As an Amazon Associate we earn commission from the qualifying purchase, when you purchase a book from our product link. Click here for disclosure details.
Maths Query > Unit > Knowledge > History

Important Days in Mathematics Celebrated in the World

Calendar of important Math days in 2024

NameDate
E-Day (Eulers Number)07-02-2024
Pi Day14-03-2024
Palindrome Day20-04-2024 to 29-04-2024
Women in Mathematics Day12-05-2024
Fibonacci Day23-11-2024
National Mathematics Day (India)22-12-2024

Calendar of important Math days in 2025

NameDate
E-Day (Eulers Number)07-02-2025
Pi Day14-03-2025
Square Root Day05-05-2025
Women in Mathematics Day12-05-2025
Palindrome Day21-05-2025 to 29-05-2025
Pythagorean Theorem Day24-07-2025
Fibonacci Day23-11-2025
National Mathematics Day (India)22-12-2025

List of important days in Mathematics

NameDateWebsite Link
E-Day (Eulers Number)7th of February every year
Fibonacci Day23rd of November every year
National Mathematics Day (India)22 December
Palindrome DayNot a fixed date
Pi Day14th of March every yearThe International Day of Mathematics (IDM)
Pythagorean Theorem DayNot a fixed date
Square Root DayOccurs 9 times only in one century
Women in Mathematics Day12th of May every yearCelebrating Women in Mathematics (May12 Initiative)
World Maths DayNot a fixed dateWorld Maths Day (3P Learning)

E-Day (Eulers Number)

E-day is celebrated to celebrate the mathematical constant e, which is called as Euler’s Number and has a value of 2.7182818.
It is celebrated on 7th of February every year. The date is chosen from the the first two digits of the Euler’s Number.

Fibonacci Day

Fibonacci Day is celebrated on 23rd of November every year. It is celebrated to honour Italian mathematician Leonardo Bonacci, the most talented Western Mathematician of the Middle Ages.
He is also known as Leonardo of Pisa and Leonardo Fibonacci. He introduced Europe to the Hindu-Arabic numeral system to ease the calculations with numbers unlike Roman numerals.
He introduced one of the most influential sequence of numbers called as Fibonacci Numbers, which further derives a unique ratio in mathematics, called as “Golden Ratio”. Surprisingly, Golden ratio can describe many phenomenon of nature to financial markets.
Fibonacci day is celebrated on 23rd November every year and the date 11/23 is selected because the digits in 11/23 makes the part of Fibonacci sequence i.e. 1, 1, 2, 3.

National Mathematics Day (India)

National Mathematics day is celebrated in India on 22 December every year which is the birth anniversary of famous mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who contributed to number theory, infinite series and continued fractions in his short span of life only.
He was the youngest to receive Fellows of the Royal Society and elected as Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Palindrome Day

Palindrome Day is the day of the year which makes same pattern like Palindrome. Palindrome is word or a number which can be read in both forward and backward directions and reading in both directions makes the same word or the number.
For a day to be a palindrome it must be in a format of mm/dd/yyyy or mm/dd/yy.

Example

20 May, 2025
We can write it as 5/20/25 in m/dd/yy format.
The number sequence is 52025 in forward direction (left to right).
And, number sequence is 52025 in backward direction (right to left).
So, it is a palindrome because the number 52025 comes out to be same if read in either direction, which makes 5/20/25 as a palindrome day.

The last palindrome days started from 20/04/2024 to 29/04/2024.

List of the last Palindrome Days in 2024

DateNumber in forward directionNumber in backward direction
April 20, 2024 (4/20/24)4202442024
April 21, 2024 (4/21/24)4212442124
April 22, 2024 (4/22/24)4222442224
April 23, 2024 (4/23/24)4232442324
April 24, 2024 (4/24/24)4242442424
April 25, 2024 (4/25/24)4252442524
April 26, 2024 (4/26/24)4262442624
April 27, 2024 (4/27/24)4272442724
April 28, 2024 (4/28/24)4282442824
April 29, 2024 (4/29/24)4292442924

The next upcoming palindrome days will start from 21/05/2025 to 29/05/2025.

List of upcoming Palindrome Days in 2025

DateNumber in forward directionNumber in backward direction
May 20, 2025 (5/20/25)5202552025
May 21, 2025 (5/21/25)5212552125
May 22, 2025 (5/22/25)5222552225
May 23, 2025 (5/23/25)5232552325
May 24, 2025 (5/24/25)5242552425
May 25, 2025 (5/25/25)5252552525
May 26, 2025 (5/26/25)5262552625
May 27, 2025 (5/27/25)5272552725
May 28, 2025 (5/28/25)5282552825
May 29, 2025 (5/29/25)5292552925

Pi Day (International Day of Mathematics)

Pi is the most famous number and a mathematical constant, which has a value of 3.142. It is observed on 14 March of every year. It is also known by the name of International Day of Mathematics from November, 2019 onwards.
The official website of International Day of Mathematics is The International Day of Mathematics (IDM).
It is observed on 3/14 because the three digits 3, 1 and 4 makes the first 3 numbers of Pi value.

To celebrate the upcoming International Day of Mathematics in the year 2025, the International Mathematical Union announced the theme Mathematics, Art, and Creativity. You can organize and decorate your own event to celebrate it.

Pythagorean Theorem Day

Pythagorean Theorem Day is celebrated all over the world to celebrate the famous theorem of Geometry Pythagoras Theorem. The date of celebration is calculated using the Pythagoras formula.
We know the Pythagoras formula states that the sum of squares of perpendicular and base is equal to the square of the hypotenuse.
The date of celebration in a year falls on the day when the sum of squares of date and month equals the square of the last two digits of the year.

Example

Pythagorean Theorem Day in year 2017 was 15 August, 2017. Let’s see how it is calculated.
Date = 15
Month = 8
Last two digits of year 2017 = 17
∴ 152 + 82 = 225 + 64 = 289
also, 172 = 289
So, for 15 August, 2017, sum of squares of 15 and 8 is equal to square of 17.
This is how the date is calculated for Pythagorean Theorem Day.

The next Pythagorean Theorem Day in the future falls on 24 July, 2025.

Square Root Day

Square Root Day is the rarest mathematics day because it cannot be celebrated every year. Surprisingly, its occurrence is only 9 times in one century.
It is celebrated on the days when both date and month are the square root values of the last two digits of the year.
It was started by Ron Gordon, a high school teacher from Redwood City, California on September 9, 1981 (9/9/81).
The last square root day celebrated was on 4 April, 2016 (4/4/2016). The next upcoming Square Root Day is 5 May, 2025 (5/5/25).
Let’s take an example of square root day and see how it is calculated.

Example

February 2, 2004 (2/2/04)
day = 2, month = 2, year = 04
day = 2 = √4
month = 2 = √4
So, square root of year 04 is equal to both day 02 and month 02 of 2/2/04

List of Square Root Days in a century

DateDayMonthYearSquare root of year
January 1, 2001 (1/1/01)111√1 = 1
February 2, 2004 (2/2/04)224√4 = 2
March 3, 2009 (3/3/09)339√9 = 3
April 4, 2016 (4/4/16)4416√16 = 4
May 5, 2025 (5/5/25)5525√25 = 5
June 6, 2036 (6/6/36)6636√1 = 6
July 7, 2049 (7/7/49)7749√49 = 7
August 8, 2064 (8/8/64)8864√64 = 8
September 9, 2081 (9/9/81)9981√81 = 9

Women in Mathematics Day

Women in Mathematics Day is celebrated worldwide on 12th of May every year.
It is the day to celebrate for women in mathematics for their achievements in the field of mathematics and to encourage to an open, welcoming and inclusive environment for everybody.
The events to celebrate the day take place from 1 May to 15 June.
May 12 Initiative is the website whose goal is to inspire women everywhere in the world to celebrate their achievements in mathematics and to encourage an open, welcoming and inclusive work environment for everybody.

World Maths Day

World Maths Day is a global celebration of mathematics where millions of students aged 5 to 18 across the world compete in Live Mathletics challenges.
It’s free and open to schools all over the world. Any student aged from 5 to 18 years can participate and win the prizes.
If you would like to know when it will be celebrated in this year or interested to know how it works, what to do on the day and download World Maths Day Handbook, please visit World Maths Day by 3P Learning website.

Frequently Asked Questions

1) When is Pi Day celebrated?

Pi day is celebrated every year to celebrate the mathematical constant pi (π) which has value of 3 .14159265359 and 3.14 when rounded off to two decimal places. The day of observance of pi day is March 14 because 14 (date) and 3(month) occur in the value of pi which is 3.14.

2) When is Pythagoras Theorem Day celebrated?

Pythagoras Theorem Day is also know by name of Pythagorean Theorem Day. It is celebrated in the year which has sum of squares of dates and month equal to square of last two digits of the year. The next Pythagoras Day in the future will fall on 24.07.2025.

3) When is the upcoming square root day in 2025?

The upcoming Square Root in 2025 is 05.05.2025 because 5² + 5² = 25.

Last updated on: 17-08-2024