Re: why is there no active anime group on usenet?

On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:40:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

I thought the seasons were out of order because Augustus created July
and August.

No, he only renamed Quintilis and Sextilis. Originally they ignored winter
and had ten months starting with March. January and February were the
additions.

Because of the rounding error of the solar year to 365.25 days by the 16th
century 21 March had drifted away from the vernal equinox. Figuring out
Easter depends on the equinox and moon phase which is why Easter is a
moveable feast and doesn't necessarily occur the same time as Passover
although the Barabbas thing was due to the Passover celebration according
to the bible.

The Julian calendar had a leap year every 4 years to realign it but that
was a little overkill. Pope Gregory instituted the current leap year
algorithm. The Jews have their own scheme, hence the drift of Passover
versus Easter,

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

The original October Revolution question came about because Russia didn't
partially go Gregorian until 1918 so Julian date still fell in October.
That's also why Orthodox Christmas is in January at least in Russia. I
think Zelensky declared it to be 25 December.