We are in the second month of 2026, and February can’t seem to catch a break. In fact, social media has been abuzz about the short month for weeks and months leading up to the second month of this year.
Why? For a simple reason that February is aesthetically pleasing this year, as it looks picture-perfect on the calendar app of smartphone users. To check this, just open your calendar app to see how the month is a perfect rectangle, packed from end to end.
Kicked off on a Sunday, the month ends on a Saturday. Sucker for patterns in everyday, mundane things, humans have taken a particular liking to February 2026, so discovering its screenshot in a future compilation of “oddly satisfying” videos may not be a stretch, after all.
However, amid this general appreciation for February, an X user’s “fun fact” about a rare event that only occurs every 823 years during February has raised several eyebrows online, with many going, “rubbish!”
Why does this story matter? The now-viral post of the old myth shared on X has been viewed over 6 million times.
“This February Month Is Special…”
Sharing why this February was particularly special, the X user (@yo_Obamaa) highlighted a “unique” pattern about the month.
“This February month is special
4 Mondays
4 Tuesdays
4 Wednesdays
4 Thursdays
4 Fridays
4 Saturdays
4 Sundays
This only happens once every 823 years!”
Fake News
This claim of the February days occurring four times each, an event as rare that it only happens once in 823 years, is fake. In any February that isn’t a leap year (29 days), all the days of the week repeat four times.
“Old Myth”
The old myth has been a popular “fun fact” that has existed on the Internet for many, many years. A fact-check report published in 2022 in AFP noted that this “rare” February trivia has been a mainstay on Facebook since 2014 and occasionally appears on social media platforms in African countries, among others. The daily also debunked such posts that were posted in Spanish, Arabic, and even Portuguese across the years.
Another Rage Bait?
The X user seemed to have accepted their error while sharing the popular old myth.
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Okay right
— OBAMA🇺🇸🇬🇭 (@yo_Obamaa) February 1, 2026
However, the post, which has clocked millions of views, remained up despite other users flagging it and adding context in the Community Notes under the post, stating that the combination of days and weeks was anything but an uncommon occurrence.
Rubbish
— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) February 1, 2026
“Symmetrical February”
Hundreds of users on Elon Musk-owned social media platform X have been sharing screenshots of their calendar app since the past few weeks, showing the aesthetic month of February this year.
The 28-day month perfectly fits into four-week rows. Again, not an uncommon event.
This month fits perfectly into 4 week rows on a calendar because Feb 1 is Sunday. This wont' happen again until 2026. pic.twitter.com/CMwVRTeuX5
— Smarter Every Day (@smartereveryday) February 1, 2015
Not For All
There were, however, some users who were upset that they couldn’t enjoy the “perfect symmetry” of February like the other human beings could, as Mondays are observed as the first day of the month in several countries across the globe.
“Whether the Gregorian calendar shows Sunday or Monday as the first day of the week depends on where you live. Most countries start the week on Monday, but most people start on Sunday:
67 countries and over 4 billion people start the week on Sunday
160 countries and roughly 3.3 billion people start on Monday,” timeanddate.com noted.
For the rest of us, who can enjoy the “perfect February,” the “11-6″ year pattern of it from 2015 till 2100 has been typed out by this kind Reddit user in an oddly satisfying comment.
