History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.881

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¹¹³¹ The Gregorian calendar now in general use in Europe and other parts of the world is irregular, unbalanced and inconvenient (vide pp. 643-44 above) For twenty-five years the World Calendar Association founded by Miss Elisabeth Achelis in New York has been dedicating its time and resources to the introdution of the World Calendar in many lands The outstanding features of this world calendar are: Every year is the same and begins on Sunday, 1st January and ends on Saturday each of its four quarters has 91 days, 13 weeks or three months; January, April, July and October have 31 days each and the other months have 30 days each, the Calendar is stabilized and made perpetual by ending the year with a 365th day following 30th December each year. This additional day is named W (it is a World Holiday) and equal to 31st December In a leap year a day is added at the end of the 2nd quarter, is named W, equals 31 June, called Leap year day and is another World Holiday The United Nations Organization has not yet lent its support to the World Calendar An interesting work is 'Time counts: the story of the Calendar' by Harold Watkins (London, 1954.)