The positivist calendar was a proposal for calendar reform proposed by Auguste Comte in 1849. After revising the earlier work of Marco Mastrofini, Comtes proposed calendar was a lunisolar calendar which had 13 months of 28 days, and a additional festival day commemorating the dead. This extra day added to the last month is outside of the days of the week cycle, and so the first of a month is always a Monday. On leap years an additional leapday to celebrate holy women would join the memorial day of the dead. The scheme followed the Gregorian Calendar's rules for determining which years are leap years, and started on January 1. Year 1 "of the Great Crisis" according to this calendar would be equivalent to the year 1789 in the Gregorian system. Much like Comte's other schemas, the positivist calendar never enjoyed widespread use. Various reforms to the Gregorian calendar have been proposed. ... Auguste Comte Auguste Comte (full name Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte) (January 17 (recorded January 19), 1798 - September 5, 1857) was a positivist thinker and a founder of the discipline of sociology. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A lunisolar calendar is a calendar whose date indicates both the moon phase and the season. ... In Egyptian mythology, Month is an alternate spelling for Menthu. ... A week is a unit of time longer than a day and shorter than a month. ... Monday is the day of the week between Sunday and Tuesday. ... A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing an extra day or month in order to keep the calendar year in sync with an astronomical or seasonal year. ... The Gregorian calendar is the calendar widely used in the Western world. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
The positivistcalendar was a proposal for calendar reform proposed by Auguste Comte in 1849.
After revising the earlier work of Marco Mastrofini, Comte's proposed calendar was a lunisolar calendar which had 13 months of 28 days, and an additional festival day commemorating the dead.
The scheme followed the Gregorian Calendar's rules for determining which years are leap years, and started on January 1.
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