Happy New Year
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 3:16 pm
I know I am a little previous but Happy New Year for tomorrow. 
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Re: Happy New Year
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:53 pm
Have I been in a coma? Did I get my visa?Re: Happy New Year
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 8:33 am
Jewish New Year.
Re: Happy New Year
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 9:53 am
The Islamic New Year and the Jewish New Year almost coincide in 2017...but it's a coincidence.
Both calendars are amongst the weirdest in existence. The Jewish year is particularly bizarre. I quote :
"The Hebrew lunar year is about eleven days shorter than the solar year and uses the 19-year Metonic cycle to bring it into line with the solar year, with the addition of an intercalary month every two or three years, for a total of seven times per 19 years. Even with this intercalation, the average Hebrew calendar year is longer by about 6 minutes and 40 seconds than the current mean tropical year, so that every 216 years the Hebrew calendar will fall a day behind the current mean tropical year; and about every 231 years it will fall a day behind the mean Gregorian calendar year"
So now you know !
Both calendars are amongst the weirdest in existence. The Jewish year is particularly bizarre. I quote :
"The Hebrew lunar year is about eleven days shorter than the solar year and uses the 19-year Metonic cycle to bring it into line with the solar year, with the addition of an intercalary month every two or three years, for a total of seven times per 19 years. Even with this intercalation, the average Hebrew calendar year is longer by about 6 minutes and 40 seconds than the current mean tropical year, so that every 216 years the Hebrew calendar will fall a day behind the current mean tropical year; and about every 231 years it will fall a day behind the mean Gregorian calendar year"
So now you know !
Re: Happy New Year
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:09 am
To clarify Happy Islamic New Year to everyone. 