There are 12 Gregorian months - January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
And we've 12 months with the names of poya days - Duruthu, Navam, Madin, Bak, Vesak, Poson, Esala, Nikini, Binara, Vap, Ill, Unduvap
Is this a coincidence (both having the same number of months per year)?
I can understand how they named a month: 28 days between full moon days, so it is a month.
But years? How did they know it takes approximately 12 months for one full revolution of the earth around the sun?
Probably, I am misunderstanding something, can someone clarify this to me?
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Another question:
Take the Sinhala names of the 8 planets; เถถเทเถฐ, เทเทเถเทเถปเท, เถดเทเถญเทเทเทเถบ, เถ เถเทเถปเท, เถถเทโเถปเทเทเทเถดเถญเท, เทเทเถฑเทเทเถปเท, เถบเทเถปเทเถฑเทเท, เถฑเทเถดเทเถ เทเถฑเท (+ เถดเทเถฝเทเถงเท)
The first 6 planets have Sinhala-ish names while Uranus and Neptune have their English pronunciation-based names. It's worth noting here that the first 6 planets (incl. Earth) are all visible to the naked eye, while the other two are not. Does this suggest Ancient Sri Lankans (or whoever we are descending from) could identify planets in the night sky?
(Venus is easily noticeable, and it also has the names "เทเทเถเทเถปเท เถญเถปเทเท" and "เถเถปเถถเถงเท เถญเถปเทเท" which means they couldn't understand it was not a star. What about others?)
Any thoughts are appreciated...
This 31/30/28-29 days thing is dysfunctional and makes no sense. 28 days would fit both the lunar month and the 7-day-week format, making it much easier and more natural to live with.
If yes, is there anything comparable that isn't?
My Rabbi ultimately didn't know... even though the original concept comes from Judaism.
As per title. It's really self-explanatory. If we followed the lunar calendar, all months would correspond to 1 single lunar revolution, and women would conform to a regular date of period, and we could gain a predictive advantage over events and occurences that are currently beyond our control. Order would be restored to the galaxy; the sun, moon and stars would be a cohesive unit and a beautiful yardstick by which our lives would attain greater significance in the cosmic sense, and we would look heavenwards and be blissed out to the divine rhythm.
Bonus points if the "parents who have thrice defied" refers to petty schoolyard tiffs between Voldie and the parents of Quirrel.
I want a story where they all assume that either Neville or Harry is prophesied hero only for it to be someone else.
Like when all hope is fading this person stood up, fought alongside the the two. someone who doesn't have an obligation to do so but they cannot let the kids do everything. Someone inspired by the heroes and said gave Harry and the other the much needed break and assistance. No one knew that that person was destined to do so until the final battle and dealt the kill shot.
Imagine someone inspired by harry. Since prophesies are not meant to be straightforward and usually only makes sense once it has concluded. That it is acknowledged that Harry did stuff not because of the prophesy but by choice. That just because everyone assumes it your duty that doesn't mean it is really upon their shoulders.
E.G. The seventh month in Celtic/Irish calendar is Beltain. The child born as Beltane ends. So it's May 1st since the calendar starts with November. (Because that day is magic) Or somewhere in October in buddist calendar.
...obtained in a legal manner that does not cause harm, distress, nor discomfort to anyone, nor cause the currency inflation rate to change as a direct nor indirect result, that I will be able to use at my discretion to either purchase anything I wish at any time I choose in the future, or give as a gift at my discretion, that neither I nor anyone else will be held under suspicion for by anyone for receiving, nor will anyone attempt nor succeed to remove nor steal nor trick any of the money nor any purchases made with it from my possession nor anyone else's.
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I really hope someone finds a loophole because I tried my utmost hardest to cover everything.
Edit: /u/silentnoisemakers76 found one, nice work. Any others?
Edit 2: Good job, /u/Zenobiyl, for realizing I'd forgotten to specify I'd be receiving US currency.
Edit 3: More winner points go to /u/IsPhil and possibly /u/loliaway depending on your interpretation of the text. I love everyone's responses!
Hello everyone.
It always bothered me that SEPTEMber was the ninth month, OCTOber was the tenth month, NOVEMber was the eleventh month and DECEMber was the twelfth month.
So, now I'm writing a fictional world and I want to rename the months so there are no references to Roman gods (i.e. January) or emperors (i. e. July) but still uses the numbered months. So, this time, September will be 7th, October will be 8th, November will be 9th and December will be 10th. A quick search led me to find UNDECIMber and DUODECIMber, which were proposed 13th and 14th leap months, but really refer to month 11 and 12.
Being a total noob at Latin, I don't know how the other months would be called under this system. I have a hunch that UNUMber (1st) would be correct and maybe DUOber (2nd) but names for the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th months are a mystery to me because tres/tria, quattuor, quinque and sex have very different writings than the rest and I don't think just lumping them together with suffix -ber would make it.
Thanks in advance!
It would start on the day that the tennis season begins and end on the day that the tennis season ends. Time would not exist while tennis is not going on.
Thoughts?
They still become Christian. I suppose this means there would have to be 1 difference between TTL's Christian Calendar and OTL's Jewish calendar. That TTL's christian calendar will start at the birth or death of Christ
Two years effed, a surge appears to be imminent aka the third wave, largely due to the callousness of fellow citizens.
Some believe that the current new Omicron variant is milder and will bring an end to the pandemic and blah blah blah...
I have been chilling in my alien land, unwilling to, even though, I have to return to my effing daily grind in Tirunelveli.
What about you?
