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Dated calendar

Generate a printable calendar

Choose a month and a year and the dates arrive in the right columns. Print one month per page with room to write in every day, or twelve consecutive months on a single sheet for the overview.

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One month per page US Letter Landscape 1 page
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What does this calendar generator produce?

A calendar with the dates already placed: each day sits under the correct weekday, and the page carries only the rows that month needs. A month that opens on the first day of the week and runs 28 days fits in four rows; one that spills past the fifth row gets a sixth. Because the row count follows the month instead of a fixed six, short months hand their spare height back to the cells you write in.

Printing a calendar people can actually read

Print at actual size rather than fit to page, which rescales the whole sheet. Landscape gives wider day cells and suits a sheet that gets written on; portrait makes the page taller and lays the year view out in three columns instead of four. For a sheet that only gets read, turn the writing lines off and use a light line colour: the grid is there to separate the days, not to compete with them.

When dates beat a blank grid

A dated calendar is the right page when the plan is tied to real days, because nobody has to copy the numbers in by hand. A blank grid is the right page when the same template repeats every month, or when the schedule has no fixed start, which is why the monthly planner in this collection stays undated on purpose. One is dated for a specific month or run of months; the other remains undated and can be reused.

Four settings that change the sheet

Deciding how the calendar should be shaped

The form is short, but each control answers a different question about who reads the page and what gets written on it.

1. Choose the layout by how much gets written

One month per page leaves space in every day cell, which is what a desk or a family calendar needs. Twelve months on one sheet leaves little practical writing room, but it shows a whole year at a glance, which is what you want for planning terms, trips, or deadlines before the detail exists.

2. The week start changes the shape, not just the order

Moving the first column from Monday to Sunday shifts every date one column, and that can change how many rows the month needs. February 2026 opens on a Sunday, so it fills exactly four rows with a Sunday start and five with a Monday start. Pick the start your readers expect, then let the row count follow.

3. Week numbers follow ISO, not the page

The numbers are ISO 8601 week numbers, which are always counted from Monday. With a Sunday start the row and the ISO week no longer begin on the same day, so the number shown is the one belonging to the Monday inside that row.

4. Turn off what the reader does not need

Days from the neighbouring months help you see where the month ends; on a clean wall sheet they are noise. Writing lines help on a desk calendar and disappear under nothing on a wall. Both are single toggles, so print one page, look at it on the wall or on the desk, and set them from that rather than from the screen.

Using a printed calendar

Notes on getting a year onto paper.

A calendar is only useful if it covers the right span and lands on the right surface. These notes are about both.

Start the year where your year starts

Both layouts run forward from the month you pick, so a year does not have to begin in January. Starting in September gives a school year on one sheet; starting in April or July matches the financial years used in several countries. The heading names both years when the span crosses December, so the sheet explains itself.

Print the run in one job

The month count goes up to twelve and gives each month its own page, so a term or a whole year comes out of a single print job with the settings applied once. Consecutive months roll over the year end without any extra setting.

Use the year sheet as the index and the month pages as the surface

The two layouts are not alternatives so much as two zoom levels. The year sheet is where you see that two deadlines land in the same week; the month page is where you write what to do about it. Printing both from the same start month keeps them in step.

Orientation changes the cells, not the numbers

Landscape gives the widest day cells, portrait gives the taller page and a narrower one. The day numbers are set at the same size in both, so the choice is about how much room there is beside them, not about how large the dates print.

Short months are worth more space

Because only the needed rows are drawn, a four row or five row month gives every cell more height than a six row month on the same paper. If a particular month is the busy one, that is the month to print on its own page rather than folding it into a year sheet.

The link is the template

Every setting travels in the page address, so a configured calendar can be bookmarked and reopened next year with one change to the year field. That is also how you keep a set consistent: same link, different starting month.

FAQ

Printable calendar FAQ

Does the calendar include public holidays?

No, and that is deliberate. Holidays differ by country, by region within a country, and by year, and a calendar that prints the wrong ones is worse than one that prints none. The day cells are left empty so you can write in the dates that apply where you are.

Which years can I generate?

The year list runs from last year to five years ahead, which covers planning that is already under way and planning that is still being sketched. The list is bounded rather than open ended.

Why do some months fill six rows and others only four?

A month needs as many rows as it takes to reach its last day from wherever its first day lands in the week. A 31 day month that starts on the last day of the week spills into a sixth row; a 28 day February that starts on the first day of the week fits in four. Only the rows in use are drawn, so the cells stay as tall as the month allows.

Are the week numbers the same as the ones in my calendar app?

They are ISO 8601 week numbers. ISO weeks start on Monday and belong to the year containing their Thursday, which is why the first days of January sometimes carry week 52 or 53 of the previous year. With a Sunday start selected, the number shown is the one for the Monday inside that row.

Can I print a school or financial year rather than a calendar year?

Yes. The year layout prints twelve consecutive months starting from whichever month you choose, so September to August or April to March come out on one sheet. When the span crosses December the heading names both years.

Is the calendar free, and does the PDF carry a watermark?

It is free, needs no account, and adds no watermark or branding. The settings live in the page address, so you can bookmark a configured calendar and print the same one again later.