Comparison Between Aristean Calendar and Gregorian Calendar

ARISTEAN
CALENDAR

COMPARISON TO GREGORIAN CALENDAR

The Gregorian Calendar and the Aristean Calendar are not much different from each other. Most of the dates of the former are still found in the later. Because of this, changing over from the Gregorian to the Aristean will not be drastic.

This WebPage lists down the similarities and differences between the two calendars.

SIMILARITIES

1.	Months - 12 per year, January to December
2.	Days in common year - 365
3.	Days in leap year - 366
4.	Leap years - every four years except if century year is not divisible by 400
5.	Start of year - January 1
6.	End of year - December 31
7.	Months with same number of days - January, July, September, October, November, December
8.	Months with same day number from January 1 - January, September, October, November, December; example, during a common year, day 25 is January 25; day 246 is September 3; day 289 is October 16; day 359 is December 25.

DIFFERENCES

1.	*Division of months, quarters, and half-years*
	Gregorian	less uniform and have greater differences. Month varies from 28 to 31 days, quarter from 90 to 92 days, and half-year from 181 to 184 days.
	Aristean	more uniform and has less differences. Month has either 30 or 31 days, quarter has 91 or 92 days, and half-years has 182 or 183 days only.
2.	*Dates present in the, and not in the other, calendar*
	Gregorian	March 31, May 31, and August 31
	Aristean	February 30, April 31, and June 31
3.	*Week*
	Gregorian	7 days in a week; starts usually on Sunday; other regular named days of the week are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
	Aristean	normally, 7 days in a week; starts on Monday in conformance with ISO 8601:1988; other named days of the week are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; eighth day of the week occurs on December 31 (World Peace Day) and June 31 (Leap Year Day)
4.	*Day of the week of a date*
	Gregorian	not constant; shifts from year to year. Example: January 1 may be Monday in one year and then Tuesday the following year.
	Aristean	constant; the same year after year. Example: January 1 is always Monday.
5.	*Date of a day of the week*
	Gregorian	not constant; changes from year to year. Example: Last Thursday of November is Thanksgiving Day (US) and maybe any date from November 22 to November 28.
	Aristean	constant; the same year after year. Example: Last Thursday of November (Thanksgiving Day - US) will always fall on November 22.
6.	*December 31*
	Gregorian	can be any regular named day of the week; may not be a holiday
	Aristean	not a regular named day of the week; named as World Peace Day, and for the religious as the Grand Sabbath; eighth day of the week; a holiday throughout the world giving a four-day holiday during the period December 29 to January 1; may also be designated as Thanksgiving Day--a day to thank God for His blessings during the year.
7.	*Leap Year Day*
	Gregorian	February 29; not a holiday throughout the world; is a regular named day of the week
	Aristean	June 31; a bonus holiday throughout the world every leap year giving a three-day long weekend; not a regular named day of the week; named as Leap Year Day, and for the religious as the Glorious Sabbath; eighth day of the week
8.	*Christmas Day*
	Gregorian	December 25
	Aristean	May 23, the date that the Holy Spirit revealed as the birthday of Jesus, a time that agrees with the events during His birth stated in the Bible.
9.	*Crucifixion Day*
	Gregorian	Called Good Friday; movable feast and can fall between March 20 and April 23
	Aristean	August 17 and is called Crucifixion Day. This date was revealed by the Holy Spirit Himself.
9.	*Easter*
	Gregorian	Movable feast and can fall between March 22 and April 25
	Aristean	August 20 and is appropriately called Resurrection Day. This date was revealed by the Holy Spirit Himself.
10.	*Friday the 13^th*
	Gregorian	occurs at least once every year; maximum number of Friday the 13^th is three occurring in February, March and November in a common year, and in January, April and October in a leap year.
	Aristean	will never occur
11.	*Annual activities and special occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, school terms, holidays, festivals*
	Gregorian	more difficult to remember and schedule
	Aristean	much easier to remember and schedule
12.	*Dates within week number*
	Gregorian	vary every year
	Aristean	constant every year. Examples: week1 is from January 1-7, week 28 is from July 8-14, and week 52 is from December 24-31 every year
13.	*Printing of calendars*
	Gregorian	needs to be printed every year
	Aristean	same calendar can be used year after year, hence saving many trees that would have been cut down; much less calendars to print
14.	*Unsold diaries*
	Gregorian	most likely, will just be discarded; wastage and losses are incurred
	Aristean	will not be discarded; can be sold anytime; wastage and losses are eliminated