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Friday the 13th Date Finder

Pick a year range and the tool lists every Friday the 13th inside it using the Gregorian calendar, plus how many days remain until the next one from today. Every Gregorian year contains at least 1 and at most 3 Friday the 13ths — the maximum occurs when Jan 1 falls on a Sunday (leap year) or a Thursday (common year).

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2026-11-13

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    Formula

    weekday = Gregorian Sakamoto algorithm; keep dates where day = 13 and weekday = Friday.

    Frequently asked

    What is the maximum number of Friday the 13ths in a single year?

    Maximum 3, minimum 1. Three occurs in two patterns: (1) a common year whose Jan 1 is a Thursday (e.g. 2026 has Feb, Mar, Nov); (2) a leap year whose Jan 1 is a Sunday (e.g. 2012 had Jan, Apr, Jul). Every Gregorian year is guaranteed at least one — with 12 months mapping to 7 possible weekdays, the pigeonhole principle forces at least one collision with Friday.

    Why is Friday the 13th considered unlucky?

    It is a fusion of two older superstitions: 13 evokes the 13 guests at the Last Supper (Judas being the 13th) in Christian tradition, and Friday is the day of the Crucifixion. The combination only became culturally widespread after Thomas Lawson's 1907 novel "Friday, the Thirteenth". Empirical studies disagree on whether anything actually happens — Roberts & Boruff (1991) found slightly more UK road accidents that day, but larger samples (e.g. Náñez, 2008) found no statistically significant effect.

    What are the shortest and longest gaps between two Friday the 13ths?

    Shortest gap: 28 days — February 13 to March 13 in a common year whose Jan 1 is a Thursday. Longest gap: about 14 months (426–427 days), usually spanning a full calendar year. Across a 28-year leap cycle the mean gap between consecutive Friday the 13ths is roughly 4.3 months, while the median is 7 months.

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