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2024-11-23
I made a very compact printable calendar…
I wanted a yearly calendar to put into my wallet. Like a credit card sized one. I ended up with a stamp sized one. It is based on the idea of the thumb calendar [3] but less artistic and therefore, more compact.
Here's how it looks for 2025:
| JAN | we | th | fr | sa | su | mo | tu | | FEB | sa | su | mo | tu | we | th | fr | | MAR | sa | su | mo | tu | we | th | fr | | APR | tu | we | th | fr | sa | su | mo | | MAY | th | fr | sa | su | mo | tu | we | | JUN | su | mo | tu | we | th | fr | sa | | | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | | | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | | | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | | | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | | | 29 | 30 | 31 | | | | | | JUL | tu | we | th | fr | sa | su | mo | | AUG | fr | sa | su | mo | tu | we | th | | SEP | mo | tu | we | th | fr | sa | su | | OCT | we | th | fr | sa | su | mo | tu | | NOV | sa | su | mo | tu | we | th | fr | | DEC | mo | tu | we | th | fr | sa | su |
With clever folding you can have the center grid of numbers visible, plus the month you want and at most one more. For November 2025:
| | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 |
| | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| | 29 | 30 | 31 | | | | |
| NOV | sa | su | mo | tu | we | th | fr |
As long as you know the current weekday or day-of-the-month, it's easy to find the corresponding other value — just like any other calendar.
Bonus points for coloring all cells of months with the same number of days the same color as the number cell of the same value.
Here is a LibreOffice template for 2024 and 2025:
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