Timeline for How did ancient cultures like Ancient Egypt justify having "non-month" days to adjust for their inaccurate calendar day count?
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| Apr 30 at 22:26 | comment | added | Mary | The Roman one went for the intercalary month, except for political reasons they frequently skipped it, which is why Julius Caesar did the big reform. The winter not divided into months was legendary. | |
| Apr 30 at 8:28 | comment | added | OrangeDog | the Roman and Salish calendars also have non-month days. | |
| Apr 29 at 22:53 | comment | added | Mary | Exactly. Extra months, not extra non-month days. Putting in non-month days moves you further and further from the moon. | |
| Apr 29 at 21:52 | comment | added | OrangeDog | Source for "this was rare"? Most ancient cultures were trying to fit twelve lunar months into a solar year, so ended up with extra non-month days, or years with extra months in them. See the Roman, Hebrew, Chinese, Hindu, and Salish calendars. | |
| Apr 29 at 0:35 | history | edited | Mary | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 29 at 0:25 | history | answered | Mary | CC BY-SA 4.0 |