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At this point, the pattern is disrupted. The next cycle would ordinarily be 1851/1901, but the year 1900 is evenly divisible by 100, and not by 400, thus breaking the regular cycle of leap year occurrences. A new pair of cycles is started (Table 9.3).
Table 9.3 Disruption in Gregorian cycle.
Source YearTarget YearYear DifferenceYear TypeCycle
(1 = gray, 2 = white)
18511902514
18541905511
18551906512
18581909516
18591910517
18621913514
18631914515
18661917512
18671918513
18701921517
18711922511
18741925515
18751926516
18781929513
18791930514
18821933511
18831934512
18861937516
18871938517
18901941514
18911942515
18941945512
18951946513
18981949517
18991950511

 
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