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The Missing Thirteenth Month

November 19, 2008 by Chris Billows in Mental Mischief tags: Human Condition, Human Mystery

Have you ever noticed how our 12 month calendar has no symmetry or pattern? The 31 day month does not even alternate with non-31 day months to follow a pattern. It really is a mess and should be fixed.

If every month was shortened to 28 days, or basically a lunar cycle of four 7-day weeks, we would have room for a 13th month.

 

Days    Month   Days More that 28 Days
31	Jan	3 more days than 28
28	Feb	0 more days than 28
31	Mar	3 more days than 28
30	Apr	2 more days than 28
31	May	3 more days than 28
30	Jun	2 more days than 28
31	Jul	3 more days than 28
31	Aug	3 more days than 28
30	Sep	2 more days than 28
31	Oct	3 more days than 28
30	Nov	2 more days than 28
31	Dec	3 more days than 28
365		29 days left over if each month was 28 days

With 29 days left over, we could create a 13th month of 28 days and then have an extra day that would not belong to any month. Call it nil-day or something.

What’s the benefit to society? Absolutely nothing. Its just a lark to think about.

About The Author: Chris Billows

Chris Billows is a knowledge seeker who believes in social responsibility, a health care professional, and a business dabbler. The Journals of Doc Surge is his personal blog. Doc Surge (a cool synonym for Billows) is inspired by Doc Brass from the Planetary Comic series who in turn was inspired by the 1930s pulp hero Doc Savage.
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