Frequently Asked Questions
🔍 1. Why change the calendar?
Because the way we measure time shapes how we live.
The current calendar is rooted in imperial and religious history.
A lunar calendar brings us back in sync with nature and the rhythms of life.
🌕 Why 13 Months? Why the Moon?
The Moon completes about 13 cycles in one solar year.
Each lunar cycle lasts around 28 days — a rhythm also found in tides, sleep, hormones, and ancestral timekeeping.
A 13-month calendar of 28 days is simple, regular, and intuitive.
🕊️ 4. Does this mean forgetting the past?
No. Year Zero is not about erasure — it’s about choosing a fresh beginning.
We remember, but we also reimagine. It’s a symbolic act of renewal.
🧮 3. What about the missing days?
We add 1 Zero Day at the end of each year — outside months and weeks.
Every 4 years, a second Zero Day (like a leap day) keeps us aligned with the sun.
🔄 How Do the Neutral Days Work?
13 months × 28 days = 364.
To match the solar year (365.24 days), we add:
1 neutral day every year (a global celebration),
and a second neutral day every 4 years (leap-year correction).
These “days out of time” are not part of any month or week. They are sacred pauses.
📆 5. Are there other calendars like this?
Yes. Many traditional cultures used lunar or hybrid systems:
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Maya: Tzolk’in (260 days) + Haab’ (365 days)
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Ancient Egypt: 12×30 days + 5 “epagomenal” days
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Celts: lunar months tied to nature and ritual
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13 Moon Calendar (José Argüelles): a modern spiritual adaptation
📚 History of Calendars
Human societies have always sought to make sense of time.
The Gregorian calendar (currently in use worldwide) is a Christian reform from the 16th century, based on the solar year.
The French Revolutionary Calendar (1793–1805) attempted to break from religious time by proposing 12 months of 30 days + 5–6 “complementary days”.
Philosopher Auguste Comte later proposed a 13-month calendar (with months named after great thinkers) to encourage a more rational timekeeping system.
Our proposal follows that lineage — but adds a spiritual and ecological dimension.
🌍 6. Could this work in today’s world?
It’s not meant to replace the Gregorian calendar for everyone.
It’s a poetic, cultural, and philosophical alternative.
A tool for reflection — and perhaps for reinvention.
📅 Why Begin in 2028?
December 21, 2028, is the winter solstice — the shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere.
It marks a symbolic turning point: the return of light, a cosmic reset.
It also gives humanity time to prepare: emotionally, practically, spiritually.
🌍 Universal or Symbolic?
This is not a political imposition. It’s an open invitation.
The calendar of Year Zero can live alongside existing systems — as a symbolic tool, a spiritual rhythm, or an alternative structure.
🤖 Role of AI and Collective Consciousness?
This project imagines a future where artificial intelligence does not dominate, but supports humanity in becoming more aware, peaceful, and interconnected.
Year Zero could be the symbolic start of that alliance.
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