Another version of the historic discussion on calendar reform, from August 2007.
Calendar reform
The current calendar, reformulated by Pope Gregory in 1582, was being questioned more than 100 years ago;
It was mainly discussed the non-equity of the calendar. How can, for example, a commercial establishment, project its sales, say, from December 1954, with four Saturdays to December 1955, which has five?
How can a railroad project a cost budget for the next month or quarter if we now have 14 forms from February and 7 from each of the other eleven months?
At the same time, these adjustments are necessary and made, but they are expensive and take a lot of time;
Around 1834, an Italian priest, Abbot Marco Mastrofini presented an alternative calendar. This method was supported, in 1910, by the International Chamber of Commerce. This convinced the Swiss government to begin studies to reform the calendar, through the convening of a world conference. The first war was responsible for dissolving this initiative;
In 1923 the League of Nations (currently the UN) began examining 185 different calendar plans. Many of them were full of complicated artificialities; such as these two cases:
First: division of the year into 73 weeks of five days each. The days of the weeks would be called: ano, beno, ceno, deno, eno.
Second: a year of 20 months, with some weeks of six days, others of seven.
After selective scrutiny, the League chose two types of calendars:
a) the universal calendar of 12 months, equal quarters and;
b) one of 13 months, where the added month, designated Sol, would be inserted between June and July.
Around 1937, 14 League nations elected the universal calendar, leaving the other, or 13-month plan, without any vote.
However, things didn't go beyond that stage;
* In 1949, Panama attempted to include calendar reform on the United Nations agenda. This demonstration did not succeed, due to lack of support from the so-called great powers;
* In 1953, India proposed the universal calendar to the United Nations, with the following endorsements: France, Egypt and Uruguay.
The United States and Great Britain were defeated 12 to 2;
* In July 1954, even Soviet Russia became a supporter of the new calendar;
* Also in 1954, the Catholic Church expressed its willingness to collaborate with the United Nations in reforming the calendar.
The director of the Vatican Observatory justified that the deficiencies of the current calendar such as: months of unequal length, quarters varying from 90 to 92 days, the second semester being three days longer than the first, were not introduced by Pope Gregory but "inherited from pagan Rome";
The main obstacle to the universal calendar is apathy. However, the vast majority of people who learn the facts become enthusiastic about the proposed calendar.
In addition to its obvious advantages, we could have:
a) a tendency to reduce costs for everyone;
b) possibility of facilitating government planning and compliance with official records;
c) it would enable courts and educational establishments to schedule their periods on regular dates;
d) it would facilitate the household budget, since each month would have the same number of days;
e) holidays could be moved to make a dozen three-day weekends a year possible;
Last summer, the 18-nation Council unanimously passed a resolution asking all governments to examine calendar reform and present their views by about May 1955.
If the majority of governments prefer it, the General Assembly will be able to draft an international convention that will be submitted for ratification by the various governments.
The article ends more or less with the following message:
Today's international problems, the vast majority of them, with laws, decrees, technical data, etc., are so many and complex that a simple citizen of this planet cannot appear competent.
But we can all speak with authority about calendar reform. If we do this quickly, we can put an end to a chaotic situation.
Concluding this introduction, it was probably lucky that the calendar was not changed. Who knows if now, with the Internet, Globalization, and a little more study, we can effectively participate in this long-awaited reform.
Solar calendars
The solar calendar was first used by the Egyptians around 6000 years ago. In this count, the year had 12 months of 30 days each month, which made 360 days. However, 5 more days were added at the end of the year to celebrate the birthdays of Osiris, Horus, Isis, Nephthys and Set, making the calendar total 365 days.
It should be noted that this precision of the Egyptian solar calendar 6000 years ago was only possible thanks to the country's geographical position, from where you can observe Sirius, which is the brightest star in the sky.
As a curiosity, it should be noted that the Egyptians noticed that the exact length of the year was 365 and 1/4 days, but they did not correct the calendar until 238 BC.
The Maya calendar and the calendar of the 13 Moons
The Calendar Traditional (indigenous) Maya maintains what is called the Long Count, the count of days (1,872,000) between 3113 BC and December 21, 2012.
The 13-moon calendar is based on one of the 17 Mayan calendars, the Tun Uk, and synchronizes with the 13:20 measure, tzolkin or harmonic module. But the 13 moon calendar is not one of the Mayan calendars. It is a universal calendar. For example, for more than 5500 years, the indigenous people of the Andes used a 13 moon/28 day calendar, as did the Druids of England, among others. It is because of its universality that calendar reformers themselves prefer it.
Finally, another important point. The 13 moon calendar takes as its New Year a day that corresponds to the 26th of July. In the past, for the Egyptians and Mayans, this day was celebrated because on this day the conjunction of the great star Sirius and the rising Sun took place. Therefore, this day refers to a cosmic fact by which the Calendar of the 13 moons that we use today is also an integral part of a new revelation of time called "Dreamspell". For this reason, we should not confuse it with the traditional Mayan Calendar, because the Calendar of the 13 moons aims to demonstrate the synchronic order of the 4th dimension, that is, a revelation of the Law of Time.
Who does it depend on to make the change?
“Of the people” - and then, the UN (or whatever government body exists at the time of the change). The UN and UNESCO have already received all the information on this subject of changing to the 13 moon calendar. The UN Secretary General, Kofi Anan, has already given his opinion that this was a good idea because it came from the will of the people.*
Baha'i calendar
The Baha'i calendar is a solar calendar with 365 days. The years are made up of 19 months of 19 days each, added to a period called "Intercalary Days" (there are 4 days, and 5 when it is a leap year), between the 18th and 19th month (February 26th to February 1st). March). The Year, in the Bahá'í calendar, begins on the autumnal equinox in the southern hemisphere on March 21st of the Gregorian calendar. The day begins and ends at sunset.
The Bahá'í Calendar was instituted by the Báb, later confirmed by Bahá'u'lláh. Each month has a specific name, symbolizing attributes of God.
Solar calendar is a calendar whose marking is based on the movements of the sun.
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Selections from Reader's Digest, José Argüelles, also known as Valum Votan, was born in the State of Minnesota, United States, and lived the first five years of his life in Mexico City, moving to California at the end of World War II.
And he will speak words against the Most High, and will destroy the saints of the Most High, and will take care to change the times and the law; and they will be delivered into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time. (Daniel 7: 25)