Julius
Cesar did a superb job of coming up with the Julian Calendar 2000
years ago . Pope Gregory XIII used that calendar and amended it well
over 200 yrs. ago to result in our present day Gregorian Calendar .
Our present calendar is not perfect as
one may expect of something of its age. We currently have months
with anywhere from 28 to 31 days, of which 20 to 23 can be Monday to
Friday working days. Months start and end on all different days of
the week. In this
modern day of technology we should have a more workable calendar
that could be used the world over .
The calendar that I propose would
be simple and easy to use as well as easy to transfer to from our
existing one . This calendar would have 13 equal months of 28 days each .
The main difference to our current calendar is the addition of World
Peace Day. The World Peace Day would occur mid year and be in addition to our regular 7 days of the week
. Leap Day would be done similar at the end of every 4th year.
Advantages are many. Listed below are a couple of the most
significant advantages:
● Every month has exactly 4 weeks with
every month starting on a Sunday ; and
● The calendar is identical year
after year .
In the current 12
month calendar Business and financial institutions who release
quarterly reports, have to deal with the inaccuracies of the months
varying in length, the number of weeks in a month varying and a
year can end part way through a week. This can be confusing
and misleading. The advantage of the new calendar is
each quarter has exactly 13 full weeks. It would be quite easy
to remember the quarters as :
---the 1st quarter includes
the 1st week of March
---the 2nd quarter includes
the 2nd week of June
---the 3rd quarter includes
the 3rd week of September
At the same time birthdays would occur on the same
day of the week every year . New meaning would be given to the term
a "Sunday Baby", for example.
If you have ever been in a position in business, sports or
entertainment where you have tried to co-ordinate annual events
without conflicting with other events you know how difficult that
can be using our existing calendar. The difficulty is that you have
to decide every year which week or weekend the event will occur
hoping that you are not conflicting with other annually held events.
The new calendar makes things much easier because each day of the
year is in the same place as it was the previous year.
By inserting World Peace Day into the calendar it should become a
much more meaningful day because everyone around the world would be
celebrating it on the same day. At present it is celebrated on
several different dates around the globe.
Lunar cycles fit far better into a 28
day month .
The only negative comment so far is
that of having a Friday the 13th every month.
Adoption
of the new calendar:
Of course it will
be up to the governments around the world to adopt the new calendar
or it will not happen.
Change of any kind no matter how beneficial comes with resistance.
Making a change like this would not be as difficult as it was for
those countries who changed to the metric system. Furthermore, the
time has never been better, with communication technology at its
highest in history. The advantages are many and for the benefit of
our descendants .
If you are interested to see how the
calendar can work for you, print the new calendar and hang it
beside your existing calendar. Then number the days on your
existing calendar from 1 to 365 as I've done on the new calendar.
Note: In a leap year do not give February 29 a number on your old
existing calendar. That situation will not arise until 2008,
our next leap year. After that compare dates like birthdays
and anniversaries, etc. It is quite simple.
Remember, if you do not a least print the calendar there is a good
chance you will forget about it.
My hope is that you will be convinced over time, that it is a good
idea.
If you think it's a good idea or bad idea or if you have comments or
questions let me know by emailing me at
ben@newworldcalendar.com
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Mensis Novus
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January
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Sat |
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2
(30) |
3
(31) |
4
(32) |
5
(33) |
6 (34) |
7
(35) |
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8
(36) |
9 (37) |
10
(38) |
11
(39) |
12
(40) |
13
(41) |
14
(42) |
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15
(43) |
16
(44) |
17
(45) |
18
(46) |
19
(47) |
20
(48) |
21
(49) |
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22
(50) |
23
(51) |
24
(52) |
25 (53) |
26
(54) |
27
(55) |
28 (56) |
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February
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Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
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1 (57) |
2 (58) |
3
(59) |
4 (60) |
5 (61) |
6 (62) |
7 (63) |
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8 (64) |
9 (65) |
10 (66) |
11
(67) |
12
(68) |
13
(69) |
14
(70) |
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15 (71) |
16 (72) |
17 (73) |
18 (74) |
19
(75) |
20
(76) |
21
(77) |
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22 (78) |
23 (79) |
24 (80) |
25 (81) |
26
(82) |
27
(83) |
28 (84) |
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March
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Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
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1 (85) |
2
(86) |
3
(87) |
4 (88) |
5 (89) |
6
(90) |
7(91) |
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8
(92) |
9
(93) |
10 (94) |
11 (95) |
12 (96) |
13 (97) |
14(98) |
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15 (99) |
16(100) |
17(101) |
18(102) |
19(103) |
20(104) |
21(105) |
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22(106) |
23(107) |
24(108) |
25(109) |
26(110) |
27(111) |
28(112) |
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April
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Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
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1
(113) |
2
(114) |
3
(115) |
4
(116) |
5
(117) |
6
(118) |
7 (119) |
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8
(120) |
9
(121) |
10(122) |
11(123) |
12(124) |
13(125) |
14(126) |
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15(127) |
16(128) |
17(129) |
18(130) |
19(131) |
20(132) |
21(133) |
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22(134) |
23(135) |
24(136) |
25(137) |
26(138) |
27(139) |
28(140) |
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May
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Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
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1
(141) |
2
(142) |
3
(143) |
4
(144) |
5
(145) |
6
(146) |
7
(147) |
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8
(148) |
9
(149) |
10(150) |
11(151) |
12(152) |
13(153) |
14(154) |
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15(155) |
16(156) |
17(157) |
18(158) |
19(159) |
20(160) |
21(161) |
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22(162) |
23(163) |
24(164) |
25(165) |
26(166) |
27(167) |
28(168) |
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June
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Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
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1
(169) |
2
(170) |
3
(171) |
4
(172) |
5
(173) |
6
(174) |
7
(175) |
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8
(176) |
9
(177) |
10(178) |
11(179) |
12(180) |
13(181) |
14 (182) |
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15(183) |
16(184) |
17(185) |
18(186) |
19(187) |
20(188) |
21(189) |
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22(190) |
23(191) |
24(192) |
25(193) |
26(194) |
27(195) |
28(196) |
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World Peace Day
(197) |
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July
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Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
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1
(198) |
2
(199) |
3
(200) |
4 (201) |
5
(202) |
6 (203) |
7 (204) |
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8
(205) |
9
(206) |
10(207) |
11(208) |
12(209) |
13(210) |
14(211) |
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15(212) |
16(213) |
17(214) |
18(215) |
19(216) |
20(217 |
21(218) |
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22(219) |
23(220) |
24(221) |
25(222) |
26(223) |
27(224) |
28(225) |
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August
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Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
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1
(226) |
2 (227) |
3(228) |
4 (229) |
5
(230) |
6 (231) |
7 (232) |
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8
(233) |
9 (234) |
10(235) |
11(236) |
12(237) |
13(238) |
14(239) |
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15(240) |
16(241) |
17(242) |
18(243) |
19(244) |
20(245) |
21(246) |
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22(247) |
23(248) |
24(249) |
25(250) |
26(251) |
27(252) |
28(253) |
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September
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Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
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1
(254) |
2 (255) |
3
(256) |
4 (257) |
5
(258) |
6 (259) |
7 (260) |
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8
(261) |
9 (262) |
10(263) |
11(264) |
12(265) |
13(266) |
14(267) |
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15(268) |
16(269) |
17(270) |
18(271) |
19(272) |
20(273) |
21(274) |
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22(275) |
23(276) |
24(277) |
25(278) |
26(279) |
27(280) |
28(281) |
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October
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Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
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1
(282) |
2 (283) |
3
(284) |
4 (285) |
5
(286) |
6 (287) |
7 (288) |
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8
(289) |
9 (290) |
10(291) |
11(292) |
12(293) |
13(294) |
14(295) |
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15(296) |
16(297) |
17(298) |
18(299) |
19(300) |
20(301) |
21(302) |
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22(303) |
23(304) |
24(305) |
25(306) |
26(307) |
27(308) |
28(309) |
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November
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Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
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1
(310) |
2 (311) |
3
(312) |
4 (313) |
5
(314) |
6 (315) |
7 (316) |
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8
(317) |
9 (318) |
10(319) |
11(320) |
12(321) |
13(322) |
14(323) |
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15(324) |
16(325) |
17(326) |
18(327) |
19(328) |
20(329) |
21(230) |
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22(331) |
23(332) |
24(333) |
25(334) |
26(335) |
27(336) |
28(337) |
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December
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Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
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1
(338) |
2 (339) |
3
(340) |
4 (341) |
5
(342) |
6 (343) |
7 (344) |
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8
(345) |
9 (346) |
10(347) |
11(348) |
12(349) |
13(350) |
14(351) |
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15(352) |
16(353) |
17(354) |
18(355) |
19(356) |
20(357) |
21(358) |
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22(359) |
23(360) |
24(361) |
25(362) |
26(363) |
27(364) |
28(365) |
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Leap Day
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