A More Perfect Calendar
The Gregorian calendar is ugly.
For starters, the months all have different lengths.
| Month | Days |
|---|---|
| January | 31 |
| February | 28/29 |
| March | 31 |
| April | 30 |
| May | 31 |
| June | 30 |
| July | 31 |
| August | 31 |
| September | 30 |
| October | 31 |
| November | 30 |
| December | 31 |
Not only do they vary in length, but there is no pattern to their difference. February breaks the 31/30 range. July-August and December-January break the 31, 30 alternation.
Also, none of the months can start and stop cleanly at the ends of a week, whether the week starts on a Sunday, Monday, or any other day. Even February fails at this task every time it has 29 days.
To solve this problem, I thought of a new calendar consisting of 13 months, each 28 days long. Every month has 4 weeks exactly. Each year ends in one or two extra days to account for New Year’s Eve and Leap Day. These days are simply called those names since they are not part of any month or week. The 13th month is called Christmas, because that sounded nice.
Dates and weekdays are predictable. Christmas is always on a Wednesday. But this isn’t a perfect calendar. Due to reality, a perfect calendar is impossible. You try. However, my calendar is more consistent than Greg’s.
All 13 Months
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
P.S. I know this will never catch on. I don't care.