Why not 13 months of 28 days? Then you get a free day at the end. Even better and every month has exactly four weeks.
Because it’s not widely used, compared to persian calendar.
You can’t find any software or any thing that works with the calendar you just described( as far as I know).
Where justification
This is unpopular opinions, not unpopular justifications
because it’s:
- More accurate.
- Make more sense(6 months of 31 days, then 5 months of 30 and the final month is 29/30 days).
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No, it does not.
Go on…
because it’s:
- More accurate.
- Make more sense(6 months of 31 days, then 5 months of 30 and the final month is 29/30 days).
I disagree completely. Have an upvote.
Please define what you mean by “accurate”.
From what I can tell, it is exactly as accurate 🤷no more, no less.
The vernal equinox is not just a day; it is a specific moment in time. It is the moment where the sun appears to cross the “celestial equator” from south to north. The Persian calendar does not begin at the specific moment of the vernal equinox. The Persian calendar year starts at the midnight in Iran that is closest to the equinox, which can deviate by plus or minus 12 hours year to year. Some years will begin up to 12 hours before the equinox; some years will begin up to 12 hours after the equinox.
That deviation greatly exceeds the differences described in your link. All tropical solar calendars have this same issue. You’re talking about the seconds and minutes that these solar calendars slip over thousands of years, but you’re ignoring the many hours that they vary from year to year.
While the Persian calendar may be incrementally superior to the Gregorian, if we are looking for one that actually achieves the objectives you describe, we should go ahead and adopt the Sidereal Calendar, which is currently used by astronomers who need the degree of accuracy that it provides. The sidereal calendar is arbitrarily accurate. It as accurate as we care to measure, both year by year and in perpetuity.
I’ll bite:
It’s cause Nooruz is fun to say, right?
No, it’s because:
- More accurate.
- Make more sense(6 months of 31 days, then 5 months of 30 and the final month is 29/30 days).
