Organizing the calendar into regular measure.
Taking the astronomical facts of days and years into account, while making as few major changes to the current system as possible, how can we better organize our time? None of the following material is new, as it was derived from proposed 13-month calendars as well as the western zodiac (astrology/astronomy) and synchronized as best as possible with the cardinal dates of the solstices and equinoxes.
theAbysmal 52~Week Calendar
theAbysmal calendar retains the seven-day market week, as it forms a fundamental structure to the current global calendar. The year is divided into 52 weeks (364 days), plus one day which is not a weekday (as well as the leap year day, which is likewise not a weekday). The week begins with Saturday and ends with Friday. As a result, every month begins with Saturday, ends with Friday. Every Quarter begins with Saturday, ends with Friday. Every year, decade, century begins with Saturday and ends with Friday.
The 52-week year looks like this:
The outermost circle represents the 364 days of the year. Their colouration reflects the amount of sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere, such that the Winter Solstice sits at the bottom, the Summer Solstice at the top. These 52 weeks are evenly divisible into 13 months of 4 weeks, 4 quarters of 13 weeks, or 2 halves of 26 weeks. This creates periods of time of equal measure, as opposed to the Gregorians months of 28-31 days, and quarters of 90-92 days.
The intercalary day (i.e. the day that is not a weekday) occurs on the equivalent of December 21st. The leap year day would fall the day before. The resulting perpetual year (divided into 13 months) translates to the Gregorian calendar as follows:
This calendar applies to each and every year.
Posts of Interest
- the 13-day fortnight
- Quarter 1 begins
- Groundhog’s Day, Imolc, Candlemas
- Slicing up the Circle of the Year
- Market Weeks
- Weekdays Explored – the Week
- Weekdays Explored – Saturday
- Weekdays Explored – Sunday
- Weekdays Explored – Monday
- Weekdays Explored – Tuesday
- Weekdays Explored – Wednesday
- Weekdays Explored – Thursday
- Weekdays Explored – Friday
theAbysmal Calendar
the Facts
the Perpetual 52~Week Year
the Lunar Months
Arguments for Reform
Implementation
Symbol and Synchronicity
Weekdays Explored
