961
| Years | 
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| Millennium | 
| 1st millennium | 
| Centuries | 
| Decades | 
| Years | 
| 961 by topic | 
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| Leaders | 
| Categories | 
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| Gregorian calendar | 961 CMLXI | 
| Ab urbe condita | 1714 | 
| Armenian calendar | 410 ԹՎ ՆԺ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 5711 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 882–883 | 
| Bengali calendar | 367–368 | 
| Berber calendar | 1911 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 1505 | 
| Burmese calendar | 323 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 6469–6470 | 
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3658 or 3451 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3659 or 3452 | 
| Coptic calendar | 677–678 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2127 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 953–954 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 4721–4722 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1017–1018 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 882–883 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4061–4062 | 
| Holocene calendar | 10961 | 
| Iranian calendar | 339–340 | 
| Islamic calendar | 349–350 | 
| Japanese calendar | Tentoku 5 / Ōwa 1 (応和元年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 861–862 | 
| Julian calendar | 961 CMLXI | 
| Korean calendar | 3294 | 
| Minguo calendar | 951 before ROC 民前951年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | −507 | 
| Seleucid era | 1272/1273 AG | 
| Thai solar calendar | 1503–1504 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1087 or 706 or −66 — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1088 or 707 or −65 | 
Year 961 (CMLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.