Show 53 sundays in year according to the gregorian calendar every year has as 53 days of the one it begins on generally speaking the year contains 53 sundays every five or six years this occurred in 1928 1933 1939 and again in 1944 1950 1956 1961 1967 etc the united states naval observatory atory points out that in any continuous series of 28 23 years five have 53 sundays unless the series includes a year whose number ends in two ciphers without its being a leap year as in 1700 1800 1900 when leap year begins on saturday two of the six year periods fall consecutively philadelphia inquirer |