The Simplest Method Of Calander Calculating

[Autonomous]

I originally came across calander calculation when researching splinter skills in savants. Soon thereafter I came across the actual techniques online and then in one of Tony Buzans books. Although the simplest, it is least generalizable, in that it can only be used one year at a time instead of many.

Firstly, you must take a calendar and write down on paper in groups of three the date of the first Sunday in each month. For this year, 2006, the first Sundays are:

155-274-263-153

Take 10 minutes to memorize them, making sure to review them everyday for 3 days within an hour of going to sleep. Going over the number right before bed instead of earlier in the day dramatically improves the ability to keep the information in memory. So now what? Well, now it is a simple matter of arithmetic. Lets say you want to know what day September 18, 2006 falls on. Well, simply take the 9th number in the pre-memorized 12 digit sequence. For 2006, the 9th digit is 3. Every time you add 7, you advance ahead one sunday. So keep adding 7 until the number remaining is less than 7.

3+7=10+7=17

Now we are as close as is possible to 18. We also know the 17th is a Sunday. So all that is left is to add the remainder, in this case 1, to Sunday. This would bring us to a Monday.

September 18, 2006 = Monday

[Autonomous]

I must add that if you have a 10 step loci or journey you can combine it with the link and major systems to be able to calculate a decades worth of dates. All one has to do is convert each 3 digit string into an image and link them together and place the first item in the linked story on the route used for the journey or the room used for the loci.

[Stephen]

Just started reading the posts and would like to know in which book of Tony Buzan is this technique mentioned?

Stephen