Documentation & Readme

1. About the Daily Calendar Puzzle

Unlike most puzzle games that end once solved, the Daily Calendar Puzzle offers ongoing year-round challenges. It is engineered across two primary mathematical configurations:

  • Month-Date puzzles offer 366 validated layout configurations to solve all year round, plus optional layout variations such as November 31.
  • Month-Date-Weekday puzzles provide 366 × 7 distinct validated puzzle layout targets, offering over 7 unique years of daily puzzles without repetition.

Whether active on the puzzle tracking space or utilizing its clean design context, a Daily Calendar Puzzle makes an excellent desktop layout accessory, office decoration, or personalized gift.

2. Puzzle Nomenclature Explained

For X-Y Oriented Daily Calendar Puzzles:

  • 2BD: Denotes a dual-board puzzle layout configuration featuring detached Month and Date matrix boards.
  • 7x8: Describes a geometric framework structured with 7 columns and 8 rows, integrating necessary blank or blocked grid cells.
  • 9x6P10: Breaks down to 9 columns, 6 structural rows, and 10 distinctive interlocking puzzle pieces.

For Axial System Daily Calendar Puzzles:

  • 43p9F: Describes a layout structured with 43 grid cells and 9 unique puzzle pieces mapped over a Flat-Top board architecture.
  • 43p9P: Describes a layout structured with 43 grid cells and 9 unique puzzle pieces mapped over a Pointy-Top board architecture.