Gerald Kelleher wrote:
Astronomy and timekeeping are two areas where there are no experts unlike
the medical profession or indeed any other profession where people can
pride themselves at being at the top of their game. Looking around here,
there isn't a chance anyone is up to the formation of a similar
masterpiece which constitutes the Earth's timekeeping overlaid on the
planet's rotational characteristics and orbital period.

Were the Earth's proportion of rotations to orbital circuits 365 3/4 to
one orbital circuit, the correction would be based on the first integer
of days to orbital circuits . This would mean, using the current system,
3 years with a February 29th and one year of February 28th.

365 * 4 = 1460

3/4 * 4 = 3

Such a system would require 3 additional leap days or one year of 365
days/rotations and 3 years of 366 days/rotations to keep the system
ticking over as the present 365 1/4 rotations/days do as - 1463
days/rotations divided by 4 years/orbital circuits = 365.75 rotations per orbital circuit.

The Martian system requires its own equivalent of the 24 hour day in
order to mesh it with the calendar cycle and orbital period. So what if
it is not celebrated or ignored, I haven't seen anyone yet who
appreciates the masterpiece we inherited from so many traditions over so many centuries.














Kurt Vonnegut had a Martian calendar in 1959.
The Martian year was divided into twenty-one months, twelve with thirty
days, and nine with thirty-one. These months were named January, February,
March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November,
December, Winston, Niles, Rumfoord, Kazak, Newport, Chrono, Synclastic,
Infundibulum, and Salo.
Mnemonically:
Thirty days have Salo, Niles, June, and September,
Winston, Chrono, Kazak, and November,
April, Rumfoord, Newport, and Infundibulum,
Vonnegut assumed a Martian year of 669 days, but then accidentally included
one 30-day month too few, since his year has only 639 days.