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.

First, there is no year 0. The first year is year 1. Traditionally the year began in spring, so that is what we will assume for Creation as well. So, for example, Adam was 0 in year 1, and 1 in year 2. In year 231, he was 230, when Seth was born. That is how we will proceed from here for this altered chronology.

In total, there was 2159 years from Creation (year 1) to the birth of Shem, Noah's son, born when he was 502, and another 98 years till the Flood (year 2257), when he was 600. Note Lamech's age should be 182, not 188. This is a scribal error in the Septuagint, but other sources the same age say 182, which the Masoretic also gets right. Noah worked on the Ark since he was 500, or in 2157 AM.

The men here in Genesis 11 had their ages altered by 100 years for several, or 50 for Nahor, so that the Jewish authors of the Masoretic (the basis for modern English Bible translations, and thus, the source of their errors as well) could take away one of the prophetic signs of Jesus's being the Messiah. So, we are returning their ages to their original numbers. Their numbers were created in the Seder Olam in 160 AD by Rabbi Yose ben Halafta. The Genesis 11 chronology includes a so-called 'extra Cainan' that appears in early copies of Luke's Gospel, and in Septuagint copies found after the writing of Luke's Gospel, but not the Masoretic text. It is included here because the name is also found in Jubilees 8 (100 BC), and appears important to that text. There were apparently 2 versions of Genesis 11 that either had or didn't have it. Having it allows there to be 77 generations from Adam to Jesus for theological and numerological reasons.

Terah lived to 205, according to Acts 7:4. Abraham left for Canaan when Terah was 145, when he was 75, which is 3464 AM. Abraham received God's promise at 75 (3464 AM), and the Israelites were in Canaan for 215 years (till 3604 AM), when they left for Egypt, led by Jacob who led 75 people into Egypt when he was 130 ( 3679 AM). Since the Bible gives 430 years in total, the extra 215 means Moses led them out in 3894 AM, when he was 80, so he was born in 3814 AM. Joseph was 30 when he entered pharaoh's service (3595), 37 when the famine started (3602), and 39 when Israel arrived, starting the 215 years (3604), and died at 110 (3684) (Genesis 50), after which the Israelites were put into slavery (max 144 yrs), but before Moses was born (80 when he left), so there were 64 years in which the Israelites were made slaves. There's no definite point, so we can just split the difference at 32 years, or in 3716, roughly.

The Exodus was then 3894 AM. The Bible in 1 Kings 6 tells us there were 480 years from the Exodus to the building of the Temple of Solomon in his 4th year (4374 AM), his reign beginning in 4370 AM. Conventional chronologies date the temple to 967 BC. To 1 BC is another 966 years, making that year 5340, and 2022 being 2022 years after (there's no year 0), being 7362 AM.

With this new chronology, we can date specific events onto the AD/BC calendar, and back onto this calendar from there. The Flood in Genesis occurred when Noah was 600, so that was 2257 A.M. or 3084 BC, and creation in 5340 BC. Bishop Ussher, no offence, was not using the Septuagint to create his chronology, and the date of 4004 BC is not correct.

Based on the calculations, it is the year 7361 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 7361 begins at sundown on January 2. The night of February 1, 2022 has a new moon; that is Solmonþ 1, 7361 from sundown to the next sundown; 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 30.
 * 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, 7362. The date of Christmas is 3rd Wintermonþ. But on this calendar, September 11, 3BC fits the astronomical sign for Christ's birth, where the Virgin was clothed in the sun, or 5338.

Which are leap years?
Every 12 month year based on a lunisolar calendar can get out of step with the actual seasons since the year is 365 days and a few extra hours. There is a 19-year Metonic cycle that adds an extra month to the calendar to keep the seasons and festivals in line with when they should happen in the year.

To find a leap year, take the year number, such as 7481, and divide by 19. If the remainder is 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 19, then it is a leap year. When you divide 7481 by 19, its remainder is 14. So you add the extra month.