Why does february have 28 days and sometimes 29 days?
In an advertisement on TV, a child asks his mother why 28 days are in February? Have you ever wondered why this injustice was done to February? After all, why are February only 28 days? Let us tell you what happened that February was kept for only 28 days for three consecutive years.
Curiosity arises in the human brain. In this mysterious world, the human mind is always engrossed in the curiosity to know the answer to something or the other. There is such a question, for which the children are sometimes forced to think big, even with the curiosity to know the answer. "Why are there 28 days only in the month of February?"
Not only this, but you must also wonder why there are 29 days in February every fourth year. But because of not getting the right answer, this curiosity will continue to arise in the mind. Have you got this question suppressed in your mind as a curiosity? So let's go through this article, the scientific reason for the question. The calendar we use today is based on the calendar made by the Roman people. In ancient times, the Romans started the year from March to December, ending in December. However, there is no concrete evidence for this.
Roman people have a hand in it. The calendar we use right now is based on a very old and difficult to understand the calendar of some Roman people. Although it is difficult to find evidence for this, many such stories have been prevalent for centuries, according to Romulus, the first ruler of Rome, which had a calendar that started in March and ended in December. There is no information about how the end of December and pre-March were counted at this time, but due to the lack of agriculture in the winter season, this time was not important to the Roman people and it was He did not consider it necessary to be part of the calendar.
Roman Empire and Calendar: - The second ruler of Rome, Numa Pompilius, decided to make the calendar more accurate and thought to complete it one year according to the moon. At that time each lunar year was 354 days long. Numa added the months of January and February after December to the calendar to count the remaining days. Both new months were made 28 days because there were an additional 56 days according to the lunar year.
In Rome, the number 28 was considered bad, and to avoid it, Numa added another day in January to make it 29 days and 355 days per year. The reason for this could never be known as to why Numa did not add another day in February as well. Since ancient Roman times, the month of February was considered unlucky as it was 28 days long.
Another reason behind February being considered as an inauspicious month is that it was in this month that peace and purity works of dead souls were done in Rome. Even in the language of the old Sabine tribe, February means to sanctify.
Despite so many changes, the difficulties in the calendar did not end and it could not be made according to the changes in the weather because Numa made it according to the moon while the changes in the weather are done by the sun orbiting the earth. Another month of 27 days was added after 23 February to get rid of this problem in the next two years. But the pontiff, which was tasked with ensuring calendar improvements, did not add the extra months to the calendar at the right time and thus could not find any solution to the problem.
Julius Caesar, the world-famous ruler of Rome, appointed a scholar in 45 BC and ordered to keep the calendar according to the Sun, not according to the Moon, as it was in the Egyptian calendar. Julius Caesar added 10 days every year and one more day in every fourth year. Now it was 365 days and 6 hours long each year.
Because the Sun completes the Earth's orbit in 365 days and 6 hours. These 6 hours left behind are saved every year and every fourth year is merged and one day is added in the month of February. We call this year a leap year. According to the stories and scriptures, there are 28 days in February for this reason.
According to a popular story, Julius Caesar made it 29 days each year by adding one day in February, but when the name of February was changed to exists in the Parliament there, it was reduced to one day in February and this day was August. Added to. But this story is misunderstood and there is no evidence that Julius Caesar ever added an extra day in February.
Curiosity arises in the human brain. In this mysterious world, the human mind is always engrossed in the curiosity to know the answer to something or the other. There is such a question, for which the children are sometimes forced to think big, even with the curiosity to know the answer. "Why are there 28 days only in the month of February?"
Not only this, but you must also wonder why there are 29 days in February every fourth year. But because of not getting the right answer, this curiosity will continue to arise in the mind. Have you got this question suppressed in your mind as a curiosity? So let's go through this article, the scientific reason for the question. The calendar we use today is based on the calendar made by the Roman people. In ancient times, the Romans started the year from March to December, ending in December. However, there is no concrete evidence for this.
Roman people have a hand in it. The calendar we use right now is based on a very old and difficult to understand the calendar of some Roman people. Although it is difficult to find evidence for this, many such stories have been prevalent for centuries, according to Romulus, the first ruler of Rome, which had a calendar that started in March and ended in December. There is no information about how the end of December and pre-March were counted at this time, but due to the lack of agriculture in the winter season, this time was not important to the Roman people and it was He did not consider it necessary to be part of the calendar.
Roman Empire and Calendar: - The second ruler of Rome, Numa Pompilius, decided to make the calendar more accurate and thought to complete it one year according to the moon. At that time each lunar year was 354 days long. Numa added the months of January and February after December to the calendar to count the remaining days. Both new months were made 28 days because there were an additional 56 days according to the lunar year.
In Rome, the number 28 was considered bad, and to avoid it, Numa added another day in January to make it 29 days and 355 days per year. The reason for this could never be known as to why Numa did not add another day in February as well. Since ancient Roman times, the month of February was considered unlucky as it was 28 days long.
Another reason behind February being considered as an inauspicious month is that it was in this month that peace and purity works of dead souls were done in Rome. Even in the language of the old Sabine tribe, February means to sanctify.
Despite so many changes, the difficulties in the calendar did not end and it could not be made according to the changes in the weather because Numa made it according to the moon while the changes in the weather are done by the sun orbiting the earth. Another month of 27 days was added after 23 February to get rid of this problem in the next two years. But the pontiff, which was tasked with ensuring calendar improvements, did not add the extra months to the calendar at the right time and thus could not find any solution to the problem.
Julius Caesar, the world-famous ruler of Rome, appointed a scholar in 45 BC and ordered to keep the calendar according to the Sun, not according to the Moon, as it was in the Egyptian calendar. Julius Caesar added 10 days every year and one more day in every fourth year. Now it was 365 days and 6 hours long each year.
Because the Sun completes the Earth's orbit in 365 days and 6 hours. These 6 hours left behind are saved every year and every fourth year is merged and one day is added in the month of February. We call this year a leap year. According to the stories and scriptures, there are 28 days in February for this reason.
According to a popular story, Julius Caesar made it 29 days each year by adding one day in February, but when the name of February was changed to exists in the Parliament there, it was reduced to one day in February and this day was August. Added to. But this story is misunderstood and there is no evidence that Julius Caesar ever added an extra day in February.