Dominical Letter

The Dominical Letter is related to the Solar Number. For Julian years, then Dominical Letter can be found in the table below.

Solar NumberDominical LetterSolar NumberDominical Letter
1GF15C
2E16B
3D17AG
4C18F
5BA19E
6G20D
7F21CB
8E22A
9DC23G
10B24F
11A25ED
12G26C
13FE27B
14D28A

For Leap years, there are two Dominical Letters. The first one is for January and February. The second one is for March to December.

Like with the Epact, for a Gregorian year a correction has to be made.
The following table lists the correct Domincal Letters for the years up to 2499.

Solar
Number
Dominical Letter
1583-16991700-17991800-18991900-20992100-21992200-22992300-2499
1CBDCEDFEGFAGBA
2ABCDEFG
3GABCDEF
4FGABCDE
5EDFEGFAGBACBDC
6CDEFGAB
7BCDEFGA
8ABCDEFG
9GFAGBACBDCEDFE
10EFGABCD
11DEFGABC
12CDEFGAB
13BACBDCEDFEGFAG
14GABCDEF
15FGABCDE
16EFGABCD
17DCEDFEGFAGBACB
18BCDEFGA
19ABCDEFG
20GABCDEF
21FEGFAGBACBDCED
22DEFGABC
23CDEFGAB
24BCDEFGA
25AGBACBDCEDFEGF
26FGABCDE
27EFGABCD
28DEFGABC
1583-16991700-17991800-18991900-20992100-21992200-22992300-2499

For example: the Dominical Letter for the year 1999 (Solar Number 20) is C.

All Sundays for a given year can be found in the Sundays table.


1998-09-03