#rainyloreinfinity

[crippled-peeper]

I wonder why it’s so hard to talk about openly maam

[rainyloreinfinity]

how do you structure your calendar?

So the Hellenes of old used, from what we know so far, at least 5 calendars. One was political, one was seasonal (and later abandoned due to the inability of accurately keeping track), one that is still used (the olympiad), a religious one (Attic and others), etc.

I have a lot of beef with the gregorian since it's just the Julian calendar renamed. It has no real association with agriculture since the Julian calendar, named after Julius Caesar, was adopted in regards to Janus. The original, one of atleast, Roman calendar began following the vernal equinox when the earth softened enough to begin planting -- agriculture. The month of that new year was named after Mars, so Martius, because He is considered the Father of the Romans since He fathered the founders -- the twins Romulus and Remus.

So the Roman calendar begins with March, following the spring equinox (21-25). It was changed to the Julian calendar because of Janus being the God of beginnings and endings as He is portrayed as having two faces, one looking forward and one looking back. So the month of the Julian calendar that is considered the new year is January or Januarius (along with other possible spellings). It has no association with agriculture. In my mind, therefore inaccurate.

Personally, I have pretty much abandoned the Julian calendar and mostly use the Roman for politics, finances, and the like. Since they're very similar otherwise. I use the Roman because it is closer to accurate for the more agricultural new year where I base the new year off of the fertility of the earth. In this way, the Julian calendar is almost a year behind (since it occurs in the dead of winter).

For religious purposes, I try to follow the Attic calendar to the best of my ability. It is lunisolar so it changes, never really fixed, which means I have to re-calculate some dates. Since the Attic Civil Year begins with the new moon following the summer solstice, it is roughly 5(ish) months behind the Roman and 5-6 months ahead of the Julian. As such, we are technically in Roman 2027 and nearing Attic 2027.

I use the historical dates for the festivals as it correlates to the Attic calendar. Then I apply use of it alongside the Roman by way of noting the moon phases. Since I mention historical, I should also mention that the Athenians (since it's Attic and not a catch-all calendar) had a varied view of which month is the thirteenth month. Every three years, one month is doubled to keep the calendar in alignment with the solar year. Personally, I used to use Poseideon since it was the commonly mentioned but I am thinking of switching to Skirophorion just because it is so much easier to remember. (Basically, extend the end of the calendar instead of the middle).

In short, I use the Roman for most everyday things while I use the Attic for religious observances.

I created a fucking a pdf but can't for the life of me figure out how to upload it right now. If anyone knows, please tell me.

EDIT: nevermind, I figured it out

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