The Perpetual Calendar

by Lois Breneman

This is the time of year when we try to have an ample supply of calendars for our home.

Years ago I bought more calendars than I really needed because they were super cute and very inexpensive.  Not a money-saving tip!  I thought I would use them as gifts, but then I changed my mind.  So I hung onto them, which IS a money-saving tip, because of the following information! Some of the nice calendars that we had used were not marked up, so those can be recycled.

I have four very nice specialty calendars with lovely pictures that I'll need to pass on to a younger person though.  Why? Well, because the next year they will match up, I will be one hundred years old!  I doubt I'll be needing them.  If I'm still alive, I probably won't know what day it is, even with a calendar!  Although I do enjoy saving money, sorry to say, this was *not* a money-saving measure!

Thanks to the perpetual calendar chart, we can find out other years that those calendars can used! http://www.vpcalendar.net/20th_21st.html

For the following five years in red, a calendar from those previous years listed will work, which means you don't need to buy more calendars if you have any from these corresponding years!

This link works even better when searching for a specific year so you can find out how it can be used again if not marked up:
http://www.whencanireusethiscalendar.com/

2017 - 1978 - 1989 - 1995 - 2006
2018 - 1973 - 1979 - 1990 - 2001 - 2007
2019 - 1974 - 1985 - 1991 - 2002 - 2013
2020 - 1964 - 1992  (Leap Year means less corresponding years)
2021 - 1965 - 1971 - 1982 - 1993 - 1999 - 2010

So don't toss out your old calendars.  Simply refer to a perpetual calendar.  I plan to label my old calendars to use in the future, since they're in perfect condition.

The Perpetual Calendar - Only 14 Different Calendars

by Lois Breneman - Copyright 2009 - Revised 2011

Studying a perpetual calendar is very interesting! 
http://www.vpcalendar.net/20th_21st.html

Did you know there are only 14 different calendars that are used over and over again?  At this site you can see them all, with the years they were used or will be used.  Below each calendar you will those years. You can check to see on which day of the week you and others were born.
If you have saved some special calendars, because of the beautiful scenic pictures, cute babies or animals, you can squeeze another year out of them!  I know this isn’t a great money-saving tip, but it is a way of using nice calendars that you may have filed away.   

For This Year   . . . . .  You can use an identical calendar from                                           these past years:          
 

In 2011, you can use calendars from 2005 and 1994.
In 2012, you can use calendars from 1984 and 1956.
In 2013, you can use calendars from 2002 and 1991.
In 2014, you can use calendars from 2003 and 1986.
In 2015, you can use calendars from 2009 and 1998. 

Or if you would like to print out your own calendar, this link will do the trick!  http://www.vpcalendar.net/20th_21st.html