Proposals for improvement

Now that I’ve shown you the model, the precession movements, and the lengths of years and days and the current calendar, there’s one factor I’d like to discuss in a bit more detail.

If the model turns out to be the correct one, we eventually need to make some changes to our timekeeping systems because our current calendar and definitions of length of days with 86,400 SI seconds a day will not be sustainable on the long run.

For that reason, I’ll make some proposals based upon the model as explained in this book.

Proposals

To help everyone better understand how the calendar works, how Earth moves through time, and to encourage living in harmony with the natural cycles of the seasons, I have six proposals.

I start with small proposed adjustments but will end with major proposed improvements.

1. Use months as reference for naming solstices/ equinoxes

   The current terms are confusing for those that live in the southern hemisphere. So let’s rename the Vernal equinox to March equinox, summer solstice to June Solstice, etc. Let’s link it to months.

   This proposal should be quite easy to follow.

2. Replace the Gregorian calendar with the Revised Julian calendar

   To keep the March equinox consistently aligned with March 21 over long periods, it is necessary to transition from the Gregorian calendar to the Revised Julian calendar, which includes 128 leap days every 900 years.

   NOTE: Over extremely long periods, the equinox may drift slightly forward or backward from March 21. However, it will always return to this date as part of its natural cycle. This variation occurs due to Earth’s movement along its Axial Precession Orbit (APO) around the EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER, as well as the PERIHELION OF EARTH motion around the Sun.

3. Replace the SI second with the NEWSI second

   To keep the Delta-T value EVENLY BALANCED across the ages, it is necessary to change the length of one second at one moment in time.

   The SI second is determined as 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom .

   Eventually we should make the length of 1 NEWSI second a bit shorter than the length of 1 SI second to link it to the mean length of 86,399.5657965675 SI seconds a day.

   Therefore the NEWSI second should be determined as 9,192,585,572 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom.

   The result will be the Length of Day (LOD) measured in SI seconds will decrease but in NEWSI seconds the day length will still be 86,400 NEWSI seconds a day.

   Delta-T - as the difference between UT and TTNEW - will still go up and down so we still will be implementing leap seconds/ negative leap seconds but the Delta-T value will EVENLY return to zero across the ages instead of the current situation where Delta T will only grow negatively across time.

   

   Since we are currently moving to another maximum length of day (around year 3800 AD it will be max) AND It is quite hard to implement the mean length of day figure, I propose we continue as-is and accept the current non-ideal-time-keeping-system, but this will mean the Delta-T will grow infinitely negative in time.

   Let’s forget about this proposal since it is not practical and just kick the can down the road for now☺

4. Agree year 2029 AD will be followed by PERIHELION YEAR (PY) 784

   Our current calendar marks the start of the year count from an event chosen approximately 2,000 years ago. This choice, while significant to many, is ultimately arbitrary.

   Since the universe operates on a grand repeating cycle of 298,176 years, we have the flexibility to redefine the starting point for our calendar. I propose that we set year 0 to correspond with the most recent alignment of perihelion and December solstice, which occurred on December 14, 1245 AD. By this system, the year 1246 AD would become year 0.

   For example, under this model, the year 2030 AD would be referred to as PERIHELION YEAR (PY) 784.

   The preference is to link it to the duration of the perihelion cycle is because the eccentricity and therefore length of days and years follows this same cycle AND to show the connection to the moving apsides of Earth to be able to add the leap days AND additionally we will really learn how long the perihelion cycle actually takes (theory vs practice).

   This system would allow us to track the durations of years and days, creating a valuable record for future generations during the next 18,636 year cycle.

   This could also mean the length of perihelion cycle is actually not 18,636 years but longer/ shorter. If this turns out to be the case, we can adapt accordingly. We simply do not know at this moment in time for sure and only future can tell.

   I acknowledge that such changes are never easy. However, in the long term, this shift could help humanity better understand and appreciate our place within the cosmos.

5. Change the start of the year from current 1st of January to current 21 December

   I propose we realign the calendar start with the December solstice, instead of anchoring it to the 1st of January. Additionally, the solstices and equinoxes should align with the first day of the month.

   By doing this, all solstices and equinoxes would consistently fall on the first day of a month. Over long periods, the New Year would once again coincide with the December solstice, celebrating the seasonal shift, reflecting the original essence of New Year’s celebrations.

   To achieve this, we would need to remove 11 days from the calendar. For example, Thursday, December 20, 2029, would be immediately followed by Friday, January 1, 784 PERIHELION YEAR (PY). This adjustment reconnects January 1 with the solstice.

   Let’s call this shift: 11 Days of Light!

   

6. Change the length of the months to reflect the Perihelion precession cycle

   We need to equalize the length of months once again, while accounting for the fact that season lengths shift over time due to perihelion precession.

   Currently, leap day is added as February 29, but this placement does not reflect the ongoing shift in Earth’s orbit. To adapt to the changing lengths of seasons over the 18,636 year cycle, the leap day should become flexible.

   Since aphelion (Earth’s farthest point from the Sun) currently occurs on July 4, the leap day should eventually shift to July to better align with the evolving solar year.

   Please have a look at the Interactive 3D Solar System and the excel sheets for the proposed calendar.

In this chapter, I’ve tried to sum up the improvements which can be made to our timekeeping systems. Even if this model is not correct we will most probably at one moment in time be forced to make a change.

The reason why I propose to make changes in this moment in time is to remind us how wonderful and magic life actually is. We should celebrate our nature a bit more and we could achieve way more as humanity. Life is a cycle. All is repeating.

In a way it feels ridicules to even suggest these kind of big ideas. I am not a person in a position to make these kind of big calls. But then again, we have tried to improve it before. So let’s just do it again! Dream big!