On 2009 May 20, at 18:05 , MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote:
So, in regards to the year's starting-day, I'd depart completely from the Roman calendar, with any month-system.
Well, with the Gregorian mean year of 365+97/400 days a good place to start a New Year would be at the beginning of March, or a couple of days later, because that is where the stable "calendar season" is (mean year of solar cycle equal to the Gregorian mean year). See the discussion of calendar seasons at:
... and also see the chart of the 400-year cycle's calendar seasons at:
-- Irv Bromberg, Toronto, Canada
