Since one major insurmountable objection to the Achelis-type
World Calendar, especially to Jews and other religious groups to whom the
preservation of the 7-day week is important, has anyone considered a
calendar of 364 days, divided just as in the World Calendar, but instead
of a Leap Day and a "World Day," letting the error accumulate to a total
of 7 days and then adding a Leap Week?
There is no major problem in having the equinox off by 2 or 3
days in any year, except to astronomical types, who now have the
advantage of high-speed computers, and the Leap Week could be used as an
international holiday of good will, and yet not interfere with religious
observations of any type.
The calculation of Easter, Orthodox and Coptic Pascha, and
Passover and other religious moveabledates might be a bit hairy, but
still....
Incidentally, for those born during those additional days, the
rule could be that they would celebrate their birthday in non-leap-week
years on the day after which said week would begin. This is similar to the
rule, adopted by the British Parliament that observances of events
occurring on Feb. 29th be celebrated on the 28th in ordinary years.
Does anyone want to discuss this further??
Good wishes,
John
