This page is here to give you a quick look at a month in The Hypatian Calendar. I set up this first look to allow the calendar itself to begin becoming something familiar.
A helpful note: In “The Hypatian Calendar”, (hereinafter often referred to as HC) the days of the week, as well as the months themselves, will have new names. What will these new names be? At the time of the initial writing of this document the new names for days, weeks, and the months have not yet been set. To illustrate the effect new names will have on the calendar I have selected the example names you will see in this calendar month.
The old names, where they appear, will be displayed in (this color).
And the new names will be displayed in (this color).
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Here is a typical Hypatian Calendar Month
This month is currently named “One”
Month name: ONE
previously named – (March)
| Mercury (Monday) 1 | Venus (Tuesday) 2 | Mars (Wednesday) 3 | Jupiter (Thursday) 4 | Saturn (Friday) 5 | Uranus (Saturday) 6 | Neptune (Sunday) 7 |
| Oneday 8 | Twoday 9 | Threeday 10 | Fourday 11 | Fiveday 12 | Funday 13 | Sleepday The Old Pi Day 14 |
| Thales Famous Math People 15 | Einstein 16 | Pisano 17 | Pythagoras 18 | Ada Spring Day 19 | Euclid 20 | Leonardo 21 |
Newfy 22 | Pit 23 | Mastiff 24 | S Bernard 25 | Bernese 26 | Collie 27 | Aussie 28 |
| Theresa 29 | Debbie 30 | Hypatia 31 |
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The Hypatian Month above presents a number of the elements that contribute to making The Hypatian Calendar what it is. Below I have placed some additional information on these elements to help build an understanding of what it is that HC is.
- Hypatian Days – The 29th, 30th, and 31. They act a bit like weekend days. They are not a part of any week.
- Hypatian Periods – The Last weekend of a Hypatian Month, plus the Hypatian Days form the Hypatian Period. The Hypatian Period provides a 4 to 5 non-workday time at the end of each Hypatian Month.
- Hypatian Months – Simply months in The Hypatian Calendar.
- Hypatian Months always start with the first day of the week.
- Hypatian Months always end with a Hypatian Period.
- Theon Days, (Named after Hypatia’s father, Theon) – This is the leap day in months where it is needed. While it is not listed in the calendar above, it is added here to help provide a more complete picture.
- Hypatian Years – Pretty much as one would guess, these years consist of 12 Hypatian Months.
These elements are a large part of what make The Hypatian Calendar very different from the Gregorian calendar.
The Georgian calendar provides a framework for working to make a living, but no time to actually live the lives we work to provide for. The Hypatian Calendar provides a time to live our lives every month. It provides substantial economic benefits as well.
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The month displayed above is the first month that occurs in a Hypatian Year. It provides a fair picture of what Hypatian Months are and how Hypatian Months are different from months in the current calendars you will be familiar with.
The Hypatian Year starts in the spring, not in the middle of winter as in some common calendars systems.
When is spring officially? In the Julian calendar, spring begins in the later part of a month called March.
As for why The Hypatian Calendar starts the year in spring? Spring is simply a much more intelligent time to start a year. As sunrise is to a day, spring is to the year. It is with the spring that the cycle of the seasons awakens once again. Both social and business activities increase in the spring. This is where the new year’s activity begins again for both people and business. There are many reasons why spring is a better choice for the start of a calendar year. I will, however, discuss these many reasons elsewhere. Remember, I promised to keep this introduction short.
This is the (In closing) part.
If you would like more insight into The Hypatian Calendar feel free to continue through a few, or perhaps even all, of the pages that may be found within this website. You may find this link to be a pleasant next step. 🙂
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A small thought to complete this page:
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are a nice idea. The Hypatian Calendar gives this nice idea a chance to become something much more than just, “a nice idea”.
