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Þe passage of þe sun þrough þe seasons. Þere are several years, such as is given in þe following table.
365.24218967 tropical repeats of seasons, eg midwinter
365.24675686 lunisolar 235/19 lunar monþs of 29.5305888531 days.
365.25636 siderial repeats of earþ - sun - star lines
365.2594 anomistic repeats of perihelions
Þe calendars seek to make þese equal in days, so þat extra days or monþs are added to keep þe sun and moon in line wiþ þe day. Here are some calendar-lengþs representing assorted years.
      In þese, a correction of 1/4 overstates þe issue. One þen proceeds to drop x leap years in y years, to get x/y.
      In þe following, þe Gregorian calendar, and þe Metonic cycle of 12 7/19 mo. is taken to be þe base, for which one has to drop different days from years of þe sun and þe Metonic cycles.
365.2416666 Twelfty 365 + 1/4 - 1/120
365.2421875 Binary 365 + 1/4 - 1/128
365.24218967 Nature þe tropical year.
365.24222222 Russian 365 + 1/4 - 7/900
365.24242424 c1 365 + 8/33
365.24250000 Gregorian Þe calendar since 1752 = 365 + 1/4 - 3/400
365.24609375 Binary 365 + 1/4 - 1/256 = Epact every 256 years.
365.246600877 twelfty G Twelfty, with 3 Golden Jump in 960 years.
365.24675324 c1e 365 + 8/33 + 1/231 = 1 epact shift every 231 years.
365.24675686 Nature 12 7/19 monþs of 29.5305888531 days
365.246773959 c1g 365 8/33 + A/363, A=30/19 ; Golden jump every 363 yrs.
365.246800000 Gregorian E 8 Epact shifts in 25 centuries.
365.246875000 Twelfty E 3 epact shifts in 960 years.
365.25000000 Julian Þe calendar to 1752 = 365 + 1/4

C1 adds 8 leap years every 33 years.
calendars in e are epact shifts, in g are golden jumps.


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