Plain text calendar template

I have been enjoying my CAL.md, a plaintext calendar for a couple months. I have only used it for personal reminders as the family calendar, single-source-of-truth is a traditional wall-hung month view calendar; no chance of changing that! I still like my own plaintext file to keep track of a few things, especially finance, birthdays, and such. I tried the very basic one line per day approach per the ‘calender.txt’ format, but I like a bit more visual distinction. Below I’ll briefly describe the format, how I check it in Obsidian, and how I currently use it. The format is best seen in the example snippet below. If you want the full description, see the footnote1. # 2026 ... ## PRESENT ······························· **2026-05-11 May w20** - 2026-05-11 May w20 *Mon* - Example event, task or reminder - 2026-05-12 May w20 *Tue* - 2026-05-13 May w20 *Wed* - 2026-05-14 May w20 *Thu* - 2026-05-15 May w20 *Fri* - Example repeated event (r) with +tag – – – – – – – – – – - 2026-05-16 May w20…