ryujin470 to Ask Lemmy • 2 months agoWhy the revised Julian calendar wasn't widely adopted?message-square30fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareWhy the revised Julian calendar wasn't widely adopted?ryujin470 to Ask Lemmy • 2 months agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
It makes an even better job than the Gregorian calendar when it comes to approximating the calendar to the solar year.
minus-squareirotsomalinkEnglish1•2 months agoA week is one quarter of a moon cycle. Basically we either have to choose solar or lunar and solar makes more sense because of seasons. Problem is we chose both.
A week is one quarter of a moon cycle. Basically we either have to choose solar or lunar and solar makes more sense because of seasons. Problem is we chose both.