Englisch Dæȝtæll

The Englisch Calendar is based on that of the Anglo-Saxons and on work done by the Jewish scholars to determine the year since creation.

Which year is it?
Using the Septuagint, we can arrive at a more accurate time since creation, as the Masoretic text intentionally altered several ages of the genealogies in Genesis 5 and 11 to negate one of the prophesies of Jesus being the Messiah. Adam, for example, was 230 when he had Seth in the Septuagint, but 130 in the Masoretic text.

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Based on the calculations, it is the year 7319 AM (anno mundi), until the month wherein the spring equinox occurs, which is the beginning of spring, and the beginning of the new year.

When does the year begin?
The year begins in the month which has the vernal (spring equinox). This makes more sense than having it randomly in January, in the middle of winter.

When do months begin and end?
Months begin on the night of the first new moon. This will mean that some months have 29, 30, or 31 days, as the average lunar month is 29.5 days or so.

When do days begin and end?
Days begin and end at sundown. So Sunday evening precedes Sunday day.

What are the months?
From the beginning of the year to the end:


 * Lenkten
 * Reþmonþ / Reðe (March)
 * Eastermonþ (April)
 * Þrimilcemonþ / þrimilce (May)
 * Sumer
 * Searmonþ / ærre Leiðe (June)
 * Mædmonþ / æfterre Leiðe (July)
 * Weedmonþ (August)
 * Hærfest
 * Haliȝmonþ (September)
 * Winterfylleþ (October)
 * Blodmonþ (November)
 * Winter
 * Ȝolmonþ / Ȝol (December)
 * Wintermonþ / æfterre Ȝol (January)
 * Solmonþ (February)

The year has roughly 360 days in this reckoning, meaning that every few years, an intercalary month is added to bring the calendar in line with the seasons. This month is þridde Leiðe, or Leiþmonþ, and is put between Searmonþ and Mædmonþ in the same places it would be in the Hebrew Calendar, according to a 19-year cycle in years 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, and 19 of that cycle. So year 1 was not a leap year, but 3 AM was a leap year. If the modulus of the year is 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 19, then it's a leap year. Since 7320 / 19 has a remainder of 5, it's not a leap year, but 7321 is a leap year and 7318 was a leap year.

Translating a Gregorian date into an Englisch date is relatively easy. On the Gregorian calendar, on the day of January 2, 2022, is a new moon. So Wintermonþ 1 7319 begins at sundown on January 2. The night of February 1, 2022 has a new moon; that is Solmonþ 1, 7319; and so on.

Dates for 7320 AM:
 * Reþmonþ 1, 7320: (March 2, 2022 at sundown)
 * Purim: Reðe 14
 * St Patrick's Day: Reðe 17
 * Equinox: Reðe 20
 * Eastermonþ 1, 7320: (April 1, 2022 at sundown)
 * Þrimilcemonþ 1, 7320: (April 30, 2022 at sundown)
 * Searmonþ 1, 7320: (May 30, 2022 at sundown)
 * Solstice: Searmonþ 21
 * Mædmonþ 1, 7320: (June 28, 2022 at sundown)
 * Weedmonþ 1, 7320: (July 28, 2022 at sundown)
 * Haliȝmonþ 1, 7320: (August 27, 2022 at sundown)
 * Astronomical Sign of Christ's birth: Haliȝmonþ 15
 * Equinox: Haliȝmonþ 26
 * Winterfylleþ 1, 7320: (September 25, 2022 at sundown); 30 days
 * Blodmonþ 1, 7320: (October 25, 2022 at sundown); 29 days
 * Ȝolmonþ 1, 7320: (November 23, 2022 at sundown); 30 days
 * Solstice: Ȝol 27.
 * Wintermonþ 1, 7320: (December 24, 2022 at sundown); 30 days
 * Solmonþ 1, 7320: (January 23, 2023 at sundown); ends February 20 at sundown; 28 days

The date of St Patrick's Day is Reðe 14, 7320. The date of Christmas is Ȝol's last day, the 30th. But on this calendar, September 11, 3BC fits the astronomical sign for Christ's birth, meaning