The only real problem is coming up with a name for a new 13th month and where to insert it.
The only real problem is coming up with a name for a new 13th month and where to insert it.
We could even send a Krampus to go rattle their doors and windows on the appropriate day.
The strange month is called 'Gidouille' and goes from june 15th to july 13th. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendrier_pataphysique
12 is a handy number of months to have in the year. 12 is divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6. Not by 5, but you can't have everything (unless we had 60 months of 6 or 7 days each... let's not go there).
13 is prime.
I think not bothering with months at all would be better than having a 13 month year.
I think not bothering with months at all would be
better than having a 13 month year.
The phases of the moon are 28 days long. So a 13 month calendar also lines up with the lunar cycle. The more you think about it, you wonder how they ever came to the conclusion to use 12 months instead of 13.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon and see the synodic period (quoted to a tenth of a second even though full moon to full moon can vary by about ¼ day either way).)