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The Simple Lunisolar Calendar is a proposal for calendar reform by Robert Pontisso. It is a non-radical lunisolar calendar which uses the 7-day week. Each year starts from the Gregorian December 3 - January 1. Each month starts on or close to the day of the new moon. All the months have fixed lengths except the sixth, that's it. The months are named after the letters of the Greek alphabet and their names and the number of days they have are:
| No. | Name | Days
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| 1 | Alpha | 30
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| 2 | Beta | 29
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| 3 | Gamma | 30
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| 4 | Delta | 29
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| 5 | Epsilon | 30
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| 6 | Zeta | 29 but 30 in years divisible by 5, except divisible by 200, 500 or 1000, these years are known as abundant years
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| 7 | Eta | 30
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| 8 | Theta | 29
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| 9 | Iota | 30
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| 10 | Kappa | 29
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| 11 | Lambda | 30
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| 12 | Mu | 29
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| 13 | Nu | 30 but only comes in leap years every 3 or 2 years
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The Simple Lunisolar Calendar Year 2006 (The year begins on Friday, December 30, 2005)
Alpha
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun
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| | | | | 1 | 2 | 3
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| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
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| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17
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| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24
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| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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Beta
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun
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| | | | | | | 1
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| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
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| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
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| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22
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| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29
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Gamma
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
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| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
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| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21
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| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28
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| 29 | 30 | | | | |
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Delta
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun
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| | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
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| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
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| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19
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| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26
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| 27 | 28 | 29 | | | |
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Epsilon
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun
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| | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
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| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
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| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18
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| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25
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| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |
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Zeta
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun
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| | | | | | 1 | 2
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| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
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| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16
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| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23
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| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
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Eta
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun
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| | | | | | | 1
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| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
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| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
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| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22
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| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29
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| 30 | | | | | |
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Theta
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun
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| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
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| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20
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| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27
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| 28 | 29 | | | | |
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Iota
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun
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| | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
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| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
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| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19
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| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26
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| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | | |
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Kappa
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun
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| | | | | 1 | 2 | 3
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| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
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| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17
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| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24
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| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | |
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Lambda
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun
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| | | | | | 1 | 2
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| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
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| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16
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| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23
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| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30
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Mu
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
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| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
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| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21
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| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28
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| 29 | | | | | |
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If 30 days or more are left after Mu 29 till the Gregorian new year's day then an extra month Nu is added. The Gregorian new year's day must fall in the month of Alpha. Given that December 25, 2000 is Alpha 1, 2001 the calendar continues from this date. This calendar is simple and easy to adopt. Pontisso says that we can give December 2006 only 18 days and drop off December 19, 2006 - December 31, 2006 (13 days) and rename them to Alpha 1, 2007 - Alpha 13, 2007, since the year begins on December 19, 2006.
This calendar cannot replace the Gregorian calendar, because it is necessary to know the Gregorian date when determining whether the year has a month Nu. It would run alongside the Gregorian Calendar much like the ISO week date calendar would. The chart on the website [1] shows the Gregorian date for the first day of each month in this calendar.
Karl Palmen wants the abundant years to be as uniformly spread as possible. Karl wants the accurate 20 abundant years per 103 year cycle.
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