Every year, around September, I have to deal with the term
planning for the subjects I teach. Each year is different.
Not only week days for a given date change, but also
different movable holidays do (mainly based on the Moon, being
Easter the main example). All this makes such manual work
be repeated once and again and from scratch.
The main goal of this web page is to reform the calendar,
although, if I have to be more precise, it is more a
task of renaming things with the purpose of making life
a bit easier.
Disclaimer: Use at your own risk.
Completely identical years may result, to say the least,
boring. The author is not responsible of present or
future damage (and, just in case, past damage as well) that these ideas
may bring forth. [[End of my lawyer's cite]]
Features and goals:
Main goal: the calendar must be the same
for all years, so that plannings may be reused, for instance.
The year must start and end following the natural cycle
(at least in the zone of the Earth where our present
calendar first appeared).
Month, day, etc. calculations must be simplified
wherever possible.
Years and weeks must start on a holiday, so that we
start on a good foot.
Reform:
Year duration:
Reformed years last the same as Gregorian years:
365 days (366 days if a leap year).
Start of years:
It is pretty sad that years start in plain winter.
It is more natural that they start in spring and die at the
end of winter. Therefore, reformed years must start
on the spring equinox (Nothern Hemisphere), more or less.
First year:
The first year of the new calendar is year 0, whose first
day corresponds to the spring equinox of year 2000 AD, i.e.
March 20, 2000 (at 7:35 UT, by the way).
Leap years:
Year x of the reformed calendar is a leap year if and
only if Gregorian year x+2001 is a leap year.
Month duration:
All months have equal duration: 28 days, or exactly four
weeks, except the last month of the year, Februaria, that
has 29 days (30 days if it is a leap year).
In exchange, that brings years of 13 months, but we can
stand it, can't we?
Names of months:
The names of the 13 months of the year are, in this order:
Marcha, Aprilia, Maya, Junia, Julia, Augusta, Septembra,
Octobra, Novembra, Decembra, Undecembra, Januaria, and
Februaria. Note that in Latin, seventh is septimus,
and thus the seventh month is Septembra.
The same goes for octavus and Octobra,
etc. Names for the months and the days of the week in the reformed
calendar end in -a since that suffix is used to form
feminine names in Spanish and I want to dedicate this calendar
to women.
Days of the month:
The first day of the month is day 0. The last day of the month is
day 27, except for Februaria, that is 28 (or 29 if in a leap year).
Days of the week:
The week has seven days. The names of the days of the week are,
in this order: Sundaya, Mondaya, Tuesdaya, Wednesdaya, Thursdaya,
Fridaya, and Saturdaya. The first day of all months is Sundaya,
as it is the first and last days of all years.
The acute mind will have notice that, at the end of all years,
we will have two Sundayas in a row (three Sundayas if it is a
leap year), but I don't think that that would be a major
issue, would it?
Example (calendaria for year 15):
Well, in fact, for year 15 and for all years!
Marcha
Aprilia
Maya
Junia
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Sa
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Sa
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Sa
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Sa
0New Year's Day
1
2
3
4
5
6
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
7
8
9
10Memorial Day
11
12
13
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
21Independence Day observed
22Independence Day
23
24
25
26
27
Julia
Augusta
Septembra
Octobra
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Sa
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Sa
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Sa
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Sa
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
0
1
2
3Labor Day
4
5
6
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
7
8
9
10Columbus Day
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Novembra
Decembra
Undecembra
Januaria
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Sa
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Sa
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Sa
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Sa
0
1Halloween
2
3
4
5
6
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
0Christmas
1
2
3
4
5
6
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12Veterans Day
13
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25Thanksgiving Day
26
27
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
21
22
23
24
25Martin Luther King Day
26
27
21
22
23
24
25Washington's Birthday
26
27
Februaria
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Sa
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
(*) only if it is a leap year
Some date conversions (US holidays):
January 19 (Martin Luther King Day):
Thursdaya, Undecembra 25.
February 16 (Washington's Birthday):
Thursdaya, Januaria 25.
March 19 (New Year's Eve):
Sundaya, Februaria 28 (or 29, if it is a leap year).
March 20 (New Year's Day):
Sundaya, Marcha 0.
May 25 (Memorial Day):
Wednesdaya, Maya 10.
July 3 (Independence Day observed):
Sundaya, Junia 21.
July 4 (Independence Day):
Mondaya, Junia 22.
September 7 (Labor Day):
Wednesdaya, Septembra 3.
October 12 (Columbus Day):
Wednesdaya, Octobra 10.
October 31 (Halloween):
Mondaya, Novembra 1.
November 11 (Veterans Day):
Fridaya, Novembra 12.
Fourth Thursday of November (Thanksgiving Day):
Thursdaya, Novembra 25 (if we want it on Thursdaya, movable otherwise).