Still the recurrences…
Let me propose a mental exercise: imagine that we do not number our years and the only way to tell them apart is through the matching of the day of the week with the day of the month…
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Recurrences…
In the Julian Calendar, the year has 365 days and the week, 7. 365 days is not a multiple of 7! That is what we call immeasurability.
Hoax of the week
The incomensurability of the week and the month causes some confusion. We never know in far advance which day of the month belongs to which day of the week.
Sabbatum Sanctum
Easter is the great Christian celebration. If Christmas represents the birth of Jesus Christ, Easter symbolizes His resurrection. And, honestly, which should be bigger?
April first!
Every year, when this day comes, I feel compelled to write about it, explaining why April first is known as Fool’s Day.
The Leap Year
The year reflects the duration of time Earth takes to complete its path around the Sun. This time period, unfortunately, can not be expressed, in days, using an with an integer number.
Equinox
I just saw a video posted on Weather Channel´s Facebook page where a ‘specialist’ explains that during the equinox, Earth’s axis will be perpendicular to the Sun! No, it won’t.
The Year of Confusion
As Pontifex Maximus, Caesar was already contemplating on reforming the calendar. He just didn’t know how…
Back to work!
The Roman Calendar was completely out of sync with the seasons and one of the many things Julius Cesar decided to do when he seized the command of Rome was to fix the calendar.
Christmas and the Solstice
In december, the sun reaches its maximum southern distance to the Celestial Equator. This is “the proof that the Sun is invincible, and that it will turn around and win the fight against darkness”. Know more…