young people consider Friday the 13th unlucky as well. The 2000 parody film ""Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth"" was released in Italy with the title ""Shriek – Hai impegni per venerdì 17?"" (""""Shriek – Do You Have Something to Do on Friday the 17th?""""). Friday the 17th occurs on a month starting on Wednesday. According to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North"
"of November he passed away. It is possible that the publication in 1907 of Thomas W. Lawson's popular novel ""Friday, the Thirteenth"", contributed to disseminating the superstition. In the novel, an unscrupulous broker takes advantage of the superstition to create a Wall Street panic on a Friday the 13th. A suggested origin of the superstition—Friday, 13 October 1307, the date Philip IV of France arrested hundreds of the Knights Templar—may not have been formulated until the 20th century. It is mentioned in the 1955 Maurice Druon historical novel ""The Iron King"" (""Le Roi de fer""), John J. Robinson's 1989 work"