Almanac

Last we talked about our calendar and how Rome’s second king has just created to extra months to cover the winter. He was apparently happy with that. But meanwhile, in Egypt…

As much as I like the attention and all the happy thoughts, I do fell obligated to tell you that this day is far less encompassing than my friends think.

For over 600 hundred years of Roman history, probably none of them treated the calendar well. And the key word to this is a mouthful: incommensurability.

Isn’t it obvious that the last day of the weekend (emphasis on the ‘end’ part of weekend) is the last day of the week? Not so fast!

Last we met, we talked about the first King of Rome and his new calendar. After his death was addressed a new calendar, and ended the Winter nonsense. They did that by creating two extra months…

This calendar had a period that was unaccounted for the Winter. And It was very unusual to us. One year ended and people had to wait two months until the new year begun!

The Indian calendar is a solar calendar very similar to our own Gregorian calendar. But this calendar is not for beginners…

Let’s talk about this rich Hindu tradition and how it relates to astronomy.

My approach here is strictly semantical and astronomical. You are free not to like this new time zone. But please, don’t say it is wrong…

Astronomy could have been one of the most powerful pushes in the creation of modern civilization. When farmers finally understood that they could “read” the seasons in the stars, they leaped into an age of optimized crops, allowing people to form the first cities.