From: nospam@127.0.0.1   
      
   On 2022-12-31 6:18 PM, JF Mezei wrote:   
   > Happy new year etc.   
   >   
   > Question: is there anything significant about the position of the earth   
   > around the sun on December 31 at 23:59:59 or January 1 at 00:00:00 ?   
   >   
   >   
   > I can understand the seasons aligned with solstices and equinozes which   
   > are specific times where the earth's orientation to the sun provides for   
   > equal day/night across most of planet. This is visible from within the   
   > earth. However, the position of earth around the sun isn't, unless I   
   > guess you are looking at stars.   
   >   
   > So if you notice repeating pattern of stars which repeats itself every   
   > 365.25 days, why choose december 31 as the end of the year? Is there   
   > something special about the stars at end of year that make it unique?   
   >   
      
   Hope this helps:   
   http://www.skip.net/DEC/ultimate-spr-leap-year-mark_crispin.html   
      
   January 1st marking the beginning of the new year has nothing to do with   
   seasons or the vernal equinox, as did prior denotation of the New Year   
   but since 153 BCE was the day the Roman consuls took office, by decree   
   of Julius Caesar.   
      
   We will never really know what might have become of the Gregorian   
   calendar had it not been for the unfortunate early demise of Regiomontanus.   
      
   Dave   
      
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