The old calendar wastes
our time. You cannot remember it because there is no correlation
between the days of the week and the days of the month. The forth
of the month can be any day of the week, for example. However,
on the Raenbo calendar the first day of each month is a Sunday,
the last is a Saturday and the forth is always a Wednesday. Every
month looks the same. The Raenbo calendar is so regular, you
can keep it in your head.
Also, on the old calendar,
each of the seasons starts within a month. June 21st,
for example, is the first day of summer and so June is both a
spring and a summer month. On the Raenbo calendar, the twelve
months are divided into four, three month, seasons.
You notice that the Raenbo
calendar uses base 12 numbering instead of base 10. There are
30 days in the month counting in base 10 but 26
days using base 12
counting.
Twelve months of 30 days
each equals 360 days, however there are approximately 365 1/4
days in the year. The 5 1/4 extra days are used as solstice and
equinox holidays that come between the four seasons. This is
the second major advantage of the Raenbo calendar, because the
solstices and equinoxes fall between, not within, the months,
the months can be grouped into four neat three month seasons.
The 5 1/4 extra days are
used as follows. There are two solstice holidays between December
and January and then come the winter months of January,
February and March. Next comes the Spring Equinox holiday
followed by the spring months of April, May and June.
Between June and July there is one Summer Solstice holiday except
for leap years when there are two. Then come the summer months
of July, August and September followed by the Autumn Equinox
holiday which is followed by the autumn months of October,
November and December. That is the year. It is so regular
you can keep it in your head.
You have probably noticed
that the Raenbo month has five weeks of six
days each. This, six day week, is the most radical change
from the old calendar, but once you have a six day week, everything
falls neatly into place. A seven day week does not work if you
are going to have 365 1/4 days divided into twelve equal months.
You cannot have 12 months of 28 days and four weeks nor is there
any other regular and workable combination. However, as you see,
a six day week works beautifully.
The Raenbo calendar uses
dozenal, base 12, counting for the days of the month and the
numbering of the years. In addition, the milenium year
2000 has been make the Raenbo year 4000. 4000 was
chosen because if you take the year 2000, to the base 10, and
make it into 2000, to base 12, and count backwards,
in base 12, to the year zero, you are at the traditional year
1458 BCE. The problem is that 1458 BCE is not an interesting
year to use as your year zero. However, if you make the year
2000, in base 10, into the year 4000, in base 12, and count back to
the year zero, you are at the traditional year, 4914 BCE. Now
you have a more meaningful date to use as your new year zero
because 4914 BCE is at the dawn of civilization and falls between
the years of creation as reckoned by several ancient cultures.
4914 BCE is further back
than 3641 BCE which was the year of creation on the Mayan calendar
and it is further back than 3760 BCE which is the year of creation
on the Hebrew calendar. But it is not as far back as 5490 BCE
which was the year of creation as reckoned by the early Syrian
Christians nor is it as far back as 5508 BCE which was the year
of creation as adopted in the 7th century at Constantinople by
the Eastern Orthodox Church. So, the Raenbo year zero at the
old calendar's 4914 BCE falls between these four historic dates
of creation and makes a logical starting point for our new
calendar.
Below are links to the Raenbo calendar by the seasons; Spring,
Summer, Autumn and Winter.
To find your birthday on
the Raenbo Calendar, find the block with your old birthday written
in small black letters. If you were born during a leap year,
your old birth date is shown in parenthesis except from old March
1 to old June 21 when they are the same as for regular years.
If you were born on August 7, on a leap year, for example, your
Raenbo Calendar birthday is August 14. August14 is a Wednesday as is the 14th of every month. So, your birthday
will always be on a Wednesday.
More information on the Raenbo calendar, along with five other
Utopian ideas, is contained in the book, 4000, THE FIFTH MILENIUM, Six Revolooshunairy
Iedeeas, which can be ordered from Aster
Esprit Press, 16265 Dahlgren Road, King George, VA 22485 for
$14.95 which includes shipping.
