A NEW TEMPORAL ORDER – TIME RECONSTRUCTED

Time is a convention.

The choice to divide it differently could reflect not only a desire for efficiency, but also a new way of perceiving and experiencing life.

Are we ready to rethink time?

History shows us that great changes always start with a question.

In a world governed by the rhythm of clocks and the inexorable flow of time, we rarely ask: How did we come to measure time the way we do today?

The story of calendars is essentially the story of humanity – a succession of attempts to understand the order of the universe and impose structure on cosmic chaos.

But what if, instead of accepting ancient traditions, we rethought the calendar from scratch?

Perhaps a more logical and harmonious system would bring us not only efficiency, but also a sense of universal order.

Time has always been one of humanity’s greatest obsessions.

Gazing at the starry sky, ancient people sought to understand the cosmic rhythms that dictated their lives.

But what began as a simple observation of the stars, the phases of the Moon, and natural cycles has turned into a complex tool that governs our existence: the calendar.

Over the millennia, numerous civilizations have attempted to create a perfect system for measuring time, but each has reflected the limits of technology and the cultural context of the era rather than a universal order.

But what if we had the chance to rethink everything?

What if we could simplify, order and harmonize the way we share our time?

To understand why such a change might be beneficial, we must first look to the past, understand the problems of the present, and analyze the potential for a better organized future.

THE STORY OF THE CALENDARS: HOW DID WE GET HERE?

First Attempts – Egyptians and Babylonians

The first attempts to measure time were closely related to the observation of natural phenomena.

The Egyptians, one of the most advanced civilizations of the ancient world, were among the first to attempt to measure time based on the cycles of the Nile and the movements of the star Sirius.

Their solar calendar, which had 12 months of 30 days and five extra days for festivals, although remarkable for its time, was not perfect because it ignored the extra few hours in a full solar year.

In Mesopotamia, the Babylonians built their calendars based on the phases of the Moon.

Although this was more intuitive for simple observations, the lunar system had a fundamental problem in that the lunar cycle did not line up perfectly with the solar cycle, resulting in a lag that had to be adjusted periodically by “adding” an extra month, but this solution was imprecise and depended on administrative decisions.

Thus a complete lunar year (12 months of 29.5 days) was about 11 days shorter than the solar year.

The Roman calendar – from chaos to approximate order

The Roman calendar – the ancestor of the one we use today – was originally a hybrid between the two.

Their original calendar, attributed to Romulus, had only 10 months with a total length of 304 days. This meant that winter was simply left “out of time”.

Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, introduced two additional months, January and February, but the system remained imprecise.

Until Julius Caesar introduced the Julian calendar, based on the solar year, in 46 BC, Rome lived in a state of calendrical chaos: arbitrary months and a reliance on priests to adjust feast dates.

Even after Caesar’s reform, the errors accumulated: the solar year is 365.2422 days, not 365.25. This tiny discrepancy resulted in the accumulation of an error of about one day every 128 years.

The current calendar: advantages and limitations

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII corrected this problem with the Gregorian reform, which introduced the rule of leap years.

Although effective, this calendar is a compromise, and its imperfections persist.

The Gregorian calendar, used by most of the world today, is an impressive feat of human ingenuity.

It is relatively precise and has enabled the synchronization of economic, social and cultural activities on a global scale.

The problem with the present: Why isn’t the current calendar perfect?

The Gregorian calendar is efficient, but far from ideal, and this subtly influences the way we perceive time – we see it as fragmented, unpredictable and sometimes overwhelming.

Specifically, the 3 categories of defects can be defined as follows:

1. Unnecessary complexity : Months have variable lengths (28, 30 or 31 days), which creates difficulties in organization. For example, a monthly bill on January 31st becomes confusing in February, which only has 28 or 29 days.
2. Lack of Natural Alignment : Each calendar month is only loosely correlated with natural cycles, such as the phases of the Moon or the seasons. This breaks us from the biological and cosmic rhythms that once guided our existence.
3. Annual Changes : The days of the week do not line up perfectly from year to year. For example, if Christmas falls on a Thursday one year, it will be on a Friday the following year. This creates inconsistencies in long-term event planning.

These problems are frustrating, but we’ve come to accept them because “that’s the way they’ve always been.”

But what if we could start from scratch?

An innovative solution: the calendar of 13 months, each of 28 days

The proposal of a calendar consisting of 13 months of 28 days, put forward by scientists and reformers since the 20th century, offers an ideal solution to all existing problems.

In this system, each month has exactly 4 weeks, which means that all dates fall on the same day of the week, year after year.

The calendar is also known as the Peace Calendar or the Perpetual International Calendar.

The advantages of this proposal are clear:

1. Perfect order : All months are equal and have 4 weeks, which means that all dates fall on the same day of the week every year, and each week begins and ends in the same way. No more confusion about “missing” or extra days.
2. Synchronization with nature : This calendar better reflects natural cycles. Although the actual lunar cycle is 29.53 days, a 28-day month is closer to the average length of many human biological rhythms.
3. Administrative efficiency : The system would simplify financial planning, accounting and resource management, reducing the need for complicated adjustments between fiscal quarters or years, as each quarter and year would be perfectly predictable.

Even though this calendar used by the ancient Mayan cultures, in ancient China, in Polynesia, in Neolithic Europe and the Middle East, was later forgotten and rediscovered today, by people from all over the world.

This calendar follows the 28-day orbit of the Moon around the Earth: 

13 months of 28 days, a total of 364 days, 52 perfect weeks of 7 days each.

The 365th day is known as  the “Day outside of time” and it is a day when we should celebrate peace and harmony.

While the Earth rotates around the Sun, the Moon rotates around the Earth 13 times. 

Nature has already divided the year into 13 harmonious months!

The calendar of 13 months is an ancient way to structure the year.

The 13 cycles of 28 days each describe a perfect year + a day of renewal, before the New Year.

In this calendar, each month has exactly 28 days – the first day of the month is always the first day of the week, the last day of the month is always the last day of the week!

The calendar of 13 months is the time standard for those who want a better, safer and more balanced world.

If the division of time we follow is irregular, artificial and mechanized, so does our mind.

And as our mind is, so is the world we live in.

If this calendar we follow follows the natural cycle of nature and is harmonious, we transform ourselves in the same way.

We become more spiritual and closer to nature.

The 13-month calendar is in sync with the galactic and solar cycles.

The challenges of change

While the benefits are clear, moving to such a system would encounter significant obstacles.

Let’s not forget that time is a convention.

The choice to perceive, use and share it differently than we do now could reflect not only a desire for efficiency, but also a new way of understanding and living life.

Are we ready to rethink time?

History shows us that great changes always start with a question.