February 2027: four of each weekday, one stacked Sunday
Dispatch from the tidiest page of the year. February 2027 runs 28 days, Monday 1 to Sunday 28 February, and each weekday turns up exactly four times. No square is spare and none is doubled. Beneath the neatness sits a crowd. An annular solar eclipse and a penumbral lunar eclipse both call this month home. A Super Bowl lands on Sunday 14 February, and one week later a Sunday holds three showpieces at once. Our correspondent has ruled a line under both dates.
A month with straight edges
February 2027 opens on Monday 1 February and closes on Sunday 28 February. Every column of a Monday-start grid receives exactly four squares, so each weekday occurs four times. The tally is 20 business days, alongside 8 weekend days, inside ISO weeks 5 to 8.
The Fridays fall on 5, 12, 19 and 26 February. The Saturdays take 6, 13, 20 and 27 February. The Sundays hold 7, 14, 21 and 28 February. It is the only month of the first half with this shape, and it will not negotiate.
Two eclipses, four moons
The sky keeps lunar time all month. A new moon arrived on or near Saturday 6 February. First quarter follows on Sunday 14 February, full moon on Saturday 20 February and last quarter on Sunday 28 February. One phase lands in each week, in step with the grid.
Two eclipses join in. An annular solar eclipse arrived on or near Saturday 6 February. A penumbral lunar eclipse lands on Saturday 20 February. The penumbral kind is a shading rather than a bite, worth a look but not an early alarm.
Sunday 14 February, booked twice
Super Bowl LXI kicks off at SoFi Stadium on Sunday 14 February. It is the first time the game has fallen on that date. England host France in the Six Nations the same day in London. The first-quarter moon is up that evening for anyone stepping out between broadcasts.
The championship opened on Friday 5 February, Ireland against England in Dublin. The ski worlds at Crans-Montana run from Monday 1 to Sunday 14 February. Two broadcasts and a mountain range compete for the same weekend, which is February behaving normally.
Sunday 21 February, booked three times
A week later the diary folds again. The Daytona 500 runs on Sunday 21 February. The NBA All-Star Game follows that evening from Phoenix, with the BAFTA Film Awards on the same night in London. Motor racing, basketball and film share one date across three time zones.
The All-Star weekend runs Friday 19 to Sunday 21 February. NASCAR opens its season at Daytona on Saturday 13 February with the Clash. Our correspondent has planned a rota and a quiet Monday 22 February.
Four of each weekday, one moon phase per week, two eclipses. February 2027 is short, level and fully booked.