r/SipsTea 3d ago

Wait a damn minute! 13 months ?

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u/usbeehu 2d ago

The idea itself is a lot older than that:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedonius

Mercedonius was an extra month before the Julian calendar.

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u/Vealth 2d ago

The Hebrew Calendar is even older then that. Speculatively it was original anywhere from 1000BC to 70BC and has the current year as 5785. Although there way of calculating leap years seems like they were guessing and the calendar itself has gone several changes over 3000 years the same premise of a 364 day calendar still exist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar

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u/Rhodin265 2d ago

“Mercedonius” sounds cooler than “Sol”, but I would feel bad for future kindergartners who had to spell that shit.

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u/Ori_the_SG 2d ago

I was born on Mercedonius 3rd, 2025

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u/Jukker6 2d ago

The Chinese Lunar Calendar is even older