(Found) Short story about predicting end of world

[khms]

I know I've read this several times, but I can't convince Google to tell me what it is. It was, of course, in a collection. First read it decades ago.
The basic plot, as best as I can remember:
- some statistician or similar notices that a large number of natural cycles of different lengths all coincide at a date a few days in the future
- story ends at that day, protagonist walks over a hill before sunrise, horizon gets brighter ... and brighter ... and brighter ... (presumably, sun has gone nova)

 

[Orcadian]

@khms Not sure if you mean a full novel, but a couple of novellas / short stories come to mind: Isaac Asimov's Nightfall and Arthur C. Clarke's Rescue Party.

 

[BAYLOR]

Sounds a bit like the The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes by Margaret St Clair .

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

This appears to be "The Year of the Jackpot" by Robert A. Heinlein. Detailed description here:

The Year of the Jackpot - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It has the statistics and a reference to the sun going nova that you mention. It has been reprinted many times:

Title: The Year of the Jackpot

isfdb.org

 

[sueelleker]

That was the one I thought of, though I couldn't remember the title.

 

[khms]

This appears to be "The Year of the Jackpot" by Robert A. Heinlein. Detailed description here:

The Year of the Jackpot - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It has the statistics and a reference to the sun going nova that you mention. It has been reprinted many times:

Title: The Year of the Jackpot

isfdb.org

Thank you! That is indeed the one.