Question:What was the day of the week on 12th January, 1979 ?
Answer
Number of odd days in (1600 + 300) years = (0 + 1) = 1.
78 years = (19 leap years + 59 ordinary years)
= (38 + 59) odd days = 97 odd days = 6 odd days.
12 days of January have 5 odd days.
:. Total number of odd days = (1 + 6 + 5) = 5 odd days.
:. The desired day was 'Friday'.