Calendar Round-Up

Some recent developments to theAbysmal Calendar system.

Today marks the last day of Year 8 (9~Tobacco). This blog won’t be updated much going forward, however, some changes to theAbysmal Calendar are worth noting.

357-day calendar
this was created to accommodate a 17-day week within theAbysmal year. There are 21 of them in a year. Likewise, there are 17 months of 21 days. There are 8 skip days to keep the calendar synchronized. First day falls on Jun 22.

Multiple Skip Days
I decided to consider different skipped days to avoid having them disrupt a week. As a result, there are several variations:

363-A
the 2 skipped days occur 77 days into the year, and 77 days before the end. This is to synchronize them with the 364-day and 260-day calendars.

363-B
the 2 skipped days occur between the 121-day terms.

361-A
the 4 skipped days include the same 2 as 363-A, as well as the first and last day of the year. This synchronizes with 364-day, 363-A, and 260-day calendars.

361-B
the 4 skipped days are distributed evenly within the symmetrical year:
4 x 19, skip, 4 x 19, skip, 3 x 19, skip, 4 x 19, skip, 4 x 19

360
All of the 360-day calendars use Dec 21. The variations occur in how the other four days are distributed.

360-A
this is the format used to create the wheel of the year. Each skipped day falls midquarter – Feb 5, May 7, Aug 6, Nov 5.
This synchronizes 365, 364, 363-A, 361-A, and 260-day calendars.
It accommodates the 3, 5, and 9-day weeks.

360-B
this format divides the year into even fifths of 72 days. This accommodates the most number of weeks: 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 12-day weeks all fit evenly into this arrangement.

360-C
this format divides the year to accommodate 30- and 60-day periods. The skipped days occur at: 60-days, skip, 60 days, skip, 120 days, skip, 60 days, skip, 60 days.
this accommodates the 3, 5, 6, and 10-day weeks.

360-D
this format divides the year to accommodate 20- and 40-day periods. The skipped days occur at; 80 days, skip, 80 days, skip, 40 days, skip, 80 days, skip, 80 days. This accommodates the 4, 5, 8, and 10-day weeks.

Granted, having so many iterations of the 5-day week going in and out of phase with each other might be problematic, but given how limited the Gregorian is, I don’t think it will present an issue for a while.

be well, beloveds.