 |
 |
|
|
|
|
| DAY |
|
|
TIME |
| Jan 8 |
|
|
11:38 |
| Feb 7 |
|
|
03:45 |
| Mar 7 |
|
|
17:15 |
| Apr 6 |
|
|
03:56 |
| May 5 |
|
|
12:19 |
| Jun 3 |
|
|
19:24 |
| Jul 3 |
|
|
02:20 |
| Aug 1 |
|
|
10:14 |
| Aug 30 |
|
|
19:59 |
| Sep 29 |
|
|
08:13 |
| Oct 28 |
|
|
23:15 |
| Nov 27 |
|
|
16:56 |
| Dec 27 |
|
|
12:24 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
| DAY |
|
|
TIME |
| Jan 22 |
|
|
13:35 |
| Feb 21 |
|
|
03:31 |
| Mar 21 |
|
|
18:40 |
| Apr 20 |
|
|
10:26 |
| May 20 |
|
|
02:12 |
| Jun 18 |
|
|
17:31 |
| Jul 18 |
|
|
08:00 |
| Aug 16 |
|
|
21:18 |
| Sep 15 |
|
|
09:15 |
| Oct 14 |
|
|
20:04 |
| Nov 13 |
|
|
06:19 |
| Dec 12 |
|
|
16:39 |
|
|
|
|
|
Intercalary Days
A day inserted in a calendar is called an
intercalary day. A solar year consists of
approximately 365 ¼ days (actually 365.2422
days) and since solar calendars are generally
365 days long, some calendars use an
intercalary day every four years (the leap
year), to make up for the lost quarter day.
Other calendar systems, such as the Bahá’í
calendar of 19 months each with 19 days
(361 days), insert four (five in a leap year)
intercalary days every year to make up a
solar year of 365 days.
Cycles of Time
The festivals noted in The Multifaith Calendar
are annual events that people celebrate
once during the course of a solar or lunar
year. Other cycles of time are also important:
the new or full moon, a season, a weekly
day (for example, the Jewish Shabbat or
the Friday prayers in a mosque), or a daily
cycle (such as the Eucharist for traditional
Christian communities). While these cycles
are less obvious, they are as important to
the faithful as annual festivals. Coming at
frequent intervals, they provide regular spiritual
sustenance, while festivals are special
times of feasting.
Universal & Local Time
The Multifaith Calendar gives moon phases,
solstices and equinoxes in Universal Time
(formerly Greenwich Time). Sir Sandford
Fleming established Universal Time in the
late 19th century, and created a standard
time system for the earth. He divided the
earth into 24 pole-to-pole meridians spaced
15 degrees apart. Each of Fleming’s meridians
represents the centre of a time zone that
extends 7½ degrees on either side. He placed
Greenwich, England on the zero degree meridian
and expressed standard time in relation
to Greenwich. In practice, geographical
and political factors affect time zones, and
as a result, they seldom follow the 15-degree
meridians precisely.
Festivals that depend on the timing of
new or full moons, or on solstices and equinoxes,
may fall on an adjacent day from that
given in The Multifaith Calendar, depending
on the time zone. This is particularly true of
the Islamic dates, which have been calculated
for the west coast of North America.
You can convert Universal Time (ut) into
local time in two ways:
- Add 1 hour for every Fleming meridian
(15°) east of 0° longitude. Time zones east of
Greenwich can fall on the following day.
- Subtract 1 hour for every Fleming meridian
(15°) west of 0° longitude. Time zones west of
Greenwich can fall on the previous day.
Note: some time zones, such as Newfoundland’s,
use half-hour increments.
When daylight saving time is in effect, adjust
the calculated local time according to local
practice.
As an example, let us calculate the local time
on the west coast of North America for the
new moon on November 27, 2008.
- Using the table of moon phases, we see
that the new moon on this day occurs at
16:56 UT.
- Now, using an atlas we determine that the west coast of North America is
approximately 120 degrees or 120/15 = 8 Fleming meridians west of
Greenwich.
- Since each Fleming meridian represents an hour west from Greenwich, we
calculate the local time on the west coast by subtracting 8 hours from 16:56 UT. Thus, 16:56 - 08:00 hours = 08:56 hours
or 8:56 a.m. of the same day.
The new phase of the moon begins at 8:56 a.m.-- Pacific Standard Time on 27, 2008. (If we were calculating the local time for time zones east of Greenwich, the time may fall on the following day.)
|
