theAbysmal Year, first and middle Weekdays, Number and Glyph of the Year
theAbysmal Year covers Dec 21 to Dec 20. The weekday that begins theAbysmal Year (Dec 22) changes by increments of 1 in a normal year and by 2 in a leap year. The Leap Day falls on Jun 21. In a Leap Year, the first Weekday falls on Dec 22, and then skips ahead by 1 on Jun 22. The cycle of weekdays repeats every 28 years.
The Year glyph repeats every 52 years in what is called a calendar round. This is created in how the 260-day calendar synchronizes with the 365-day year. Five calendar rounds make a Historical Era of 260 years. The current Era began 2012.
The glyphs are: XIII Tobacco, XVIII Mirror, III Night, VIII Rabbit.
The word Equinox means “equal night”, however, the date when day and night are equal varies depending on where you live relative to the Equator. For Cornwall, the Equinox falls on Sep 22, 2020, whereas the equalnight falls on Sep 25.
Source: Freeman, Gordon R. Canada’s Stonehenge: Astounding Archaeological Discoveries in Canada, England, and Wales. Calgary: Kingsley Pub., 2009.
seconds/day – the number of Modified Seconds that fit into a full day of 86400 SI seconds
new:SI second – how long each Modified Second is in terms of SI seconds.
NB: A4 is the note where the Modified and SI seconds (at 432 Hz) are the same.
“We used newly available ERA5 hourly global data to examine the variations of atmospheric circulation on global scales and high frequencies. The space–time spectrum of surface pressure displays a typical red background spectrum but also a striking number of isolated peaks. Some peaks represent astronomically forced tides, but we show that most peaks are manifestations of the ringing of randomly excited global-scale resonant modes, reminiscent of the tones in a spectrum of a vibrating musical instrument. A few such modes have been tentatively identified in earlier observational investigations, but we demonstrate the existence of a large array of normal mode oscillations with periods as short as 2 h. This is a powerful and uniquely detailed confirmation of the predictions of the theory of global oscillations that has its roots in the work of Laplace two centuries ago. The delineation of the properties of the modes provides valuable diagnostic information about the atmospheric circulation. Notably the amplitudes and widths of the normal mode spectral peaks contain information on the forcing mechanisms and energy dissipation for the modes, and the simulation of these properties for each of the many modes we have identified can serve as tests for global climate and weather prediction models.”