THE CALENDAR CYCLE 1 The very obvious cycle

THE CALENDAR

CYCLE: 1 The very obvious cycle for the early man was the cycle of DAY AND NIGHT. For early humans, the transition From day and night was strange in the beginning but they adopted to that change and performed activities Accordingly.

CYCLE: 2 Waxing and Waning of Moon phases. We observe the cycle is of 29 to 30 days and that’s why a month Consist of 29 -30 -31 days(as and when the calendar was developed, it was decided). This was very important for The ancient man because they had a lot of beliefs in this regard.

TYPE 1: FEROZE LIVING Through this we understood the passage of seasons, cold-hot, etc. We understand things are changing around us , the four seasons became definite. That’s what we call it a TROPICAL YEAR.

TYPE 2: POSITION OF SUN Sunrise and Sunset. These types of calendars provide accurate time of the year. It is calculated by waiting for the Sun to come back to an exact same location. Excellent indication by the method of SOLAR YEAR.

TYPE 3: POSITION OF STARS It depends upon which star comes up on the horizon at a certain time. It also depends upon sunrise and sunset. This is called SIDE AERIAL YEAR.

HOMER : THE FACT! Ancient greeks approximately 8 th century BC, works of Homer people were already using position of stars And sun to navigate and using information to take agricultural decisions- when to sow seeds, when to harvest, etc.

ROMULUS: 1 ST KING OF ROME Originated by the king of Rome, it was heavily influenced by the Sumerians and Babylonians. Because Romans liked everything in 10, so the king of Rome made the calendar of 10 months and extra days. Their year began in March because that’s when spring season began. Approximately, 61 days were still remaining before the year was completed(checking through solar calendars), Those days were mentioned as ‘UNLUCKY DAYS. ’

JULIUS CAESAR Here, he actually figured out the year consisted of 365 days and a leap day every 4 years.

NUMA KING 40 years later, Numa king liked odd numbers so he changed the number of days from 30 to 29 and that’s when Jan and Feb Arrived. Still there was a problem of certain days which was made into a INTER-CALORIE MONTH. Though it was not every year, It was decided when the king felt things were slipping out of alignment in relation to the solar calendar.

AUGUSTUS The month August was named after Augustus. It was pretty much the same as the calendar of Julius Caesar but he Added one more day in august. He tried to calculate make changes in the system of leap year but it wasn’t accepted Because there was a difference of 11 minutes which made a huge difference over the years.

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