to Leap or not to

That’s a question, if not the question.

Happy Leap Day everyone!

By a fortunate coincidence (amazing how many of these keep turning up), the Leap Day occurs during theAbysmal 13-month Calendar’s Rabbit Year, which is determined by the glyph from the 260-day calendar that falls on the Dec 21 new year. Just so we’re clear, Dec 21 2023 was 12~VIII (Rabbit). Dec 21 2027 will be 3~VIII (Rabbit), 2031 will be 7~VIII, 2035 will be 11~VIII and so on.

The Leap Day is observed as part of theAbysmal Calendar’s Fixed and Scintillating Years (see All the Years for details). These calendars keep aligned with the Seasons, i.e. the Solstices and Equinoxes, and to do so, we observe this periodic Leap Day. With the Fixed Year, the Leap Day is a blank – it falls between the weeks, isn’t part of any month, doesn’t bear a colour, number, or glyph from the 260-day calendar. It’s a hoppy holiday. In the case of the Scintillating Calendar, a colour is assigned to the Leap Day, but none of the other measures. Today’s colour is green (East). This scheme is what lead to the 256-day calendar.

Harmonic Time

more updates to theAbysmal Pages

theAbysmal Calendar system continues to yield all manner of regular progressive patterns, particularly as regards the 7-day week and the interplay between the 365-days of the year and the 260-day calendar.

theAbysmal Harmonies illustrates some of the more compelling structures inherent in these calendars.

UN to adopt 13-month calendar

At least, this appears to be the case.

from:
https://cal.com/blog/the-un-embraces-a-new-era-with-a-13-month-calendar-the-future-of-time-management

The way we perceive and organize time is about to change forever, thanks to a revolutionary proposal by the scheduling company, Cal.com. The United Nations has decided to adopt a new calendar system featuring 13 months, each consisting of 28 days, and an extra day added as a holiday at the end of the year. This monumental shift will transform how we manage time, synchronize our schedules, and, ultimately, streamline our lives.

theAbysmal Definitive Calendar

Finally.

theAbysmal Calendar has gone through a number of changes since its inception in 2005 and its launch in 2012. The most significant changes are to the Leap Day, which has shifted from Dec 20 to Jun 21, and the Lunar Year, which begins at the New Moon prior to the Northern Solstice (i.e. the New Moon prior to Jun 20-21).

The following calendars include weekdays; the Lunar Day, Moon, Year; the Gregorian date; number and glyph from the 260-day calendar. They exclude the Leap Day, which falls Jun 21 after Feb 29.

Current and archived calendars can be found at “Calendars for Download“.

theAbysmal Calendar – the first 13 Years
Jun 19 2012 – Dec 20 2025

260-Day Calendar
(13 numbers, XX glyphs)

Year 9 (10~Mirror)
Dec 21 2021 – Dec 20 2022

Year 8 (9~Tobacco)
Dec 21 2020 – Dec 20 2021

Year 7 (8~Rabbit) – Leap Year
Dec 21 2019 – Dec 20 2020

Year 6 (7~Night)
Dec 21 2018 – Dec 20 2019

Year 5 (6~Mirror)
Dec 21 2017 – Dec 20 2018

Year 4 (5~Tobacco)
Dec 21 2016 – Dec 20 2017

Year 3 (4~Rabbit) – Leap Year
Dec 21 2015 – Dec 20 2016

Year 2 (3~Night)
Dec 21 2014 – Dec 20 2015

Year 1 (2~Mirror)
Dec 21 2013 – Dec 20 2014

Year 0 (1~Tobacco)
Dec 21 2012 – Dec 20 2013

Lunar Year 0 – beginning Era 2
Jun 19 2012 – Dec 20 2012