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theAbysmal Calendar .is a proposed calendar system with several functions: it provides a numeric global calendar system to mediate between other calendar systems; it organizes the year in a variety of regular measures; it is synchronized with the natural time as defined by the day, the moon, the seasons.

Cardinal Numbering

Every measure of theAbysmal Calendar begins with 0, and counts time only after it has completely elapsed. This is an extension of the way we count seconds, minutes, hours to measures of the days, weeks, months, years, and so on.

Epoch & Eras

theAbysmal Epoch began with the New Moon prior to the Northern Solstice in 1492 CE - May 26th on the Julian Calendar.

theAbysmal Calendar measures two Eras, a short one of 260 years and a long one of 5,200 years.

Era 0 began May 26th, 1492 CE (Julian)

Era 1 began Jun 11th, 1752 CE (Gregorian)

Era 2 began Jun 19th, 2012 CE (Gregorian)

Observational Lunar Calendar

This function of the calendar counts every second, day, week, moon, and year without further correlating any of them. This is a linear count and provides a means of translating dates between solar and lunar calendars. While these numbers ultimately begin with the Epoch, following by Era is more pragmatic.

Era 2 began with:

second 00 = midnight UTC Jun 19th 2012 CE at 180 degrees longitude (IDL)
Day 0 = Jun 19th 2012 CE
Week 0 = Friday, Jun 22nd 2012 CE
Lunar Month 0 = Jun 19th to Jul 18th 2012 CE
Year 0 = Jun 19th 2012 to Jun 7th 2013 CE

13~Month Calendar

theAbysmal Calendar has a rules-based annual calendar, which divides the year into 13 months with 1 day outside of any month, which falls on Dec 21st at the Southern Solstice. This creates a symmetrical structure aligned with the seasons of the year, as well as harmonizing the 7-day week with the month, the quarter, the semester, and the year.

As the calendar is strictly numeric, anyone is free to name the days, weeks, months, years, etc. however they choose.

Structure of the Year

365 = 364 + 1 = 7 x 52 + 1 = 7 x 4 x 13 + 1

Defining the year in this manner allows us to make regular divisions.

52 weeks + 1 day = 1 year
26 weeks = 1 semester
13 weeks = 1 quarter
4 weeks = 1 month
2 weeks = 1 fortnight

Each of these measures fits evenly into the year, + 1 day.

This also makes each of these a regular measure, which is a significant drawback of the Gregorian.

1 week = 7 days
1 fortnight = 14 days
1 month = 28 days (4 weeks)
1 quarter = 91 days (13 weeks)
1 semester = 182 days (26 weeks)
1 year = 364 days (52 weeks) + 1 day

Days of the Week

theAbysmal Calendar has no authority over the Weekdays however, these two daykeeping systems synchronize together with an underlying 28-year pattern.

theAbysmal New Year 0 -(Dec 21 2012) fell on a Friday, making Month 0 Day 0 a Saturday. For the duration of year 0, every fortnight, month, quarter, and both semesters began on Saturday. Year 1 began on Sunday, and so every fortnight, month, quarter, semester began on Sunday, and so on. Year 2 began on Monday. The following year, being a leap year, is divided in two halves: the first half began on Tuesday, the second half on Wednesday. Year 4 began on Thursday, and so on. This creates a 28-year cycle.

Leap Year Rule

365 + 1/4 - 1/128

A Leap Day is observed on Jun 21 in a year following Feb 29 (Gregorian). There is an exception every 128 years where no Leap Day is observed, however the timing for this hasn't been decided. This will put theAbysmal Calendar and the Gregorian out of synch in 2100 CE.

An alternative is to synchronize with the Persian calendar rather than the Gregorian. Every quarter begins on a Solstice or Equinox, and their leap year rule is equivalent to theAbysmal's, however, it's smoother.

365 + 8/33

For the moment, this is undefined.

Notation

Numbering begins with 0, largest to smallest left to right, and punctuates notation as follows:

dates are separated by tilda (~)
times are separated by colon (:)
anything less than a second is a decimal (.)

Example:

4~7~0 22:34:59.22

Year 4 Month 7 Day 0 10:34PM and 59.22 seconds.

Other Divisions

theAbysmal Calendar is an ongoing experiment in devising novel calendar systems. The days of the year are further divided into other measures:

364 + 1 day = 7 months of 52 days

363 + 2 days = 11 months of 33 days

361 + 4 days = 19 months of 19 days

360 + 5 days really opens up the possibilities

6 months of 60 days
8 months of 45 days
9 months of 40 days
10 months of 36 days
12 months of 30 days
15 months of 24 days
18 months of 20 days
20 months of 18 days
24 months of 15 days

These months are each organized by market weeks of various length.

365 = 5-day week x 73

364 = 4-day x 91, 7-day x 52, 13-day x 28

363 = 3-day x 121, 11-day x 33

361 = 19-day x 19

360 = 3-day x 120, 4-day x 90, 5-day x 72, 6-day x 60, 8-day x 45, 9-day x 40, 10-day x 36, 12-day x 30

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+'''theAbysmal Calendar '''.is a proposed calendar system with several functions: it provides a numeric global calendar system to mediate between other calendar systems; it organizes the year in a variety of regular measures; it is synchronized with the natural time as defined by the day, the moon, the seasons.
-'''theAbysmal Calendar''' has been developed as a replacement for the [[Gregorian calendar]] in its role as the global standard. It was developed anonymously from December 21st 2005 to December 20th 2007 in Vancouver Canada.
+[[File:TheAbysmalYear.jpg|thumb|220x220px]]
+== Cardinal Numbering ==
-theAbysmal Calendar seeks to harmonise a number of different Calendars' features in order to provide the most eloquent means of translating dates between one Calendar system and another, and for communicating dates across the world's cultures.
+Every measure of theAbysmal Calendar begins with 0, and counts time only after it has completely elapsed. This is an extension of the way we count seconds, minutes, hours to measures of the days, weeks, months, years, and so on.
+== Epoch & Eras ==
-[[Image:TheAbysmalCalendar.gif|500px|]]<br />
+theAbysmal Epoch began with the New Moon prior to the Northern Solstice in 1492 CE - May 26th on the Julian Calendar.
-theAbysmal Calendar (from outside circle inward):
-*13 constellations of the real solar zodiac
-*13 calendar months
-*64 Hexagrams of the ''I Ching''
-*Phases of the Moon during 1 Lunar Month
-*260 Day calendar
+theAbysmal Calendar measures two Eras, a short one of 260 years and a long one of 5,200 years.
-== '''theAbysmal Calendar's''' Components==
+Era 0 began May 26th, 1492 CE (Julian)
-theAbysmal Calendar has several components, each of which assigns numbers, numerals or names to each particular Day, such that it may be more easily grouped into weeks, months, years and other measures of Days. The components of theAbysmal Calendar include: a Chromatic Counter; Lunations (aka Lunar Months); the 52~Week Perpetual Year, and other features.
+Era 1 began Jun 11th, 1752 CE (Gregorian)
-In almost every case, theAbysmal Calendar begins the numbering of time periods with 0, followed by 1, 2, 3, etc...
+Era 2 began Jun 19th, 2012 CE (Gregorian)
-===the Chromatic Counter===
+== Observational Lunar Calendar==
-theAbysmal Calendar's Chromatic Counter will replace the [[Julian day number]] and the Unix Time Code by chronologically counting each second, [[Day]], [[Lunar month|Lunation]] and [[Year]] in increments of 1 beginning with 0. Each Day begins at Midnight, each Lunar Month at the New Moon, and each Year a the Northern Winter Solstice.
+This function of the calendar counts every second, day, week, moon, and year without further correlating any of them. This is a linear count and provides a means of translating dates between solar and lunar calendars. While these numbers ultimately begin with the Epoch, following by Era is more pragmatic.
-The initial periods occur as follows:
-*second 00 = midnight UTC December 21st 2012
-*Day 0 = December 21st 2012
-*Lunar Month 0 = December 12th 2012 to January 10th 2013
-*Year 0 = December 21st 2012 to December 20th 2013
+Era 2 began with:
-The Chromatic Counter is designed to allow for ease of translation between any two Calendar systems, particulaly solar and lunar systems.
+*second 00 = midnight UTC Jun 19th 2012 CE at 180 degrees longitude (IDL)
+*Day 0 = Jun 19th 2012 CE
+*Week 0 = Friday, Jun 22nd 2012 CE
+*Lunar Month 0 = Jun 19th to Jul 18th 2012 CE
+*Year 0 = Jun 19th 2012 to Jun 7th 2013 CE
+== 13~Month Calendar ==
-The Chromatic Counter will also record all observational aspects of the calendar, including lunar cycles, sunspot cycles, synodic periods of Planets, transits and so on.
+theAbysmal Calendar has a rules-based annual calendar, which divides the year into 13 months with 1 day outside of any month, which falls on Dec 21st at the Southern Solstice. This creates a symmetrical structure aligned with the seasons of the year, as well as harmonizing the 7-day week with the month, the quarter, the semester, and the year.
+As the calendar is strictly numeric, anyone is free to name the days, weeks, months, years, etc. however they choose.
-===the Lunar Calendar===
-theAbysmal Calendar has a [[Lunisolar calendar]] structure, assigning 29 or 30 Days per Lunar Month, 12 or 13 Lunar Months per Year. The Lunar Month 0 is the Lunar Month that contains the Northern Winter Solstice, or Southern Summer Solstice.
-===the Pertpetual 52~Week Year===
+=== Structure of the Year ===
+= 364 + 1 = 7 x 52 + 1 = 7 x 4 x 13 + 1
+Defining the year in this manner allows us to make regular divisions.
-theAbysmal Calendar further has an Annual structure, which divides the 365 Days of the Year into 52 Weeks and 1 New Year Day which is not a Weekday. The Weekdays remain unchanged from the Gregorian, as most of the World's cultures have their own names for these Days.  theAbysmal Week begins on Saturday and ends on Friday.
+* 52 weeks + 1 day = 1 year
+* 26 weeks = 1 semester
+* 13 weeks = 1 quarter
+* 4 weeks = 1 month
+* 2 weeks = 1 fortnight
+Each of these measures fits evenly into the year, + 1 day.
+This also makes each of these a regular measure, which is a significant drawback of the Gregorian.
-The New Year's Day falls on the Day equivalent to December 21st in order to represent the Solstice.
+* 1 week = 7 days
+* 1 fortnight = 14 days
+* 1 month = 28 days (4 weeks)
+* 1 quarter = 91 days (13 weeks)
+* 1 semester = 182 days (26 weeks)
+* 1 year = 364 days (52 weeks) + 1 day
+=== Days of the Week ===
-The 52 Weeks can be arranged as 13 Months of 28 Days or 4 Weeks, as well as 4 Quarters of 91 Days or 13 Weeks. As such, each Week, Month, Quarter and Year begin with Saturday and end with Friday.
+theAbysmal Calendar has no authority over the Weekdays however, these two daykeeping systems synchronize together with an underlying 28-year pattern.
+theAbysmal New Year 0 -(Dec 21 2012) fell on a Friday, making Month 0 Day 0 a Saturday. For the duration of year 0, every fortnight, month, quarter, and both semesters began on Saturday. Year 1 began on Sunday, and so every fortnight, month, quarter, semester began on Sunday, and so on. Year 2 began on Monday. The following year, being a leap year, is divided in two halves: the first half began on Tuesday, the second half on Wednesday. Year 4 began on Thursday, and so on. This creates a 28-year cycle.
-==the Leap Year Rule==
-The [[intercalation]] of the Leap Year Day occurs once every 4 Years, with an exception once every 128 Years when the Leap Year Day is not observed. This aligns the Calendar Year most closely with the [[Tropical year]]. The Leap Year Day falls on the Day before the New Year's Day.
+=== Leap Year Rule ===
-Leap Year Day 0 falls on December 20th 2012, such that the following Leap Year Day 1 will fall after the last Friday of Year 3 and the New Year's Day for Year 4.
++ 1/4 - 1/128
+A Leap Day  is observed on Jun 21 in a year following Feb 29 (Gregorian). There is an exception every 128 years where no Leap Day is observed, however the timing for this hasn't been decided. This will put theAbysmal Calendar and the Gregorian out of synch in 2100 CE.
-==the Case for a Calendar Conversion==
+An alternative is to synchronize with the Persian calendar rather than the Gregorian. Every quarter begins on a Solstice or Equinox, and their leap year rule is equivalent to theAbysmal's, however, it's smoother.
-theAbysmal Calendar has been devised such that implementation from the Gregorian be as smooth as possible. The first Weekday of theAbysmal Calendar falls on the Day equivalent to Saturday December 22nd 2012. As both the Gregorian Weekday and theAbysmal Weekdays are the same, the entire Year of Weekdays align, until the following New Year's Day on December 21st 2013. This should ease transition from the Gregorian to theAbysmal Calendar over the course of an entire Year, without the elimination or addition of Weekdays as has been done in the past.
++ 8/33
-Furthermore:
+For the moment, this is undefined.
-*theAbysmal Calendar measures the Lunar Month, which is used by Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. The Gregorian Calendar does not formallly measure the Lunar Month, despite its importance in calculating the major holiday of Easter.
-*theAbysmal Calendar takes the Precession of the Equinoxes into account.
+=== Notation ===
-*theAbysmal Calendar Months become a fixed 28 Days or 4 Weeks, as opposed to varying between 28 and 31 Days.
+Numbering begins with 0, largest to smallest left to right, and punctuates notation as follows:
-*theAbysmal Calendar Quarters become fixed at 91 Days or 13 Weeks, as opposed to varying between 90 and 92 Days.
+* dates are separated by tilda (~)
-*theAbysmal Calendar Quarters begin and end on or about the four Cardinal Points of the Year, the Winter [[Solstice]], the Vernal [[Equinox]] the Summer Solstice and the Autumnal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere.
+* times are separated by colon (:)
-*theAbysmal Months do not bear culturally specific names, which may alienate Calendar users from other cultures.
+* anything less than a second is a decimal (.)
-*theAbysmal Calendar combines Calendar features from the Hebrew, the Hellenic, the Chinese, the Buddhist, the Mesoamericans and the Mesopotamian Calendars, which support its claim as a more globally relevant Calendar than the Gregorian.
+Example:
+~7~0  22:34:59.22
+Year 4 Month 7 Day 0  10:34PM and 59.22 seconds.
+== Other Divisions ==
+theAbysmal Calendar is an ongoing experiment in devising novel calendar systems. The days of the year are further divided into other measures:
++ 1 day = 7 months of 52 days
++ 2 days = 11 months of 33 days
++ 4 days = 19 months of 19 days
++ 5 days really opens up the possibilities
+* 6 months of 60 days
+* 8 months of 45 days
+* 9 months of 40 days
+* 10 months of 36 days
+* 12 months of 30 days
+* 15 months of 24 days
+* 18 months of 20 days
+* 20 months of 18 days
+* 24 months of 15 days
+These months are each organized by market weeks of various length.
+= 5-day week x 73
+= 4-day x 91, 7-day x 52, 13-day x 28
+= 3-day x 121, 11-day x 33
+= 19-day x 19
+= 3-day x 120, 4-day x 90, 5-day x 72, 6-day x 60, 8-day x 45, 9-day x 40, 10-day x 36, 12-day x 30
 ==See also==
-[[Calendar reform]]<br />
+* [[Calendar reform]]
-[[Lunisolar calendar]]<br />
+* [[Lunisolar calendar]]
-[[Perpetual calendar]]<br />
+* [[Perpetual calendar]]
-[[Maya calendar]]<br />
+* [[Maya calendar]]
 ==External links==
-[http://theabysmal.wordpress.com/theabysmal-calendar// theAbysmal Calendar] (weblog chronicling Calendar development and features)<br />
+* [https://decolonizingtime.wordpress.com/theabysmal-2/ theAbysmal Calendar]
-[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=33&chapter=1&version=31/ Bible Gateway Book of Ezekiel]<br />
 [[Category:Proposed calendars]]
+[[Category:Perpetual calendars]]
+[[Category:Week starts Saturday]]
+[[Category:Equal-quarter calendars]]
+[[Category:Radical designs]]
+[[Category:Days outside the week cycle]]
+[[Category:4-season calendar]]
+[[Category:29-30-day month calendars]]
+[[Category:Leap day calendars]]
+[[Category:128-year leap cycle]]
+[[Category:13*28]]
+[[Category:12+1]]