Why do the 12 months of the year have as many days as they do..example: January (31days)- February (28 days) etc...Isn't there some sort of way to make each month have the same amount of days?
It seems twelve, thirty day months would be practical and easier to keep track of.
2007-02-04 15:11:49 · 11 answers · asked by ? 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
It got messed up when 2 Roman Emperors added months to name after themselves.
Cesar Augustus = August
Julius = July
Octo= 8 (Octopus) But October is the 10th Month
Novo = 9 But November is the 11th Month
Decius= 10 (Decimal) But it it is the 12 Month...
Blame those Roman Emperors for messing up the 10 month even calendar by inserting "their" months during the nicest part of the year
2007-02-04 15:17:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The calendar is based on the Gregorian calendar.
According to Wikipedia:
The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. A modification of the Julian calendar, it was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, for whom it was named, on 24 February 1582 via the papal bull Inter gravissimas. Years in the calendar are numbered from the traditional birth year of Jesus, which was labeled the "anno Domini" (AD) era[1], and is sometimes labeled the "common era" (CE).
The Gregorian Calendar was devised both because the lunar calendar had grown conspicuously wrong, and the mean Julian Calendar year is slightly too long, so that the vernal equinox slowly drifts backwards through Julian calendar years. This caused problems in computing the date of Easter.
Tomb of Pope Gregory XIII in St. Peter's Basilica.
The Gregorian calendar system dealt with these problems by dropping a certain number of days to bring the calendar back into synchronization with the seasons, and then slightly shortening the average number of days in a calendar year, by omitting three Julian leap-days every 400 years. The days omitted are in the century years, i.e.: 29 February 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2500, 2600, 2700, 2900 etc.
2007-02-04 15:16:37 · answer #2 · answered by lolabellaquin 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because there are 365 days in a year they had to devide it somehow. 365 days is how long it takes to revolve around the sun. If it was all even months then we would lose some of the time in a year. Eventually all our seasons would be out of whack because we'd keep losing days out of the year. 12 x 30 would be 360 days. So we'd be 5 days short.
2007-02-04 15:16:58 · answer #3 · answered by gemwi 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The days of a year is 365, which means that there will always be an odd day out. If you divide them into twelve or twenty days, it will create more months which is hard to keep track of. Anyway, if you try to change them now, it will cause chaos and havoc.
2007-02-04 15:18:04 · answer #4 · answered by HopeGrace 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah... try dividing 365 and a quarter days by 12... it does not come out even... so that's why you have the different days... and also there is the knuckle method if you have trouble remembering...
start at the left pinky knuckle and count. knucle then space inbetween then knuckle. the knuckles are 31 days and the spaces are 30 days.
I don't know what I'm talking about... but it works.... you end up on your ring finger knuckle of the right hand.
2007-02-04 15:21:05 · answer #5 · answered by pro_steering_wheel_holder 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a year is 365 days because 365 days is how long it takes for the earth to go completely around the sun ..... if we changed the number of days in a year just so people with ocd will be happy ... it would defeat the purpose of acknowledging that it takes 365 days to go around the sun.
2007-02-04 15:15:32 · answer #6 · answered by Elle 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's because it's man made. Everything man made is messed up. Look at the Electoral system. If I remember correctly. Benjamin Franklin was appointed to make it. And was so disgusted by the thought of doing it. He made it as confusing and stupid as he could wanting it to be rejected. But they loved it and approved it. To his astonishment.
2007-02-04 15:21:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
that's the Gregorian calender
the Muslim calender follows the moon therefore it is accurate (give or take a day...that's all)
it has 360 days...
2007-02-04 15:16:02 · answer #8 · answered by Arez 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, its all mathematically planned so the days coincide with the same season each year so if there was any change it would screw up the times of the seasons
2007-02-04 15:15:25 · answer #9 · answered by Wills 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
If we had 360 days, yes, but we dont
2007-02-04 15:15:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋