Calendar Explanation
This calendar is based on each month, or lunation, beginning with the observation of the new moon crescent in the western sky just after the setting of the sun about 18 hours after conjunction. The following day is called New Moon Day and is observed by abstaining from common labor and in worshipful consecration of oneself to Yahuwah, the Creator. Four complete weeks of seven days follows: six days of work, then the Sabbath which always occurs on the 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th. Each month consists of either 29 or 30 days. If it is impossible to observe the crescent of the new moon on either the 29th or the 30th, a new month begins the next day, after the 30th, anyway. No month ever has more than 30 days.
The new year begins with the one lunation that provides a full moon between April 8 and May 6 (Gregorian calendar time.) This allows the grain harvest to be ripe for presenting first fruits, the Wave Sheaf Offering, to Yahuwah on the 16th day of the month, one day after Unleavened Bread Sabbath. On years when the 12th lunation finishes too early for the next full moon to fall within that time frame, an extra intercalary month, the 13th month, is added. Over a series of 19 solar years, these 12 and 13 month years will correct for any deviation from the solar year. There are seven thirteen-lunation years in every nineteen years. This makes the calendar truly luni-solar; the lunations are adjusted to the solar year.
New Moon celebrations were observed as a Holy Day, though with less strict observance than that of the regular Sabbath. The 30th of a month was a transition from one month to another, a dark day, and was a regular work day not considered as a Holy Day or feast day. (I Samuel 20.)
To use: after observing the New Moon crescent, simply fill in the planetary days of the week, (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc.) at the top of that month, and the corresponding dates of the Gregorian calendar for the remaining 29 or 30 days. This calendar is perpetual as all months and years will be the same, only the days and dates of the written-in Gregorian will vary.
Fear the God of Creation and worship Him on the days He has sanctified. Let us all preach the Sabbath more fully.
For confirmation of future sightings, please check out the WLC Luni-Solar Calendar Application! This Application is FREE to download to your computer and can be individually customized to your specific location!
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