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OCTOBER, 1924] A FIXED EASTER AND THE REFORM OF THE CHRISTIAN CALENDAR 217
A month would, as now, be either 30 or 31 days, and February would be reckoned as a 30 day and not a 28 day month, so notices and contracts could be made much as they are now, and there would practically be no difference in calculating salaries. In neither ecclesiastical nor social matters would there be serious alteration in old habits.
In fact the Solar Calendar would be more workable than the Lunar-Solar Calendar in practical life, though not so easy as the latter to carry in the memory or for children to learn. TABLE I.
JANUARY, APRIL, JULY, OCTOBER. I 1 Sunday 2 Monday 3 Tuesday 4 Wednesday 5 Thursday 6 Friday 7 Saturday II 8 Sunday 9 Monday 10 Tuesday 11 Wednesday 12 Thursday 13 Friday 14 Saturday
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Fr. Nahapetian's Proposed Solar Calendar. FEBRUARY, MAY, AUGUST, NOVEMBER. I 1 Tuesday 2 Wednesday 3 Thursday 4 Friday 5 Saturday 6 Sunday 7 Monday II 8 Tuesday 9 Wednesday 10 Thursday 11 Friday 12 Saturday 13 Sunday 14 Monday III 15 Tuesday 16 Wednesday 17 Thursday 18 Friday 19 Saturday 20 Sunday 21 Monday IV 22 Tuesday 23 Wednesday
III 15 Sunday 16 Monday 17 Tuesday 18 Wednesday
13 Tuesday 14 Wednesday III 15 Thursday 16 Friday 17 Saturday 18 Sunday 19 Monday 20 Tuesday 21 Wednesday IV 22 Thursday
19 Thursday 20 Friday 21 Saturday
IV 22 Sunday
23 Monday 24 Tuesday 25 Wednesday
24 Thursday 25 Friday 26 Saturday
27 Bunday 28 Monday
26 Thursday 27 Friday 28 Saturday
29 Sunday 30 Monday
29 Tuesday 30 Wednesday
MARCH, JUNE,
SEPTEMBER, DECEMBER, I 1 Thursday 2 Friday 3 Saturday 4 Sunday 6 Monday 6 Tuesday 7 Wednesday 8 Thursday 9 Friday 10 Saturday 11 Sunday 12 Monday
23 Friday 24 Saturday 25 Sunday 26 Monday 27 Tuesday 28 Wednesday 29 Thursday 30 Friday 31 Saturday.
Conclusion on the first two Calendars.
Whatever the difficulty in overcoming the controversy that is bound to arise on either a Lunar-Solar Calendar or a Solar Calendar, such as the above, being seriously brought to notice politically, there would be no doubt that the British Parliament, when convinced of the
To make the 365 days Fr. Nahapetian gives August 31 days by adding an intercalary day after the
30th.
3 Leap Year's extra day could be added as intercalary after 31 December. This Calendar is thus perpetual and invariable, commencing each year with Sunday and fixing Easter Sunday on 15th April.
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