History: Calendar Proposals

Source of version: 4 (current)

The __canonical__ Lojban calendric system(s) are discussed in [http://www.opoudjis.net/lojbanbrochure/lessons/less5days.html] ; they are number-based. (January = ''pavmast.'', Sunday = ''nondjed.'') ---- The chief holiday is Logfest, held on a weekend in July on various dates. ---- There are exactly twelve color ''gismu'' (see: [http://members.tripod.co.uk/lojbanlinks/skari.html),] & various attempts to match up the regular months of the year have been proposed. E.g. in the beginners' stuff in this order: blabi, grusi, xekri, xunre, crino, blanu, pelxu, cicna, nukni, zirpu, bunre, narju le'i mastycme la labmast. la ri'ormast. la nukmast. la rusymast. la blamast. la zirmast. la xekmast. la pelmast. la burmast. la xunmast. la cicnymast. la najymast. ---- The days of the week have been correlated to metals, & other sets of mnemonic or mythological names... E.g. we can translate our existing weekdays back into planets & then into the lojbanic names for their traditional metal correspondences: le'i jefcme monday= la rijdei tuesday= la tirdei wednesday= la magdei thursday= la tincydei friday= la tukydei saturday= la nisydei sunday= la slodei the traditional assignment of colors to planets gives: monday white = la labdei tuesday red = la xundei wednesday gray = la rusydei thursday blue = la bladei friday green = la ri'ordei saturday black = la xekydei sunday yellow = la peldei ---- Another proposal uses the signs of the zodiac for months and the Japanese and Korean names for the days of the week. See ((Dates and Times)) in the Phrasebook. ---- Other proposals, some of them rather extensive, can be found be clicking the "discuss" tab below.