Calendar

March 6, 2012 by The Alternate Economy

I couldn’t help but notice, while trying to plan my garden planting schedule, that our calendar is messed up. It makes no sense. It is based on nothing, as far as I can tell.

I would like to propose a new Calendar for a new Age of Aquarius.

There are 365 days in a year. 7 days in a week. Why are there 12 months of different sizes? 13 x 28 = 364. There should be 13 months of 28 days each, with a new year’s day that does not belong to any month or week, attached at the beginning. 365 days. Throw a leap day in every 4 years, and there we have it. A calendar where the first of every month is always a Monday. There are four weeks exactly in every month. There is one day which is celebrated on its own, New Year’s Day.

I don’t really like having New Year’s day in the dead of winter. That also makes little sense. I would propose that the Spring equinox should in fact be the first day of the year.

Also, I do not like the names of the days or months. I have a few suggestions for better names. These are obviously only silly examples, but I kind of like them.

Preparid
Monday

Workid
Tuesday

Valid
Wednesday

Perfectid
Thursday

Satisfid
Friday

Restid
Saturday

Inspirid
Sunday

Monday is the day of planning – Preparid
Tuesday is the day of work – Workid
Wednesday is the day of assessment – Valid
Thursday is the day of improvement – Perfectid
Friday is the day of satisfaction – Satisfid
Saturday is the day of rest – Restid
Sunday is the day of inspiration – Inspirid

Since there will be 13 months in this calendar plus one extra day for New Year’s Celebrations. The names I selected for the months are based loosely on Sanskrit, one of the oldest and most enlightened languages known to man.

New Year’s Day – First day of the Year, belonging to no month or week.

New Year’s

Holiday

21-Mar

Ladin – Month of Joy

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
22-Mar	23-Mar	24-Mar	25-Mar	26-Mar	27-Mar	28-Mar
8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
29-Mar	30-Mar	31-Mar	1-Apr	2-Apr	3-Apr	4-Apr
15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
5-Apr	6-Apr	7-Apr	8-Apr	9-Apr	10-Apr	11-Apr
22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
12-Apr	13-Apr	14-Apr	15-Apr	16-Apr	17-Apr	18-Apr

Vipad – Month of Ease

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
19-Apr	20-Apr	21-Apr	22-Apr	23-Apr	24-Apr	25-Apr
8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
26-Apr	27-Apr	28-Apr	29-Apr	30-Apr	1-May	2-May
15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
3-May	4-May	5-May	6-May	7-May	8-May	9-May
22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
10-May	11-May	12-May	13-May	14-May	15-May	16-May

Nugara – Month of Passion

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
17-May	18-May	19-May	20-May	21-May	22-May	23-May
8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
24-May	25-May	26-May	27-May	28-May	29-May	30-May
15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
31-May	1-Jun	2-Jun	3-Jun	4-Jun	5-Jun	6-Jun
22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
7-Jun	8-Jun	9-Jun	10-Jun	11-Jun	12-Jun	13-Jun

Zavat – Month of Hope

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
14-Jun	15-Jun	16-Jun	17-Jun	18-Jun	19-Jun	20-Jun
8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
21-Jun	22-Jun	23-Jun	24-Jun	25-Jun	26-Jun	27-Jun
15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
28-Jun	29-Jun	30-Jun	1-Jul	2-Jul	3-Jul	4-Jul
22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
5-Jul	6-Jul	7-Jul	8-Jul	9-Jul	10-Jul	11-Jul

Nukroza – Month of Compassion

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
12-Jul	13-Jul	14-Jul	15-Jul	16-Jul	17-Jul	18-Jul
8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
19-Jul	20-Jul	21-Jul	22-Jul	23-Jul	24-Jul	25-Jul
15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
26-Jul	27-Jul	28-Jul	29-Jul	30-Jul	31-Jul	1-Aug
22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
2-Aug	3-Aug	4-Aug	5-Aug	6-Aug	7-Aug	8-Aug

Darya – Month of Generosity

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
9-Aug	10-Aug	11-Aug	12-Aug	13-Aug	14-Aug	15-Aug
8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
16-Aug	17-Aug	18-Aug	19-Aug	20-Aug	21-Aug	22-Aug
15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
23-Aug	24-Aug	25-Aug	26-Aug	27-Aug	28-Aug	29-Aug
22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
30-Aug	31-Aug	1-Sep	2-Sep	3-Sep	4-Sep	5-Sep

Pakara – Month of Gratitude

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
6-Sep	7-Sep	8-Sep	9-Sep	10-Sep	11-Sep	12-Sep
8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
13-Sep	14-Sep	15-Sep	16-Sep	17-Sep	18-Sep	19-Sep
15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
20-Sep	21-Sep	22-Sep	23-Sep	24-Sep	25-Sep	26-Sep
22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
27-Sep	28-Sep	29-Sep	30-Sep	1-Oct	2-Oct	3-Oct

Aristi – Month of Security

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
4-Oct	5-Oct	6-Oct	7-Oct	8-Oct	9-Oct	10-Oct
8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
11-Oct	12-Oct	13-Oct	14-Oct	15-Oct	16-Oct	17-Oct
15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
18-Oct	19-Oct	20-Oct	21-Oct	22-Oct	23-Oct	24-Oct
22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
25-Oct	26-Oct	27-Oct	28-Oct	29-Oct	30-Oct	31-Oct

Jatva – Month of Knowledge

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
1-Nov	2-Nov	3-Nov	4-Nov	5-Nov	6-Nov	7-Nov
8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
8-Nov	9-Nov	10-Nov	11-Nov	12-Nov	13-Nov	14-Nov
15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
15-Nov	16-Nov	17-Nov	18-Nov	19-Nov	20-Nov	21-Nov
22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
22-Nov	23-Nov	24-Nov	25-Nov	26-Nov	27-Nov	28-Nov

Vodaya – Month of Emotion

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
29-Nov	30-Nov	1-Dec	2-Dec	3-Dec	4-Dec	5-Dec
8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
6-Dec	7-Dec	8-Dec	9-Dec	10-Dec	11-Dec	12-Dec
15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
13-Dec	14-Dec	15-Dec	16-Dec	17-Dec	18-Dec	19-Dec
22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
20-Dec	21-Dec	22-Dec	23-Dec	24-Dec	25-Dec	26-Dec

Nurati – Month of Love

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
27-Dec	28-Dec	29-Dec	30-Dec	31-Dec	1-Jan	2-Jan
8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
3-Jan	4-Jan	5-Jan	6-Jan	7-Jan	8-Jan	9-Jan
15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
10-Jan	11-Jan	12-Jan	13-Jan	14-Jan	15-Jan	16-Jan
22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
17-Jan	18-Jan	19-Jan	20-Jan	21-Jan	22-Jan	23-Jan

Samaka – Month of Balance

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
24-Jan	25-Jan	26-Jan	27-Jan	28-Jan	29-Jan	30-Jan
8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
31-Jan	1-Feb	2-Feb	3-Feb	4-Feb	5-Feb	6-Feb
15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
7-Feb	8-Feb	9-Feb	10-Feb	11-Feb	12-Feb	13-Feb
22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
14-Feb	15-Feb	16-Feb	17-Feb	18-Feb	19-Feb	20-Feb

Arthad – Month of Truth

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
21-Feb	22-Feb	23-Feb	24-Feb	25-Feb	26-Feb	27-Feb
8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
28-Feb	1-Mar	2-Mar	3-Mar	4-Mar	5-Mar	6-Mar
15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
7-Mar	8-Mar	9-Mar	10-Mar	11-Mar	12-Mar	13-Mar
22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th
Preparid	Workid	Valid	Perfectid	Satisfid	Restid	Inspirid
14-Mar	15-Mar	16-Mar	17-Mar	18-Mar	19-Mar	20-Mar

Leap Day – Last day of the year, Every fourth year, belonging to no month or week.

Leap Day

Holiday

act as 29-Feb

So, hopefully this calendar makes sense to you. It makes sense to me.

Today would be Inspirid, the 14th of Arthad (Sunday, the 14th day of the last month). In two weeks from tomorrow it would be New Years’s Day.

The names will take a little getting used to, but I feel like this calendar would make time management a little easier and make our weekly expectations of ourselves a little more solid. I would love to hear your comments. Will 2012 be the last year of the Gregorian Calendar?

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24 thoughts on “Calendar”

MindMindful on March 6, 2012 at 11:42 am said:

Ah, harkening back to the pagan calendar — 13 months based on the moon cycle (which is where the word “month” derives)

Does your mind EVER quit churning out interesting ideas?!?

It is said that the most revolutionary thing (besides “living in love”, of course:) is to change the calendar — The Church did it (which is pretty much the one used in the West). The revolutionaries in France did it, briefly. It’s a great way to shake up the status quo, for sure!!!!

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- The Alternate Economy on March 6, 2012 at 11:45 am said:
  
  2012 seems like a good place to stop using this one. The Alternate Economy is about changing everything else, why not our calendar…
- MindMindful on March 6, 2012 at 11:58 am said:
  
  Agreed! For nearly 2 millenia, people have said: BC = before christ & AD = Year of the lord (because they are dating from the birth of Jesus). Non-christians & many scholars have been using: BCE = before the common era & CE = the common era (just to keep the same reference point, w/o the actual reference).
  
  What will we use?? & from what year will we date the before & after?? LIL = living in love……….??
jarridsteel on March 6, 2012 at 12:15 pm said:

This is quite interesting….

I love that August (my birth month) would be the month of generosity! HAHA!!!

That means you should be VERY generous indeed! 😉

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- The Alternate Economy on March 6, 2012 at 12:41 pm said:
  
  And my birthday would fall under the month of Joy, because everyone is so damn happy I was born…
beyondapointofthought on March 6, 2012 at 12:27 pm said:

You want to see people tear each other apart and the world crumble even faster than it is now? Screw with the calendar, lol! I would be SOOOOO confused for a VERY long time if anything were to change. Remember how long it took us to understand the calendar when we were little? Now imagine that all over again PLUS the fact that we’re older with slower brains than when we were little.

Having said that, you HAVE put a lot of effort into making this calendar, lol. Good job!

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- The Alternate Economy on March 6, 2012 at 12:35 pm said:
  
  I didn’t put that much effort into it… I was bored this morning and woke up with an inspiration… lol.
- beyondapointofthought on March 6, 2012 at 5:43 pm said:
  
  Eh, it looked like you did, but no matter… it was a fun thing to do
freefrednice on March 6, 2012 at 1:07 pm said:

that’s the lunar calendar

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- freefrednice on March 6, 2012 at 1:08 pm said:
  
  most of the pre-history world followed that calendar, it was more appropriate to agriculture
- The Alternate Economy on March 6, 2012 at 1:45 pm said:
  
  I don’t think mine is particularly original. What is our current one based on? Madness?
- freefrednice on March 6, 2012 at 1:45 pm said:
  
  roman gods
- The Alternate Economy on March 6, 2012 at 1:48 pm said:
  
  oh ok… madness.
Lesley on March 6, 2012 at 1:27 pm said:

I don’t want to nitpick, but because it is in the month my birthday would fall under, I feel obligated to point out that the sanskrit “Vipad” doesn’t have very good translations. It quite literally translates to: misfortune, death, accident, ruin, failure, adversity, calamity and going wrongly. I guess you could consider “death” the ultimate “ease”, though.

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- The Alternate Economy on March 6, 2012 at 1:43 pm said:
  
  As I said, they are loosely based. I am impressed with your knowledge of Sanskrit… lol. The word I used was Avipad which means “no calamity, ease”, but every word seemed to start with the letter “A” so I dropped the “A’s” from most of them. I am not a scholar of Sanskrit, but used a dictionary… I guess dropping the “A” changes the meaning significantly… lol. oops.
Lesley on March 6, 2012 at 1:28 pm said:

PS- I’m happy you were born 😉

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talesfromthelou on March 6, 2012 at 1:49 pm said:

You’re funny. The Romans used to add months or weeks to their calendar when they run out of time and things to do. I like the months names.

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- The Alternate Economy on March 6, 2012 at 1:56 pm said:
  
  Yes, I heard they would use a leap month instead of a leap year, but it interfered with office terms, so never actually got instituted. Gotta love the Romans for all the wisdom they have left us… thanks for the positive comment!
- talesfromthelou on March 6, 2012 at 2:09 pm said:
  
  No,no, no, they actually implemented it. They had a name for it. My Roman history is rusty but I know the emperor could at his whim extend the year to fit with his plans, usually war plans.
- The Alternate Economy on March 6, 2012 at 2:10 pm said:
  
  maybe it was the other way around. I am rusty too. It would make more sense that they would use it too often in order to extend their terms…
colonialist on March 6, 2012 at 2:13 pm said:

Kate Shrewsday blogged about the French revision of the calendar until Napoleon squished it. Their decimal system was high on logic but miserable in practice.
Twelve thirties are fine, but weekends should revolve like shipboard watch systems, on a ten-day week where one works six days and gets three off.

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Laura Kryshtar on March 6, 2012 at 11:12 pm said:

Like other people mentioned this would be a Lunar calendar or Moon calendar based on 13 months of 28 days, like the Hebrew and Mayan calendars. In your case, your calendar would start on the Spring Equinox (March 20 or 21) for the Northern Hemisphere and Autumn Equinox for the Southern Hemisphere. In Western Tropical Astrology, the vernal equinox (March 20 or 21) marks the first point or start of Aries. That is the first day of the Iranian calendar. It is also a holiday celebrated in many different cultures around the world, like the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Americas.

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shoma abhyankar on March 7, 2012 at 12:06 am said:

ha ha, I like names given by you like Inspirid, restid, satisfid. Hindoos celebrate their festivals according to the lunar calender and there is in fact an added month known as ” Adhik(more) Maas(month)”. also the new year is according to the fresh harvest and crop generally in March/April.
Though all of us also have the New year celebrations on 31st December because of the western influence on our country and also because there is nothing else except partying to be done on that day

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edwardtibolt on March 7, 2012 at 3:22 pm said:

i like your idea of changing it back to 13 months, and the names of your months would be nice too. it would keep people thinking good thoughtsand about moving foward. rather than dwelling on the bad.

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