Indian Antiquary Vol 53

SR No.: 032545
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple, Stephen Meredyth Edwardes, Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1985
Total Pages: 392
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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OCTOBER 1924
A PIXED EASTER AND TIE NEFORM OF THE CHRISTIAN CALENDAR. 215
Birthdays and other anniversaries would be very much upset. A child born on the 1st June would suddenly find it altered to 21st May, and one born on the 19th August would find the birthday to be the 3rd Soxiber, and so on. Thero would be an outery in all nurseries, and what is much more serious, new Calendars would be necessary for 1000 years back at least to reconcile the old and new methods of reckoning the year.
In legal and commercial life many things would require immediate consideration. The Half-year would cease to be six months, but would become six and a half months. Similarly the Quarter would be a month and a week. This would seriously affect Quarter Days for rents, and so on. Lady Day would fall on 18th March, Midsummer Day on 10th June, Michaelmas Day on the 20th September and Christmas Day on 28th December of the present Calendar. Terms of imprisonment, of notices of all kinds, and of contracts could not run, and salaries could not be calculated, as now, by the month, three months, six months and 90 on, as the term "month" would have a new significance,
All this would require much consideration and would inevitably bring about the calcula. tion of time by the week.' E..., the week and fortnight would remain as now, but a Month would be 28 days, a Quarter would be 13 weeks and a Half-year 26 weeks. Prisoners would be sentenced, notices given, and contracts made to run by the week. It is easy to see what a change in habits and in caloulating past statements of time would be necessary.
Many other things of a like nature in overy Christian country would arise, which would have to be seriously considered. But they need not be enumerated here, as there would be no fear of their being overlooked. Every interest would at once make itself heard.
In fact the adult Christian world would for a time be put to much inconvenience and trouble, but the children and the future population of Christians would benefit enormously.
II.
A Solar Calendar with Fixed Easter. Fr. Gabriel Nahapetian gives also "an invariable Calendar with 12 months and fixed Easter" based on a scale of eight months of 30 days and four months of 31 days : i.e., 8 X 30 = 240 days + 4 X 31 = 124 days + 1 extra intercalary day=365 days. This intercalary day he places at the end of August, but for the sake of comparison with the Lunar-Solar Calendar above explained I would place it at the end of September, and both call and treat it as be. fore as Sanctuary Day. For Leap Years I would add an extra intercalary day at the end of December, which I would call Leap Year's Day. This Solar Calendar would work out thus :() FOUR CALENDAR MONTHS OF 30 DAYS BEGINNING WITH SUNDAY.
JANUARY, APRIL, JULY, OCTOBER Sunday ... ..
.. .. 1 8 15 22 29 Monday ..
.. 2 9 16 23.30 Tuesday ..
.. 3 10 17 24 Wednesday
.. 4 11 18 25
..5 12 19 26 Friday ..
.. 6 13 20 27 Saturday
.. 7 14 21 28 (1) FOUR CALENDAR MONTHS OF 30 DAYS BEGINNING WITH TUESDAY.
FEBRUARY, MAY, AUGUST, NOVEMBER. Tuesday .. .. ..
.. .. 1 8 15 22 29 Wednesday .. .. .. .. 2 9 16 23 30 Thursday .. . .. .. 3 10 17 24
Thursday