Day 241 of the year
The 241st day of 2026 is Saturday, August 29, 2026. It was 25 days ago.
Where day 241 lands in other years
The calendar date for a given day number moves only because of leap years. In a common year day 241 is one date; from 1 March in a leap year it shifts back by one.
| Year | Date | Weekday | Leap year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | August 29 | Saturday | no |
| 2027 | August 29 | Sunday | no |
| 2028 | August 28 | Monday | yes |
| 2029 | August 29 | Wednesday | no |
| 2030 | August 29 | Thursday | no |
Day 241 in context
Day 241 sits in August, on the 29th of the month, in the third quarter. By that point 240 days of the year have already gone and the year is 66.0% complete.
| Anchor | Day number | Distance from day 241 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January | 1 | 240 days before |
| 1 April | 91 | 150 days before |
| 1 July | 182 | 59 days before |
| 1 October | 274 | 33 days after |
| 31 December | 365 | 124 days after |
Counting to and from day 241
Ordinal day numbers make in-year arithmetic trivial: the gap between two dates in the same year is just the difference of their day numbers. Day 241 minus today's day 266 gives 25 days, with no month lengths to reason about. That is exactly why batch codes, expiry stamps and flight schedules use them.
Questions
- What date is day 241 of the year?
- Saturday, August 29, 2026.
- What weekday is it?
- A Saturday in 2026.
- How far away is it?
- 25 days ago.
Reading the number back
To go the other way, from a calendar date to a day number, add up the lengths of the months before it and then add the day of the month. For August 29 in 2026 that is 212 days across the earlier months plus 29, giving 241. The only wrinkle is February, which is why the same date can carry two different day numbers depending on whether the year is a leap year.