On 31 st December, 2005 it was Saturday, Number of odd days from the year 2006 to the year 2009
= 1 odd day of 2006 + 1 odd day of 2007 + 2 odd days of 2008 (leap year) + 1 odd day of 2009
= 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 5
∴ On 31st December 2009, it was Thursday
Thus, on 2nd January 2010, it was Saturday .